Written by Carmen Botes
In today’s compliance-driven marketplace, having real-time visibility into suppliers’ compliance information is essential for buyers aiming to mitigate risks and ensure adherence to Social and Environmental standards. The MySIZA platform stands out as a cutting-edge, globally competitive solution for the South African agricultural industry. One of its most popular features allows exporters, importers, and buyers to seamlessly connect with primary producers and packhouses, offering unparalleled transparency and traceability on Self-Assessment Questionnaires (SAQs), site visits, audits, and digital recordkeeping data.
The world-class MySIZA platform provides linked markets with a comprehensive view of their supply base through downloadable risk reports and live dashboards showcasing an overview of all their linked sites. With over 3 000 primary profiles and over 150 secondary profiles (importers, exporters, and retailers), MySIZA currently boasts a total of over 22 000 links across the supply chain.
Primary and Secondary registrations have also grown over the last four years since the MySIZA Platform was launched, with Secondary registrations increasing by 54,64% from 97 profiles in 2020 to 150 in 2024, while Primary suppliers increased by 45,53% from 2 071 to 3 014 profiles in 2024.
Benefits of Visibility through MySIZA
Through direct engagement with stakeholders across the value chain, we proactively mitigate risks and pinpoint emerging needs and challenges supported by remedial interventions and a comprehensive toolkit. Guided by data-driven insights from ongoing participant compliance assessments, we develop targeted interventions and support tools to drive meaningful progress toward sustainability.
Market Access
- The SIZA programme supports markets and buyers worldwide with a unique digital platform that ensures adequate access to live data and carbon reduction.
- Buyers can measure risk and track trends throughout their supply chain so that they can source products from a credible source with confidence.
- SIZA is recognised by more than 340 markets across the globe, representing more than 40 different commodities.
- SIZA’s audit oversight programmes ensure that we can showcase an impressive 94% close rate on all non-compliances of SIZA participants. The data on audits is also visible to buyers which creates transparency within the supply chain and allows markets to engage directly with their supplier data.
Effective Supply-chain Due Diligence
- In support of global due diligence requirements, the SIZA programme provides actual data on the practices of the primary supplier and packhouses.
- Creating a robust system whereby exporters, importers, and buyers throughout the value chain can view and support businesses in their practices to ensure effective monitoring and reporting.
- Creating a system for producers, packhouses, and buyers to monitor labour providers’ compliance in their supply chain.
Visibility & Transparency
- SIZA creates effective tools for businesses and buyers to monitor suppliers’ progress towards sustainability goals.
- Supporting honesty and transparency in practices.
- Ensuring businesses can track their trends and allow buyers to view improvements, risks, and best practices more efficiently.
Digital Recordkeeping Data
SIZA also offers detailed data on water, energy, and chemical usage, as well as
waste production and the option to conduct a third-party carbon footprint calculation in its drive toward sustainable practice and assistance with a Net Zero strategy. By being digital, the functionalities of the recordkeeping programme will allow management and/or stakeholders to keep track of their production inputs and monitor risk within their supply chain.
If you are looking for ethical or sustainable data on your South African supply chain, you need to register with SIZA. We are proud of the effectiveness and modernity of the MySIZA platform.
To find out more or to request a demonstration of the functionalities available on MySIZA, please contact Carmen Botes at carmen@siza.co.za or the SIZA office at (+27) 21 852 8184.