SIZA Focus Newsletter

Companies that are breaking barriers are moving beyond sustainability to social and environmental innovation and often when you think you are at the end of strategic planning; you are at the beginning of something else. SIZA has developed an audit oversight programme which assures buyers that we are here to manage risks on your behalf… Continue reading Sourcing from a sustainable and well-managed value chain

KPIs are measurable values that illustrate how effectively a company is achieving its goals and objectives.

With modern-day consumers becoming more and more aware of their individual impacts on the environment, there is growing pressure on buyers and markets to ensure that the products they sell are sourced from environmentally sustainable suppliers.

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.