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2009 |
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2008 |
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2007 |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
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2004 |
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| Employees and their composition |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Number of employees |
103 449 |
|
106 225 |
|
104 184 |
|
93 325 |
|
88 441 |
|
81 010 |
| South Africa |
86 678 |
|
89 316 |
|
87 833 |
|
78 029 |
|
75 955 |
|
68 229 |
| International |
16 771 |
|
16 909 |
|
16 351 |
|
15 296 |
|
12 486 |
|
12 781 |
| Employment by gender profile – (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Group |
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
* |
| Male |
57,7 |
|
57,5 |
|
55,2 |
|
57,6 |
|
58,1 |
|
* |
| Female |
42,3 |
|
42,5 |
|
44,8 |
|
42,4 |
|
41,9 |
|
* |
| South Africa |
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
| Male |
53,6 |
|
53,6 |
|
50,9 |
|
53,4 |
|
55,1 |
|
55,8 |
| Female |
46,4 |
|
46,4 |
|
49,1 |
|
46,6 |
|
44,9 |
|
44,2 |
| International |
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
* |
| Male |
78,8 |
|
78,4 |
|
78,4 |
|
79,3 |
|
75,4 |
|
* |
| Female |
21,2 |
|
21,6 |
|
21,6 |
|
20,7 |
|
24,6 |
|
* |
| Female employment (Group) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Directors |
20,8 |
|
17,1 |
|
18,7 |
|
11,7 |
|
13,1 |
|
15,2 |
| Management |
35,3 |
|
33,4 |
|
25,6 |
|
23,8 |
|
25,9 |
|
27,6 |
| Other employees |
42,5 |
|
43,0 |
|
45,2 |
|
42,8 |
|
42,3 |
|
44,7 |
Employment equity profile by race
– (%) South Africa |
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
| Black |
73,3 |
|
72,9 |
|
72,6 |
|
71,2 |
|
71,7 |
|
69,0 |
| White |
12,5 |
|
12,9 |
|
13,8 |
|
15,0 |
|
14,2 |
|
16,4 |
| Indian |
4,7 |
|
4,7 |
|
4,8 |
|
4,8 |
|
5,1 |
|
5,0 |
| Coloured |
9,5 |
|
9,6 |
|
8,8 |
|
9,0 |
|
8,9 |
|
9,6 |
| Employment equity
by race and gender – (%) South Africa |
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
| Black• male |
47,3 |
|
46,8 |
|
43,8 |
|
45,8 |
|
47,9 |
|
47,3 |
| White male |
6,4 |
|
6,7 |
|
7,1 |
|
7,6 |
|
7,2 |
|
8,5 |
| Black• female |
40,2 |
|
40,4 |
|
42,4 |
|
39,3 |
|
37,8 |
|
36,3 |
| White female |
6,1 |
|
6,1 |
|
6,7 |
|
7,3 |
|
7,1 |
|
7,9 |
| Management
representation – (%) South Africa |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Bidvest Group board representation |
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
| Black• male |
16,7 |
|
17,4 |
|
17,4 |
|
16,7 |
|
12,9 |
|
13,3 |
| White male |
62,5 |
|
65,2 |
|
65,2 |
|
62,5 |
|
70,9 |
|
73,4 |
| Black• female |
12,5 |
|
8,7 |
|
8,7 |
|
12,5 |
|
9,7 |
|
10,0 |
| White female |
8,3 |
|
8,7 |
|
8,7 |
|
8,3 |
|
6,5 |
|
3,3 |
| Bidvest divisional board representation |
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
| Black• male |
11,1 |
|
16,0 |
|
17,0 |
|
14,3 |
|
6,6 |
|
6,3 |
| White male |
80,3 |
|
67,6 |
|
63,4 |
|
72,8 |
|
83,6 |
|
78,4 |
| Black• female |
4,3 |
|
8,9 |
|
12,8 |
|
9,3 |
|
4,1 |
|
5,1 |
| White female |
4,3 |
|
7,5 |
|
6,8 |
|
3,6 |
|
5,7 |
|
10,2 |
| Top management |
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
| Black• male |
15,2 |
|
14,2 |
|
15,0 |
|
13,5 |
|
12,3 |
|
15,5 |
| White male |
63,7 |
|
68,6 |
|
66,3 |
|
68,6 |
|
69,8 |
|
65,8 |
| Black• female |
7,2 |
|
4,5 |
|
4,8 |
|
4,1 |
|
4,3 |
|
2,7 |
| White female |
13,9 |
|
12,7 |
|
13,9 |
|
13,8 |
|
13,6 |
|
16,0 |
| Senior management |
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
|
100,0 |
| Black• male |
20,1 |
|
17,6 |
|
18,2 |
|
20,8 |
|
19,9 |
|
20,3 |
| White male |
52,6 |
|
55,8 |
|
55,6 |
|
50,6 |
|
49,8 |
|
47,2 |
| Black• female |
5,1 |
|
5,4 |
|
4,6 |
|
6,2 |
|
4,4 |
|
5,2 |
| White female |
22,2 |
|
21,2 |
|
21,6 |
|
22,4 |
|
25,9 |
|
27,3 |
| Number of disabled employees |
296 |
|
201 |
|
194 |
|
171 |
|
212 |
|
|
| South Africa |
247 |
|
167 |
|
167 |
|
156 |
|
200 |
|
107 |
| International |
49 |
|
34 |
|
27 |
|
15 |
|
12 |
|
|
| Trade unionisation – (%) |
28,8 |
|
33,2 |
|
27,3 |
|
28,3 |
|
26,6 |
|
|
| South Africa |
28,2 |
|
24,1 |
|
29,4 |
|
30,1 |
|
28,7 |
|
23,5 |
| International |
31,5 |
|
34,9 |
|
24,0 |
|
19,8 |
|
15,0 |
|
|
| Training |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Training spend (R’000) |
198 920 |
|
190 857 |
|
141 113 |
|
101 943 |
|
85 624 |
|
72 865 |
| South Africa |
152 722 |
|
141 506 |
|
118 059 |
|
83 022 |
|
74 562 |
|
58 227 |
| International |
46 198 |
|
49 351 |
|
23 054 |
|
18 921 |
|
11 062 |
|
14 638 |
| Training spend per employee (R) |
1 923 |
|
1 796 |
|
1 354 |
|
1 092 |
|
876 |
|
894 |
| South Africa |
1 762 |
|
1 584 |
|
1 344 |
|
1 064 |
|
982 |
|
853 |
| International |
2 755 |
|
2 919 |
|
1 410 |
|
1 237 |
|
886 |
|
1 145 |
| Training hours |
1 531 854 |
|
1 542 152 |
|
750 517 |
|
596 009 |
|
538 057 |
|
* |
| South Africa |
1 213 958 |
|
1 301 293 |
|
538 186 |
|
490 854 |
|
474 734 |
|
* |
| International |
317 896 |
|
240 859 |
|
212 331 |
|
105 155 |
|
63 323 |
|
* |
| Training hours per employee |
14,8 |
|
14,5 |
|
7 |
|
6 |
|
6 |
|
* |
| South Africa |
13,9 |
|
14,6 |
|
6 |
|
6 |
|
6 |
|
* |
| International |
20,2 |
|
14,2 |
|
13 |
|
7 |
|
5 |
|
* |
*Information not collated, not relevant or not entirely reliable
•Indicates black, Indian and coloured
|
2009 |
|
2008 |
|
2007 |
|
2006 |
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| Health and safety |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Lost time injury frequency rate |
5,2 |
|
7,4 |
|
17,4 |
|
* |
| South Africa |
4,9 |
|
7,3 |
|
19,7 |
|
8,4 |
| International |
6,2 |
|
8,0 |
|
4,4 |
|
* |
| Work-related fatalities |
11 |
|
7 |
|
5 |
|
12 |
| South Africa |
9 |
|
7 |
|
5 |
|
11 |
| International |
2 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
| HIV/Aids |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Percentage employees participating in HIV/Aids awareness |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| programmes |
21,5 |
|
29,6 |
|
20,4 |
|
13,4 |
| Black economic empowerment procurement |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| BEE procurement (R’000, adjusted in terms of the DTI codes) |
17 358 669 |
|
14 212 745 |
|
4 633 285 |
|
4 117 606 |
| Corporate social investment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| CSI (R’000) |
33 444 |
|
35 295 |
|
38 457 |
|
28 650 |
| South Africa |
25 312 |
|
29 001 |
|
32 238 |
|
25 724 |
| International |
8 132 |
|
6 294 |
|
6 219 |
|
2 926 |
| CSI as % of pre-taxation profit |
0,8 |
|
0,7 |
|
1,0 |
|
0,8 |
| South Africa |
0,8 |
|
0,7 |
|
1,2 |
|
1,1 |
| International |
0,8 |
|
0,5 |
|
0,5 |
|
0,3 |
Enterprise development (ED) spend (R million) –
South Africa |
70,7 |
|
30,8 |
|
44,9 |
|
* |
| Environmental parameters |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total water usage (litres ’000) |
2 373 736 |
|
2 452 192 |
|
2 561 258 |
|
* |
| Total electricity usage (kWh ’000) |
472 165 |
|
397 286 |
|
614 986 |
|
* |
| Petrol (litres) |
24 208 435 |
|
21 375 267 |
|
16 360 688 |
|
* |
| Diesel (litres) |
68 484 087 |
|
66 231 293 |
|
45 682 972 |
|
* |
| Total carbon emissions (tonnes)(1) |
699 922 |
|
581 376 |
|
* |
|
* |
| Carbon emissions per employee (tonnes)(1) |
6,8 |
|
5,5 |
|
* |
|
* |
|
Bidvest's vision lies in the realm of possibility
“Bidvest people put in a resilient performance and the Group achieved a creditable result.”
statement
“We refuse to participate in the recession and salute our employees for their efforts in exceptionally difficult trading conditions.”