Sustainability

We play a pioneering role in driving the new agricultural revolution to diversify the Nigerian economy, leveraging agriculture to create sustainable value and sufficiency.

What We're Doing

Promoting Good Food Practice

We are advocates of good environmental, social and corporate governance practices across our Agribusiness portfolio and observe strict compliance in all our operations with the expectation that our good practices and controls will contribute to the betterment of life and boost confidence in our food systems.

Food Safety & Quality

Building Trust In The Value Chain

Consumers are increasingly interested in where their food originates, how it is produced and what happens down the line from farm to their table. At Haske & Williams, we are focused on providing our consumers with the clarity and confidence they seek about our products. By being able to trace our finished products from the origin, follow up with safety requirements and tracking the environmental impacts along the supply chain, we build trust in the value chain and deliver value for our customers. The quality and safety of our finished products is our top priority and we employ the following measures to ensure that the products we supply are safe for use.

Raw Materials

Our approach to food safety covers the entire supply chain. We follow rigorous processes from sourcing to processing, performing checks to ensure we select only source safe, high-quality raw materials.

Preparation

Our processing facilities are designed to ensure our products meet the highest quality and safety standards.

Testing

Before distribution, each product must pass a ‘positive release’ test to confirm its safety for consumption or use. We carry out frequent testing to verify product compliance with internal and external standards.

Distribution

We make sure that only viable products are distributed and they reach their destination in optimum condition, applying appropriate storage and logistics facilities that preserve the safe status of our products.

Health, Safety & Environment (HSE)

We also have an unwavering commitment to Safety, Health and the Environment. Commitment to the safety of our employees, clients, contractors, customers and communities means being proactive in carrying out our agribusiness activities in a safe manner and without compromise to HSE standards. We operate within the acceptable global HSSE standard, seeing ourselves as environmental stewards who believe in building a prosperous and safe future for all, which is why we consistently make efforts to mitigate environmental, health and safety risks.

Community Relations

“Our self-given mandate is to ensure our success permeates our host communities” At Haske and Williams, the process of conceptualizing and developing a new project, starts with a very important question – How do we positively impact the lives of the host community through this venture? This has formed the building block of our community relations strategy. We believe business can only thrive when there is alignment between our interests and the aspirations of our host communities, which is we are committed to high standards in our operations, ethics and social responsibility. CSR is ingrained into our core business practices through value-adding initiatives and the development of local communities through sustainable social investments.

Partnerships & Stakeholders

Strong Business Relationships

Given the broad scope of our businesses in sourcing, processing and distributing commodities and industrial raw materials, Haske & Williams is affiliated to a number of organizations, having a diverse partnership and stakeholder base.

Our engagement with these partners and stakeholders, happens at every level of the business, across products, geographies and functions, some of which include;

Large and small-scale farmers
Traditional Institutions Governments & NGOs
Investors and Financiers, including Development Finance Institutions
Regulatory bodies
Trade associations and Cooperatives
Foundations & Research Institutions