Incidents
There were no incidents of significant environmental , social and / or governance , legal noncompliance ( directives , compliance notices , warnings or investigations ), and no public controversies .
Reports to the Compliance & Ethics Committee as well as the Board Risk Committee
Fines There were no fines , settlements and penalties paid in relation to ESG incidents or breaches .
TAX TRANSPARENCY
Tax paid and estimated
The aggregate tax borne by the Senwes Group , including corporate income taxes , property taxes , non-creditable VAT and other sales taxes , employer-paid payroll taxes and other taxes amounted to R195m .
Senwes is currently not exposed to countries and jurisdictions recognised for their corporate tax rate , tax transparency and tax haven status ; estimated tax gap ( gap between estimated effective tax rate and estimated statutory tax rate ).
Tax returns and reports to the Tax Committee that reports to the Audit Committee
HUMAN RIGHTS
The Senwes Group has not been subject to human rights reviews or human rights impact assessments and no grievances were reported with associated impacts related to a salient human rights issue in the reporting period .
Reports to the Social and Ethics Committee
CYBER SECURITY
RISK EVENTS :
• There are continuous threats against publicly accessible infrastructure . These include automated scanners and botnets looking for vulnerabilities or misconfigured systems as well as phishing campaigns launched against employee email addresses .
• Technology changes in infrastructure and IT assets .
MITIGATION AND CONTROLS :
• Senwes IT employs various technologies to mitigate these attacks and constantly re-evaluates the landscape to ensure that we adapt to new trends , attack vectors and minimise the attack footprint . These steps are managed within the governance structures for change , project and integration management . We focus on maturing governance , controls and systems in order to utilise technology as effectively as possible .
• Senwes IT manages the lifecycle of IT assets and infrastructure to ensure optimal efficiency and reduce risk , while increasing capacity and availability . This is achieved by adopting newer technologies that enable new use cases and improve efficiency . Consolidation of tools and applications is done in order to simplify management and reduce support . 14 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2022 / 2023