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By: David Mparutsa, Head of Enterprise & Supply Chain Development at Absa Corporate & Investment Banking Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD) investments coupled with a focus on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) frameworks, could provide a powerful combination for developing local manufacturing capacity to support the African mining and resources sector. Environmental factors within ESG […]
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By Larisha Naidoo, Head of Anglo American Zimele South African corporates have been running enterprise supplier development (ESD) programmes for years, helping to create thousands of SMMEs, who have often thrived and become employers in their own right. However, we often overlook the accountability that these programmes ought to demonstrate to the communities we serve. […]
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By Mpopi Khupe, Executive Director at Zevoli Growth Partners Enterprise Supplier Development (ESD) programmes are widely acknowledged as critical tools to levelling the playing field that benefit both Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) and corporates, yet implementing them is often not that straight forward. ESD programmes do not always go according to plan due […]
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