CRITICAL ANCHORS
PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Tiger Brands is committed to building partnerships that support collective impact on sustainability.
We engage proactively with our stakeholders, and have a strucstured stakeholder relations strategy in place. More information on our key stakeholders and how we engage with them is reported in our IR, available at www.tigerbrands.com
We play an active role in industry forums, and partner with external organisations to help shape our sustainability practices and commitments, and contribute to building a more just and sustainable food system in South Africa.
Our key sustainability partnerships are described throughout this report, and include the following:
- We partner with the National Business Initiative (NBI) and Consumer Goods Council of South Africa (CGCSA) on initiatives relating to the SDGs, climate change, water, food waste, plastics waste and responsible marketing
- We partner with the Coalition for Ethical Operations on combatting unethical behaviour and corruption in the food and beverage industry
- We partner with Stellenbosch University’s Centre for Food Safety on research to address food safety challenges and advance food safety knowledge and practice in South Africa
- We partner with Food Forward and SA Harvest on minimising food waste and donating near-expiry food to vulnerable communities
- We partner with Bid Hub on enterprise and supplier development.
SUSTAINABILITY AT CHOCOCAM, CAMEROON
Chococam is a Tiger Brands subsidiary with operations based in Douala, Cameroon. Chococam manufactures chocolate and other cocoa-based confectionery for sale in Cameroon and other Central and West African markets.
Chococam supports the Tiger Brands sustainability strategy through initiatives across health and nutrition, enhanced livelihoods, and environmental stewardship. Food quality and safety is a key critical anchor, and the company’s operations are ISO 9001 certified. The company makes additional investments in response to the needs of local and institutional communities.
Chococam 2022 sustainability performance
- Health and nutrition – Chococam is providing financial and technical assistance to the Quality and Norms Agency to establish national food nutrition standards, which will promote better public health and nutrition in Cameroon
- Enhanced livelihoods – Chococam continues to improve access to potable water in the community surrounding their operations by providing a free water delivery system alongside their factory. The company also provides quarterly food hampers to orphanages
- Environmental stewardship – Chococam recycles all paper at their facilities into egg-trays, and has reduced electricity and water consumption intensity (per tonne produced) by 8,6% and 18% respectively
- Food quality and safety – Chococam retains an ISO 9001 quality management system certification and is currently preparing for certification against the updated ISO 22000 standard
- Corporate social investment (CSI) – Chococam sponsored a local street clean-up on World Clean-Up Day 2022.
