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Here are SA’s Top 5 Eco-Logic Greenest Businesses


Cape Town - Entrepreneurs hold the key to success in South Africa. And if they align their businesses to be eco-friendly and mindful of their surroundings, these business hold the key to success on a global scale. 

That's why, this year, the Enviropaedia and Eco-Logic Awards have introduced a brand new category honouring such SA businesses. 

ALSO SEE: SA’s Greenest municipalities are…

The Business Green Economy Award recognises a business organisation that provides a product, service or programme that supports the growth of the Green Economy in South Africa.

These five businesses have been nominated at the finalists, and we're as excited about them as they are about the environment.

Cape Flats LIFE

Local gets the green light with Cape Flats LIFE, a local green business and micro NPO operating in partnership with the City of Cape Town Nature Conservation and Friends of Zeekoevlei & Rondevlei to encourage the planting of locally indigenous and endemic flora.

A selection of plant species from local veld types, many of which are threatened with extinction, are grown by our Cape Flats fynbos nursery. The use of strictly local genetic stock produces plants that are well adapted to the harsh Cape summers, results in low maintenance, water-wise gardens.

Plants, gardening advice, landscaping and eco-pool services are all supplied for greening projects that develop urban biodiversity corridors.


GreenFin Financial Services

GreenFin makes going green affordable to all. In 2015 alone GreenFin financed over 100 households, contributing towards a carbon saving of over 550 000 kWh per year. GreenFin provides alternative and affordable payment options for acquiring expensive solar installations.

In 2016 GreenFin will start to provide tailor made financing solutions to Small, Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises (SMMEs).





GreenTower™ – Eco-V

More than 6 million geysers in SA contribute to load shedding with ±3GW in peak electricity demand.

Water heating consumes 60% of the electricity in apartment buildings, and millions of litres of potentially useful bathwater - classified as greywater - is wasted.

The unique GreenTower™ appliance combines water conservation with the best energy efficiency in the market and is affordably priced to achieve payback in 3 years. 





Locomute

Concerns about greenhouse gases and pollution, a chronic shortage of parking space, soaring insurance and upkeep costs and high fuel prices have prompted a growing number of urban dwellers to ditch owning a car in favour of car-sharing.

A form of collaborative consumption, the growing car-sharing movement promotes access as an alternative to ownership that enhances urban mobility solutions.

In a first for South Africa, Locomute offers a ?membership-based car sharing network that offers short-term access to vehicles.  Members have 24/7 access to a network of cars parked at central locations across the city, usually near other transportation and business hubs.

Members locate, reserve and unlock an unattended, self-service vehicle using either their mobile phones or by swiping a membership card over the card reader on the windscreen. Users pay only for kilometres travelled and are billed per hour – fuel, maintenance, insurance and parking are all included in the experience.

SEE: Car sharing revs up South African transport offering

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Woolworths Good Business Journey

The Woolies Good Business Journey Programme, launched in April 2007, is a formalisation of our sustainability commitments. It spans eight focus areas – namely: Water; Energy; Sustainable Farming; Waste; Transformation, Social Development, Ethical Sourcing and Health & Wellness.





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