social value Archives

4 May 2026 Featured Posts, SMME Cluster

Taking the phobia out of finance

Money is rarely just about the numbers. For most of us, it is attached to emotions: fear, guilt, pride, and – especially for entrepreneurs – anxiety. Money is tied to...

22 April 2026 Featured Posts, SMME Cluster

Mental fortitude and SMME success

If there’s one thing that characterises the world we live in today, it’s uncertainty. In the past five or so years we’ve had to navigate supply-chain disruption and economic contraction...

9 April 2026 Featured Posts, General

Buildings designed to be taken apart

Ten years ago, circular economy principles and regenerative thinking were not mainstream. Conversations around embodied carbon, material transparency and lifecycle thinking were niche in many boardrooms. Today, they are common,...

7 April 2026 Featured Posts, SMME Cluster

Brand-building: a challenge in an era of digital distrust

It was around 2004, with the emergence of what was called Web 2.0, that the marketing landscape irrevocably changed. In the first iteration of the interwebs, web pages were static...

3 November 2025 General, Uncategorized

STRATEGY IN ACTION:

FIREWORKS: HOW THEY SQUARE UP TO V&A’s SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENTS In this case study we look at the V&A Waterfront Company’s commitment to its traditional fireworks display, as part of New...

25 September 2025 SMME Cluster

From startup to standout

Picture shows: MC and panel moderator Fred Roed of Heavy Chef speaks with Andrew Smith, one of the co-founders of Yuppiechef and, more recently Brave Hardy; and Arie Fabian of...

15 September 2025 SMME Cluster

What customers really want

Picture shows (l to r): Hannah Lavery of the Hannah Lavery brand; Erica Elk of CDI, Henry Mathys of the V&A; Elektra Georgiadis of Earth Age; Harmonie Mbunga of UDO...

21 August 2025 Featured Posts, Ocean Cluster

Zero waste: how might we get there (or thereabouts)?

[Picture shows, left to right: Roberto de Carvalho, Petro Myburgh, Zukiswa Pikoli, Melanie Ludwig and Alison Evans on the podium at Maker’s Landing] This is human nature: we see “free”...

7 July 2025 Featured Posts, Food Cluster, Ocean Cluster

Sustainable seafood: looking square at the barriers (and finding solutions)

In South Africa’s waters, says Dr Judy Mann of the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation, more than 2 000 species of marine fish can be found. Around 320 of these (16%)...

27 November 2024 Featured Posts, Food Cluster

Sustainable seafood: making things possible

There are, after all, not so many fish in the sea, says Michael Farquar, CEO of the Two Oceans Aquarium. We have hopelessly mismanaged the ocean and its resources. But...