Sustainability & transformation

Profit with Purpose

We conduct our operations in an environmentally responsible manner at every stage of our integrated business model — combining profitability with high social impact.

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Substance value proposition

Environmental · Social · Economic

Environmental

Our business follows sustainable development principles while sustaining the ability of our site environment to renew its ecosystem. Our environmental practices focus on the activities where we can make a difference.

  • Environmental protection and biodiversity conservation
  • Energy efficiency consumption and waste management
  • Water use efficiencies and boiler emission reductions

Social

We acknowledge and organise social partnership and empowerment programmes for our community. We provide long-term sustainable jobs and support local growers, SMEs, skills development and rural development through our corporate empowerment incentives.

We are positioned to make a lasting impact on the South African agribusiness sector, its social fabric and the wider economy.

Economic

Our vertical integration provides full traceability in all production stages. Our investment in industry-leading initiatives and international global standards puts our high-quality tomatoes and tomato paste in credible compliance with food safety standards.

Our environmental approach gives customers the highest level of confidence and a meaningful long-term relationship.

Expertise

Beyond expectations, by design

We constantly strive to improve on the quality of our services and products and to deliver beyond expectations. The nature of our industry requires expertise that meets stringent technologies, product safety and compliant specifications.

Our tomato growing and processing expertise has been drawn through a thorough elimination process: expert inputs into the preparation of the tomato growing and pasting facility performance specification, preliminary equipment definition and sizing, and participation in the economic evaluation of our operations against socio-economic attributes and sustainability.

B-BBEE

Black economic transformation

As a Level 1 B-BBEE contributor, Nyamane Foods has been instrumental in opening up economic opportunities for individuals from previously disadvantaged backgrounds across the agronomy, agro processing and food manufacturing value chain.

Nyamane Foods team members in training

People development

We are determined to leave a legacy in the areas where we operate. We therefore run a dynamic development plan to involve, train and uplift local SMME contractors, suppliers and community members in all our areas of operation.

Women working in the Nyamane Foods operation

Women empowerment

Traditionally a male-dominated industry, agronomy, agro processing and food manufacturing has evolved greatly over the past few years. Today women increasingly assume positions once considered ‘male’ roles, overcoming outdated stereotypes.

Community health awareness session

The fight against HIV / AIDS

We have established a comprehensive HIV / AIDS intervention programme that promotes awareness and offers employees voluntary counselling and testing.

Nyamane Foods staff on site

Equity for all

Our commitment is to develop and create equity for all population groups within the organisation, and to promote the empowerment of the communities in which we operate.

Our aim

What we set out to achieve

  • Sustainable job creation
  • Food security
  • Poverty eradication
  • Rural development
  • Skills development
  • SME enterprise development
  • Industry transformation
  • Economic empowerment

Work with us

Supplier, grower or SMME?

We are always looking to grow our network of local growers, contractors and small enterprises.