{"id":208341,"date":"2017-11-01T09:17:38","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T07:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=208341"},"modified":"2017-11-01T09:17:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T07:17:38","slug":"atio-attains-level-1-b-bbee-status-october-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/208341\/atio-attains-level-1-b-bbee-status-october-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"ATIO attains Level 1 B-BBEE Status \u2013 October 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

ATIO<\/strong><\/a>, a specialist ICT services company, is proud to announce that it has achieved a Level 1 B-BBEE Status, awarded by Mazars, a SANAS accredited B-BBEE verification agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has always been our goal to continually improve our B-BBEE status, and after achieving Level 2 status for four years in a row we have finally managed to achieve this new milestone. This recognition comes as a result of hard work and a great deal of long-term planning on the part of the entire business. We believe this is a clear indication of our commitment to transformation, and we are excited about this achievement\u201d says ATIO CEO, Chris Van der Sande.<\/p>\n

The fact that ATIO is also a black owned company, means that ATIO customers are now entitled to 135% recognition of their procurement spend with ATIO for their own B-BBEE certification.<\/p>\n

“Over the years we have made serious investments in numerous Black Economic Empowerment initiatives, the idea was never about just merely achieving targets, but rather to put in place a viable and sustainable transformation plan to deal with key imperatives in our business,\u201d says Van der Sande.<\/p>\n

As part of its empowerment objectives, ATIO has revised and realigned its staff equity, ownership and procurement strategies to stay closely in line with its B-BBEE plan, as well as implementing internal capacity-building initiatives to improve skills development opportunities in the company.<\/p>\n

ATIO\u2019s skills development programmes are registered with MICT SETA and it has managed to maintain a close working partnership with the institution for almost a decade.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt ATIO, we believe that training and skills development should be a business priority never to be compromised, however tough it might be. This obviously requires a huge financial investment and focussed effort, however at ATIO we see that not as a \u201cchallenge\u201d but a solution, and to a larger extent an intrinsic part of our culture and what we as a business want to stand for. Looking ahead, our strategy is and always will be about our people\u201d adds Van der Sande.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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