In this video Songo Didiza introduces the green economy and net zero carbon pathway for South Africa.

Developing sustainable construction practices and strategies to reach Net Zero have been increasingly in the spotlight over the last few years - both in terms of the carbon cost of construction and over the lifecycle of developments. However, legal obligations and specific drafting around reducing carbon emissions (what can be called “climate clauses”) have still not been adopted on mass in contracts by the industry. In the coming years we expect to see a legal shift to create a more robust contractual environment to hold parties operating in the sector to account for their climate commitments on projects as we move ever closer to the mandated Net-Zero deadlines of the Government.