Key performance metrics
Financial performance from continuing operations
Group revenue
R14.0
billion
(2024: R13.3 billion)
Underlying EBIT
R914
million
(2024: R923 billion)
HEPS
307
cents
(2024: 324 cents)
Total dividend per share
60
cents
(2024: 105 cents)
Net debt
R2.5
billion
(2024: R2.4 billion)
ROCE
10.9%
(2024: 11.7%)
Non-financial performance
Energy consumption for manufacturing operations
5.90GJ/t
(2024:6.05GJ/t)
Solar PV installed
to date
17.7MWp
(2024: 16.0MWp)
Recovered recyclables
(paper, glass, beverage
cans, plastic and liquid board packaging)
639
million kilograms
(2024: 588,228 million kilograms)
Water consumption
for manufacturing
operations
5.32kl/t
(2024: 5.49kl/t))
Scope 1 and 2
GHG emissions
0.812 tCO2e/t#
(2024: 0.838tCO2e/t)
Serious Injury
Frequency Rate
0.38
per 200,000
man-hours worked
(2024: 0.50)
CSI spend
R12.6
million
(2024: R10.8 million)
Training and skills
development
76,159
man-hours
(2024: 56,115)
Mpact Operations retained its
Level 1
B-BBEE
rating
63
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.