Water Management Reporting in the Agro-Food Sector in South Africa
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Background
3. Context of Analysis
3.1. Water Scarcity in South Africa
3.2. Water Management and the Agro-Food Sector
3.3. CSR and Reporting in South Africa
4. Method and Procedure
4.1. Sample and Data Collection
4.2. Qualitative Approach
4.3. Research Propositions
4.4. Procedure
5. Results
6. Discussion and Final Remarks
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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AGRICULTURE SECTOR | |
Crookers Brothers Group Limited | Pioneer in the South African sugar industry and specialized in the production of primary agricultural products, including sugar cane, bananas and deciduous fruit in South Africa, Swaziland and Zambia, with a major new farming operation under development in Mozambique for the production of macadamia nuts and annual crops. |
Senwes | The Senwes Group is one of the leading agro-business companies in South Africa and has an integrated business model to facilitate its core objective of making a meaningful contribution to food security in South Africa in a sustainable manner. |
FOOD AND BEVERAGES PRODUCTS | |
AH-Vest Limited | The company is engaged in offering a range of canned and bottled food products and is also engaged in exporting its products. The Company’s geographical segment includes South Africa. The Company has its own distribution warehouse in the Kwa-Zulu Natal province (KZN). |
Astral | A leading Southern African integrated poultry producer. |
Clover | A leading and competitive branded consumer goods and products group operating in South Africa and other selected African countries with core competencies in production, distribution, sales and merchandising. |
Distell | A key player in the alcohol beverages industry in South Africa, manufacturer and marketer of wine, spirits and alcoholic beverages. |
Famous Brands | A holding company under the category of consumer services: Travel and leisure and is Africa´s largest branded food service franchiser. |
KVW | One of the leading wine and spirits producers in South Africa. |
Nutritional Holdings Limited | A manufacturer and distributor of fortified staple food products as well as a range of medicines registered with the South African Medical Control Council and other complimentary natural medicines. |
Oceana Group | The largest fishing company in South Africa, and an important participant in the Namibian fishing sector. |
Pionner | A leading company in South Africa, producing and distributing a range of branded food and beverage products. The Group operates mainly in South Africa, providing wholesale, retail and informal trade customers with products of a consistently high standard. Pioneer Foods exports to more than 60 countries across the globe including power brands such as Ceres. |
ORCL | A leading food producer with a large and growing portfolio of some of South Africa’s best loved brands. |
Sovereing Foods | An integrated poultry producer with its head office situated in the Eastern Cape in South Africa. |
The Spar Group Limited | Distribution centers that supply and service to a big amount of independently owned SPAR, TOPS at SPAR, Build it, Pharmacy at SPAR and SaveMor stores in Southern Africa. |
Spur | Multi-brand restaurant franchisor with seven brands in South Africa. |
Taste Holding | A South African-based management group that owns and licenses a portfolio of franchised and owned, category specialist and formula driven coffee, QSR and luxury retail brands housed within two divisions: Food and Luxury Goods. |
Tongaat Hulett | An agriculture and agro-processing business, focusing on the complementary feed stocks of sugarcane and maize. |
FOREST AND PAPER PRODUCTS | |
Masonite Africa Limited | The South African market leader in hardboard and soft board. |
Mondigroup | An international packaging and paper group located in central Europe, Russia, the Americas and South Africa. |
The Newforest Company Group | A sustainable forestry and value added timber products business with operations in Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania and headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa. |
Sappi | A global company focused on providing dissolving wood pulp, paper pulp, paper based and bio-refinery solutions to its direct and indirect customer base. |
TOBACCO | |
British American Tobacco South Africa | It is home to South Africa’s top six cigarette brands—market-leader Peter Stuyvesant, Dunhill, Princeton, Rothmans, Craven A, and Kent—and is the country’s leading cigarette manufacturer and distributor. |
Codes and Definitions | Authors | |
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Codes Related to Proposition 1 | ||
1 Organizational Integration—Incorporation of water sustainability issues within different levels in the organization. | ||
1.1 Business Strategy | Water management included specifically in the corporate strategy. Water issues included in the company mission, values, corporate governance | Collins et al. Thorne McAlister and Ferrell |
1.2 Structure | Water concerns included in some positions, in job descriptions or organization chart | Mintzberg Johnson and Scholes |
1.3 Business Model | To analyze the value creation of a firm, and it also could mediate the transfer of a technology or an idea to the market attending to the value created to the potential customers | Lambooy |
1.3.1 Value proposition | Creating value for customers | Osterwalder |
1.3.2 Architecture between the firm and key partners | Customer segment, channels and customer relationship, key partners, commitment, compliance | |
1.3.3 Architecture of what the firm is doing | Key resources and key activities | |
1.3.4 Financial aspects | Revenue stream and cost structure | |
Codes related to Proposition 2 and 4 | ||
2 Information Quantity—Amount of disclosure, space and content | ||
2.1 Space | Presence in the report of water related issues (more than average, average, less than average, no presence) | Al-Tuwaijri et al. |
2.2 Content | Responsible Company Activity regarding water issues | Jose and Lee |
2.2.1 Cleaner Production | Supply chain policy and watershed management. Target to reduce water use, use of chemicals and generation of waste | |
2.2.2 MDG7 | Efforts to attain the millennial goal of safe drinking water | |
2.2.3 Community Concerns | Present local activity, engagement, community involvement or consult with community (commitment) | |
2.2.4 Products | Responsible products and fair business practices related to water | |
2.2.5 Human Resources (HR) | Actions to sensitize workforce and management for environmental problems related to water caused by the enterprise, including health and safety | |
2.2.6 Image | Presence in the report of images related to water issues | |
Codes related to Proposition 3 and 4 | ||
3 Information Quality—Qualitative characteristic for decision useful information | ||
3.1 Relevance of information. Capacity of making a difference in the decisions made by both the organization and its users | Solomon Chauvey et al. | |
3.1.2 Identification | Identification of stakeholders and their needs | |
3.1.3 Dialog | Dialog with stakeholders to define their needs | |
3.1.4 Materiality | Analysis of risks factors specific to the company | |
3.2 Comparability. Qualitative characteristic that enables users to identify and understand similarities in, and differences among items | ||
3.2.1 Temporal | Temporal features and comparisons | |
3.2.2 Others | Comparisons with other companies or to external norms | |
3.3 Transparency. Clarity and verifiability of information presented regarding the company activity per type of water use | ||
3.3.1 Consumer and industrial use | Clear information about domestic use of tap water, ground water (high impact), industrial use (row materials, cooling) | |
3.3.2 Treated water | Clear information about recycled water | |
3.3.3 Emissions | Clear information about emissions into water | |
3.3.4 Methods of elaboration, calculation and/or reporting mechanisms | Methods of elaboration | |
Calculation | ||
Reporting mechanisms | ||
3.4 Neutrality. Disclosure of negative performance information | Reimsbach and Hahn |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleSánchez-Hernández, M. Isabel, Rafael Robina-Ramírez, and Willem De Clercq. 2017. "Water Management Reporting in the Agro-Food Sector in South Africa" Water 9, no. 11: 830. https://doi.org/10.3390/w9110830