JSE has role to play in sustainable energy transition

The JSE has a role to play in creating an enabling environment for more sustainable practices, particularly in terms of South Africa’s transition to using renewable energies, JSE chief sustainability officer Shameela Soobramoney stated at the Southern Africa-Europe CEO Dialogue event hosted in Johannesburg in November. “Given the role that capital markets play in South Africa, coupled with the need for private-sector involvement, it’s obvious how important these are in encouraging more sustainable energy practices. Our socioeconomic issues and inequalities are as important as the environmental challenges that we face, as they are also inextricably linked. There are huge opportunities for a country willing to transition to renewable-energy production in a way that leaves nobody behind,” she explained.