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Sustainability & Circular Economy Projects
Community Clean Ups
The project officially launched on 18 September 2021 and aims to drive and demonstrate how the circular economy is a tangible solution to managing and tackling the existing waste problem.
Gift's TED Talk: Why you should know where you waste goes
Every person here has generated waste between 0.11 to 4.54 kilograms of trash, and some of us have put the garbage in a recycling bin. But how many of us know where the waste we generated will end up?
Kudoti: Digitising informal waste collection
Through Gift's organisation more than 30 Million kilograms of waste materials have been tracked and verified.
Mini Cooper Electric Collective
Gift Lubele is part of the Mini Copper Electric Collective which is a movement of the 3.5% individuals committed to supercharging change and creating a bright future for us all.
Empowering informal waste pickers/reclaimers
In celebration of National Recycling Week and Let’s Do It World Clean-up Day 2021, Nestlé East & Southern Africa Region joined forces with Kudoti, a waste tech start-up, to launch its ‘RE-Imagine Tomorrow’ pilot project in Tembisa to demonstrate how the circular economy is a viable solution for tackling the waste problem.
2023 Audi Conversations of Progress with Hildegard Wortmann
In our discussion, we discussed why EVs are an important part of a truly circular world. Audi is preparing South Africa for an EV-led future:In January 2022, Audi South Africa announced a partnership with GridCars to install ultra-fast charging stations across the country. The investment into the charging infrastructure was critical to ensure ease of charging anywhere within the country for our customers.
By pioneering this technology, Audi has helped install the fastest public chargers in the country to date. In partnership with GridCars, the project has resulted in 33 installations of fast and ultra-fast EV chargers. This includes four 150kW (DC) ultra-fast, five 80kW (DC) fast and twenty-four 22kW (AC) EV charger installations.
By pioneering this technology, Audi has helped install the fastest public chargers in the country to date. In partnership with GridCars, the project has resulted in 33 installations of fast and ultra-fast EV chargers. This includes four 150kW (DC) ultra-fast, five 80kW (DC) fast and twenty-four 22kW (AC) EV charger installations.
Planting 5000 trees with GreenPop
Over 5000 trees were planted in the magical Uilenkraal Valley, in pristine, sunny conditions.
World Economic Forum Global Shapers: Cape Town Hub
The Cape Town Hub is a vibrant network of young people from diverse backgrounds. We pride ourselves on being change-makers in our local Cape Town community. Our hub objective is to build a global community of outstanding young people in the region of the City of Cape Town, committed to improving the state of the world.
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