Environmental, Social & Governance

South Africa’s shift towards a lower-carbon economy is increasingly being driven through procurement and infrastructure delivery, rather than environmental policy alone. CDH reports that a 16 July environmental-law alert notes that public-private partnerships are becoming an important vehicle for embedding sustainability, climate resilience and local-development outcomes into energy, transport, water and ...

BusinessTech reports that Eskom has received the approvals required under section 54(2) of the Public Finance Management Act and the Eskom Debt Relief Act to establish Eskom Green as a wholly owned renewable-energy subsidiary. The new entity will house Eskom’s renewable-energy operations and related funding activities, with a stated ...