Cargocare's BEE credentials recongnised

CLEARING AND forwarding specialist Cargocare Freight Services was recently awarded BEE Level 3 certification, but as FTW discovered, such social upliftment has been inherent in the Cargocare ethos for the past 12 years. “This certification is simply a documenting of what we have been doing for years,” explains newly promoted operations director Sue Wood. The company has been focusing on the human resources element of business since its inception in 1995, actively contributing to skills development which translates into what Wood describes as “organic growth.” It’s a financial game but you need people to make the wheels go round. “We are all very hands on, and it’s a culture we want to nurture to meet the needs of our clients.” The BEE Codes of Good Practice released in February this year and drafted by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) are used to set the standard of calculations for BEE scorecards. Cargocare has a Generic Scorecard (GS), but like everyone else they are still awaiting ratification of the Industry Specific Scorecards (ISS) by the DTI. “We have been preparing for this forced stage of employment equity since the beginning, but it’s still nice to meet the criteria and receive this certification,” says Wood.