There is growing interest in the potential for business to make proactive contributions to food security, particularly as part of some form of cross-sector collaboration. Such collaboration can improve value chain efficiency and may also begin to address some of the ‘wicked problem’ characteristics of food insecurity.

This article analyses the views of South African investment organizations about the likelihood of commodification of environmental
risks in their investment decision-making processes. It is based on an empirical qualitative survey of 22 investment organizations,
which are signatories to the United Nation’s Principles for Responsible Investment.

Within a South African context, a green certificate system would provide a mechanism with which to verify compliance with any future renewable energy obligations, and would encourage renewable electricity generation in the current monopoly environment.

This paper suggests that the initial sharp fall in use of bags was a result of loss aversion rooted in an endowment effect (the bags having long been a free good). Once consumers became accustomed to paying for bags, demand slowly rose to its historic levels.

This paper investigates whether South African households and small businesses can take advantage of the country's substantial wind resources to produce their own power from small- scale wind turbines in a viable way.

This report presents EfD South Africa, its members and work during 2010. For a free hardcopy, please send an email to: info@efdinitiative.org

The South African node of the Environment for Development initiative is based at:
Environmental-Economics Policy Research Unit (EPRU)
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa