May 28, 2021 Companies across South Africa have stepped up this National Energy Month to bring their corporate innovation capabilities forward, in line with government’s call to find urgent solutions to the country’s energy crisis. Some of the clear-cut solutions available to South Africa lie in the conversion of waste and refuse into energy; property portfolios committing to green, energy-efficient buildings; land-use sustainability and reduced plastic in packaging in the production of food – as some key examples. Creating a circular economy For its part, the government is committed to redirecting waste from landfills and in support of this, new laws have been legislated and regulations are being rolled out – all aimed at cleaning-up South Africa and reducing the negative environmental as well as health impacts caused by waste.