Real projects, real people, and real benefits

 

The Ngxingxolo Social Bamboo Carbon Project also known as the DGB Bamboo Project, includes aspects of regenerative agricultural practices, social upliftment through long-term job creation and additionally, Carbon sequestration.

4 584 tCO₂ offset to date

Grootbos Nature Reserve was started in 1991 and saw the discontinuation of all farming, and the introduction of active measures to restore the natural vegetation and sequestrate carbon.

4 611 tCO₂ offset to date

A social enterprise started by Thrive Hout Bay saw residents of Imizamo Yethu township in Hout Bay begin recycling in 2009.

26 577 tCO₂ offset to date

Kuyasa is a low-carbon housing development in one of the poorest and most vulnerable corners of Khayelitsha, Western Cape.

 

The Namib Mills Investment Group solar emission reduction project involves the construction and operation of three solar plants. Of these plants, one will sell energy back to the grid, while the other two are for own use only.

2 606 tCO₂ offset to date

We would like to see a world in which composting companies of tomorrow replace the oil companies of today in the local economy.

185 tCO₂ offset to date

ReCarbon Ground Trading is a private company that produces certified organic compost for use by farmers, landscapers, and gardeners. This particular ReCarbon Ground Trading project at Uitenhage diverts food, liquid waste and sawmill matter from landfill.

1 300 824 tCO₂ offset to date

We would like to see a world in which composting companies of tomorrow replace the oil companies of today in the local economy.

15 886 tCO₂ offset to date

Since April 2009 Angus McIntosh has managed a portion of Spier agriculture that involves 154 hectares of irrigated pasture and vineyards.

953 tCO₂ offset to date

The Stellenbosch Community Recycling project makes recycling easier by establishing community-based recycling drop-offs and providing monetary incentives for currently unemployed people to be active in waste collection and waste sorting.

 

Sun Exchange is a privately owned innovative and fast growing South African microscale solar PV project developer that has been in operation since 2015 and has developed in excess of 60 projects, totalling 7.3 MW of installed capacity.

 

The Tswalu Kalahari Rewilding Project, developed in partnership between Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, Rewild Capital and Oppenheimer Generations, is dedicated to increasing carbon soil sequestration and reducing emissions through a combination of reducing grazing pressure and converting to renewable energy sources.

9 806 tCO₂ offset to date

The uMdoni Municipality and the Project Preparation Trust (PPT) are partners in this project with PACE.

9 293 tCO₂ offset to date

Walkers Recycling is a family-run business started in 2005 by Eddie Walker. The business collects high-value recyclable material from the Cape Town CBD.

10 457 tCO₂ offset to date

The Wildlands Conservation Trust (WCT) assists local communities and local governments in realising the virtuous cycles between human and ecological well-­being.