Welcome to the home of the National Cleaner Production Centre South Africa. As a national industry support programme, it is our mandate and mission to promote a resource efficient, low-carbon and circular economy in South Africa.
The NCPC embeds the broad principles of resource efficient and cleaner production (RECP), circular economy and decarbonisation to support sustainable industrial sectors, spaces and businesses.
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NCPC Impact in numbers
emissions mitigation since 2015
savings since 2015
Green skills development since 2010:
trained
developed
14 disciplines
Latest News
National inception workshop of the project: Accelerating the Decarbonisation of South Africa’s Steel Industry
The project “Accelerating the Decarbonisation of South Africa’s Steel Industry” is a large multi-year, and multi-partner project led by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), in partnership with the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and Guidehouse [...]
Launch of new Circular Economy partnership project with UNIDO
The NCPC and its project partners, UNIDO and adelphi, hosted a launch event of the "Climate and Biodiversity Action through Circular Economy Solutions (CB-ACES)" project in South Africa, on Wednesday, 18 February 2026 at the Protea [...]
NCPC in the news: Babcock Africa partners with NCPC-SA to unlock sustainable gains
As part of its plans to reduce environmental impacts, Babcock Africa partnered with the National Cleaner Production Centre South Africa (NCPC-SA) to conduct resource-efficient and cleaner production (RECP) assessments across selected priority sites in South Africa, [...]