South Africa: Renowned professor wins Green Industry Leader award

The Southern African Association for Energy Efficiency (SAEE) has announced that Prof LJ Grobler is the winner in the Green Industry Leader category of the Green Supply Chain Awards. Grobler is a founding member of the Southern African Association of Energy Efficiency (SAEE) which was launched 10 years ago before ‘greening’ was a hot topic and he is the first non-American that was elected as president of the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) in the US.The Green Supply Chain Awards, now in their fourth year, honoured both organisations and individuals for their efforts. A joint initiative of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport: South Africa (CILTSA), the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa (CGCSA) and Supply Chain Today magazine, the awards cover three categories: Industry Leader, Best Project and Best Product.

Also category winners:

• Best Project under R1million – e-Waste Association of SA
• Best Project between R1million and R10-million – Rainbow Farms
• Best Project over R10million  – TFD Network Africa
• Best Product under R1million –  ECO₂Fleet
• Best Product over R1million – DHL

The Green Supply Chain Awards aim to recognise and reward companies that are making genuine efforts to minimise the environmental impact of their supply chain processes and actively seek ways to improve environmental performance through identifying goals to reduce their company’s impact on the environment, developing a detailed action plan for achieving each goal and reporting progress towards achieving these goals.