We ask people in e-commerce and DTC to share lessons from the trenches. Hard-won knowledge from experiments, successes and sleepless nights.
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PROUDLY SPONSORED BY GERLINDE MOSER OF RE/MAX. Being Green – Your window on the environment broadcast every Friday morning at 9.30. Glynis Crook will focus on key issues affecting our lifestyles, science and research outcomes, the quest for sustainable living and a healthier planet.
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A regular feature populated by our finest fund managers, who explain their positioning in the markets, their current asset allocation and their views on future market behaviour. Essential listening for serious, long term investors.
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What is time? Depends on who you ask and how they use it. Cover art photo provided by Karim MANJRA on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@karim_manjra
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A podcast designed to help bachelors transition from college and adapt to the real world where it is their first time living on their own. We'll delve into topics centering around finance, nutrition, and dating. I've also included some of my birthday raps on this medium.
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With Preis Archery and Hunting the title says it all. I have quite a passion for both and just want to share the knowledge I have and learn more from everyone who has advice to share. From target archery to bowhunting and fitness, I hope to provide something to help everyone and have fun doing it!
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Jaco Van Tonder is Advisor Services Director at Ninety One in Cape Town.By Strictly Business
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Being Green - 27 Sept 24 _ Conservationists outraged by planned Namibian cull
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Conservationists are questioning Namibia’s plan to cull over 700 wild animals, including hippos, impalas, wildebeest, zebras, and 83 elephants. The environment ministry says the plan is to distribute the meat to people struggling to feed their families amid one of the country’s worst droughts in recent history. But critics suggest the cull is large…
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Jason Borbora-Sheen is a Portfolio Manager ay Ninety One in London.By Strictly Business
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Being Green - 20 Sept 24 _ Climate change and seasonal allergies
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Spring officially arrives this weekend and for many, this time of the year means a reaction to the increased pollen in the air. Some bad news from researchers and doctors is that climate change is not only worsening the symptoms of seasonal allergies, but also making them last longer. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to al…
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Malcolm Charles is a Portfolio Manager Fixed Income at Ninety One in Cape TownBy Strictly Business
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The Asset Class with Muhammad Docrat and Paul Gooden
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Muhammad Docrat, Analyst at Ninety One in Cape Town and Paul Gooden, Portfolio Manager at Ninety One in London.By Strictly Business
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Being Green - 13 Sept 24 _ EU climate agency warns 2024 could be hottest yet
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While we spent the past few months shivering in our boots here in Cape Town, the northern hemisphere was experiencing its hottest summer since records began, increasing the likelihood that 2024 will be the Earth’s warmest year yet. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Prof Guy Midgley, Director of Stellenbosch University’s …
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Being Green - 06 Sept 24 _ Circular economy success story
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In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Tracey Gilmore, CEO of Taking Care of Business. This non-profit social enterprise runs three 2-year programmes training budding entrepreneurs to resell, repair, and remake retail waste items, most of which would otherwise have been sent to landfill. To find out more, or if you want to do…
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Being Green - 30 Aug 24 _ Arbor Week: Preserving Cape Town’s urban forests
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Sunday will see the start of the annual National Arbor Week, a time to celebrate trees. Over the seven-day period, people are encouraged to take part in "greening" events to make our communities healthier and more beautiful. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Clare Burgess, chair of Treekeepers Cape Town, about preserving…
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Philip Saunders is Director of the Investment Institute at Ninety One in LondonBy Strictly Business
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Being Green - 23 Aug 24 _ Survival of the Cape’s own leopard
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As the Cape Leopard Trust marks its 20th year of working to ensure the survival of this apex predator, Glynis Crook speaks to its CEO, Helen Turnbull, about these highly elusive and resilient animals that survive in the fynbos biome of the Cape Fold Mountains. Find out more at: www.capeleopard.org.za.…
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Being Green - 16 Aug 24 _ Countries mark World Elephant Day
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Countries around the world marked World Elephant Day on Monday, which aims to bring attention to the plight of the animals in Africa and Asia. On both continents, they are facing increasing threats, including an escalation in poaching, habitat loss, and human-elephant conflict. The Worldwide Fund for Nature says there are only about 415,000 African…
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Being Green - 09 Aug 24 _Marion Island: Escalation of house mice attacks on seabirds
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South Africa’s Marion Island is being overrun by more than a million house mice. And as the growing population runs out of their normal food, they’re increasingly turning to the island’s seabirds as an alternative source of nourishment. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Dr Anton Wolfaardt of Mouse-Free Marion about its p…
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John Stopford, Head of Multi-Asset Income at Ninety One in LondonBy Strictly Business
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Being Green - 02 Aug 24 _First seal vaccinated for rabies in Cape Town
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Scientists and officials gathered in Cape Town last week to discuss what they know about the rabies outbreak in Cape Fur Seals and what to do about it. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to one of the delegates, Dr Tess Gridley, co-director of Sea Search, which is a collective of marine mammal scientists, who told her that s…
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Ian Cunningham is the Co-Head of Multi-Asset Growth at Ninety One in LondonBy Strictly Business
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Being Green - 26 July 24 _WWF: The world records we don’t want to break
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As the Olympic Games get underway in Paris on 26 July, the Worldwide Fund for Nature has launched a video campaign urging people to focus on the world records we don’t want to break. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to James Reeler, Senior Manager: Climate Action at the WWF South Africa about what it hopes to achieve with …
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Being Green - 19 July 24 _Heat-mapping study finds Cape Town has district temperature differences
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Trees and plants make life better in a city, including improving air quality, providing homes to birds and insects, and cooling our streets. A recent heat-mapping campaign as part of the World Bank’s City Resilience Programme and the National Treasury’s Cities Support Programme found large temperature differences in parts of the city with densely-p…
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Vivienne Taberer, Investment Director at Ninety One in Cape TownBy Strictly Business
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Being Green - 12 July 24 _Aghmad Gamieldien, founder of Mzanzi Organics
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An urban greening trend that is gaining momentum around the world for its environmental benefits is something called a Miyawaki pocket forest. The concept was developed in the 1970s by Japanese botanist, Dr Akira Miyawaki. Now Aghmad Gamieldien, founder of Mzanzi Organics, has created five of them in Cape Town. He joins Glynis Crook on this week’s …
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Varun Laijawalla is a Portfolio Manager at Ninety One in London.By Strictly Business
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Being Green - 05 July 24 _Prof Peter Ryan, emeritus professor at UCT’s FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Prof Peter Ryan, emeritus professor at UCT’s FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, who co-authored a study which found that colourful plastics degrade to form microplastics faster than those with plain colours.By Glynis Crook
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Being Green - 28 June 24 _Keith Anderson, CEO of the e-Waste Association of South Africa (e-WASA)
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Electronic waste is the fastest-growing solid waste stream in the world. In 2022, a record 62 million tonnes were produced globally, up 82% from 2010. But less than one quarter of the year’s e-waste mass was documented as having been properly collected and recycled. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Keith Anderson, CEO o…
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Being Green - 21 June 24 _ WWF-SASSI: Giving consumers the chance to make informed choices
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In this week’s Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Pavs Pillay, behaviour change lead and WWF-SASSI manager, about the initiative’s new report, “The hidden costs of your seafood”, which focuses on the crucial role played by retailers and suppliers of seafood in ensuring responsible and sustainable fishing practices are implemented.…
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John Biccard, Portfolio Manager, Ninety One Value FundBy Strictly Business
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Matt Evans is a Portfolio Manager at Ninety One in LondonBy Strictly Business
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Being Green - 14 JUNE 24_Francesca Mahoney, founder of Wild Survivors Part 2 Interview
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In Being Green this week, Glynis Crook continues her discussion with Wild Survivors founder, Francesca Mahoney, about elephants in Tanzania, and how their fear of bees is being harnessed to protect farms and help communities along the animal’s migratory corridors. To find out more, go to: www.wildsurvivors.org…
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Being Green - 07 JUNE 24_Francesca Mahoney, founder of Wild Survivors Part 1 Interview
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In this week’s Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Francesca Mahoney, founder of Wild Survivors, an organisation that works to create a sustainable solution to the conflict between elephants and humans along the animal’s migratory corridors in northern Tanzania. To find out more, go to: www.wildsurvivors.org…
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Malcolm Charles is a Portfolio Manager at Ninety One in Cape TownBy Strictly Business
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Being Green - 31 May 24_Antarctic sea ice at record low
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A study published recently by the British Antarctic Survey raised concerns about the record low levels of sea ice around Antarctica. Scientists found that in 2023 – compared to an average winter – the maximum extent of the Antarctic Sea covered by ice, shrank by over two million square kilometres. It found that these historically low levels were a …
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Being Green - 24 May 24_Alexis Cronin, co-founder of Dunia
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Plastic waste is poorly managed along coastal zones in West Africa, and Tanzania is no exception. But as the public becomes more aware of the problem, there are an increasing number of initiatives to deal with the problem, and opportunities to recycle. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Alexis Cronin, co-founder of Dunia,…
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Russel Silberston is a Strategist at Ninety One in LondonBy Strictly Business
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Being Green - 17 May 24_Dr Christopher Jack, deputy director of UCT’s Climate System Analysis Group,
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The powerful El Nino weather phenomenon, a big contributor to last year’s record-breaking global temperatures, has faded. Its opposite, La Nina, is expected to emerge in the next few months. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook asks Dr Christopher Jack, deputy director of UCT’s Climate System Analysis Group, what impact it is likely …
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Being Green - 10 May 24_Wood vinegar a natural plant growth booster and pesticide
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Wood vinegar, a by-product of charcoal production, has been used in agriculture for over two thousand years, both as a growth booster for plants and a natural pesticide. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Ralf Dedig, the owner of Namibian company, Makarra Wood Vinegar, about the benefits of the product.…
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John Biccard is a Portfolio Manager responsible for the Ninety One Value Fund.By Strictly Business
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Being Green - 03 May 24_Bamboo toilet paper a greener option
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Bamboo is the fastest-growing plant on earth, and products made from this grass are highly eco-friendly. Among its many benefits to the environment is the fact that it absorbs twice as much carbon dioxide as trees and generates an impressive amount of oxygen. Glynis Crook caught up with Go Bamboo, a company that imports bamboo toilet paper, kitchen…
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George Chevely Portfolio Manager for Natural Resources Strategies at Ninety One in LondonBy Strictly Business
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Being Green - 26 April _ BirdLife South Africa and Sanccob take environment minister to court
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Two bird conservation organisations, BirdLife South Africa and Sanccob, are taking the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment to court over what they see as a flawed plan to protect the endangered African Penguin. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook asks Sanccob’s head of conservation, Nicky Stander, what motivated the…
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Being Green - 19 April 24_Nileta Knoetzen, co-founder of Malmesbury-based company
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In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Nileta Knoetzen, co-founder of Malmesbury-based company, Growing Paper, which not only hand-manufactures paper from paper waste, but also infuses it with seeds so you can “plant” it after use.By Glynis Crook
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Bashier Omar is a Portfolio Manager at Ninety One.By Strictly Business
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John Stopford is the head of Multi-Asset Income at NinetyOne in London.By Strictly Business
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Being Green - 12 April 24_World Travel Market Africa
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In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to World Travel Market Africa sales manager, Penny Fraser, and marketing manager, Olivia Gradridge, about how seriously the tourism industry is taking the negative impact it makes on the environment.By Glynis Crook
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George Chevely Portfolio Manager at Ninety One in LondonBy Strictly Business
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Being Green - 05 April 24_Heather Wares of the Two Oceans Aquarium
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In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Heather Wares of the Two Oceans Aquarium about the incredible work done by its foundation in the field of ocean research and conservation and the beach clean-up it is holding at Surfers’ Corner, Muizenburg, on Saturday morning. Time: 9h-12h. Bring along gloves and a bucket to collect the…
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Being Green - 29 Mar 24_, Anthony Gird Honest Chocolate co-owner
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In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Honest Chocolate co-owner, Anthony Gird, about their efforts to make their products sustainable and environmentally friendly and how climate change is impacting cocoa bean production. To find out more about their chocolate and workshops, visit their website: honestchocolate.co.za…
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Being Green - 22 Mar 24_Zoe Gauld-Angelucci from Greenpops
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In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Greenpop’s Zoe Gauld-Angelucci about the organisation’s incredible urban greening and forest restoration projects and the Reforest Fest is it holding in the Overberg on the Easter weekend.By Glynis Crook
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Being Green - 15 Mar 24_Victor Sterling, co-owner of Delheim Wine Estate
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In Being Green this week, Glynis Crook speaks to Victor Sterling, co-owner of Delheim Wine Estate, about the importance of soil quality and the farm’s practice of planting cover crops between the vine rows.By Glynis Crook
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