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BLUE LABEL INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT 2016
Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee report
Dear stakeholders
I am pleased to report on the activities
of the Committee for the financial
year ended 31 May 2016.
The Committee was formed in
February 2012 in accordance with
section 72(4) of the Act and operates
under Board-approved terms of
reference, which includes holding
meetings twice per financial year. This
year two main items occupied the
Committee’s deliberations:
Transformation across the Group’s
workplace:
•
Review current initiatives and their
effectiveness and making
appropriate recommendations
•
Monitoring progress of the
roadmap to address equity B-BBEE
shortfalls
•
Company and subsidiary B-BBEE
ratings
•
Impacts of the revised and clarified
dti codes of good practice.
Boys & Girls Clubs of South Africa
(BGCSA):
•
The ongoing support of the flagship
project, the Protea Glen Club,
Soweto, culminated in its official
opening in May 2016. It was
attended by members of the
committee and the Board of
Directors. Key note speakers
included Brett Levy, Archie Rantao
and MEC Lesufi.
The following items were also
considered during the year:
Social and economic development
matters:
•
Transformation and B-BBEE in
general
•
Employment equity, including
feedback from the Chairperson of
the Employment Equity Committee
•
Ten principles of the United Global
Compact
Labour and employment:
•
Training and development,
including Board participation,
leadership and mentoring
programmes
Corporate citizenship:
•
Corporate Social Investment,
including monitoring and spend on
projects
•
Sponsorship and donations
•
Ethics Statement and Whistle
Blowing Policy
Environment:
•
Health and safety review
•
Health and safety practices
•
Review of environmental footprint
On 8 March 2016 we welcomed
Yusuf Mahomed as a member of the
committee.
I look forward to reporting on our
progress next year.
SJ Vilakazi
Chairman
9 November 2016