The group is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy working environment for all of its staff. In line with most other retailers, it operates within a low risk environment. We comply with all relevant legislation, in particular the Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1993.
The incident report statistics for group staff are reflected below:
| 2007 | 2006 | ||||
| Number of working days lost | 1 465 | 1 706 | |||
| Number of incidents | 399 | 325 | |||
| Average cost per incident | R371 | R553 | |||
| Total cost of incidents | R148 196 | R179 725 |
The majority of incidents reported were minor and there were no fatalities.
In 278 instances, not more than three working days per incident were lost.
It is important that our manufacturing and merchandise suppliers share the same ethics and values as ourselves. Our suppliers have been issued with supplier agreements for signature, which require their compliance with, inter alia, labour and customs and excise legislation.
Regular audits are undertaken at their premises; we require any recorded deviations from agreed standards to be addressed in order for us to maintain a business relationship.
