Cape Town’s Green Sectors

This fact sheet by GreenCape provides a statistical snapshot of the green economy in Cape Town, focusing on the energy, water, and waste sectors. It details company counts, employment, revenue, and municipal expenditure for the 2019/20 period, while highlighting investment opportunities in the Atlantis Special Economic Zone for Green Technologies (ASEZ).

• The green economy in Cape Town comprises 600 assessed companies, with the waste sector being the largest by company count (328 companies), followed by energy (184 companies) and water (157 companies).
• The Atlantis Special Economic Zone for Green Technologies (ASEZ), a partnership between the City of Cape Town and the Western Cape Provincial Government, has secured approximately R700 million in investment, creating over 300 jobs across six companies.
• Municipal financial data for 2019/20 shows that the City of Cape Town's energy sector had an annual revenue of R14.47 billion and an annual expenditure of R11.31 billion.
• Municipal data for 2019/20 indicates that the City of Cape Town's water sector generated R4.45 billion in annual revenue with an annual expenditure of R3.26 billion, while the wastewater sector generated R1.91 billion in revenue against R2.26 billion in expenditure.
• The City of Cape Town has identified significant short to medium term investment needs, including R4.9 billion for renewable energy infrastructure, R2.6 billion for material recovery and beneficiation infrastructure, and R1.2 billion for large water supply and treatment projects.

APA

GreenCape (n.d.). Cape Town’s Green Sectors. https://greencape.co.za/assets/INFOGRAPHIC_FINAL.pdf

Chicago

GreenCape. Cape Town’s Green Sectors. n.d. https://greencape.co.za/assets/INFOGRAPHIC_FINAL.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{greencapendcape, author = {{GreenCape}}, title = {{Cape Town’s Green Sectors}}, institution = {GreenCape}, url = {https://greencape.co.za/assets/INFOGRAPHIC_FINAL.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }