November 2021 - V&A Solve

RW-Admin 25 November 2021 Featured Posts, Ocean Cluster

How might we turn the tide on plastics?

Reduce, reuse, recycle – these are the three “R”s of building a better world. But the global figure for plastics recycling is 1% (16% in South Africa, on generous calculations) so the focus is firmly on the first two. Plastic…

RW-Admin 9 November 2021 Featured Posts, Food Cluster

In search of a food system that is just & good

In World Diabetes month we’re looking at how poverty and non-communicable diseases go together. So, just noting this here: one in eight South African adults are thought to be diabetic (here’s a clear explanation of what that means). Unless it’s…

RW-Admin 3 November 2021 Featured Posts, General

Waterfront recognised for doing the right thing

The V&A Waterfront’s strategy is built around shared value, and around its ecosystems. With lockdown, as we’re all too painfully aware, everything ground to a halt – there were no tourists (national or international); Capetonians hunkered down at home and…

How might we turn the tide on plastics?

In search of a food system that is just & good

Waterfront recognised for doing the right thing

Let’s build back better.