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2007 Annual Report
Environmental, Health & Safety and
Social Responsibility Report
Zambeef’s environmental policy is aimed at providing
a safe and healthy work place, protecting the environment, and being
a responsible corporate citizen within the communities where we
operate. The policy provides the foundation for the following
corporate policy objectives:
Provide a safe and healthy workplace and ensure
that personnel are properly trained and have appropriate safety
and emergency equipment.
Be an environmentally responsible neighbour in
the communities where we operate, and act promptly and
responsibly to correct incidents or conditions that endanger
health, safety, or the environment.
Conduct our business in compliance with
applicable environmental and health & safety laws and
regulations.
Be a responsible and committed corporate citizen
and be a useful and effective member of the communities within
which we operate.
Aim to reduce poverty by establishing strong
partnerships with local communities & supporting community
initiatives, especially in the health and education areas, that
deliver sustainable long-term results & real benefits to the
communities within which we operate.
Review yearly our strategies, objectives and
targets and monitor environmental programs to ensure continuous
improvement of our environmental performance.
Conduct ongoing audits to ensure compliance of
environmental and health & safety legislation and report
periodically to the Board of Directors.
Zambeef subscribes to the United Nations Millennium
Development Goals which aim to:
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Eradicate extreme poverty & hunger
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Achieve universal primary education
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Promote gender equality and empower women
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Reduce child mortality
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Improve maternal health
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Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB and other diseases
- Ensure environmental sustainability
 Zambeef
is making every effort to assist and/or support worthy activities
and organizations at poverty alleviation through both cash donations
as well as providing free meat and dairy products on a regular
basis.
This
year, Zambeef has again donated millions of Kwachas worth of its
products to many charitable organizations.
Mrs
Christabel Malijani
Environmental, Health & Safety and
Social Responsibility Consultant
In
Western Province, Zambeef:
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Built a community school in Mulambwa compound in
Mongu called Liyoyelo Community School
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Put up a water tank at Lewanika Hospital
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Rehabilitated the mother’s shelter at Lewanika
Hospital
At
Huntley Farm Chisamba, Zambeef:
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Built a three classroom block at Mwyasunka basic
school (up to grade 9) for 120 pupils
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Electrified the school compound
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Provided all furniture for the school
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Provided clean running water
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Is currently building a block to house three
teachers
- Is currently upgrading the school facilities to cater for
grade 10 to grade 12 pupils
At
Sinazongwe in the Southern Province, Zambeef:
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Constructed an eight-roomed clinic comprising
one admission ward each for men and women, an examination room,
a treatment room, a doctor’s office and ablution facilities
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Built three semi-detached houses for clinic
staff
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Sunk a bore hole with pump & tank for the clinic
& staff houses to have clean running water
- Electrified both the clinic and staff houses
 At
Kalundu Dairy Farm Chisamba, Zambeef:
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Constructed classrooms for 70 pupils
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Is paying two teachers salaries
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Is paying health workers who undertake a monthly
under fives clinic
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Funded all educational & healthcare materials
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Plans to construct purpose built classroom
blocks and a small clinic in 2007/8
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Alive &
Kicking
Zambeef has also teamed-up with a UK based charity
called Alive & Kicking, which aims to use the power of football to
deliver health education, in particular, to raise HIV/AIDS awareness
and malaria prevention. The charity already operates in Kenya and
South Africa.
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Zambeef has agreed to ‘partner’ this worthy cause and
has so far committed to:
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