Sustainability

Sustainable Development Goals

As part of our commitment to contribute to the SDGs, and in keeping with its commitment to long-term agricultural sustainability, Latmek has adopted six of the 17 goals and integrated them in its day-to-day operations. The goals are a commitment to Latmek to go above and beyond creating value to shareholders, and positively impact the people and planet.

• To provide our staff, and in certain cases, immediate community members with the best health care services possible.
• Mainstream Occupational Safety and Health Act, 2007, within our operations.
• To enhance dignity among school going girls and women.
• Enhance human rights within Latmek’s supply and value chains

• Support learning institutions within and outside Latmek’s area of operations.
• Enhance knowledge among our staff to ensure they are competitive and up-to-date with industry knowledge.
• Support smallholder farmers within our supply chain and local community with extension services.

• Enhance the female quotient within Latmek’s staff through a process of continuous development.
• Develop and deploy gender-sensitive policies

• Ensure we conserve water as much as possible by practicing a combination of water catchment preservation and using technology to apply the correct amount of water to our crops.
• Continuously harvest rainwater.
• Continuously support local communities to access water, including learning institutions.

• Improve the knowledge of smallholder farmers within our value chains.
  Assist organised community groups to start beekeeping enterprises.
• Increase the value of local purchases to Kshs. 50 million per year by 2030.

• Continuously measure our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
• Measurement, tracking and reduction of the Company’s carbon emissions.
• Continuously ensuring that at least 12% of our total land cover is covered with forest at any given time