Through its Society 2030: Spirit of Progress initiatives, a ten-year action plan to manage their most material ESG issues which fall under their core six pillars (Positive drinking, championing inclusion and diversity, sustainability by design, low carbon world, preserving water, and doing business the right way), SBL has emerged strong and exemplary in delivering best outcomes.
The launch was attended by SBL stakeholders from Foundation for Disabilities Hope (FDH), Green Initiative, National Environmental Management Council (NEMC), and the media.
“SBL is proud to be at the forefront of championing sustainable development in a unique way that is inclusive and creative. We look forward to extending this approach further to attend more goals” SBL’s Corporate Relations Director, John Wanyancha highlighted over the weekend during the launch.
In changing the way people drink for the best, through its positive drinking, Wrong Side of the road, and DrinkiQ campaigns, SBL has reached more than 5000 drivers nationwide, engaged with 8,200 students on underage drinking, and influenced more than 2000 people to educate themselves on their e-learning tool (DrinkiQ) only in 2022.
On inclusion and diversity, a hotspot championed by the government and private sector, the brewer managed to offer more than 200 scholarships to underprivileged students under its household agribusiness scholarship program “Kilimo Viwanda” with the inclusion of more women and People with Disabilities (PWD).
Kaole Wazazi College Deputy Principal, Maxmillian Sarakikya praised SBL’s commitment to education, saying “This company has levitated more young talents from an underprivileged backgrounds to high levels of learning, which encourages other stakeholders to do the same”.
Michael Salali, chairman of Foundation for Disabilities Hope (FDH) an NGO closely working with SBL said: “We’re proud to partner with SBL, whose commitment to inclusion has been paramount in uplifting PWDs economically through life skills training, agriculture and financial literacy.”
SBL has made water its priority via its Water for Life project in Tanzania. In this sphere, has delivered more than 20 water projects, with a Water Treatment Plant for residents of Basuto village in the Hanang District of Manyara region being the latest.
Colleta Kyaitela, a Representative from Green Initiative Company Limited complimented SBL’s efforts on the latter and past engagement with the company on environmental management.
“Throughout the years, our audit showed SBL to exceed above expectations on protecting the environment, especially on recycling, reusing and fulfilling their zero to dumpsite policy in all three sites across the country,” Kyaitela added.
SBL has provided the capacity to serve 14,000 people, the project is set to deliver safe and clean water to four villages in Basuto Ward, but also with the ability to purify 900,000 liters of water in 12 hours, which is sufficient to meet, and exceed Basuto Ward’s current average daily water demand of 700,000 litters.
More importantly, SBL planted over 5,000 trees in Kongwa district, Dodoma region. On the same, the beer maker has maintained 0 tonnes of waste in landfill from its direct operations.
Hamadi Kissiwa NEMC Eastern Zonal Manager representative said: “SBL is giving out a great example of how environmental and climate issues must be included and taken with seriousness for effective production that is environmentally friendly.”
Interestingly, the company is leveraging modern technology to enhance its operations, from tracking and managing its carbon-foot print, plant on-road accident and incident management.
“Nearly 100 percent of all our plastics used are widely recyclable, reusable, and compostable. This is higher than 2021, where 90 percent of our plastics were widely recyclable, and also higher than our 2022 target of 98 percent” the report stated.
The latter is not only an emerging and essential discussion in the corporate modern world but also an inspiration to other players in the private and public sector field to deliver on the same.
