Annual Survey 2024 to 2025 Discussion | Part 1
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.
John Collier Survey
ESG CONFERENCE HELD AT THE SANDTON CONVENTION CENTRE ON 1 and 2 OCTOBER 2024
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.
SUSTAINABILTY, ITS THREE ESG PILLARS – SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
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”.
CMASA CONFERENCE IMPRESSIONS – PART 2
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.
CMASA CONFERENCE IMPRESSIONS
In July of this year, when one of BG’s Founder Partners – Alistair Collier of the John Collier Survey – indicated his intentions to attend this year’s CMASA Conference at Fancourt, I asked if he could share his impressions of the event with us, and he kindly agreed.
Importance of the celebration of National Women’s Day throughout August?
Why not talk about sustainable golf, and the importance of the celebration of National Women’s Day throughout August?
HEART OF THE SURVEY: THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS
In issue 5 we looked at some high-level areas in terms of the John Collier Survey for 2024, and discussed what it takes to win the Top Club Award, and we are now in discussion with Alistair Collier (AC), JCS’s founder, about the certification process, which is at the heart of the survey.
PART 2: ELEMENTS PRIVATE GOLF RESERVE GO ONE BETTER THIS YEAR, AND WIN THE TOP CLUB AWARD IN 2023/24 JOHN COLLIER AWARDS
There is a worrying intensification of what is termed, the triple planetary crisis: the crisis of climate change, the crisis of nature and biodiversity loss, and the crisis of pollution and waste.
PART 1: ELEMENTS PRIVATE GOLF RESERVE GO ONE BETTER THIS YEAR, AND WIN THE TOP CLUB AWARD IN 2023/24 JOHN COLLIER AWARDS
The results of the seventeenth John Collier Annual Survey on environmental compliance, social responsibility and good governance (ESG) for South Africa golf courses have been released and the tale of the tape shows Elements Private Golf Reserve as the winner of this year’s top award, with Umhlali Country Club and Olivewood Private Estate receiving honourable mentions.
SOME KEY TAKE-OUTS FROM THE LATEST JOHN COLLIER SURVEY
As World environment day (5th June) and the announcement of the John Collier Survey’s annual awards, approaches, BG took the chance to ask Alistair Collier (AC), who is the founder and author of the survey, what he felt could be seen as the main takeaways this year.