The PIC just became Sasol's largest shareholder — 20%+. The question is whether the PIC will actually act like a 20% owner, especially as Sasol quietly walks back its decarbonisation commitments. Our ED, Nicole Martens, unpacks this in the Daily Maverick ⬇️ www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...

PIC’s Sasol investment shifts the debate to shareholder responsibility

South Africa’s most powerful investor has recently, and quietly, became even more powerful, but with this new responsibility comes the opportunity to make decisions that will shape its future for gene...

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Shareholder activism isn't a problem to be "managed." It's feedback. The strongest boards don't fear criticism, they stay curious enough to ask; "What might this be telling us?" Governance isn't about comfort. It's about seeing what you might otherwise miss 🔗 www.ebnet.co.za/what-boards-...

Our ED, Nicole Martens unpacks how recent Companies Act amendments, which introduce binding shareholder votes on remuneration policy and implementation, are an important step in tackling excessive pay, weak pay‑performance alignment and stubborn wage gaps. www.ebnet.co.za/reforming-ex...

After years of advocacy, including parliamentary engagements, civil society collaboration, and a recent PAIA request to uncover delays, Just Share welcomes the operationalisation Sections 30A and 30B of the Companies Amendment Act. Read our full statement ⬇️ justshare.org.za/the-operatio...

The operationalisation Sections 30A and 30B of the Companies Amendment Act is a welcome step towards ending years of delay in corporate pay transparency | Just Share News

Just Share welcomes the operationalisation of the long-awaited sections 30A and 30B of the Companies Amendment Act as a step in the right direction in - Read the latest from Just Share on shareholder ...

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The Iran conflict is the latest reminder that #fossilfuels aren’t just another commodity; they’re a geopolitical liability. For banks and institutional investors, this isn’t just a market shock; it’s a fiduciary test. Read the full article here: justshare.org.za/fossil-fuel-...

Fossil fuel investments are a fiduciary risk | Just Share News

This article was first published by Project Syndicate on 17 April 2026. The global fallout from the Iran war demonstrates once again that for investors, - Read the latest from Just Share on shareholde...

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In this article, senior inequality analyst at Just Share, Kwanele Ngogela, writes that “𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛”. Read the full article 👉 justshare.org.za/profits-conv...

Profits, convenience and precarity in SA’s platform economy | Just Share News

An edited version of this op-ed was first published by Business Day on 11 May 2026. The gig economy works perfectly. Just not for workers. There has been - Read the latest from Just Share on sharehold...

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The industrial gas sector operates largely behind the scenes but plays a crucial role in industrial decarbonisation. Just Share’s new briefing details the invisible role of Air Liquide in the operation of Sasol and what it means for South Africa’s climate transition. justshare.org.za/hidden-indus...

Hidden industrial gases’ climate relevance overlooked: Just Share's briefing on Sasol and Air Liquide merger and its significance to South Africa’s emission reduction targets | Just Share News

South Africa’s industrial gases sector continues to be largely invisible in mainstream climate discourse despite its energy-intensive operations and its - Read the latest from Just Share on shareholde...

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Corporate lobbying to weaken and delay climate and pollution regulation is pervasive, and largely unseen. Just Share has long argued that significant penalties should apply to companies that pollute in excess of their carbon budgets. Read more: justshare.org.za/opaque-corpo...

Opaque corporate lobbying continues to weaken climate and pollution policymaking | Just Share News

Corporate lobbying to weaken and delay climate and pollution regulation is pervasive, and largely unseen. It continues to succeed in obtaining long delays - Read the latest from Just Share on sharehol...

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Yesterday, we unpacked the first-ever local benchmark of asset manager performance against global best-practice standards. The insights from the conversation are too important to miss. Missed the webinar? 🎥Watch it here 👇 youtu.be/OIcPQlXLUro

Just Share Asset Manager Responsible Investment Benchmark webinar

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📢 Join us for insights into why asset managers are lagging in meeting global responsible investment best practice, and how they can integrate international human and labour rights frameworks into policies, due diligence, company engagement & client reporting. RSVP ➡️ forms.office.com/r/LZa9yEhuyi

Our work to promote good governance and effective shareholder participation at AGMs has had a significant impact on the conduct of AGMs in South Africa, as set out in our new AGM impact report ⬇️ justshare.org.za/media/news/t...

Transforming annual general meetings in South Africa - Just Share

Just Shareʼs work to promote good governance and effective shareholder participation at annual general meetings (AGMs) has had a significant impact on the conduct of AGMs in South Africa

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Just Share, Aeon Investment Management & Fossil Free SA have instituted litigation in the Gauteng High Court seeking an order that Thungela has breached shareholder rights and its legal obligations by refusing to circulate and table shareholder-proposed resolutions. justshare.org.za/media/news/s...

Shareholders approach High Court for declaratory order on Thungela’s refusal to table resolutions - Just Share

Thungela Resources Limited shareholders Just Share, Aeon Investment Management and Fossil Free South Africa (the applicants) have instituted litigation in the Gauteng High Court seeking an order that ...

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Just Share is looking for new 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 and recruiting a 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐭. For full details of the roles and application procedures, please read more ⬇️ justshare.org.za/jobs/

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Join Just Share and become part of the only organisation in South Africa dedicated to improve social and environmental justice.

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For most South Africans, pensions are their largest asset. But few know what their retirement savings are funding. In this op-ed in the @dailymaverick.co.za, Just Share senior climate risk analyst Karishma Bhoolia explains why responsible investment matters. www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...

Pensions gone rogue — is your money being invested responsibly? | Daily Maverick

<p>South Africa’s asset management industry faces a reckoning as a new benchmark reveals most firms flunk responsible investment standards. With systemic risks from climate change and biodiversity los...

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Our new briefing shows that South Africa’s largest listed companies continue to fall short of achieving gender parity in leadership. Despite modest gains, progress remains uneven, largely concentrated at board level, with women under-represented in executive roles. justshare.org.za/mailpoet/gen...

Gender parity in leadership remains elusive in JSE Top 40 companies - Just Share

South Africa’s largest listed companies continue to fall short of achieving gender parity in leadership, according to Just Share’s new briefing

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Following the release of our report on corporate anti-climate lobbying in South Africa, the BHRRC invited all companies mentioned in the report to respond to its contention that they had lobbied to weaken and delay climate change policies in South Africa. justshare.org.za/mailpoet/a-u...

“A unified front of denial and defence”: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre asks South African fossil fuel industry to respond to Just Share’s report on corporate anti-climate lobbying - Just Sha...

The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre has published a new briefing in response to Just Share’s report on corporate anti-climate lobbying in South Africa

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🧵Our latest briefing, on Sasol’s 2025 climate disclosures, points out that multiple significant questions about the robustness and feasibility of Sasol’s “optimised Emission Reduction Roadmap” remain unanswered, ahead of its AGM on 14 November ➡️ justshare.org.za/mailpoet/sas...

Sasol asks investors to support its diminished focus on decarbonisation - Just Share

Just Share’s latest briefing, on Sasol’s 2025 climate disclosures, points out that multiple significant questions about the robustness and feasibility of Sasol’s “optimised Emission Reduction Roadmap ...

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📢 A new benchmark report from Just Share assesses South Africa's largest asset managers against 20 responsible investment standards, revealing significant performance gaps despite the industry's 15-year engagement with responsible investment principles ➡️ justshare.org.za/mailpoet/sou...

TotalEnergies financiers beware: the East African Crude Oil Pipeline is eating up money, nature and livelihoods. Our #EACOP Finance Risk Briefing is out now. #StopEACOP www.banktrack.org/article/tota...

🚨 New research from the TPI Global Climate Transition Centre shows most major banks are weakening their climate policies. Out of 36 top banks, many are still in the early stages of transition—with limited targets and minimal sector coverage. 🧵 www.transitionpathwayinitiative.org/publications...

In the latest industry assault on air pollution regulation, Sasol has launched litigation against the DFFE minister and others, seeking a court order that sections of regulations for enforcing air quality management plans are either nonbinding or should be set aside. justshare.org.za/mailpoet/sas...

Sasol guns for clean air laws - Just Share

In September, Sasol launched litigation against the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries & the Environment and several other respondents, seeking a court order that sections of regulations for enforcing ai...

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Read our comments on the latest amendments proposed to the List of Activities and associated MES, calling for the DFFE to reinforce the purpose of this legislation, which is to protect human health: justshare.org.za/mailpoet/air...

Air pollution legislation must be strengthened to protect human health - Just Share

Just Share has submitted comments on the latest amendments proposed to the List of Activities and associated minimum emission standards (MES)

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Just Share has commented on 3 pieces of climate policy that are significant in South Africa’s climate response. Unfortunately, they fall far short of what is needed to satisfy the country’s commitment to climate action and the just energy transition. Find out more: justshare.org.za/mailpoet/sou...

South Africa’s latest proposed climate policy updates lack the ambition needed for an effective climate response - Just Share

Just Share has recently commented on three key pieces of climate policy

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Just Share and other civil society organisations have responded, highlighting how FutureCoal’s arguments distort the facts to justify an extended lifespan for an industry whose social and environmental licence to operate has expired. 🔗 ➡️ justshare.org.za/mailpoet/fut...

The new Chairman of "FutureCoal" penned a whining open letter calling on global financial leaders to stop discriminating against his industry. The finance sector should take care not to fall for it. @justsharesa.bsky.social justshare.org.za/mailpoet/fut...

FutureCoal distorts the facts to prolong the life of an industry with no social licence to operate - Just Share

Coal lobbying body FutureCoal is deploying false narratives claiming that coal can be “sustainable”; including most recently in its “Fund Fair. Fund Equal” open letter to “global financial leaders” fr...

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Despite extensive use of hybrid and electronic-only annual general meeting formats, most JSE-listed companies still perform poorly in meeting requirements for effective online participation by shareholders. Read our latest briefing here ⤵️ 🔗 ➡️ justshare.org.za/mailpoet/mos...

Most JSE-listed companies are still not fully compliant with AGM requirements - Just Share

Despite extensive use of hybrid and electronic-only annual general meeting (AGM) formats, most JSE-listed companies still perform poorly in meeting requirements for effective online participation by s...

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Inequality remains a deeply entrenched and enduring crisis in South Africa, driven in large part by the country’s exceptionally high levels of income and wealth disparity. Read our latest briefing on wage gap disclosures by the country’s largest listed companies. justshare.org.za/mailpoet/jse...

JSE Top 40 wage gap disclosure lags without full Companies Amendment Act implementation - Just Share

With the remuneration disclosure provisions of the Companies Amendment Act still inoperative, wage gap transparency by the country’s largest listed companies is fragmented and inconsistent

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Just Share’s Kwanele Ngogela participated in @groundup.org.za's new "debate series", discussing the imposition of new employment equity targets and presenting an alternative view to that of the DA, represented here by Michael Bagraim. Watch highlights from the debate ⬇️ youtu.be/uRor4yJEHtI

Employment Equity Act: Will it transform companies or slow growth?

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📢 In this article in the Financial Mail, Just Share's executive director considers the irony of two corporate entities with enormous climate impacts suing for damages caused - at least in part - by climate change. Read the article here➡️ justshare.org.za/mailpoet/cli...

Climate irony - Just Share

At the end of March 2025 summons was issued in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court by Toyota South Africa against Transnet, the provincial MEC for transport & human settlements, and the eThekwini municipalit...

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As important as investment in EV & battery manufacturing is, we need to ensure our national transport strategy is built on a framework that aligns with & enables a #justtransition. @justsharesa.bsky.social published a report on the opportunities for this in 2022: justshare.org.za/wp-content/u...