EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN
HCFC stakeholders
discuss Kigali ratification
By Ilana Koegelenberg
he meeting preceded the
‘Consultative Legislative Workshop on
the Kigali Amendment Towards HFC
Phase-Down’ which would run over two
days at the same venue.
The first HCFC stakeholders meeting
for this financial year was hosted by the
now-called Department of Environment,
Forestry, and Fisheries (DEFF) – previously
the Department of Environmental Affairs
(DEA). As the same role-players are
involved, it made sense to combine
the two meetings. It was hosted at the
Birchwood Hotel in Johannesburg.
The stakeholder meeting was
condensed into less than two hours
as many of the topics of discussion
were to be covered in more detail in
the upcoming workshop. It was led by
Obed Baloyi, chief director: chemicals
management at DEFF, who started with
the usual formalities of going through
and adopting the previous agenda.
But first, everyone in the room had to
introduce themselves. It was interesting
to note that industry players from across
the country were in attendance as
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During the 25 June HCFC stakeholder meeting, government informed industry that the Kigali
Amendment to the Montreal Protocol has been signed by the president, awaiting approval from
the United Nations…
Stakeholders gathered at the Birchwood Hotel for the quarterly HCFC phase-out meeting.
COLD LINK AFRICA •
SEPTEMBER 2019