South African chemical, mining and agricultural company Omnia has entered into an agreement with the International Finance Corporation to sell up to one million carbon credits over the next five years, in a deal worth some €15-million.

Johannesburg is ranked the second least vulnerable city to urbanisation and the environment in a new study of major centres in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

South African state company Eskom has signed an agreement with French development agency AFD for a €100-million loan over 20 years to help finance a new wind farm project.

South Africa is to set aside R2-billion over the next three years to support programmes aimed at making the country more energy efficient, to promote renewable energy sources and to enourage co-generation projects by industrial players.

South African wine and spirits maker Distell is piloting the capture and re-use of carbon dioxide released during apple cider production at its plant in Paarl, in a bid to reduce the impact of its operations on the environment.