The 'Shark Spotters' play a pivotal role in ensuring public ocean safety through their innovative beach pop-up education activations. The aim is to raise awareness about ocean safety protocols and marine conservation efforts along South Africa's coastlines. The initiative continues to thrive thanks to support from key partners, Yamaha Marine South Africa (Yamaha) and M&G Investments. Yamaha is a Bidvest Group company.

UAV Drone Solutions (UDS) and coal mining company, Thungela Resources have a long-standing agreement to support host communities and schools. Mshayisa Primary School in Leandra, was a recent beneficiary of the partnership, receiving a tuckshop, a greenhouse and seedlings, and calculators from the companies.

Without urgent action, global waste will increase by 70 percent on current levels by 2050. Australia is one of several countries that are disproportionately responsible for the highest levels of waste generation. However, BIC has a strategy to change that.