Finance
South Africa’s Biggest Polluter Aims for 2050 Net Zero Emissions
- State-owned Eskom is nation’s top greenhouse gas producer
- Utility’s ‘aspirational vision’ includes creating new jobs
An Eskom coal-fired power station in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/BloombergThis article is for subscribers only.
Sign up to our Next Africa newsletter and follow Bloomberg Africa on Twitter
South Africa’s power utility, the nation’s biggest producer of greenhouse gases that mainly uses coal for electricity generation, is working on a plan aimed at net zero emissions by 2050.