Governance and Responsibility
The underlying philosophy of the group’s environmental policy is the adoption of protective
strategies to manage and control the impact of KAP’s operations upon the environment, at the same
time as safeguarding its extensive assets and human resources.
Environmental, health and safety responsibility
All facilities aim to be eco-efficient (in terms of the efficient use of energy, water and materials)
and to minimise potentially harmful emissions to the environment. Energy and water conservation measures
are in evidence at all facilities, as part of on-site environmental management systems (EMS).
In terms of air and waste–water emissions and solid waste disposal, all facilities comply in full with
applicable environmental legislation. A number of sites in the group have achieved the internationally
recognised ISO 14001 environmental management system (EMS) standard.
With the health and safety of all workers being of paramount importance, all sites operate occupational
health and safety committees that meet regularly and members of these committees receive appropriate
accredited training covering key risk areas. Procedures are maintained to prevent incidents and risk
audits of all sites are completed annually by external professionals to identify and remove weaknesses
in our health and safety management systems.
Divisional highlights include:
- Energy saving is of utmost importance at Hosaf Cape Town and a committee has been established that includes all stakeholders in the plant to devise energy-saving ideas. There is also an agreement with Eskom that at least 10% of electricity consumption is saved per month. Hosaf Cape Town is currently using more than 50% polyester recycling raw material from the collection of PET plastic bottles for recycling.
- At Mossop, a new range of leathers, the EarthWell Range, have been developed that conforms with European standards in terms of the impact that the product will have on human health and the environment. Processes are designed to reduce and minimise all forms of material waste and levels of effluent loading in order to minimise any adverse effects on the surroundings. Finishing products, processes and systems are similarly selected, and are largely water-based for this reason.
- Glodina again retained its ISO 14001 (Environmental management system) and OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health and Safety Management System) accreditation.
- It is continuing to improve its effluent treatment as part of the environmental awareness programme and is currently segregating the concentrated dye-bath liquor in order to send reactive dye effluent off-site for treatment. Management regularly engages with local environmental, health and safety authorities to monitor continued compliance with relevant regulations and legislation.
- At the Krugersdorp operation of Bull Brand Foods, a capital project to improve the quality of the effluent water from the plant was commissioned and initial results are encouraging; and the feedlots have retained their ISO 14001:2004 certification.
- Jordan & Co continues its culture of compliance with the very strict international environmental standards of the Fair Labour Organisation, which continues to raise the bar above legislative requirements in terms of environmental issues, employee safety, security and employment policies.
KAP continues to look more closely at material environmental, health and safety KPIs to set performance objectives and targets, and to report on performance against these in future reports.
