MOTUS

Sustainable development focus areas

Our six sustainable development focus areas respond to Motus’ social, economic and environmental material priorities. Our approach to managing our sustainable development focus areas and our performance for the year, as well as our future objectives, are covered in this section of our online annual integrated report.

Deliver exceptional value to customers

Motus is working towards a collaborative customer engagement model across the Import and Distribution, Retail and Rental, Motor-Related Financial Services and Aftermarket Parts business segments, to enhance the customer experience at each stage of the automotive ownership lifecycle and drive strategic conversations with our customers based on an understanding of their individual needs.

Covered in this section:
Exceptional service
Innovative and accessible products and services
Product responsibility

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Link to material priorities:

Provide exceptional products and services at competitive prices across the automotive value chain.
Continue to differentiate our offering through innovative vehicle and asset finance (VAF) solutions, value-added products and services (VAPS) and mobility services.
Secure strategic partnerships to drive growth and competitiveness.
Continually monitor and adapt to market trends in digitisation, mobilisation and automation and drive innovation.

Embed defensible health and safety practices

Motus places the highest importance on the health and safety of our employees, customers and visitors to our premises. Our code of ethics covers health and safety as an imperative ethical business practice.

Covered in this section:
Workplace safety
Employee well-being
Road safety

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Link to material priorities:

Establish corporate citizenship credentials – demonstrate defensible safety practices.

Improve the broad-based black economic empowerment score

The need for the South African automotive industry to transform is a moral issue. Much remains to be done to make the industry and Motus more representative of the country’s demographic make-up. Socio-economic transformation is a priority for the Motus board and management team.

To ensure our competitiveness and sustainability in the South African market, Motus is committed to improving its broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) rating to a Level 4 by 2020.

Covered in this section:
B-BBEE partnerships
Preferential procurement
Socio-economic development

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Link to material priorities:

Secure strategic partnerships to drive growth and competitiveness – form selective B-BBEE partnerships in key market segments.
Establish corporate citizenship credentials – demonstrate socio-economic value creation.

Our full material priorities table can be found here.

Sustainable development 2019

Sustainable development focus areas

Deliver exceptional value to customers

Become an employer of choice in the automotive industry

Embed defensible health and safety practices

Demonstrate consistently ethical and compliant business conduct

Improve the broad-based black economic empowerment score

Responsibly manage natural resources and waste