SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2024

Supplement to the integrated annual report for the year ended 30 September 2024

Broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE)

Management

We drive economic transformation internally and externally through our core business, supplier development and social investment activities in alignment with the B-BBEE Act.

Internally, we promote inclusion and diversity implement employment equity, invest in skills development and practise equal pay for equal work. All employees are remunerated above the national minimum wage, with wage negotiations conducted through a comprehensive process (see here).

Externally, we utilise the Dipuno Fund to support enterprise and supplier development (ESD), helping small-scale farmers become suppliers. Our preferential procurement policy prioritises previously marginalised groups in procurement decision-making. These practices, along with our ESD programme, contribute to transforming our supply chain.

Our social impact investments are channelled through our SED programme, focusing on food and nutritional aid for vulnerable communities near our operations and beyond, via various partnerships. Additionally, we founded and support The Tiger Brands Foundation, which provides an in-school breakfast programme and improves school nutrition across South Africa (see here).

Our transformation efforts are overseen by our B-BBEE steering committee, which includes the chief corporate affairs and sustainability officer, chief financial officer and chief human resources officer. This strategy is implemented by our B-BBEE working group, comprising key business line representatives focused on compliance targets in ESD, SED, preferential procurement, employment equity and skills development. The working group reports to the steering committee, which in turn updates the executive committee and SETCO.

Performance

Our concerted efforts on the B-BBEE agenda over the past five years have positioned us as an industry leader. In 2024, our focus was on strengthening our preferential procurement processes and skills development programmes. Looking forward, we aim to drive further transformation within our supply chain while broadening our learnership programmes and increasing learner absorption both internally and across the industry.

We maintained a Level 2 B-BBEE contributor status in accordance with the amended agriculture sector (Agri-B-BBEE) codes, gazetted in December 2017. The 2023 scorecard and report are presented below and published online at www.tigerbrands.com. We will publish the 2024 scorecard and report when available.

Tiger Brands B-BBEE Scorecard 2023

As at December 2023 Target score Actual score
Ownership 25 21,23
Management control 19 12,36
Skills development 25 13,93
Enterprise and supplier development 44 33,15
Socio-economic development 15 15
Total 128 96,63
Level Level 2

B-BBEE ownership 2023

As at December 2023 % ownership by
black people
Thusani Trusts (beneficiaries are children of black employees) 1,93
Tiger Brands Black Managers Trust 0,50
Tiger Brands Foundation Special 5,05
Purpose Vehicle (SPV) 0,07
Tiger Brands General Staff Share Trust 0,00
Tiger Consumer Brands Limited Mandated investments 10,50
Total 18,05