SIZA, the Sustainability Initiative of South Africa, provides a platform for agricultural stakeholders to ensure ethically and environmentally sustainable trade.
With improving input efficiency being one of the main objectives of the SIZA Environmental Standard, SIZA has partnered with AMT Fresh by providing a direct link to the Water Monitoring Tool (WMT) on the SIZA Environmental SAQ.
As the SIZA Environmental Standard embraces the use of technology as part of effective water management, SIZA has partnered with the FruitLook Programme by including a direct link to the FruitLook web portal on the SIZA Environmental SAQ.
Climate change is a pressing global issue. South Africa is within the top twenty largest greenhouse gas emitters in the world and a signatory to the UNFCCC CoP21 agreements in Paris, December 2015.
SIZA received nine complaints between 01 January 2020 and 30 September 2020.
As a control measure, SIZA implemented an option for members who needed to have audits conducted during the COVID-19 national lockdown period.
Six critical findings were reported for the months of January 2020 to September 2020.
A total of 511 social audits have been conducted for the period 01 January to 30 September 2020.
“Averaging of working hours” refers to when employees work longer hours per day during a certain period, and shorter hours during another, however, their salary remains the same.
Die vryheid om te assosieer of te disassosieer, word deur die Internasionale Arbeidsorganisasie (IAO) beskou as een van die vier kernarbeidsbeginsels. In werklikheid gaan dit nóg verder en klassifiseer dit as DIE belangrikste arbeidsbeginsel.