Environmental

A total of 674 social audits were conducted in the period 1 January to 31 December 2020. This results in a median of 56 social audits per month.

Die SIZA Omgewingsprogam was ontwikkel om verskaffers in die landbousektor te help om aan Suid-Afrikaanse omgewingswetgewing te voldoen.

The SIZA Environmental programme was developed to assist agricultural suppliers with becoming compliant with South African environmental legislation.

SIZA het die omgewings tweede-party verifïeringsprogram geïmplementeer as deel van sy strewe na voortdurende verbetering en om omgewingsrisiko’s in die landbousektor te bestuur.

SIZA implemented the Environmental Second-Party Verification programme as part of its drive towards continuous improvement and to manage environmental risks within the agricultural sector.

The SANS 10206:2010 sets out general guidelines for the handling, storage, and disposal of pesticides.

Between the period of 1 January 2020 to 31 October 2020, a total of 65 farms that form part of the 2020 Environmental Second-Party Verification sample group were visited.

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.

The water we drink, the food we eat, the air we breathe, the ground we walk on, the mountains we climb and the sea we swim in – these things (among many others), form the environment that we as humans and millions of other species on earth live in.