Carnival City maintains Level 2 B-BBEE status

The complex is stepping up efforts to ensure that 80% of its procurement is from compliant, empowered suppliers by the end of 2015, aligned to Sun International's focus on promoting meaningful and sustainable change in its supply chain.

"Under Sun International's revised code of practice, Carnival City is working to ensure that 80% of products and services procured empowered, black-owned enterprises," says Annemie Turk, GM at Carnival City.

Opportunities identified

"We have identified a number of opportunities for transforming our supply chain, from service providers and operating equipment suppliers, to maintenance providers, equipment rental, and food and beverage suppliers," says Turk.

Carnival City utilises Sun International's in-house, automated B-BBEE reporting system to interrogate its supply chain to identify areas where improvements can be made, and highlight areas of opportunity. Currently, Carnival City is considering known empowering suppliers with a black ownership of over 51%.

Recognising that there are challenges around attracting empowered providers, Carnival City will use an online tendering portal called Tendersure to connect with potential B-BBEE providers, and assess responses against B-BBEE and pricing criteria.

A third party, B1SA, will collate and maintain all of Sun International's supplier certificates, and ensure the validity and authenticity of the documents.

Ensuring integrity

"These mechanisms will help to ensure integrity in the process of selecting appropriate suppliers and providers. This is crucially important not only for ensuring that our suppliers are compliant with our B-BBEE requirements, but also to ensure that we are able to effectively manage a large number of smaller suppliers in our supply chain," says Turk.

Up-skilling and nurturing B-BBEE providers in Carnival City's supply chain will be emphasised to ensure sustainability. In line with Sun International's new codes of practice, Carnival City is required to invest 1% of net profit after tax in enterprise development programmes to up-skill qualifying potential suppliers outside of its supply chain. It will also invest 2% of net profit in supplier development programmes for existing qualifying suppliers within its supply chain.