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Our natural capital - managing SANBS’ impact on the environment
Our Capitals
Our natural capital - managing SANBS’ impact on the environment
Water
Sustainability objective 2: Optimisation of water consumption and conservation
- Reduce the consumption of water at all SANBS’ sites
- Monitor and manage water usage
- Deploy rainwater harvesting technologies for SANBS-owned properties
- Prevent or minimise the disposal of trade effluent
FY25 update
The procurement process will follow to appoint contractors to install water filtration plants across the six sites
At Head Office, borehole consumption was 9 513Lt (FY24: 5 297kl), with estimated savings of R537 108 (FY24: R241 781)
The borehole at Mount Edgecombe generated approximately 5 610Lt (FY24: 4 988l) and savings of R319 068 (FY24: R245 397)
The borehole at Port Elizabeth HQ generated 130Lt and generated savings of R5 655
A total of R861 831 was saved in FY25 as a result of borehole consumption (FY24: R504 708)
There was a 35.18 % increase in borehole water consumption. The increased utilisation of borehole water reflects our ongoing efforts to reduce reliance on municipal supply and enhance water sustainability
Groundwater exploration and feasibility assessments were carried out at nine SANBS-owned sites that currently lack boreholes. Of these nine sites, eight were confirmed as suitable for water extraction. Drilling has been completed at six of these sites, which passed the feasibility evaluation and had enough space for drilling