Key performance metrics
Financial performance from continuing operations1
Group revenue
R13.3
billion
(2023: R12.8 billion)
Underlying EBIT
R923
million
(2023: R1.2 billion)
HEPS
324
cents
(2023: 462 cents)
Total dividend per share
105
cents
(2023: 120 cents)
Net debt
R2.4
billion
(2023: R2.7 billion)
ROCE
11.7%
(2023: 16.6%)
Non-financial performance2,3,4
Energy consumption for manufacturing operation4
6.05GJ/t
(2023:5.89GJ/t)
Solar PV installed
to date
16.0MWp
(2023: 16.0MWp)
Recovered recyclables
(paper, glass, beverage
cans, plastic and liquid board packaging)
588,228
tonnes
(2023: 594,043 tonnes)
Water consumption
for manufacturing
operation4
5.49kl/t
(2023: 5.22kl/t))
Scope 1 and 2
GHG emissions4
0.838 tCO2e/t#
(2023: 0.819tCO2e/t)
Serious injury
frequency rate4
0.5
per 200,000
man-hours worked
(2023: 0.4)
CSI spend
R10.8
million
(2023: R13.6 million)
Training and skills
development
56,115
man-hours
(2023: 57,581)
Mpact Operations retained its
Level 1
B-BBEE
rating
60
full university bursaries awarded through the Mpact Foundation Trust since inception
- The Statement of Profit and Loss has been restated to present Versapak, the discontinued operation, on a post-tax basis.
- Per saleable manufactured tonne: manufacturing operations exclude the Recycling business as there is a low correlation between environmental parameters and tonnes of output from these operations.
- The Paper and Plastic businesses’ environmental performances are on pages 38 and 43 of the operational review.
- Non-financial performance indicators restated to exclude the performance of Versapak, a discontinued operation (sale concluded 4 November 2024), with the exception of the B-BBEE rating and scores.