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BLUE LABEL INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT 2016
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Health, safety and environment
The Group reviews and evaluates its
health and safety policies, practices
and procedures annually. This forms
part of the Group’s commitment to
ensuring a safe and secure working
environment for staff, contractors and
visitors alike. The review also confirms
compliance with relevant legislation.
The 2015/16 annual Health and
Safety OSH Act Compliance Audit was
conducted at head office, 75
Grayston Drive, Sandton and returned
a compliance score of 94%. All health
and safety policies and procedures are
well managed and co-ordinated and
the contribution of the Health and
Safety Committee and Health and
Safety Manager are to be
commended.
Ten reportable injuries were recorded
in the period under review, of which
nine were submitted to the
Department of Labour in terms of the
Workmen’s Compensation Act. The
DIFR increased from 0.92 (2015) to
1.75 in the period under review,
mainly as a result of the sale of
Velociti, which reduced the employee
pool significantly.
Reportable incidents recorded:
2016
2015
Total number of
injuries reported
10
9
Total number of
claims submitted to
Workmen’s
Compensation
Department
(WC Department)
9
9
Total number of
fatalities recorded
on duty
0
0
Disabling injury
frequency rate
(DIFR)
1.75
0.92
As the Group is a distributor of virtual
merchandise utilising its proprietary
AEON platform, it does not empirically
measure impacts to the environment
of delivering its goods and services.
However, the Group and members
of staff are mindful of their
environmental responsibilities, as
evidenced by the adoption in the
workplace of a number of initiatives.
In reducing carbon footprint, a shuttle
bus for the convenience of staff
operates between the Sandton
Gautrain Station and head office in
Grayston Drive.
Overhead lighting throughout the
head office building has been fitted
with motion activated sensors,
ensuring that electricity is conserved
when lighting is not required. In a
similar manner, the water flow to all
wash-hand basins is motion
controlled.
In respect of Company vehicles, fuel
usage and driving styles are monitored
electronically in order to encourage
more economical driving styles, while
ensuring vehicle pollution is
minimised.
Over the past few years we have been
producing increasingly voluminous
integrated annual reports. Not only
has the cost of printing and posting
of these reports increased significantly,
this practice also negatively affects
our carbon footprint and our efforts
to promote sustainability. Legislation
and best practice now enable us to
provide shareholders with a
summarised information booklet, with
the traditional integrated annual
report still being available for viewing
and downloading on the website.
At our CSI programme, the 700m
2
Protea Glen Boys & Girls Club of
South Africa was constructed using
interlocking plastic water bottles filled
with sand, as opposed to bricks and
mortar. This not only brought down
the costs of construction, but also
proved to be a most efficient and
environmentally friendly building
methodology.