May 29, 2023
Data management and protection are essential for any business to succeed in an agile digital era, and, as a result, companies need to create and maintain a robust plan for managing and securing their data due to the rising risk of cyberattacks and the changing legal...
Apr 14, 2023
Now that Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legal criteria are fully in place in South Africa, local producers are responsible for the entire life cycle of the products they market and sell. However, as Patricia Schröder, spokesperson for the producer...
Mar 7, 2023
The advent of large language models, including ChatGPT, which was launched by Open AI in November 2022, is remarkable. By Carla Collett, partner at Webber Wentzel ChatGPT is an AI chatbot system that interacts with users in real-time and in a conversational way. No...
Feb 14, 2023
In today’s sustainability-conscious world, those businesses that produce unnecessary waste are living on borrowed time. Failing to secure environmentally-viable supply chains will quickly see an organisation out in the cold, such is the focus that is now placed...
Feb 8, 2023
On 25 November last year, the Department of Mineral Resources (DMRE) gazetted the amendment regulations for the mandatory and compulsory display and submission of energy performance certificates (EPCs) for buildings. By Frikkie Malan, head of sustainability at Remote...
Jan 31, 2023
There are various reasons why a company might want to comply with ISO 27001, with some looking to provide assurances to customers and partners that they are aligned with international best practices. Others want to show that they promote organisational improvement for...