Canonical Reference Surface

ZA-ESG-CPGza-esg-cpg.org

STATE: LIVE · DESCRIPTIVE

ESG credential reference door for South Africa. Binds to ZA-ECO-10060 for jurisdiction; does not contain South African regulations — it states the instruments and cites their primary sources. Agent-native and machine-native.

GreenCore Solutions Corp. · Microsoft AI Cloud Partner · EU-Sovereign primary · Sub-200 ms resolution path

Claim Attribution

Every claim carried through this door names its author in four slots. No credential is lodged on this surface this wave.

Maker assertsthe maker's own statement, in the maker's name

Certifier issuedthe attesting body, in the certifier's name

Datedate of issue of the attestation

Schemethe scheme the attestation is issued under

Every claim names its author: maker asserts · certifier issued · date · scheme. GSC is the operator of the scaffolding — never verifier, auditor, rater or certifier. No score, rank, grade or comparative claim is carried. GSC attests transport and resolution only — the record as lodged.

Jurisdiction Regulation Register — South Africa

This register states instruments — name, number, status, dates — and cites their primary source. It does not interpret how they apply. Draft laws are marked DRAFT and are never described as in force. Instrument names appear in their official form.

South Africa — national instruments

Instrument	Reference	Status / dates	Source
Climate Change Act 22 of 2024	Act 22 of 2024 (Gazette 50966)	In force as enacted; obligations dependent on commencement instruments. Last verified: 2026-08-19	primary source
Carbon Tax Act 15 of 2019	Act 15 of 2019	In force — Phase 2 from 1 Jan 2026 (to 31 Dec 2030; mandatory carbon budgets replace the voluntary system). Last verified: 2026-08-19	primary source
Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations — GN 1184/1187 of 2020 (paper and packaging sector) under NEMWA s.18	GN 1187, Gazette 43882 (5 Nov 2020)	In force — packaging EPR mandatory. Last verified: 2026-08-19	primary source
National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulations, 2016	GN 275 of 2017, Gazette 40762 (3 Apr 2017), under NEM: Air Quality Act 39 of 2004 (as amended)	In force. Last verified: 2026-08-19	primary source
JSE Sustainability Disclosure Guidance + JSE Climate Disclosure Guidance (June 2022)	JSE guidance (voluntary; ISSB/TCFD-informed)	VOLUNTARY VOLUNTARY guidance — expressly not listing obligations. Last verified: 2026-08-19	primary source
King IV Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa 2016	King IV (apply-and-explain)	CODE Governance code, not a statute. Last verified: 2026-08-19	primary source
South African Green Finance Taxonomy, 1st Edition (March 2022)	National Treasury Taxonomy Working Group	VOLUNTARY VOLUNTARY (no regulating agency). Last verified: 2026-08-19	primary source

Last verified: 2026-08-17 · Source of record: ESG-REG-MASTER (GSC reconciled register, 17 Aug 2026).

The Seven Signals — ACM-68000

Descriptive only this wave: the seven signals are described, not emitted for credentials (ACM-200/300/404), until the credential schema is ruled.

Signal	State
ACM-000	NOT_APPLICABLE
ACM-200	ALLOW
ACM-300	CONDITIONAL
ACM-403	RESTRICT
ACM-404	NOT_FOUND
ACM-451	ESCALATE
ACM-500	SYSTEM_ERROR

Connection Test

# Connection test — resolves a live GSC GTIN via the CPG Knowledge Graph (MCP host) # No API key. No account. No setup. Deterministic state in one round trip. # Excerpt of the live response (resolution block). KG resolution of a GSC GTIN — not an ESG credential. $ curl "https://mcp.cpgknowledgegraph.ai/resolve?gtin=00990832300341" { "resolver": "CPGKnowledgeGraph.ai", "protocol": "ACM-68000", "resolution": { "gtin": "00990832300341", "signal": "ACM-200", "state": "ALLOW", "sovereign_manifest": "SM-ECO-10060" } }

Machine Surfaces

/protocol.json · /signals.json · /nodes.json · /health.json · /catalog · /register.json
/.well-known/agent-card.json · /.well-known/mcp.json · /.well-known/acm-68000.json · /.well-known/security.txt

Identity Beacons

18 GSC Navigator Headers (Ghost Eighteen v3.6) on every response. Per-request X-GSC-Timestamp and X-GSC-Nonce regenerate as proof-of-liveness.

Contact the operator

Makers, certifiers and partners: reach GSC here.