Phumlani Masilela, Marcia Mkansi, John Michael Maxel Okoche, Anthea Amadi-Echendu

Abstract

Climate change policies such as the Carbon Tax Act 15 of 2019, Climate Change Bill (B9-2022), National Climate Change Response Policy White Paper are predominantly acknowledged in the scholarly field. A wide range of industry have embraced these policies as the foundation for green and sustainable business practices. A critical review of these policies indicates, however, a limited scope of governance and applicability to crowd logistics businesses. Yet, the digital-based crowd logistics are characterised by frequent traffic flows and multiple stops which add more cars on the road and have high impact on carbon dioxide emissions. We contend that the latter context, which have been neglected in policy frameworks, is important and requires new comprehensive policy that takes into consideration heterogeneous digital crowd logistics context. This study reviews green policies, highlight gaps, and proposes a logistics elements policy framework that can serve as a nucleus for policy development in the context of crowd logistics models in South Africa.