It's always good to give back and we believe in giving back to our community by investing in worthy social causes and other social upliftment projects. We are also committed to a sustainable eco-friendly way of life and believe in looking after our precious planet, after all, it's the only one we've got!
Our Social Responsibility
Happy to lend a helping hand
Social responsibility is defined as the duty that individuals and
companies have to act in the best interests of their environment
and society as a whole. Our motto "OUR PEOPLE OUR PLANET"
encapsulates the Beekman Group's commitment to this end.
The Group primarily supports registered charities with our main
focus being on the sustainability of a project. We are
committed to empowering the local community.
"A MAN'S TRUE WEALTH IS THE GOOD THAT HE DOES IN THIS WORLD"
In the past year, we have extended a helping hand to:
| CANSA |
Siyakwazi |
| Genesis Care Centre |
National Sea Rescue Institute - Shelly Beach |
| Santa Shoe Box |
Hospice |
| The Flower Foundation |
Child Welfare - Margate & Port Shepstone |
| Themba Club |
SPCA |
| Association for the Physically Handicapped |
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Click here for updates on our CSI projects!
Our Go Green Initiatives
Our Commitment
At the Beekman Group, we choose to manage the "triple
bottom line". This means that we FOCUS, not only on the
financial risks, but also on the social and environmental
risks that OUR BUSINESS impacts.
The Beekman Group's Go Green initiative has always driven sustainable projects to ensure that our planet does not suffer and will stay resilient for future generations. Previous drives have been successful in introducing waste and pollution reduction. Our company has now taken a PRO-ACTIVE instead of a reactive approach. Although we are still dedicated to recycling every way we can, we have now made even more of an effort to reduce our paper usage by digitalising where we can. So far, this drive has been so successful we have reduced our paper waste by a few tonnes.
| Go Digital Drive |
Our Building is Green |
Our Resorts are Greener |
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We launched our Go Digital campaign in 2015, where we asked our Members to switch to a digital version of their Private Edition magazine. We promised to plant something green at our resorts for each switch. So far we have planted over 4000 plants in the last few years and our resorts' gardens have grown even more lush, beautiful and green! Thank you to all Members who have helped make our gardens grow!
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It's been a decade since we started our quest to be carbon neutral and our projects have included recycling efforts, with our recycling depots on each floor being sorted daily.
Rain water harvesting at Head Office has been a successful project, where holding tanks of 80 000L of rain water feed the bathrooms (toilets and hand basins). At Head Office, we have put many resource and environmentally sound practices in place, such as conserving electricity and collaborating with local vendors and suppliers, so that we can reduce our carbon footprint.
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We began the roll out of sustainability practices at our resorts in 2012 and since then have kept our promise to promoting a healthier environment. Solar Africa has been contracted to install solar farms for all our resorts and commercial properties that meet the minimum requirements. In 2020, Dikhololo in Brits was our successful pilot resort, followed by The Kingdom Resort in the Pilanesberg Region.
As our resorts are refurbished, we try to lessen our carbon footprint by installing:
- Gas stoves
- Heat Pumps
- LED lights
- Solar geysers
- Solar panels (when possible)
- Grey Water systems to recycle laundry water for use in the gardens
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DIKHOLOLO in Brits was awarded the GREEN award in 2019 for its grey water project.
Click here for more information on our Go Green activities