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Digital environment, the role of blockchain in sustainability
by Justin Duarte - Candidate Attorney, reviewed by Natalie Scott - Head of Sustainability and Director and Janice Geel - Associate Blockchain technology became available to [...]
Electric vehicle tax incentive: what electric vehicle manufacturers should know
Reviewed by Natalie Scott, Director and Head of Sustainability On 24 December 2024, Cyril Ramaphosa, the President of the Republic of South Africa, signed the [...]
Shell shock: reversal of landmark Dutch ruling holds lessons for South African climate change litigation
- Reviewer and Slade van Rooyen - Candidate Attorney The 2021 decision of a Dutch district court in Milieudefensie v Royal Dutch Shell[1] was widely regarded [...]
The South African Reserve Bank tightens “instant payment” framework in South Africa – screen scrapers beware!
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, more people than ever are ordering goods online based on the variety of good and services available, convenience, quick delivery times and [...]
FIC publishes Directive 9 to ensure CASPs comply with FATF Recommendations
- reviewer and authored by Slade van Rooyen - Candidate Attorney The Financial Intelligence Centre ("FIC") on 15 November 2024 published "Directive 9 concerning the implementation [...]
It is not only diamonds that are forever – a snapshot of forever and hazardous chemicals
A recent study conducted by the Manchester Metropolitan University revealed that the processes intended to decontaminate noxious liquid landfill waste before it re-enters rivers and sewers [...]
Credit Providers as Accountable Institutions
- Reviewer; Authored by Slade van Rooyen, Candidate Attorney Incidental credit attracts renewed interest in the context of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act 38 of 2001 [...]
Regulations Regarding the Control of the Import or Export of Waste
and Slade van Rooyen, Candidate Attorney, reviewed by Natalie Scott, Director and Head of Sustainability On 2 October 2023, the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the [...]
South Africa’s Greylisting: Regulatory authorities make progress on the Financial Action Task Force recommendations
Introduction It has been over a year since the Financial Action Task Force ("FATF") announced that South Africa had been added to the FATF's greylist [...]
A Snapshot of COP28: the good, the bad and the promising
It has been almost two months since the United Nations ("UN") Climate Change Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change 2023 [...]
Sustainable housing: Navigating the legal landscape for a green and resilient future
One of the first principles recognised in the Paris Agreement[1] is the importance of "sustainable lifestyles and sustainable patterns of consumption and production… [which] play [...]
ESG in Private Equity Funds: Insights from the Super Return Conference 2023
The integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors has become a crucial consideration for investors across various asset classes, including private equity funds. I [...]
Raging against the machine
and Thembelihle Tshabalala, Candidate Attorney, The meteoric rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is generating infinite possibilities and particularly so when linked to or combined with [...]
E-waste versus Sustainability: A battle between people, big tech and responsible recycling
A study conducted by the United Nations University in 2019 estimated that approximately 53.6 million metric tonnes of electrical and electronic waste products ("E-waste") were generated [...]
Working from home, the double-edged sword for sustainability
The advent of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdowns implemented by various governments across the world to curb the spread of the highly contagious Coronavirus [...]
Combatting climate change, one block at a time…
Blockchain, the decentralised database that stores information electronically on a computer network, is synonymous with using large quantities of electricity to effect transactions on the database. [...]
