UTi Sun Couriers

UTi South Africa is a verified Level 4 contributor to BBBEE in terms of the recently published Codes of Good Practice. This directly benefits our clients as, by procuring from a BBBEE company, you can claim your invoiced spend with UTi as a monetary value towards your own financial target in the BBBEE scorecard in the Procurement pillar. The notional financial value you would normally claim from a Level 4 company is one rand for every one rand spent (i.e. 100%)

However, because UTi is also classed as a VAE (Value Adding Enterprise), the BBBEE rules allow our clients to inflate the value of our invoice to them by multiplying the invoiced amount by 1.25. This will gives you, the client, an inflated monetary value to claim towards your financial targets in the Procurement pillar.

All entities within the UTi Group in South Africa believe in the principles of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE). Empowerment and capacity building are key elements of UTi Sun Couriers' transformation strategy.

In 1991, Sun Couriers created the owner-driver scheme, transforming employees into entrepreneurs. The scheme has been exceptionally successful and has resulted in increased productivity and enhanced service levels for our customers.
We realise that transformation is vital at every level of the organisation and so place great emphasis on measures to promote the equitable representation of people from the Designated Group as defined by both the Employment Equity and Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment legislation. Particular attention is paid to correcting the racial and gender imbalances at the top three levels of management, with a focus on the advancement of Black females.
Furthermore, as the up-liftment of the UTi family is fundamental, UTi embarked on an empowerment transaction which has seen the formation of the UTi Empowerment Trust (an educational trust) holding a 25 percent stake in UTi South Africa. The benefits are used solely for the education of Black employees and their dependants. The trust has been structured to ensure delivery of the best empowerment through education across the beneficiaries nationally. The bursary is professionally administered by The South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR.) The UTi Empowerment Trust is represented on the Board of UTi South Africa by one of its three trustees. The trust has an employee representative trustee, formally elected by the employees via the members of the Employment Equity Aids and Training Committee (EEATSCom.)

Economic Empowerment and Transformation