Environment
Environmental Responsibility
Environmental responsibility is non-negotiable and a value on which we place immense focus. The question of environmental impact is as important for us as it is for our clients.
Sanyati complies with ISO 14001. Our Environmental Management System ensures that we adhere to international standards at all times. We have an external certification body that assesses us for compliance throughout the year.
As an industry leader we are focussed on increasing our environmental awareness and paving the way to a ‘greener future’.
We have, for example, initiated tree-planting campaigns, environmental education programmes and paper donation drives. It is our aim to involve communities in as many environmental initiatives as we can. In 2009 we partnered with WESSA (Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa) and persuaded 5 local schools to become involved in an Environmental Educators’ training programme for teachers.
We continuously educated staff through short courses varying from Health and Safety Officers learning about environmental management through to the education of Directors, MDs and Contract Managers on the principles of environmental management
Environmental education is an important part of being responsible. We continuously educate staff through short courses varying from Health and Safety Officers learning about environmental management through to the education of Directors, MDs and Contract Managers on the principles of environmental management within ISO 14001 parameters.
Sanyati has committed to not only focusing on environmental issues, but to be actively involved in playing our part to attain a high level of environmental sustainability.
As part of our commitment, an Environmental Steering Committee was formed comprising directors from each of the respective operational divisions who actively play a role in strategic decision making with regard to environmental issues and corporate environmental programmes such as the carbon off-set project.
As part of the emphasis placed on environmental conscience and responsible business practices, a prestigious Rhino Award for Environmental Excellence is awarded to contracts that exceed environmental performance criteria. This is an internal award based on audits conducted across the Group.
Sanyati has implemented an environmental management system that promotes sound environmental management to support improvement strategies and address changing customer needs and expectations as we continue to drive sustainable growth.
Sanyati aims in the year ahead to focus on carbon footprint reduction, waste minimisation, and continued emphasis on increasing our environmental awareness and paving the way to a ‘greener’ future.