OUR SUSTAINABILITY
STRATEGY

Our sustainability strategy

This year, Tiger Brands clarified its strategic commitment to promoting a Sustainable Future, the fourth pillar of the company's long-term growth strategy.

The Sustainable Future strategy reflects our approach to driving the company's societal value proposition by optimising our impact on the social and natural capital stocks on which we depend. As Africa's largest food company, we have prioritised the following three focus areas to optimise societal value:

  • Health and Nutrition: Enabling consumers to improve their health and well-being
  • Enhanced Livelihoods: Improving the livelihoods of thousands of people
  • Environmental Stewardship: Significantly reducing our environmental footprint

These are the three areas where we believe Tiger Brands meaningfully intervene through our business activities in contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and addressing some of the significant socio-economic and environmental challenges facing our markets. These focus areas are underpinned by a set of strategic anchors relating to: food safety and quality; occupational health, safety and security; ethical supply chain practices; and transparency, stakeholder responsiveness and partnerships. The strategy will ensure that we achieve our purpose – nourishing and nurturing more lives every day.

     



HEALTH AND NUTRITION


ENHANCED LIVELIHOODS


ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

We will enable consumers to improve their health and well-being by providing affordable good nutrition

We will improve the livelihoods of thousands of people by providing opportunities across our value chain for inclusive economic participation

We will significantly reduce our environmental footprint through innovative solutions

  • Develop nutritional standards for our products that meet or exceed globally recognised nutritional guidelines
  • Develop more nutritious, affordable food products, including fortification of new and existing products
  • Leverage our brand and marketing activities to promote consumer nutrition and health awareness and inspire positive behaviour change
  • Play a leading role in modern food labelling practices
  • Support new black/black-women owned enterprises and create sustainable livelihood opportunities by 2030
  • By 2030, 50% of our total local procurement spend will be towards black/black-women owned suppliers
  • Annually contribute at least 1,5% of net profit after tax towards socio-economic development activities that promote sustainable thriving communities
  • To attract, source and develop a skilled and diverse workforce, create an inclusive and collaborative work environment where our people can thrive, grow and innovate
  • Optimise our energy usage through integrated and environmentally friendly energy options
  • Optimise our water consumption through the evaluation of water reuse opportunities and responsible effluent discharges
  • Develop innovative product offerings that are "good for you" and "kind to the environment"
  • Provide innovative packaging solutions that minimise environmental impact
  • Implement closed-loop/circular economy initiatives that stimulate sustainable economic opportunities
  • Leverage our brand and marketing activities to inspire positive behaviour change in consumers

 

Our anchors:

  

an embedded purpose-driven win-win culture

  

robust food safety and food quality system

  

ethical supply chain practices

  

safety, health and environmental systems

  

responsible marketing and communication practices

  

transparency, stakeholder responsiveness and partnerships

The strategy aligns our existing sustainability initiatives in the different functions and businesses, covering the sustainability of our products, improved efficiencies of our production facilities, focus on our employees and the communities where we operate, and our wider stakeholder community. Many initiatives are already in progress and delivering results, as is evident throughout this report. The remaining initiatives will be implemented over the next year, with baselines set for some, and stretched targets for each of the strategic objectives and associated commitments.

As part of the sustainability strategy, we also mapped the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to our operations and activities. The SDGs where we have the most impact, are shown earlier in the report. We are working closely with the National Business Initiative (NBI) in South Africa to identify the common SDGs across the agri-processing sector in South Africa for alignment and optimal impact.