EC8 Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided primarily for public benefit through commercial, in-kind, or pro bono engagement.
Integrated Report 2014:
Barloworld is committed to responsible corporate citizenship, including being responsive to the welfare and socio-economic development needs of the communities in which it does business, custodianship of the natural environment and efforts to address climate change. It approaches these objectives from a moral and commercial perspective, founded on sound business acumen.
The group is well positioned, through the commercial solutions it offers in mining infrastructure, automotive and logistics to invest in the sustainable future of the communities in which we do business. From 2010 to date, financial and in-kind contributions have been made to the establishment of an academic dedicated children's hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, the late Nelson Mandela's legacy to Africa. Access to Caterpillar earthmoving rental equipment has been provided for the development of the site, a large generator has been donated to ensure energy security for the hospital and use of a rental vehicle provided to the Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital Trust for fundraising.
In the course of its business, through extensive, ongoing interactions, Barloworld engages with a wide range of stakeholders to understand their interests and concerns so as to construct its value propositions. The group seeks to provide leadership in society by encouraging its leaders to contribute to developmental challenges and act as role models, and by helping to create the responsible leaders of the future.
The group is committed to spending at least 1% of its worldwide profits after tax on corporate social investment.
Through its social investments, the group has over many years sought strategic partnerships, synergies and innovations in public-service delivery that can be taken to scale by the public sector. Through grants, networking, referrals and its insistence on sound management practices, responsible governance and accountability, Barloworld endeavours to build capacity and sustainability in its development partners, where necessary. The group has invested R78 million in such initiatives over the past five years, and R153 million over the past ten years.
The Barloworld Trust, which implements Barloworld's corporate social investment (CSI) programme in South Africa, differentiates itself from its operations' local, product- or cause-related marketing activities through its structural approach to development, finding and supporting promising initiatives that underpin social and economic development, in order to have greatest impact.
The education challenges in South Africa are immense. As a result, the Barloworld Trust's core focus is on improving the quality of teaching and learning, and providing better access to education. Its strategic approach is to work in long term partnerships with organisations that create sustainable innovations in both public and private education institutions, aiming for early adoption and support of these innovations in education, which can then be taken to scale by the public or private sectors.
In 2013 and 2014, Barloworld's anchor CSI projects included:
1. For Systemic Change in Education
Programme for Improving Learner Outcomes (PILO) is a large-scale programme of interventions at learner, teacher, HOD, principal, school management team, district official, provincial and national government levels with broad-based support to improve the quality of teaching and learning in public schools, with public sector, unions, NGO'S and business. Current initiatives are in Pinetown and uThungulu in KwaZulu Natal and Kuruman in Northern Cape.
For more information, see www.slideshare.net/Trialogue/mary-metcalfe-pilo-trialogue-28-may
Bridge convenes / facilitates / manages the work of communities of practice to focus on key leverage points in the education system to create common purpose, peer support and trust amongst stakeholders, maximise resources, contribute to change at a systemic level and vertically link practices to policy creation and implementation.
For more information, see www.bridge.org.za
2. To support ECD or early childhood development:
Afrika Tikkun provides education, health and social services for children, youth and their families through its community centres and holistic development programmes, starting with high quality early childhood programmes which lay the development foundation for the next generation of young South Africans.
For more information, see www.afrikatikkun.org
Ikamva Labantu's programmes support the most vulnerable in society: orphans, vulnerable children and youth, young pre-school children in early childhood development centres and the aged in Western Cape townships.
For more information, see www.ikamva.org
3. To improve education outcomes in mathematics, science and English
Independent Schools Association of SA Maths & English Programme provides scholarships to middle range independent schools for grade 9 to 12 to African learners from disadvantaged backgrounds, individuals who have potential, but lack the opportunities to succeed in mathematics, science and English in their current schools.
For more information, see www.isasa.org/category/maths-and-english
LEAP Science & Maths Schools include six intervention high schools focused on excellence in mathematics, science, English and emotional growth, a teacher training programme, and after-hours tuition. The LEAP movement also works with a range of partners to effect broader systemic change in education in South Africa.
For more information, see www.leapschool.org.za
TEACH South Africa recruits, trains and supports top university graduates to teach mathematics, science, English or technology for a minimum of two years in some of South Africa's most under-resourced schools. TEACH's primary objective is to use these TEACH Ambassadors to improve learner achievement in an effort to afford quality education to every South African learner.
For more information, see www.teachsouthafrica.org
Thandulwazi Trust - Maths & Science Academy. St Stithians outreach to improve the quality of maths and science teaching and learning in Gauteng Schools by offering learners at the FET Phase extra tuition in these key subjects at a Saturday School, to up-skill and offer a professional development programme to teachers in government schools across Gauteng, and train new maths, sciences, English and ECD/Foundation Phase teachers through a mentored, in-service training programme.
For more information, see www.thandulwazi.com
4. To support whole school development:
PILO ' - see above
Penreach, a whole school development programme operating from Penryn College in Mpumalanga, provides educational interventions and solutions in a pipeline from early childhood development to career, working with over 900 historically disadvantaged schools in programmes which address in-service skills training and support to mathematics & science teachers, pre-school, primary and high school teachers, principals, school governing bodies and their community structures.
For more information, see www.penreach.org.za
5. To facilitate access to tertiary education:
REAP (Rural Education Access Programme) assists students from poor rural areas in South Africa to access tertiary education by providing information, resources and referrals to grade 11 and 12 learners in rural schools and calling on state mechanisms such as the National Skills Fund (NSF) and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) to provide full cost bursaries and subsidised student loans. A network of recruitment volunteers offers career information to learners and guides them through the various application processes. REAP also provides students with a structured support and development programme on campus to facilitate success in their studies.
For more information, see www.reap.org.za
6. To promote youth entrepreneurship:
ENACTUS South Africa (formerly SIFE – Students in Free Enterprise) brings together student, academic and business leaders committed to using entrepreneurial action to improve quality of life and standard of living for people in need. Participating students form teams on their tertiary education campuses to create and implement community outreach projects, an experience which not only transforms lives but helps students develop the talent and perspective that are essential to leadership. Projects are formally evaluated and lead projects go to national and international competitions.
For more information, see www.enactusza.org
7. In support of the environment:
Endangered Wildlife Trust's conservation strategy involves identifying human-induced threats and affected species to halt or reverse species decline, ensuring the viability of threatened habitats and ecosystems, developing innovative, economically viable alternatives to address harmful impacts to the benefit of people and biodiversity, increasing awareness and mainstream environmental considerations into the daily lives of people and decision makers, exploring and developing opportunities for mentorship and capacity building within the conservation sector and providing a leadership role in ensuring efficient and adequate implementation, compliance and enforcement of conservation legislation.
For more information, see www.ewt.org.za
WWF South Africa (World Wide Fund for Nature)'s goals are to ensure that South Africa's biodiversity is conserved and that our footprint remains within the Earth's capacity to sustain life by securing the integrity of South Africa's ecological assets, ensuring that ecosystem services underpin social and economic well-being and building a climate resilient, low-carbon economy.
For more information, see www.wwf.org.za
8. To facilitate the role of business in society:
National Business Initiative (NBI) is a voluntary, non-mandated business coalition which facilitates the role of business in society through national, strategic policy interventions, and projects with a catalytic development impact. Working towards sustainable growth and development in South Africa and the shaping of a sustainable future through responsible business leadership and action, its main areas of operation are in promoting environmental sustainability (water, climate change, green economy, energy efficiency) and socio-economic sustainability (Pathways to Employability through skills development, UN Global Compact support and implementation).
For more information, see www.nbi.org.za
9. To build the next generations of responsible leaders:
Africa Leadership Initiative is a Fellowship established to build capacity and strong networks in next generations of African leaders from business, government and civil society through a programme of seminars on the philosophy of ethical and responsible leadership. Each Fellow is responsible for developing a community project and, post-graduation, becomes part of an alumni which meets at regular intervals to discuss relevant issues and works together towards achieving a good society with social and economic progress for all.
For more information, see www.aspeninstitute.org/leadership-programs/africa-leadership-initiative/south-africa
The President's Award for Youth Empowerment is a competitive experiential programme of leisure activities for young people that encourages character building, self-reliance and responsibility through service to the community. In prisons, the programme provides a framework for the rehabilitation of young prisoners and, in state-run residential youth facilities, aligns with their individual development plans. In schools, the programme provides a life orientation learning tool for teachers.
For more information, see www.presidentsaward.co.za
10. To empower people living with disabilities:
National Council for Persons with Physical Disabilities in SA (NCPPSA) coordinates the work of national umbrella disability service organisations and a forum to promote the maximum level of independence and integration of people with physical disabilities into society, as well as the prevention of the occurrence of physical disablement. NCPPSA has also created a corps of people with disabilities who have the potential to serve on various public and private sector structures to raise awareness of and facilitate achievement of initiatives addressing disability issues.
For more information, see www.ncppdsa.org.za
Barloworld Siyakhula, the group's enterprise development vehicle in South Africa, promotes black economic empowerment by providing financial and non-financial support to small and medium-sized suppliers, contractors and enterprises in its supply chain. Some R103 million in accumulated funds are currently committed.
Over the past five years the group has invested R78 million through group corporate social investment programmes, of which R33 million was accredited socio-economic development spend. R16.8 million (2013 R16.9 million) was invested in 2014.
Group CSI spend
