Trent Logistics (Pty) Ltd ("Trent Logistics" and/or "the Company") is a level 1 B-BBEE private company incorporated in accordance with the laws of South Africa (company registration number 2018/228370/07).
Trent Logistics is an incorporated joint venture between Zondizone (Pty) Ltd (registration number: 2014/162835/07), a 100% black women owned company and Trent Transport (Pty) Ltd (registration number: 2014/267323/07), a level one B-BBEE company.
Trent Logistics is a service provider of transport solutions and logistic services in South Africa. The Company is focused on operational optimisation, transformation and on our clients’ individual business and industry requirements.
Trent Logistics’ transport solutions and services include:
The company‘s management team is led by an executive team of experts with extensive experience across numerous sectors in Africa and is committed to providing capital resources and world class expertise. The executive team of directors includes Zamaswazi Dlamini Mandela and Werner Pretorius.
In the development of our business, we are committed to assisting the Government of the Republic of South Africa in the implementation and realisation of its national economic empowerment and localisation programs. To this effect and in line with relevant legislation, the Company remains unwavering in:
Trent Logistics is committed to being a sustainable corporate citizen and as such is steadfast in its values of ethical management, sound governance and business conduct. This is reflected by the Company‘s strategies, various structures and internal controls.
The Company is committed to building a sustainable compliance culture that continuously raises the standard of corporate governance, inspires ethical conduct and supports risk based management within the business.
The Board of Directors is active in their approach by ensuring at all times they are capably executing their responsibilities. The Board understands and accepts ultimate responsibility for the implementation and effectiveness of the Company‘s function in terms of compliance and risk management.
We are focused on growing our Company in strong and sustainable ways through preserving and protecting our environment, valuing and challenging our exceptional workforce and investing in and improving the communities where we live and work.
We are committed to social responsibility and in making a difference by helping build and support sustainable communities. This commitment is part of our DNA and is reflected in our key values and strategic goals.
Trent Logistics is committed to operations and practices, which focus on careful and far-sighted risk management in terms of sustainability, use of natural resources and continual improvement and optimisation, in all aspects of our business.
We recognise our responsibility to our employees, the community and the natural environment in the areas of safety, health and environmental protection.
The safety and health of our employees, the well-being of our stakeholders and the minimization of our impact on the natural environment remain a company priority.
Trent Logistics cares for its workforce and strives to maintain a workplace environment, which does not endanger the health or otherwise compromise the well-being of our employees. Health and safety of our workforce is a top priority, we want every employee to return home safely and in good health at the end of their working day.
Any accident is one too many. We are convinced that accidents are avoidable and we commit to work in this direction with full strength. Every employee is obliged to take on his or her fundamental and personal responsibility for safety and health at work.
Trent Logistics is committed to providing clients with a superior level of service and personal communication that exceeds expectations. We place emphasis on the integrity of our services and the compliance with environmental and other relevant regulations. All our activities are guided by our vision which is the cornerstone of an ongoing drive to improve performance and deliver top service to our clients.
To achieve these goals, Trent Logistics operates quality management systems which comply with internal policies as well as with national and international standards and regulations. The fundamental elements of these systems are continuously undergoing improvement.
Every employee at Trent Logistics is valued for their abilities and the contribution they make to our Company and to the wider community. Trent Logistics seeks to foster a transparent, cooperative, and dynamic environment in which employees and the Company alike can thrive and whereby success can be sustained.
Trent Logistics regards its employees as one of its most valuable resources in the development of its business. As such, we aim to create a harmonious inter-personal and inter-professional work atmosphere in which all its employees will prosper and develop.
In order to achieve this objective, we require all our employees to comply with our values, which serve as a compass for our actions. Our values include:
Diversity: We need and respect a collaboration of diversities, ideas and cultures and honour the value and input of individuals in a team. We understand that we are because of each other and as such we empower, encourage and create mutual, enduring value.
Excellence: We strive to be a leader in the industry and never compromise on our service standards and processes.
Integrity: We work with the highest ethical standards and take ownership for our actions. We are loyal and committed in heart and mind to our customers, to the Company and to each other.
Value: We create and maximize long-term stakeholder value by driving and sustaining high levels of organisational performance and growth, cost effectiveness and efficient delivery of services.