Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa September 2013 | Page 14

COVER STORY The Green BY MONIQUE TERRAZAS Evolution Everyone’s going green... don’t get left behind! G oing green is no longer a fad for tree-hugging hippies or a fashion statement among companies with large media budgets. It is an absolute imperative for success and survival in a new economic and social milieu, which has irrevocably changed the way we live, work and play - not unlike the advent of electricity or the introduction of computers or the Internet. And if you’re not going green, you’re running a significant risk of being left behind: as an individual, as a family, as a company and as a nation. And in few industries is going green as important as it is in the property industry. 12 September 2013 SA Real Estate Investor www.reimag.co.za