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Cape Town - Fishing group Oceana is number one on this year’s Mail & Guardian Most Empowered Companies ranking.
The participants in the Mail & Guardian/Empowerdex Empowered Companies Survey (ECS) include all the companies listed in the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) other than those on venture capital and development boards.
The survey is aimed at raising awareness of Broad- Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE).
From ranking 70th in 2004 to 17th on the empowerment list in 2011, to second place in 2013, Oceana has overtaken its competitors across all industries to lead with a total B-BBEE score of 95.17 points.
This is an improvement from 93.98 points in 2012. Oceana also came first in the food and beverage sector.
“We view transformation as the right thing to do for the socio-economic stability of our country and the long-term success and sustainability of our business,” said Francois Kuttel, CEO of the Oceana Group.
Oceana’s performance comes as a result of the company focusing on improving areas in which they did not previously achieve maximum points.
These include management control, employment equity, skills development and preferential procurement.
During the year under review, Oceana increased its black representation at board and executive level from 54.6% in 2012 to 63.6%.
The company also increased its expenditure with B-BBEE suppliers from R1.1bn to R1.4bn, pushing its preferential procurement score to 19.68.
It also invested R17.5m in training its black employees, upping its skills development weighting to 14.51.
Oceana introduced an “Africanisation” programme, to assist in attracting black African talent to increase black representation at all management levels.
“It is important for Oceana’s long term success that we meet the department of labour’s targets," said Kuttel.
“Maintaining our status as black owned and controlled fishing company and ensuring that we retain our highly credible empowerment credentials should ensure retention of our commercial fishing rights, thereby contributing towards Oceana’s overall long term sustainability.”
The participants in the Mail & Guardian/Empowerdex Empowered Companies Survey (ECS) include all the companies listed in the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) other than those on venture capital and development boards.
The survey is aimed at raising awareness of Broad- Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE).
From ranking 70th in 2004 to 17th on the empowerment list in 2011, to second place in 2013, Oceana has overtaken its competitors across all industries to lead with a total B-BBEE score of 95.17 points.
This is an improvement from 93.98 points in 2012. Oceana also came first in the food and beverage sector.
“We view transformation as the right thing to do for the socio-economic stability of our country and the long-term success and sustainability of our business,” said Francois Kuttel, CEO of the Oceana Group.
Oceana’s performance comes as a result of the company focusing on improving areas in which they did not previously achieve maximum points.
These include management control, employment equity, skills development and preferential procurement.
During the year under review, Oceana increased its black representation at board and executive level from 54.6% in 2012 to 63.6%.
The company also increased its expenditure with B-BBEE suppliers from R1.1bn to R1.4bn, pushing its preferential procurement score to 19.68.
It also invested R17.5m in training its black employees, upping its skills development weighting to 14.51.
Oceana introduced an “Africanisation” programme, to assist in attracting black African talent to increase black representation at all management levels.
“It is important for Oceana’s long term success that we meet the department of labour’s targets," said Kuttel.
“Maintaining our status as black owned and controlled fishing company and ensuring that we retain our highly credible empowerment credentials should ensure retention of our commercial fishing rights, thereby contributing towards Oceana’s overall long term sustainability.”
