Sustainability

INTRODUCTION

This sustainability section is presented according to the capitals described in the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) Integrated Reporting <IR> Framework, while financial capital has been covered in the relevant sections of this integrated annual report.

VALUE CREATION
CAPITAL		     TONGAAT HULETT’S
SUSTAINABILITY DRIVERS
         

SOCIAL AND
RELATIONSHIP
CAPITAL

   
Stakeholder engagement
Socio-economic development
Creating sustainable communities
Developing indigenous farmers
Food security
Supply chain
Preferential procurement
Safety, Health and Environment (SHE)
Food safety
Health
         
NATURAL
CAPITAL 		   
Environmental stewardship
Climate change
Carbon management
Energy
Air quality
Biodiversity and land management
Water resource management
Effluent
Waste management
Environmental compliance
         
HUMAN
CAPITAL 		   
Employee base
Employee development
Employee diversity
Industrial relations
         

MANUFACTURED
CAPITAL
   
Promoting sustainable agriculture
Product responsibility
         

INTELLECTUAL
CAPITAL
   
Protection of intellectual property

PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW

  • Achieved a Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) of 0,087 per 200 000 hours worked
  • Xinavane agriculture operations completed a milestone achievement of 27,7 million Lost Time Injury (LTI)-free hours during the year
  • Triangle agriculture operations registered 20,1 million LTI-free hours
  • The Developments operation achieved ten years without experiencing an LTI. The last LTI was on 23 April 2004
  • Sadly one fatality occurred during the period
  • Achieved nine percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions against a target of five percent per annum
  • Industry-leading HIV/AIDS and Anti-retroviral Treatment (ART) programs across employee complement
  • Launched the sustainable procurement project
  • R124,4 million spent on socio-economic development (SED) initiatives

KEY PRIORITIES FOR 2014/15

Continue to promote a culture of safety in the workplace

  • Extend ‘zero harm’ campaign to relevant stakeholders
  • Strengthen strategic partnerships towards the development of rural sugarcane farmers
  • Continue implementation of farming models that enable efficient sugarcane and maize growing and respond to the food security imperative
  • Further enhance the business’s stakeholder engagement framework

EXTERNAL RECOGNITION

  • Tambankulu Estates and Voermol Feeds received their 9th and 2nd Platinum Noscar Awards respectively
  • The Investment Analysts Society of South Africa voted Tongaat Hulett as the winner of the Best Reporting and Communication Award in the Consumer Products category in 2013, for the sixth consecutive year.
  • In 2013, Tongaat Hulett was included in the JSE’s Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Index for the tenth year in a row.
  • Tongaat Hulett has been recognised as one of the leading companies in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Consumer Staples category. The company’s future prospects include opportunities within the field of renewable electricity and biofuels.
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