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2020–2025 Report

Welcome to our 2020–2025 Board Report, in which we showcase our impact, celebrate impactful partnerships and explore how we sought to honour the WWF brand over the Strategy 2025 period.

SPECIAL FEATURES

Looking through a five-year lens, we celebrate the pioneering partnerships that enable our work and the much-loved WWF brand that unites South Africans and connects us to nature.

FIVE YEARS OF PIONEERING PARTNERSHIPS

The partnerships established through WWF's work have shaped the future of South Africa.

FIVE YEARS OF HONOURING THE PANDA

Our work embodies WWF's values as symbolised by the beloved WWF panda logo.

Success Stories from Strategy 2025

Over the past five years, our work across these six environmental outcomes has allowed us to deliver measurable impact for people and nature.

2020–2025 IN NUMBERS

REGENERATIVE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION

WWF advocated tirelessly for a deeper understanding that plastic pollution is a problem that must be fixed at every stage of the plastic life cycle.

IMPROVED FRESHWATER QUALITY AND QUANTITY

WWF worked with government, business, civil society and communities to secure the country’s water supply for people, nature and the economy.

EQUITABLE SHIFT TO A CLIMATE-RESILIENT FUTURE

WWF played a pivotal role in putting “net zero” emissions on the national agenda and embedding this message across South African society.

EXPAND OUR NETWORK OF CONSERVATION AREAS

WWF grew South Africa’s conservation estate by partnering with land owners and residents in priority landscapes to implement fit-for-purpose levels of land protection.

TRANSFORMING THE FINANCE AND CORPORATE SECTORS

Over the past five years, WWF has seized every opportunity to steer the finance and business sectors towards a more sustainable path.

LOCAL GOVERNANCE OF NATURAL RESOURCES

WWF supported communities in priority land and seascapes to realise their rights to decent, sustainable livelihoods and a healthy natural environment.