How to reduce your carbon emissions: Practical case-studies
Confronting Climate Change has for a number of years provided a freely available carbon calculator tool. Apart from supporting the fruit-and wine industries of South Africa with the use of the tool through training opportunities and direct support, we would also like to assist the users of the tool to move forward from the measurement […]
A Boschendal case study: How does your choice of trellising system affect your carbon footprint?
Increasing global understanding of the impact and effects of climate change has seen increasing emphasis and pressure on reducing carbon emissions across the supply chain. However, when it comes to agriculture it is not always easy to implement the necessary changes due to various factors such as cost barriers, and a lack of understanding about where […]
The Confronting Climate Change Initiative
The Confronting Climate Change initiative was developed to support South African fruit and wine farmers, it is a carbon foot printing project that identifies the risks and opportunities associated with carbon emissions…
Why is climate neutrality important?
Driven by the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) through anthropogenic (human) activities, the planet’s climate is changing. To limit the impact of a changing climate on the planet’s future, global GHG emissions need to be reduced as much as possible. This is a global challenge, to which we all need to contribute! Carbon, or climate […]
Crossing boundaries – what does the future hold?
Many companies across the world are increasingly experiencing the impact of climate change on their business activities. The need to address the impacts of climate change together with a strong call from a growing range of stakeholders to take responsibility for the impact of the activities of the businesses themselves is resulting in many targets […]