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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.

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.