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  • Money Talk event round up

    On 18 July, Mandela Day, we invited friends and partners from SA civil society to learn more about the possibilities and limitations of socially responsible investment. Together with our guests Brad McWalter of McWalter Advisory and Ashley Daswa of Sanlam we delved into how our investments can be reframed for justice and sustainability in a…

  • Web event: ‘Money Talks: Redefining our Investments for Justice and Sustainability’

    This Mandela Day, 18 July 2023, we invite you to join us to spend 67 minutes honouring Mandela’s legacy by learning more about how your investments can build the more just and sustainable world that we all want: Money Talk: Redefining Investments for Justice and Sustainability  When: 18 July (Mandela Day) at 13:00 Where: Online…

  • Fossil fuel advertising ban campaign launched in Cape Town

    Sasol greenwashing during the June 2023 visit of the solar-and-hydrogen boat Energy Observer to Cape Town

    Pic: Sasol greenwashing during the June 2023 visit of the solar-and-hydrogen boat Energy Observer to Cape Town ⬇️Download press release here. On Wednesday 28 June 2023, we launched a new campaign urging the City of Cape Town to implement a comprehensive ban on fossil fuel advertising, branding and sponsorship in the city. The campaign launched…

  • State of fossil fuel divestment in South Africa: Fossil Free SA survey shows UCT and Anglican Church of SA lead on fossil fuel divestment progress

    As new evidence emerges internationally to show the efficacy of fossil fuel divestment for accelerating the global struggle to limit climate breakdown, Fossil Free SA has released its first report surveying SA institutions attempting to divest.  Following a long-standing campaign by students and Fossil Free South Africa, the University of Cape Town (UCT) made a…

  • Clean Creatives South Africa – Civil Society Letter

    21 March 2023 This Human Rights Day, a coalition of 22 organisations is calling on South African PR and advertising agencies to decline future work from fossil fuel companies, industry associations and related front groups as they continue their decades-long efforts to undermine climate action. The stakes could not be higher. From devastating floods to…

  • Clean Creatives SA Attends Advertising Week Africa

    16 February 2023 by Molebo Sehume Advertising Week Africa 2023 had its inaugural debut in February 2023 at Vodaworld in Midrand. It was quite energising to be at an industry do and see familiar faces, especially after COVID ensured we all stayed well in-doors. It was good to hear industry news and mingle with various…

  • Clean Creatives SA Engages the Durban Creative and PR Industry

    DURBAN, 17 February 2023 by Stephen Horn It was great to go back to my hometown to connect with the Durban creative and PR community for Clean Creatives. Durban is a city which faced devastating floods last year which caused over 450 deaths and 40,000 people to be displaced, so many people have a visceral, personal…

  • Clean Creatives SA Hosts Event During Loeries Creative Week 2022

    On the 5th of October 2022, Clean Creatives South Africa hosted a creatives meetup and panel discussion titled “The Climate is Changing, Is Advertising?” during Loeries Creative Week 2022 in Cape Town.  Creative industry professionals from advertising, PR and media companies were invited to engage in a discussion on climate change and how they can…

  • Clean Creatives South Africa launches in Cape Town

    Following a soft launch in marketing industry publication, MarkLives.com in November 2021, the South African chapter of the US-based Clean Creatives campaign held its public launch in Cape Town at the Alliance Française on the 12th of July. A project of Fossil Free South Africa, the campaign sets out to unite advertising and PR agencies,…

  • Event summary: The climate crisis, the labour movement and fossil fuel divestment

    On 16 March, as guests of our co-hosts from the International Labour Research and Information Group (ILRIG), we presented a talk on climate issues as they may pertain to the labour movement at Community House, Salt River, in the Imam Haron Hall. Our fundamental point was that for better or worse, even with the best…

  • UCT commits to divestment

    UCT students protest in favour of fossil fuel divestment, 11 March 2022. Pic: James Granelli. Eight years after we first wrote to UCT asking for divestment, the university council decided on 12 March to divest. This was announced in the council minutes released on Friday, and News24 covered the story on Saturday; BusinessLive columnist Gray Maguire wrote about it today. This is obviously…

  • China cancels proposed 3GW coal plant in the Limpopo MM-SEZ

    Following the September announcement by China’s Premier Xi Jinping that China would no longer finance new coal power abroad, we wondered about the implications of that announcement for the giant, very dirty 3GW coal-fired power plant proposed for the China-financed Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone. We wrote to the Chinese embassy asking for clarification. Somewhat to…