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  "jurisdiction": "SA",
  "country": "Saudi Arabia",
  "language": "en",
  "last_verified": "2026-08-17",
  "source_of_record": "ESG-REG-MASTER — GSC reconciled register, 17 Aug 2026 (five inputs reconciled to primary sources)",
  "rules": [
    "HOLD items never ship",
    "DRAFT items always say DRAFT",
    "states instruments — name, number, status, dates; does not interpret how they apply",
    "negative facts (no such mandate) are register entries too"
  ],
  "operator": "GreenCore Solutions Corp.",
  "operator_role": "operator of the scaffolding — not verifier, auditor, rater or certifier",
  "held_unshipped": [
    "SFDA menu labelling from 1 Jul 2025 [1W] — annex primary link BROKEN (points to gov.br); secondary only — held pending a correct link"
  ],
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        {
          "instrument": "Waste Management Law",
          "reference": "Royal Decree No. M/3 of 2021 (+ Implementing Regulations; MWAN regime)",
          "status": "In force (licences/permits, EPR hooks, waste framework).",
          "source": "https://misa.gov.sa/app/uploads/2025/07/Waste-Management-Law.pdf",
          "draft": false,
          "no_mandate": false,
          "not_law": false,
          "note_tag": null,
          "last_verified": "2026-08-19"
        },
        {
          "instrument": "Environment Law",
          "reference": "Royal Decree No. M/165 of 2020 (in force 180 days after Gazette publication)",
          "status": "In force.",
          "source": "https://www.ecolex.org/details/legislation/royal-decree-nom165-of-2020-issuing-the-environment-law-lex-faoc201014/",
          "draft": false,
          "no_mandate": false,
          "not_law": false,
          "note_tag": null,
          "last_verified": "2026-08-19"
        },
        {
          "instrument": "Saudi Exchange (Tadawul) ESG Disclosure Guidelines",
          "reference": "Announced 28 Oct 2021",
          "status": "VOLUNTARY — guidelines, not a mandate.",
          "source": "https://www.saudiexchange.sa/wps/portal/saudiexchange/listing/issuer-guides/esg-guidelines",
          "draft": false,
          "no_mandate": false,
          "not_law": false,
          "note_tag": "VOLUNTARY",
          "last_verified": "2026-08-19"
        },
        {
          "instrument": "Mandatory carbon pricing (tax or ETS)",
          "reference": "—",
          "status": "NO MANDATE EXISTS — none found (searched-not-found, 17 Aug 2026).",
          "source": null,
          "draft": false,
          "no_mandate": true,
          "not_law": false,
          "note_tag": null,
          "last_verified": "2026-08-19"
        },
        {
          "instrument": "Saudi Green Initiative / Vision 2030",
          "reference": "Policy programmes (net-zero 2060; 278 Mtpa by 2030)",
          "status": "Policy, not statutes — never described as law.",
          "source": "https://www.sgi.gov.sa/media/v4pllu0w/about_saudi_green_initiative_factsheet_en.pdf",
          "draft": false,
          "no_mandate": false,
          "not_law": false,
          "note_tag": "POLICY",
          "last_verified": "2026-08-19"
        }
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    }
  ]
}