JOHN COLLIER 2020 Thirteenth annual John Collier Survey

World Environment Day is celebrated on 5 June each year and is a day that stimulates awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and public action. Since it began in 1974, it has grown to become a global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated in over 100 countries. In South Africa at this time, the TOP CLUB is recognised for exceptional Environmental Compliance and Good Governance.

What St Francis Links does well is to link the importance of biodiversity in a practical way, and demonstrating the Club is committed to good land stewardship principles and taking positive steps towards addressing biodiversity loss.

This includes assessing their relationship with nature and putting in place stronger environmental policies and accountability measures to help drive changes in behaviour to protect nature and acting now to increase ambition and accountability for its protection.

Furthermore, in its small way, the St Francis Links is contributing to the mitigation of the five main drivers of biodiversity loss within the St Francis Links area, these include, land use change, prevention over exploitation of plants and animals, awareness of climate change, the management of pollution and the management of alien invasive species. There is no doubt that It is the appklication of these principles that form part of the club’s ethical foundation which underpins its licence to operate.

The John Collier reviewers were really impressed with the work that is being done at St Francis Links Course and it is fitting that on World Environment Day the club should be appropriately recognised. Special congratulations must go the St Francis Links Members, their Management team including but not limited to the General Manager Jeff Clause, the Course Superintendent Charl Blaauw and his staff, and the St Francis Links Environmental Committee.