In a recent interview on 702 with Stephen Grootes, Manie de Waal tackles the growing scepticism around corporate sustainability claims. De Waal highlights why businesses must back their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) statements with verifiable, audit-ready data – not just glossy marketing campaigns. With global carbon tax regulations and activist scrutiny on the rise, he warns that greenwashing isn’t just a reputational risk, but a financial one.
R600m recovered, and counting: the hidden cost of SA’s energy complexity, and the system built to solve it
South African organisations have recovered over R600 million in unverified energy charges using Syntiro™, Energy Partners’ financial control system for energy, now named Innovative Energy Project of the Year at the 2026 AEE Sub-Saharan Africa Energy Awards. Here’s what it means as SAWEM approaches in 2028.
