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  "family": "ESG-CPG",
  "jurisdiction": "ZA",
  "country": "South Africa",
  "language": "en",
  "last_verified": "2026-08-17",
  "source_of_record": "ESG-REG-MASTER — GSC reconciled register, 17 Aug 2026 (five inputs reconciled to primary sources)",
  "rules": [
    "HOLD items never ship",
    "DRAFT items always say DRAFT",
    "states instruments — name, number, status, dates; does not interpret how they apply",
    "negative facts (no such mandate) are register entries too"
  ],
  "operator": "GreenCore Solutions Corp.",
  "operator_role": "operator of the scaffolding — not verifier, auditor, rater or certifier",
  "held_unshipped": [
    "GHG reporting under the Air Quality Act — annex carries the NGER Regulations 2016 row (ships); NEMA 107/1998 + NEMWA 59/2008 as standalone rows — no annex links (NEMWA referenced inside the EPR row) [MAJ]"
  ],
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          "instrument": "Climate Change Act 22 of 2024",
          "reference": "Act 22 of 2024 (Gazette 50966)",
          "status": "In force as enacted; obligations dependent on commencement instruments.",
          "source": "https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/202407/50966climatechangeact222024.pdf",
          "draft": false,
          "no_mandate": false,
          "not_law": false,
          "note_tag": null,
          "last_verified": "2026-08-19"
        },
        {
          "instrument": "Carbon Tax Act 15 of 2019",
          "reference": "Act 15 of 2019",
          "status": "In force — Phase 2 from 1 Jan 2026 (to 31 Dec 2030; mandatory carbon budgets replace the voluntary system).",
          "source": "https://www.gov.za/documents/acts/carbon-tax-act-15-2019-english-afrikaans-23-may-2019",
          "draft": false,
          "no_mandate": false,
          "not_law": false,
          "note_tag": null,
          "last_verified": "2026-08-19"
        },
        {
          "instrument": "Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations — GN 1184/1187 of 2020 (paper and packaging sector) under NEMWA s.18",
          "reference": "GN 1187, Gazette 43882 (5 Nov 2020)",
          "status": "In force — packaging EPR mandatory.",
          "source": "https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/202011/43882gon1187.pdf",
          "draft": false,
          "no_mandate": false,
          "not_law": false,
          "note_tag": null,
          "last_verified": "2026-08-19"
        },
        {
          "instrument": "National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulations, 2016",
          "reference": "GN 275 of 2017, Gazette 40762 (3 Apr 2017), under NEM: Air Quality Act 39 of 2004 (as amended)",
          "status": "In force.",
          "source": "https://lawlibrary.org.za/akn/za/act/genn/2017/275/eng@2020-09-11",
          "draft": false,
          "no_mandate": false,
          "not_law": false,
          "note_tag": null,
          "last_verified": "2026-08-19"
        },
        {
          "instrument": "JSE Sustainability Disclosure Guidance + JSE Climate Disclosure Guidance (June 2022)",
          "reference": "JSE guidance (voluntary; ISSB/TCFD-informed)",
          "status": "VOLUNTARY guidance — expressly not listing obligations.",
          "source": "https://www.jse.co.za/sites/default/files/media/documents/JSE%20Sustainability%20Disclosure%20Guidance%20June%202022.pdf",
          "draft": false,
          "no_mandate": false,
          "not_law": false,
          "note_tag": "VOLUNTARY",
          "last_verified": "2026-08-19"
        },
        {
          "instrument": "King IV Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa 2016",
          "reference": "King IV (apply-and-explain)",
          "status": "Governance code, not a statute.",
          "source": "https://www.ecgi.global/sites/default/files/codes/documents/King_Report_On_Corporate_Governance_For_South_Africa_2016.pdf",
          "draft": false,
          "no_mandate": false,
          "not_law": false,
          "note_tag": "CODE",
          "last_verified": "2026-08-19"
        },
        {
          "instrument": "South African Green Finance Taxonomy, 1st Edition (March 2022)",
          "reference": "National Treasury Taxonomy Working Group",
          "status": "VOLUNTARY (no regulating agency).",
          "source": "https://www.treasury.gov.za/comm_media/press/2022/SA%20Green%20Finance%20Taxonomy%20-%201st%20Edition.pdf",
          "draft": false,
          "no_mandate": false,
          "not_law": false,
          "note_tag": "VOLUNTARY",
          "last_verified": "2026-08-19"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}