Critical anchors
Partnerships for sustainability
Our goal is to build partnerships that support collective impact on sustainability.
We engage proactively with our
stakeholders, and have a structured
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
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 continues to provide 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. Chococam has gained the position of vice president of the
committee in charge of technology and food products
- Enhanced livelihoods – Chococam continues to improve access to potable
water in the community surrounding their operations by providing a free daily
water-delivery system alongside their factory. The company also provides
quarterly food hampers to four orphanages
- Environmental stewardship – Chococam recycles all paper at their facilities
into egg trays, and has reduced packaging used in production by 3,6% per
tonne and electricity consumption intensity by 17,1% per tonne produced
- Food quality and safety – Chococam retains an ISO 9001 quality
management system certification and is currently preparing to upgrade its
food safety infrastructure and management system
- Corporate social investment (CSI) – Chococam sponsors an annual local
street clean-up on World Clean-up Day
