SUSTAINABILITY REPORTS 2019 SOUTH AFRICA
This report covers our sustainability activities and performance at our operations across South Africa in 2019. We welcome feedback on our approach and reporting. Please contact us at sustainability@globeleq.com Globeleq South Africa Sustainability Report 2019
COLLABORATION TO BENEFIT YOUTH OWNED BUSINESSES
October 2020, Droogfontein Solar Power. Youth-owned enterprises in the Northern Cape are benefiting from an Economic Development collaboration programme. The programme partnerships includes the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA), National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) and Droogfontein Solar Power. The programme has identified the gap in start-ups being able to become sustainable
VEG IN A BOX COMMUNITY TRAINING
October 2020, Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm. Thandi Radebe from the Pellsrus community, is one of the local community members in the Jeffreys Bay area to have received a vegetable planter box, together with spinach seedlings, compost and training to become proficient in natural sustainable vegetable farming. “I found the training to be a real eye-opener
SUSTAINABLE FARMING FOR LOCAL CO-OP
October 2020 An emerging cattle farmers’ co-op, in the Theewaterskloof Municipality, is receiving funding and business support from Klipheuwel Wind Farm to help the group improve the standard of the herd, which will drive income for the co-op to become more sustainable and thereby stimulate local job creation. Gougakhoi Stock and Crop Co-op, in the
RENEWABLE ENERGY SCHOLARSHIP OPENS OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH
October 2020. The Globeleq Scholarship Fund (GSF), has expanded its footprint and focus for the upcoming 2021 academic year. The programme, which launched six years ago, to help develop young engineering students for the nascent renewable energy industry and actively support the transformation of the industry, has grown and evolved to include a category for
EDUCATION FUNDING CONTINUES DURING COVID
September 2020 The funding of two teaching posts at L.R. Schmidt Primary School, in the historical village of Genadendal, close to Greyton, has continued. The financial support by Klipheuwel Wind Farm for a Remedial Teacher and Arts, Crafts and Entrepreneurial Skills Teacher, began in 2016 and is continuing despite school closures due to COVID-19, and
FLEDGLING FARMING ENTERPRISE GETS SOLAR FUNDING
September 2020 Tokologo Chicken and Egg Village, based in Hertzogville and owned by local community member, Maria Mamokete Kameel, is receiving support from Boshof Solar Power’s Enterprise Development Programme. “Farmer Kameel is passionate about her small business and we are taking steps to help grow her chicken and egg village into a sustainable micro enterprise
SAFETY FIRST FOR ECD CENTRES
September 2020, Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm. Primary schools are open and Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centres are following suit, provided that standard COVID-19 operating safety measures are adhered to. Considering the strain that this additional cost for PPE will place on ECD centres and schools, Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm has funded the manufacture and distribution
WOMEN-LED BUSINESSES RECEIVE ASSISTANCE
August 2020, Droogfontein Solar Power. The month of August is the when South Africa shines a light on the plight of women but even more importantly how women are being assisted and developed, so that they can improve their status in the country’s economy. The culture of entrepreneurship through self-development and sound business practice is
CREATING JOBS
August 2020, De Aar Solar Power. Good recycling practices contribute to economic growth and job creation, reduce social and environmental cost and play an important role in developing rural South Africa. These are some of the reasons why De Aar Solar Power is supporting a local community enterprise, which not only removes recyclable waste, but
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