PPM is fully committed to, and supportive
of Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) as embodied in the
Codes of Practice and the Scorecard published by the South African Department
of Trade and Industry.
This commitment to BBBEE is premised on PPM’s desire to develop people
and create an empowered environment where the potential of each and
every person can be realised. One of PPM’s founding principles is that
we “Use the organisation to build people rather than use people to
build the organisation”.
PPM has a level 7 BBBEE certification and the scores in the
defined domains of the Scorecard are:
- Employment Equity 24%
- Skills Development 43%
- Preferential Procurement 72%
- Enterprise Development 78%
- Socio-economic Development 95%
A summary of some of the PPM initiatives in the last year is
as follows (more detail can be found in the News page):
- Full tuition bursary for two previously disadvantaged females at
a secondary schools in Johannesburg
- An annual university student vacation employment program that places
3rd and 4th year previously disadvantaged students in vacation employment
with PPM as well as with our technical partners and clients
- Support of a public high school located close to the PPM offices
with involvement in their science program and sponsorship of prizes
for their annual science expo
- Support of a full time volunteer working for a registered NGO focussed
on caring for abandoned babies whilst placing them in adoption homes
- Support of 3 small emerging businesses created by individual previously
disadvantaged entrepreneurs, two of which are female
- Support of two NGOs that focus on entrepreneurial training and micro-lending.
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