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BLUE LABEL INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT 2014
AIRTIME
STAKEHOLDER
RELATIONS
CONTINUED
Stakeholder group Nature of engagement
Employees
Ongoing communication with employees covers matters of a strategic, financial
and operational nature, including new developments, product launches, health and
safety initiatives, internal policies and practices such as the ethics hotline, new
products, competitions, business initiatives, charitable initiatives, human resource
matters and staff-related news and regulatory and compliance matters.
Blue Label also holds an annual conference attended by Senior Management.
The purpose of the conference is to obtain input and feedback from attendees on
strategic and common operational matters. Most companies host their own
management and strategy conference, held at least once a year.
Providers of capital,
including
shareholders,
institutional and
retail investors and
financial analysts
Engagement includes ongoing and/or ad hoc meetings with top management
involving presentations covering financial performance of the Group, overview of
strategic direction and discussion of the investment proposition.
Visits to the Demonstration Centre and warehouse at No 75 Grayston Drive and
visits to our customers’ sites are arranged on request.
Individuals from this stakeholder group and their contact details are registered on
the Blue Label investor database.
Members of the
media, including
journalists,
reporters and
editors
Announcements of activities and events in the Group, including the release of
financial information twice a year, are communicated timeously to the financial
media, trade press and other interested media registered on the Blue Label media
database.
Briefings to media are held at the interim and full-year results, followed by Q&A.
One-on-one interviews are conducted on radio, TV and with print and on-line
journalists and editors.