Bidvest at work
Bidvest, one of the five South African Global Challengers for 2013
|
Bidvest is one of only five South African companies included on the Boston
Consulting Group’s “Global Challenger” list. Global Challengers are described
as companies in emerging markets which are reshaping industries and
challenging traditional multinational companies.
In the past five years, these companies have created 1,4 million jobs and
are spending USD1,7 trillion a year in fuel growth and creating enormous
opportunities. BCG says that the global challengers will play an important
role in shaping the world economy over the next 10 years. |
|
Forbes list
The 20 most powerful people in African business 2012
Forbes magazine has released a listing of Africa’s 20 most powerful people in business.
A total of 11 of them are South African. Congratulations to our chief executive, Brian Joffe,
and previous non-executive chairman, Cyril Ramaphosa, who appeared on this
prestigious list. |
| Top 100 companies
Bidvest people consistently create value. This core competence was underpinned
by Bidvest being named as one of the top-100 companies congratulated by the Sunday Times Business Times in terms of superior financial performance over
the last 10 years. |
 |
| Walk for Wheelchairs
Huge crowds of Bidvest staff, media and interested friends and family took to the streets of Johannesburg,
Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town on 18 August for the Bidvest Unity Walk. The initiative saw nearly
60 000 people walking to raise money for wheelchairs for those who cannot. Bidvest will donate 243
wheelchairs to paraplegics in needy communities across the country, in collaboration with the QuadPara
Association of South Africa (QASA).
See more at:
|
 |
|
16th Rally to Read reaches out to rural
areas with limited resources
Bidvest, which spearheads the Rally to Read programme as one of its flagship projects, works closely
with the Department of Education and the READ Educational Trust to select the schools that are best
suited to benefit from the libraries and resources. Selected schools
receive the benefit of the resources and training over a three-year
period to ensure continuity and sustainability of the process.
See more at:
|
| Renewable energy
Energy matters is starting stage one of Australia’s largest purely privately funded rooftop solar array
for Bidvest.
Bidvest has made an unprecedented move for the foodservice industry by committing to build stage
one of what is expected to be Australia’s largest privately funded rooftop photovoltaic solar array.
Bidvest will spend approximately AUD0,7 million to install up to 290kW of solar panels as stage one
of a future 1MWp solar array at the site.
See more at:
|
 |
|
