Legitimacy

Our legitimacy among stakeholders extends to ensuring that we employ fair market practices in our day-to-day dealings and make meaningful contributions to society through our policy advocacy, transformation initiatives and corporate social investment (CSI) projects and by managing our impact on the environment.

Group overview

Logistics

Motus

People

Legitimacy

Our commitment to acting with uncompromising honesty and integrity begins with our leaders, who set the correct tone from the top. During the year, we adopted a group code of ethical conduct which will act as an overarching reference and serve to align the various codes of ethics across the group.

We are committed to accelerating our transformation programme over the next three years to support the creation of an equitable and sustainable South Africa. Black strategic partnerships are underway in Imperial Logistics South Africa and in a fleet management business in Motus. To comply with the amended BBBEE Act, we will report a full BBBEE scorecard from October 2017, which will be assured by an independent verification agency and made available on the Imperial website.

Key data

Ukhamba Holdings share scheme

R236,2 MILLION, TOTAL VALUE REALISED FOR UKHAMBA’S A CLASS SHAREHOLDERS SINCE THE OVER-THE-COUNTER LISTING IN NOVEMBER 2013.

Developing black skills

68% OF SKILLS SPEND IN SOUTH AFRICA SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLACK EMPLOYEES.

Supplier and enterprise development spend

R57 MILLION

2016: R43 MILLION

CSI spend in South Africa

R32 MILLION

2016: R29 MILLION

We manage our environmental impact by driving the efficient use of resources, ensuring optimal waste management and finding ways to reduce costs. More than 25% of our operational cost is spent on energy with a large portion being the fuel cost incurred by our logistics businesses. Imperial Logistics accounted for 90% (2016: 91%) of our total fuel consumption for the year and our Scope 1 emissions made up 80% (2016: 80%) of our total Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon footprint.

Group Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions

904 200 TONNES

OF CARBON DIOXIDE (CO₂)

(2016: 1 009 819 TONNES of CO₂)

Group fuel consumption

274 707 KILOLITRES

(2016: 296 870 KILOLITRES)

Group purchased electricity

223 459 MEGAWATT HOURS

(2016: 229 371 MEGAWATT HOURS)

Group water consumption

1 559 545 KILOLITRES

(2016: 1 767 582 KILOLITRES)

Our community initiatives deepen our relationships with our stakeholders by addressing the socioeconomic needs of the communities in which we operate. Our initiatives are more mature in South Africa, our home base, and receive focus in line with their material importance to national priorities.

Unjani Clinics network

31 CLINICS CREATING EMPLOYMENT FOR OVER 90 PEOPLE AND PROVIDING A QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE SERVICE TO OVER 250 000 PATIENTS TO DATE.

Imperial and Ukhamba Community Development Trust

TOUCHED THE LIVES OF AROUND 29 000 LEARNERS AND ASSISTED OVER 1 000 TEACHERS THROUGH 27 SCHOOL LIBRARIES, SIX OF WHICH WERE ADDED TO THE PORTFOLIO IN 2017.

Next Generation Scholarship programme

86 CHILDREN OF IMPERIAL EMPLOYEES RECEIVED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TOWARDS THEIR TERTIARY EDUCATION AT A COST OF R3,7 MILLION.

Imperial Road Safety programme

R43 MILLION INVESTED IN RAISING ROAD SAFETY AWARENESS SINCE NOVEMBER 2011.

We adhere to a broad range of regulations across jurisdictions and sectors, including highly regulated sectors such as financial services, pharmaceuticals and food. During the year, we centralised selected specialist functions where compliance risk is high, particularly in the areas of insurance and contracts, and we rolled out a cyber awareness programme.

Additional information

DOWNLOAD IMPERIAL’S CARBON DISCLOSURE PROJECT REPORT

DOWNLOAD THE SUPPLY CHAIN SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY CODE OF CONDUCT

DOWNLOAD THE GROUP SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL AND INCIDENT REPORTING POLICY

ACCESS THE BBBEE SCORECARD