SHE Legal
Safety, Health and Environment Legal Compliance Specialists www.shelegal.co.za Follow us on twitter at https://twitter.com/SHELegalSA
SHE Legal is a legal consultancy that has qualifications and experience in environmental law, marine law, occupational health and safety law, and environmental science. Our main area of expertise is in assisting clients to achieve legal compliance as required by the ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 standards. The main services we offer are Environmental, Health & Safety, Energy Management and Food Safety L
10/10/2023
ILO welcomes new global measures addressing workplace hazardous chemicals Under a new Global Framework, some of the most harmful chemicals used in the working environment will be phased out.
02/03/2023
New rules for plastics and packaging in South Africa The South African Bureau of Standards has released new labelling criteria for plastics.
01/03/2023
REGULATIONS RELEASED: State of Disaster statutes allow for emergency power acquisition but at expense of environment protections The regulations regarding the National State of Disaster relating to the electricity crisis are finally available. This is what you need to know.
01/11/2022
impacts include increased drought and water scarcity, severe weather events, flooding, heatwaves, and wildfires. This in turn impact human health, food security, and socio-economic well-being. The longer we don’t reduce our GHG emissions, the more harmful the impacts will be. Read the , here: https://bit.ly/375U7hn
20/09/2022
BUSA, BLSA “joint position” on delaying carbon tax compromises corporate SA’s climate credibility – Centre for Environmental Rights IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 19 September 2022 Sasol and the Minerals Council have been lobbying against the implementation of a carbon tax in South Africa for
16/09/2022
DEFECTIVE PROPOSALS: Is SA’s Climate Change Bill good enough? It depends on who you ask From a flawed definition of ‘just transition’ and a lack of human rights focus, to long time frames and conflicts of interest — these are the concerns organisations and individuals as varied as investigative journalists and academics had with the current version of South Africa’s climate cha...
09/09/2022
On 8 Sept 2022, Min. Creecy published her intention to exclude the development and expansion of solar photovoltaic facilities and associated activities, from the requirement to obtain . The public has until 8 Oct 2022 to comment.
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01/09/2022
of our Constitution states that “Everyone has the right to an environment that is not harmful to their health or wellbeing and to have the environment protected through reasonable legislative measures.”
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20/08/2022
Read CER’s written comments on the Draft Mine Health and Safety Amendment Bill 2022, published on 15 June 2022.
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26/07/2022
Major court victory for communities fighting air pollution in Mpumalanga Highveld – Centre for Environmental Rights FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 18 March 2022 Today environmental justice groups celebrate a landmark judgment in the case as a victory for environmental
13/07/2022
A ground-breaking South African White Paper demands a paradigm shift to put care of the creatures with whom we share the planet at the centre of our concern.
Long-awaited legislation seeks to strengthen SA’s environmental regime National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Act introduce new offences, increase quantum of fines, extend enforcement powers to municipal managers