Cape Town’s Green Sectors

The document presents a data-driven overview of Cape Town's green sectors, highlighting a total of 600 assessed companies. It breaks down the energy, water, and waste industries by company size and function, while detailing municipal budget figures and investments in green infrastructure, including the Atlantis Special Economic Zone for Green Technologies.

• The green economy assessment in Cape Town covered 600 companies, with 416 having head offices in the city. The total GDP for Cape Town is listed as R312Bn.
• The energy sector consists of 184 companies, with the most common roles being installers (83), tech supply/distribution (71), and operations/maintenance (61). Key focus areas include solar PV, energy efficiency, wind, bioenergy, sustainable transport, energy storage, and solar thermal.
• The waste sector comprises 328 companies. The most frequent company roles are transport (185), material recovery (157), and tech supply/distribution (129). Focus areas include e-waste, metal, plastic, paper/card, glass, organics, hydrocarbons, textile, build rubble, hazardous, and liquid waste.
• The water sector includes 157 companies, with the primary focus areas being water efficiency (42), grey water (39), ground water (37), and wastewater (37).
• The Atlantis Special Economic Zone for Green Technologies (ASEZ) has secured approximately R700 million in investment from firms in waste recycling, green building, renewable energy, energy-efficiency, and water subsectors, creating over 300 jobs across six companies.
• Municipal basic service data for 2019/20 shows that energy consumption was 13.1 Mn MWh with an annual revenue of R14.47 Bn and expenditure of R11.31 Bn. Water consumption was 237,250 ML with R4.45 Bn in revenue and R3.26 Bn in expenditure. Solid waste landfilling was 1.6 Mt with R1.69 Bn in revenue and R2.24 Bn in expenditure.

APA

GreenCape (n.d.). Cape Town’s Green Sectors. 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} }