Category:Featured July/August 2011

AMD – Is dilution the solution to pollution?
August 15, 2011

AMD – Is dilution the solution to pollution?

Are there uniquely South African solutions to curb and perhaps even turn Johannesburg’s Acid Mine Drainage crisis around? MARCEL TROUT and ANZET DU PLESSIS...

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Motorcycle riders: on a deadly mission?
August 15, 2011

Motorcycle riders: on a deadly mission?

Although motorcycling is generally seen as a leisure pastime, many people in the economy operate commercial motorcycles for a living. Yet the delivery-bike riders...

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Hydrail the green transport solution?
August 15, 2011

Hydrail the green transport solution?

The hydrail concept promises cleaner rail travel thanks to a new breed of hydrogen-powered train. With Japan, the US, China and the EU all...

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Conference focuses on management of workplace risks
August 15, 2011

Conference focuses on management of workplace risks

Pro-active companies are making investments to drive forward their workplace risk management programmes, recognising the overall objective of these programmes to increase productivity while...

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Zero Harm and multiple NOSCARs
August 15, 2011

Zero Harm and multiple NOSCARs

This year’s NOSCAR ceremony saw power stations from the coal, nuclear and peaking portfolios within Eskom Generation Division walking away with several awards. It...

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Smart software for sustainability
August 15, 2011

Smart software for sustainability

Managing data on your company’s SHEQ activities, as well as sustainability performance reporting, is often a bewildering prospect. IsoMetrix.NET could be the solution.

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Hugged your screen lately?
August 15, 2011

Hugged your screen lately?

Businesses can be forgiven for focusing more on saving costs than on saving the planet. But CLINT CRONJÉ says recent developments suggest that companies...

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August 15, 2011

The SHEQ managers’ compliance conundrum

Most SHEQ managers working for medium-size enterprises, with sites in several different countries, face some daunting problems to manage SHEQ systems with confidence.

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HIV/Aids impacts the bottom line
August 15, 2011

HIV/Aids impacts the bottom line

The high prevalence of HIV/Aids in the workforce has a significant impact on the already high cost of employing people in South Africa.

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August 15, 2011

Managing contractor risks

Global industries, including those based in South Africa, increasingly rely on contractors to provide specialised skills and expertise, as well as to manage costs...

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