The Bidvest Group Limited ANNUAL INTEGRATED REPORT 2012
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Glossary and definations


ART     antiretroviral treatment for those suffering from or exposed to HIV/Aids  
B-BBEE     broad-based black economic empowerment  
BEE     black economic empowerment  
CDP     carbon disclosure project  
CO2     Carbon dioxide is the most abundant of the three major greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) 
CO2e     Since all greenhouse gases have different impacts on global warming, the impact of the other gases are converted to that of CO2. This allows their impact to be stated as CO2 equivalents.  
CPI     consumer price index  
CPA     Consumer Protection Act  
CSI     Corporate Social Investment  
DTI     South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry  
EMS     environmental management system  
Eskom     South African national electricity supply company  
ERP     enterprise resource planning  
GDP     gross domestic product  
GHG     greenhouse gas  
GRI     Global Reporting Initiative  
HACCP     hazard analysis critical control point  
IAS     International Auditing Standards  
IFRS     International Financial Reporting Standards  
Industry charter(s)    voluntary, wide commitments to black economic empowerment goals  
Intensity measures     in this report they are specifically used to indicate how efficiently fossil fuels and water are being used: GHG emissions in tonnes CO2e per revenue earned or per people employed and water in kilolitres used per revenue earned  
ISO     International Organisation for Standardisation quality management and quality assurance
series of standards (9000) and environmental management series of standards (14001) 
JSE     the Johannesburg Stock Exchange  
KZN     KwaZulu-Natal  
LRA     Labour Relations Act  
LTIFR     the lost-time injury frequency rate (injury rate) reflects the lost-time injuries per 200 000 manhours worked (100 people working for a year). The injury rate has this year been restated according to GRI guidelines as the number of lost-time injuries per 200 000 hours worked. Some businesses in the Europe and Asia Pacific regions use different definitions for what constitutes a lost-time injury. This distorts the Group rate upwards. Over time these definitions are being aligned with those recommended by the GRI  
NUMSA     National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa  
OEM     original equipment manufacturer  
OHS     Occupational Health and Safety Act (No. 85 of 1993), South Africa  
PPP     public-private partnership  
QMS     quality management system  
QSR     quick-service restaurant  
SADC     Southern African Development Community  
SARB     South African Reserve Bank  
Scope 1 emissions     direct GHG emission caused by equipment that is owned or controlled by the reporting company. In Bidvest’s case this mostly results from the combustion of diesel, gasoline, coal and gases  
Scope 2 emissions     indirect GHG emission resulting from the consumption of purchased electricity, heat or steam  
Scope 3 emissions     indirect emissions resulting from other activities of a reporting company, such as commuting travel, business air travel, paper consumption and activities such as the extraction and production of purchased materials and fuels  
SED     socio-economic development  
SETA     sectoral education and training authorities  
SHERQ     Safety, health, environment, risk, quality  
SRI Index     Socially Responsible Investment Index  
the Codes/  
the DTI Codes  
  codes of good practice for broad-based black economic empowerment as published by the
Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa  
TNPA     Transnet National Ports Authority  
VCT     voluntary counselling and testing (HIV/Aids-related)