Mandela Day 2025: “It’s still in our hands to combat poverty and inequity”
Mandela Day This Mandela Day, Umvoto and The Umvoto Foundation (TUF), in collaboration with the …
Gemma Bluff
Heritage Day Potjie Challenge
What is Heritage Day Celebrated across the country on September 24th, Heritage Day is a national holiday recognising and celebrating the cultural diversity of South Africa. The theme for 2024 was “Celebrating the lives of our heroes and heroines who laid down their lives for our freedom,” with the campaign tag line of “Our History,…
Umvoto presenting at the IAIAsa Conference
The International Association for Impact Assessment South Africa (IAIAsa) are hosting their annual conference from the 27th to the 30th of August in Rustenburg North West, where the theme is ‘From roar to revolution: Unleashing the future of IEM’. Some of our team at Umvoto will be presenting at this conference. Gemma Bluff (Senior Climatologist),…
SDG Flag Campaign
The 25th September 2023 marks eight years since the world embraced the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): 17 goals that guide humanity to a more sustainable world by 2030. To showcase how Umvoto are working together for the SDGs, this year we are taking part in the SDG Flag Campaign with the Global Compact Network South…
Compliance monitoring of hydrogen sulphide levels
The importance of compliance monitoring Compliance monitoring is an important component of environmental management, ensuring that industry complies with global standards and guidelines. Umvoto has been undertaking compliance monitoring for various clients for a number of years, one of which is Tulu Moye Geothermal. In this instance, the quality of the air is measured and…
Umvoto aligns with the UN’s SDG Ambition Accelerator
The UN Global Compact is “the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative – a call to companies to align strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and take actions that advance societal goals”. These align with the UNs Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), of which there are 17. Umvoto signed up…
