Actions speak louder than words.
We have transformed our business into one that aligns with the wider nation-building agenda. This is reflected in the following B-BBEE credentials:
For the past two years, Bluespec has achieved a Level-1 B-BBEE rating.
Bluespec is 51% owned by highly respected empowerment partners.
Five of the nine Directors on our Board are black females, including our Chairperson.
Bluespec’s empowerment partners distribute to 600 000 beneficiaries.
Genuine transformation is not just about compliance.
What really matters is that the actions of our business, and its leaders, promote a state of equality, in terms of both opportunity and treatment, that empowers our employees and external stakeholders to reach their full potential.
Achieving this demands more than just a change in mindset; tangible action is required to yield equality. For this reason, Bluespec has undertaken several initiatives to empower our people and the communities in which we operate:
The nature of our business requires us to align with smaller black-owned and operated service providers who play a vital role in service delivery to our corporate clients. We acknowledge and recognise the importance of black entrepreneurs and their willingness to grow and develop the skills necessary to access more work and develop their businesses. By way of example, we recently collaborated to provide 20 specialised recovery vehicles to Exempt Micro Enterprises (EMEs) in the towing and recovery sector.
Bluespec strives to multiply the impact of our own transformation efforts by continually diversifying our supplier base in favour of small, empowered, black-female owned businesses. We currently provide a grant to a black-youth-owned training academy in exchange for collaboration with our skills development initiatives.
Many people in our country find themselves in dire circumstances beyond their control and, as part of our efforts to address the stark inequalities that characterise our country, Bluespec has established a Socio-Economic Development Committee.
The Committee facilitates donations to non-profit organisations that care for children with disabilities (such as the Smile Foundation) and illnesses, as well as those who’ve been abandoned. We’ve also partnered with the Tsikulukulu Trust to pay school fees for children attending Future Nation Schools.
