Pick n Pay Logo Annual Report 2008
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Commentary
Value Added Statement
Financial highlights
Number of stores
Our Group mission
Our key values
Stakeholders
Our seven enduring principles
Chairman’s Statement
Boards of Directors
Chief Executive Officer’s review
Sustainability Report
Ten-year review
Corporate governance
Analysis of shareholders
Shareholders’ information
Annual Financial Statements
Pick n Pay Stores Limited and its Subsidiaries
Pick n Pay Holdings Limited and its Subsidiaries
 
Divisional Directors
Notice of AGM
Pick n Pay Stores Limited
Pick n Pay Holdings Limited
Form of proxy
Pick n Pay Stores Limited
Pick n Pay Holdings Limited
 
Election to Receive Annual
& Interim Reports
Electronically
 
Sustainability report
for the year ended 28 February 2009
 
 
OUR SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE AT A GLANCE
Tracking our sustainable development key performance indicators (KPI)

Pick n Pay’s Sustainable Development
Key Performance Indicators
2009 KPI Performance 2008 KPI Performance
Group economic and related core
baseline indicators
   
Continuing operations    
Turnover R49.9 billion (17.4%increase) R42.5 billion
Trading profit R1 686.6 million (11.2% increase) R1 517.3 million
Operating profit R1 734.8 (13.4% increase) R 1 530.1 million
Headline earnings per share 232.48 cents (13.4% increase) 204.94 cents
Dividends paid per share 170.00 cents (14.0% increase) 149.10 cents
Total number of stores and distribution centres
Corporate stores: 498
Franchise stores: 284
Distribution centres: 6
Corporate stores: 527
Franchise stores: 230
Distribution centres: 6
  (Please click here for breakdown of store numbers) (Please click here for breakdown of store numbers)
Number of environmental, health and safety and/or governance legal incidents None None
Employee issues*    
Total number of employees 38 409 36 541
New jobs created (direct employment only) 1 722 1 478
Employee turnover 11.75% 14.00%
Employment equity targets set by occupational level See here See here
Work-related fatalities None None
Number of classified injuries
116 injuries requiring time off work
916 injuries requiring minor attention
442 injuries requiring time off work
1 258 injuries requiring minor attention
Investment in employee training and development R50.5 million R40.0 million
Number of lost workdays due to industrial action 11.2 man-days 0.01 man-days
Environmental issues*    
Energy usage (stores, distribution centres, offices)
Energy usage per m2 per annum (stores)
613 million kWh
576 kWh
601 million kWh
637 kWh
Water consumption (stores, distribution centres offices)
Water consumption per m2 per annum (stores)
1.48 million kilolitres
1.4 kilolitres (improved estimate)
2.04 million kilolitres (estimate)
2 kilolitres (estimate)
Waste – KwaZulu-Natal stores (by weight)
42% waste recycled;
58% waste to landfill (not recyclable) – view here
39% waste recycled;
61% waste to landfill (not recyclable)
Fuel usage (commercial fleet and company vehicles)**
9 346 837 litres (diesel)
3 255 018 litres (petrol)
5 768 740 litres (diesel)
3 198 121 litres (petrol)
Carbon footprint*** 768 583 CO2 equivalent metric tonnes 744 462 CO2 equivalent metric tonnes
Corporate Social Investment    
CSI total spend R60 million – 5.7% of post-tax profit R60 million – 6.4% of post-tax profit
* These performance indicators relate only to the operations of Pick n Pay Stores Limited and Pick n Pay Retailers (Pty) Limited, our main operating company.
** Fuel increase based on 20.75% increase in fixed base fleet, servicing 21.57% more stores (vs 3.24% increase in carbon footprint)
*** Figures were calculated on the basis of fuel usage for our product distribution, corporate fleet (company cars), electricity usage in our stores, disribution centres and offices, and our business air-travel. Emissions from fuel usage were calculated using the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) greenhouse gas emissions reporting protocol. Emissions from electricity usage are calculated using the Eskom conversion factor of 1.2 tonnes of CO2 per MWh of Eskom electricity.
 
 
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