With Delta Built Environment Consultants (Delta BEC) being re-certified as a Level 1 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) contributor and eight of the other companies in the group achieving Level 1 B-BBEE status for the first time, the DELTA Group now has a total of nine companies that have achieved this rating.

The DELTA Group comprises 18 vertically integrated companies operating in the built environment, undertaking the funding, design development, operation and maintenance of infrastructure and facilities. Delta BEC—the group’s 52% black-owned multi-disciplinary consulting company—was recently re-awarded Level 1 BEE status by BEE Verification Agency CC.

After achieving a total of 102.85 out of a target score of 106 in the assessment, seven subsidiaries also achieved Level 1 BEE status with the re-certification of Delta BEC. Delta BEC and its sister companies obtained scores of 24.00 for ownership and 11.59 for management control. Moreover, the companies achieved actual scores of 33.21 for skills development, 28.05 for preferential procurement and supplier development, and 6.00 for socio-economic development, surpassing the target score for each of these elements. As a result, the following companies forming part of the DELTA Group were awarded Level 1 B-BBEE status for the first time and recognised for their contribution to economic transformation in South Africa:

• Delta Café

• Delta Cleaning and Hygiene

• Delta IT Services

• Delta Landscaping Services

• Delta Waste Management

• D-Con

• Delta Facilities Management

• Delta Infrastructure Solutions.

The DELTA Group continues its commitment to transformation and empowering the historically disadvantaged in South Africa following the successful Level 1 B-BBEE certification of the aforementioned companies and re-certification of Delta BEC as it aims to have more of its companies certified.