Prosus - Sustainability

Sustainability

We create value by improving lives, balancing the needs of our stakeholders wherever they may be.

Our commitment

We recognise that sustainable development and economic, social and environmental protection are global imperatives that present both opportunities and risks for business
Prosus is positioning itself to meet these challenges and make commitments to enrich our people and communities, and protect our environment.

We are working on refining and evolving our sustainability strategy in line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As a responsible business committed to making a lasting positive difference in the world, we want to make sure we identify and focus on the goals where we can have the greatest impact. The next steps for us on this journey will be to define our sustainability objectives; identify the key SDGs where we have the greatest impact; set key performance indicators; and measure our success and impact in relation to sustainability.

To people

We attract the world’s best talent to build leading companies and outstanding products that are used by millions of people every day. We believe we offer something unique to our people across the globe: a meaningful and rewarding place to put your talent to work.

Training and development programmes

We are committed to supporting and encouraging all our people to develop their skills and capabilities to the full. We do this in a number of ways – from further enhancing our global online learning platform and delivering classroom training under the MyAcademy banner to talent development efforts at the individual level through personal development plans.

Empowering our people

Our people are empowered to be responsible and make decisions because we trust them to do a great job. We believe in them and we want them to share their talent and expertise across the group. We invest in our people so they can build their skills, their expertise and ultimately, their career.

Group collaboration

We maximise the opportunity to share skills and expertise across our different companies. For example, we host global summits that bring together various communities of professionals from across the group.

To communities and society

We aim to change people’s lives for the better by backing people, technology and businesses that meet fundamental human needs. We focus on creating sustainable, all-round value for our different stakeholders.

Think local, employ local, back local

We think global and support local teams. We build leading companies that empower people and enrich communities.

Understanding the impact of culture on business

We endeavour to employ local citizens in the countries in which we operate to empower the communities where we have a presence.

Community initiatives

We invest in improving the communities we operate, live and work in in a number of ways:

We have various corporate social responsibility programmes in the group and make contributions to local communities through initiatives such as eMAG Foundation, which supports education and programmes that facilitate access to education for pupils and students.
We develop products/services to meet societal needs, for example food delivery (for example iFood and Swiggy) and education (for example BYJU’s, Codecademy and Brainly).
Our business hire local employees and grow local talent, including investment in local businesses.
Movile engages with colleges and universities to increase job offers and introduced a supplier policy to prioritise local businesses.
The groupwide legal compliance programme is adopted by group businesses, tailored to unique risks and local laws
As a global company, we recognise that the tax we pay is an important element of our broader economic and social contribution to the countries where we operate.

To environment

Across the group we endeavour to minimise the impact on the environment. Businesses across the group are reducing their environmental impact in different ways. These vary from green initiatives in our offices to trading through our online platform OLX to purchase secondhand products lowers carbon emissions.