The John Collier Survey’s data, which is received from golf clubs throughout South Africa, is combined with desktop research and interviews with people knowledgeable about golf courses throughout the region, and then analysed, following which we publish the John Collier Annual Survey in March each year.
Do golf clubs and the governing bodies of South African Golf have the appropriate and transparent data to manage situations that have recently arisen in the USA, Europe and EU?
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?
We continue our discussion on the key points of the latest John Collier Golf Annual ESG Survey
As referred to in Info Brief Number 119 the seventeenth John Collier Annual Survey on environmental compliance, social responsibility, and good governance (ESG) has been published.
On the front cover of this month’s issue, we refer to the ‘tale of the tape’, which is a boxing reference, by which combatants were ‘measured up’ for a fight.
The John Collier team visited the annual PGA Show in Orlando, Florida from January 22-24, 2025.
JCG reports that the experience is certainly worth the hype, and anyone who is serious about their role in the game is there, and ready to do business.
Given the increasing importance of ESG in day-to-day business, when I heard that Alistair Collier (AC) had attended the Environmental, Social, Governance Africa Conference & Expo in Johannesburg at the Sandton Convention Centre I asked him to share his key take-outs from the event.
In Part Four of the 17th John Collier Survey on environmental compliance, social responsibility and governance (ESG) for South African Golf Courses (this survey can be accessed on the John Collier website), the research deals with the issue of social responsibility.
To better understand what social responsibility entails, one needs to look no further than the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). For example, SDG 1 deals with “No Poverty”, SDG 2 “Zero Hunger”, SDG 3 with “Good Health and Well Being”, SDG with 4 “Quality Education”, SDG 5 with “Gender Equality” SDG 6 with “Clean Water and Sanitation”, SDG 8 with “Decent Work and Economic Growth”, SDG 10 with “Reduced Inequalities”, while SDG 12 covers “Responsible Consumption and Production”.
We continue our discussion with Alistair Collier – Founder of the John Collier Golf Survey – as he offers his personal feedback on the CMASA Conference at Fancourt, which he attended as a delegate.
