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The planet, its people and good business

RFG is committed to responsible environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. Governance practices are entrenched across the business in compliance with legislation and regulation, and in the application of the King lV Report on Corporate Governance.

Environmental key performance areas
Our sustainability programme is aligned to five of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and concentrates on the areas over which we have direct control, namely:

  • Water consumption
  • Energy consumption
  • Waste generation
  • Air emissions generation and management
Measurement systems have been implemented for these four areas and targets have been developed to be achieved by 2025.

Our commitment to the community
RFG is also active in promoting the following social programmes, which are in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:

  • Zero hunger
  • Good health and wellbeing
  • Gender equality
A note
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect that has exacerbated the socio-economic challenges that the SDG agenda sought to address. While encouraging progress has been made, the risks posed by climate change, socio-economic challenges and political instability have become more apparent and the importance of further incorporating SDGs into the business has been highlighted. We believe that a focused approach will deliver the best results and will continue to slowly expand our efforts as we progress through our current initiatives.
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Our Sustainability Efforts

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Enterprise Development

RFG supports the Constitution Road Wine Growers farm in Robertson in the Western Cape through long-term enterprise development funding for the farm’s peach and apricot orchards. The farm is majority owned by over 180 black, female farm workers and supplies fruit to RFG for processing.

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Commitment to our communities

The group supports community feeding organisations to assist vulnerable communities across South Africa. During the national Covid-19 lockdown RFG committed financial support of R6.3 million to provide food hampers to affected communities

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Water Security

Water is a critical input in our production processes and ongoing focus is placed on improving water security.

Most recent donations

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Spreading love with Ladles of Love

Partnering with Ladles of Love by donating jam which was used to turn 12 000 loaves of bread into sandwiches, and which in turn were distributed to ECD centres.

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Food Hamper with Food Forward SA

We also partnered with Food Forward SA and donated canned vegetables which formed part of 200 tons of food packed and distributed by 5000 volunteers

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Supporting our local communities

We love the communities in which we operate, and as such, love helping local organisations, like assissting The Pniel Villagers as they held sport clinics for 1000 children in the Pniel area.