About our sustainable development report
Our sustainable development report provides an in-depth assessment of our economic, social and environmental (ESE) performance for the year ended 30 June 2020. It assesses our ability to create value for our people and other stakeholders and guard against value destruction. The report supplements our integrated report and is aimed at all stakeholders with an interest in how we manage our people, our contribution to socio-economic development and our efforts to operate in an environmentally friendly and responsible manner.
Scope and boundary
Our sustainable development disclosure covers the businesses over which the Group has operational control as well as our ESE risks and opportunities and the related issues that matter most to our stakeholders.
Our stakeholders
Our stakeholders include a wide range of groups and individuals who may be affected by our activities, products and services, and whose actions can be reasonably expected to affect our ability to successfully implement our strategic objectives. Our stakeholder groups have varying levels of involvement in the business, and diverse and sometimes conflicting interests and concerns that need to be balanced over time.
Business relationships: customers, OEMs, suppliers and business partners.
Our people: employees and organised labour.
Financial capital relationships: owners, investment community and debt providers.
Regulatory relationships: government departments, regulators and industry associations.
Societal relationships: civil society, communities and media.
Frameworks and assurance
Consideration has been given to the six capitals of the International Integrated Reporting Council's (IIRC) International
Deloitte & Touche has provided limited assurance over the 13 non-financial performance indicators listed below and accredited rating agency, AQRate verifies our broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) scorecard, available on our website1.
Safety: kilometres travelled, road accidents and road accidents per million kilometres.
Social: training hours, training spend and corporate social investment (CSI) spend.
Environmental: diesel consumed, petrol consumed, electricity consumed, water purchased, Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions.
Materiality
Our material priorities are those factors most likely to influence the conclusions of our stakeholders when assessing our ability to create value over time. They are the factors within the control of Motus' leadership and which we have identified for close and careful management over the short, medium and longer term, to deepen the Group's resilience, relevance and responsibility in pursuit of sustainable value for our stakeholders. They reflect our plans to manage the risks and opportunities associated with the Group's strategy and meet the expectations of our stakeholders. Our material priorities inform the content included in our sustainable development report.
The diagram below sets out the areas where this report provides an in-depth review of Motus' material priorities.
Resilience
- Sustain capital management discipline
- Leverage competitive advantages to recover, replace and diversify earnings streams
- Accelerate the implementation of new ways of working and deepen agility
Relevance
- Deliver exceptional value to customers as their needs change
- Remain the strategic partner of choice for OEMs and suppliers
- Be an employer of choice in the automotive industry
- Innovate practically and proactively
Responsibility
- Demonstrate best-in-class governance
- Manage the economic, social and environmental consequences of our activities
- Consistently deliver on stakeholder expectations to protect our reputation
Materiality boundary
People management | Material for all Motus entities, with the transformation of the workforce being particularly material for the South African operation. | |
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Safety management | Material for all Motus entities and particularly workshops and parts distribution centres work with machinery. | |
Product responsibility | Quality control is material for our workshops, vehicle businesses, vehicle rental businesses aftermarket parts businesses. Responsible offerings and the protection of customer particularly material for our dealerships Services. | |
Transformation | B-BBEE is an integral part of any South African business and is material for all Motus entities operating in South Africa. | |
Environmental management | Material for all Motus entities, however, not as material for Motus UK. |
Response to COVID-19
Our response to COVID-19 is covered throughout our sustainable development report with key sections being the impact of COVID-19 on our workforce, the measures put in place to protect our stakeholders and our support of the communities in which we operate. Some pictures used in this report were taken prior to the COVID-19 outbreak and do not portray people wearing masks.
Preparation of this report
Interviews with senior leadership, together with internal sources of information, particularly reports and presentations to the social, ethics and sustainability (SES) committee have been used to prepare this report.
Approval
Executive management and a sub-committee of the SES board committee reviewed and approved the report. The sub-committee recommended our sustainable development report to the board for approval. The board's approval statement can be found in Motus at a glance in the integrated report.