Tongaat-Hulett will focus on employment equity and skills in the coming year after being ranked as a level three contributor in terms of the broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) scorecard.
Empowerment ratings are ranked from one to nine, with one the most compliant, eight the least compliant and nine non-compliant.
The National Empowerment Rating Agency KZN rated the agroprocessing and land development group according to ownership, procurement and corporate social responsibility, among other factors.
The rating enables businesses that buy from Tongaat-Hulett to bolster their own empowerment ratings through the procurement measure. - Samantha Enslin-Payne