A reader sent me this certificate. I'm not sure whether I can tell you his name but he is a BEE consultant from Cape Town. What this certificate is, is something that the EMEX Trust (love that name) is issuing to charities – or at least one charity. It's a two year certificate that measures a charity against "Sustainable Fundamental Guidelines revision 1.1".
Michael writes
It was sent to me by a charity to whom my client had donated money for SED points.
I googled "Sustainable Fundamental Guidelines revision 1.1" but couldn't come up with anything.
Presumably an Emex Trust creation!
Just to confirm this I too Googled "Sustainable Fundamental Guidelines revision 1.1" (with the quotes) and was greeted with this
No results found for "Sustainable Fundamental Guidelines revision 1.1".
That was a very specific search, so I removed the revisions and searched for "Sustainable Fundamental Guidelines" (again with the quotes) and came up with this
No results found for "Sustainable Fundamental Guidelines".
I think Michael might be right. But we can't leave it at that.
The "Sustainable Fundamental Guidelines revision 1.1" are based on the following
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Elements |
Weighting Points |
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Sustainability |
39 |
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Experience |
20 |
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Governance |
30 |
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Expertise |
10 |
|
Staff Compliment |
5 |
|
Reach (no of provinces serviced) |
5 |
|
NPO Registration |
30 |
|
TOTAL |
144 + %Bonus points |
And then you are scored as a percentage
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Level 1 |
≥ 90% |
|
Level 2 |
≥ 80% but less than 90% |
|
Level 3 |
≥ 70% but less than 80% |
|
Level 4 |
≥ 60% but less than 70% |
|
Level 5 |
≥ 50% but less than 60% |
|
Level 6 |
≥ 40% but less than 50% |
|
Level 7 |
≥ 30% but less than 40% |
|
Level 8 |
≥ 20% but less than 30% |
It would be wrong not to take the piss out of this pisstake certificate (which is not a BEE certificate) so I will
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Why such an arbitrary number – 144 points plus 5 bonus points. This make it 149.
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How do you measure staff compliment. Do you go up to the receptionist and say "my you have such a wonderful telephone voice". Or do you measure how often the CEO or head honcho compliments the staff on something or other – and what is that something or other?
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What exactly does this get the charity? If it's not a BEE certificate then what does it do. I think it's only use is that it states that the black beneficiaries make up more than 75% of the total beneficiaries.
That's the pisstake over.
I really think this is very clever. It's a complete waste of time but if you issue enough of these, corporates may start insisting on them. This is exactly what EmpowerDex did right at the beginning of the measurement of BEE, this was even before it was possible to measure BEE. As a result of this the name EmpowerDex is almost a generic word for a BEE certificate, just like Durex is a generic word for a FL (giving my age away here – email me if you don't know what that is".
Good luck EMEX. I trust that this is going to work for you. However, if you (the reader) are a charity – don't get duped by this, it really is a load of bullshit.
BTW - I have put "Sustainable Fundamental Guidelines" in my keywords. Perhaps this post will be the first thing you find if you Google it.
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