Carbon Footprint

Effective soil management is essential for boosting farming productivity, supporting crop health, enhancing water retention, and maintaining ecosystem balance. Within the SIZA Environmental Standard, soil management is key in ensuring farm sustainability and audit compliance. While soil enhancement practices can be adapted based on specific conditions, common techniques such as soil health assessments, erosion control, nutrient management, and minimising compaction are widely used to promote soil health and prevent degradation.

Alien plant species are introduced, intentionally or unintentionally, to an area where they do not naturally occur. Once these species begin to spread and establish themselves beyond their initial point of introduction, they are classified as invasive alien plant (IAP) species.

Over the last year, parts of South Africa experienced persistent heat, and some areas had more lengthy periods of warmer temperatures. Climate change is making more extreme heatwaves more frequent and severe, resulting in the impact of El Niño being more intense.

This collaboration between the two platforms allows members to capture their monthly inputs and outputs using the SIZA Digital Recordkeeping Programme, and for the annualised data to be sent to Confronting Climate Change’s platform in order for a Carbon Footprint calculation to be conducted.

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions play a pivotal role in the global discourse on climate change, prompting organisations to scrutinise their environmental impact.

In our commitment to environmental stewardship, we are excited to delve into the intricacies of a topic that resonates with the core values of SIZA — The Carbon Footprint.

In a world increasingly concerned with climate change and environmental sustainability, you might have heard about the phrase Net Zero.