Greenhouse Gases

Reduce GHG from washing clothes

We have a long term plan to reduce the GHG impact of our laundry products. This plan includes:

• The move from cardboard packaging into flexible packaging for our 1kg and 2kg laundry packs has reduced the energy required to produce these packs by 20% and the GHG emissions by 40%.

• The development of new carbonate formulations for our laundry powders that deliver the same, high quality results consumers have come to expect from our brands, while minimising their environmental impact. This will reduce the GHG impact by between 20 to 25%.

Reduce GHG from our manufacturing

Through good manufacturing practice, complexity reduction and capital investment, we are contributing to the South African Government’s target to reduce carbon emissions by 34% by 2020.

We have introduced sustainability plans into each of our manufacturing sites to reduce CO2 emissions from energy alone by 12% by 2015 vs. a 2009 baseline:

• We have saved 2,352 tons of CO2 from waste disposal via our recycling initiatives from January 2009 to April 2010.

• We have installed energy efficient motors and variable speed drives for our manufacturing equipment in two of our factory sites which will significantly reduce energy consumption.

• We have introduced a process to ensure that when acquiring new equipment for our factory sites, energy efficient motors and variable speed drives will be purchased.

• In 2010 we installed solar panels at our Boksburg manufacturing sites. Solar pipes will be installed in 2011 along with additional solar panels for our other sites.

• In addition to the solar panels we will introduce an ammonia heat recovery system to generate hot water at our Boksburg manufacturing sites.

We have commenced the construction of our new savoury foods factory in Riverhorse Valley, Kwa-Zulu Natal which has

been designed in accordance with Green Building Principles. This, together with a significant investment towards the installation of technology, will reduce on-site energy consumption, reduce waste and increase water reuse, enabling this factory to work towards its goal of being water neutral, reducing carbon emissions and having zero waste go to landfill by 2020.

Reduced GHG from transport

We will deliver a 16% reduction in GHG emissions from warehouses and transport from 2010 to 2015 vs. a 2006 baseline taken prior to commencement of this programme by:

• consolidating our distribution network from nine down to three major warehouses and rolling out environmental best practice in these warehouses, such as energy efficient lighting and solar energy.

• minimising kilometres travelled via route planning and collaboration with our customers and other manufacturers.

• improving pallet stacking configuration to optimise the impact per unit moved.

Reduced GHG from refrigeration

Currently 36% of our Ola Cabinets installed in our Ola Ice-Cream distributors are climate-friendly (hydrocarbon) cabinets.

These new refrigerants are not only better for the environment but last longer and maintain colder temperatures for longer. We aim to convert 100% of our Ola Cabinets in South Africa to hydrocarbons by 2015.

Future partnership aims

We aim to ensure that all new buildings are built in accordance with the Green Building Council of South Africa requirements. We will partner with Wildlands Conservation Trust to explore opportunities to offset the carbon footprint of our head office through a Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standard (CCBS) carbon sink initiative to plant trees in the Pietermaritzburg area. The trees planted will be grown through the Indigenous Trees for Life community programme which teaches community children to grow trees which are then exchanged for essential goods such as food, school necessities and bicycles.