By Anton Ressel, Senior Consultant, and Director
The inaugural ABSA Supplier Development Awards held earlier this year was illuminating for a number of reasons. Often a misunderstood section of the B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice (and an increasingly important component of the BEE scorecard), supplier development (SD) involves corporate and public sector supply chains providing varying levels of support and access to emerging black-owned businesses and suppliers, with a view to transforming the economy and redressing past inequalities.