2022

Rio Tinto and Ford sign MOU for battery and low carbon materials supply to support net-zero future.

esgfrontiersSeptember 12, 2022September 12, 202205 mins

Rio Tinto and Ford Motor Company have signed a non-binding global memorandum ofunderstanding (MOU) to jointly develop more sustainable and secure supply chains for battery andlow-carbon materials to be used in Ford vehicles.The multi-materials partnership will support the transition toward a net-zero future by supplyingFord, one of the world’s largest automakers, with materials including lithium,…

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New leadership at Namibia’s Chamber of Mines champions green hydrogen linkages.

esgfrontiersSeptember 12, 2022September 13, 202203 mins

Namibia’s Chamber of Mines has announced Mr. George Botshiwe, who is current MD of QKRNavachab Gold Mine as Second Vice President during the Special General Meeting held on 30 August2022.Botshiwe is a Mining Engineer by training and joined Navachab Gold Mine as a mining engineer in 2004. He was appointed as the youngest MD of…

Renewable Energy

Namibia hosts Africa’s first International Forum for Sustainable Development in the Minerals
Industry (SDIMI) Conference 2022

esgfrontiersSeptember 12, 2022September 12, 202203 mins

Namibia hosts Africa’s first International Forum for Sustainable Development in the MineralsIndustry (SDIMI) Conference 2022Namibia hosts the 2022 International Forum for Sustainable Development in the Minerals Industry inWindhoek, Namibia, between 15 and 17 September, 2022. The objective of SDIMI 2022 is to assistthe global mining and minerals industries in their transition to sustainable development. Theconference…

EV Talk

Naamsa sees slight uptick in EVs in South Africa

esgfrontiersSeptember 12, 202203 mins

According to the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (NAAMSA), overthe last year, 387,125 vehicles worth R148 billion, along with R53.7 billion worth of automotivecomponents, were exported from South Africa to 151 countries.The international trend toward electric vehicles (EVs) is growing with NAAMSA expecting that 40%of all European vehicle sales will be EVs…

Mine disaster signals large ESG risks as President visits Free State disaster zone.

esgfrontiersSeptember 12, 2022September 12, 2022152 mins

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Monday, 12 September 2022, visit the Jagersfontein-Charlesvillearea in the Free State where a mudslide has claimed lives and destroyed homes.Flooding caused by the collapse of a mine dam wall in South Africa’s Free State province has sweptaway houses and cars, killing one and injuring 40 others.On Sunday, a river of…

Global consulting firm boosts Sustainability capability with acquisition

esgfrontiersSeptember 12, 2022September 12, 202204 mins

Accenture has acquired Carbon Intelligence, a leading carbon and climate change strategyconsultancy, adding more than 160 professionals to its rapidly growing group of data scientists,consultants and sustainability experts. Carbon Intelligence is focused on helping global businessesunderstand their overall carbon footprints, and ways to reduce them, using Science BasedTargets Initiative (SBTi) strategies that lead to transformational rethinking of clients’ business…

African Development Bank, Vodacom talk big on ahead of COP 27

esgfrontiersSeptember 12, 2022September 12, 202204 mins

With just a few months before the red carpets are rolled out for global leaders at this year’s long-awaited COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, large corporations and development finance institutionsare beating their path to commit large investments towards facilitating achievement of JustTransition targets amongst their investee countries.Speaking at the 2022 Africa Climate Week in…

BASF to Surpass 25% Renewable Energy in North America with New Supply Deals

esgfrontiersSeptember 8, 2022September 10, 202202 mins

Chemical and materials company BASF announced today that it has entered into new virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs), sourcing 250 MW of wind and solar power to help offset to help power more than 20 of its U.S. manufacturing sites. With the new agreements, more than 25% of BASF’s total North American electricity consumption will…

Lavish the cash

esgfrontiersSeptember 8, 2022September 10, 202201 mins

To imagine a complete, supplant of human brain capacity to AI could be a remote achievement by all stretches of the imagination. To treat brain cells would require some significant measure of investment in similar studies, that’s common medical and human approbation, of which extant is underwritten by the elaborate monies laid out.However, assuming that…

EVs gain foothold