By Alistair Collier | The Business of Golf Magazine
Dear Club Manager, Director of Golf, Course Superintendent,
Why not celebrate WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY on Wednesday 5 June, and congratulate ELEMENTS PRIVATE GOLF RESERVE as South Africa’s TOP CLUB in the country, for environmental compliance, social responsibility and good governance (ESG) for 2023-24, along with Umhlali Country Club and Olivewood Private Estate for their Special Mention Awards?
World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated on 5 June each year and its intention is to stimulate awareness of the environment and enhance political attention and public action. This year WED focusses on land restoration, desertification, and drought resilience and the worrying intensification of the triple planetary crisis:
- the crisis of climate change,
- the crisis of nature and biodiversity loss, and
- the crisis of pollution and waste.
In addition to marking WED, it is also appropriate to celebrate with ELEMENTS PRIVATE GOLF RESERVE on its achievement of winning the John Collier TOP CLUB Award for environmental compliance, social responsibility and good governance for South African golf courses and Special Mention Awards to Umhlali Country Club and Olivewood Private Estate.
Winning a TOP CLUB AWARD is achieved through the support of committed and passionate people, who wholly embracing the three pillars of sustainable golf being environmental compliance, social responsibility and good governance (ESG).
What ELEMENTS PRIVATE GOLF RESERVE has done so well, in their survey questionnaire, is that it has illustrated, not only its stewardship of the land linked to areas such as land restoration, desertification, and drought resilience, but their attention to the three pillars of sustainable golf, namely environmental compliance, social responsibility and good governance (ESG), the UN Sustainable Development Goals dealing with Life on Land and Climate Action and embracing social responsibility and the implementation of good governance.
As the Chairman of Elements, Mr Waldo du Toit said in receiving the TOP CLUB AWARD, the success is due to the commitment of the management team and all support staff.
Therefore, special congratulations must go to ELEMENTS PRIVATE GOLF RESERVE Chairman Mr Waldo Du Toit, the Board of Trustees, the various portfolio holders and subcommittee members, including Mike Engelbrecht, Johan Smith and Nico Hager and residents, the general manager Gerhard Lombard, club manager, Charles Smith, Tshepiso Mabena and the Matkovich Team.
If you have any queries, why not contact the John Collier Golf through our website or via email ajcollier@telkomsa.net?
Yours in Sustainable Golf
JOHN COLLIER
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email ajcollier@telkomsa.net or visit the John Collier Golf website at www.johncolliergolf.com