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Opportunities
exist in each of
our markets to grow
an entrepreneurially
led business like
Bidcorp.
Key to
our strategy
remains category
development and
growth of high value
specialist products.
Bidcorp businesses driving
innovation, customer
friendly solutions and quality
service delivery.
This year we have expanded the reportable
metrics of environmental measurement
across our group. This provides a more
complete picture of our global carbon
footprint and wider environmental impact.
Going forward we will intend to report
on emissions from air-conditioning and
refrigerant equipment, and begin to track
relevant emissions from our supply chain.
Although our own operations are
not significant water consumers, we
acknowledge that many of our suppliers are
reliant on suitable quantities of good quality
water to produce our products and they
may be located in water stressed areas.
Climatic change will have an impact on these
operations and we need to be cognisant of
how water is managed in our value chain.
Waste continues to be an important
and relevant issue. Most of our waste is
associated with packaging materials and
food waste. We try to manage these issues
by encouraging recycling (often promoting
enterprise development as a result) and
partnering with charitable food banks to
ensure waste is minimised.
Employee development
Employee numbers have increased in line
with business growth. Our management
teams are committed to diversity
and transformation principles in new
appointments and internal promotion.
Employee training programmes are receiving
attention, as skills development and
retention is critical. Group-wide expenditure
on employee training programmes has
increased by 145% during 2017.
The number of lost time injuries has
decreased by 45% across the group,
indicating increased focus on our
occupational health and safety measures.
We are pleased to report that for a second
year running there were no workplace
fatalities to report.
Community and social support
We are aware that we are part of a larger
social fabric and encourage our companies
to contribute in meaningful ways to the
communities in which they operate. Such
support typically centres on educational
projects, hospitals, orphanages and
hospice donations Contributions vary from
product and financial sponsorship to time
and expertise.
See divisional reviews from page 22.
Capitals affected
* Restated. NR = not reported.
ENVIRONMENTAL
Diesel
(litres)*
Petrol
(litres)
LPG
(kg)
LNG
(kg)
Biodiesel
(litres)
67 588 415 3 265 317 91 161 1 778 962 42 967
2016: 69 164 701
2016: 3 314 127
2016: 79 971*
2016: 1 724 806
2016: 74 319
Electricity
(kWh)
Municipal
water
(kl)
Scope 1 emissions
(tCO
2
e) (excl refrigerants
and aircon gases)
Scope 2 emissions
(tCO
2
e)
Non-renewable
Renewable
293 931 773 1 353 572 1 010 145 193 403
154 750
2016: 279 340 855
2016: 860 459
2016: 890 439
2016: 187 090
NR
5
Annual integrated report 2017
Bid Corporation Limited