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Once you have done your due diligence, believe in yourself.

Do not consent to limiting views or self-entitlement attitudes

and give your chosen goal your full commitment.

“Everything I have learned and experienced, the good that ensure environmental, wildlife, and animal care,
Founder and Managing Director, and the bad, the challenges and victories as well as such as SANCCOB, CROW, and the SPCA,” Hantie ex-
Triplo4 Sustainable Solutions
my relationship with God have all played a role in plained. She also mentioned the company’s community
bringing me to where I am today,” Hantie reflected. She contributions, including an e-waste initiative with Hirsch’s
antie Plomp, the founder and managing director
of Triplo4 Sustainable Solutions, established her emphasised the importance of continuous learning, hard stores.
Hcompany in October 2011. She explained, “We work, and building a strong team and relationships with Hantie recalled how environmental management was once
specialise in solving environmental challenges and assisting stakeholders. “It really takes communities and consistent seen as “bunny hugging” and misunderstood. Although
businesses and communities to improve environmental attention to your current situation and desired position progress has been made, there remains friction between
performance in a sustainable way.” Hantie detailed further: throughout one’s lifetime to take you to where you are business needs and environmental protection. “The only
“When faced with a client’s challenge or objective to today and wish to be tomorrow.” way is to find integrated, project-specific solutions that
improve their environmental performance, we strive to find Innovative Solutions are time and cost-sensitive while ensuring long-term
a balanced solution between the social, economic, and sustainability,” she asserted.
environmental aspects of the project or business.” Hantie “I strongly believe that my love for people and entre-
added that the company’s services relate to water, waste, air preneurship developed due to my parents’ diligent and From a business perspective, the last six years have been
quality, biodiversity management, sustainability reporting, ethical approach to life and my early childhood exposure to challenging, with company structure changes, Covid-19,
and management systems, as well as compliance matters. entrepreneurship,” Hantie shared. She said she sees today’s riots, and labour turnover. “We overcame the challenges
environmental challenges as an opportunity for innovative with tenacity, a positive outlook, and a solutions-based
Hantie shared, “I grew up in a small mining community in solutions and remains deeply passionate about her work. approach,” she said, adding that the company became
North West. I was in a boarding school in Potchefstroom 100% women-owned and opened a new office in
for high school and went on to the University of Pretoria, “My responsibility is to ensure the development of strategy, Pietermaritzburg during this time. “All things are possible
where I completed a degree in human physiology and establishment and maintenance of a competent team, and with God, who gives wisdom and strength.”
microbiology.” Reflecting on her early work experience, the implementation of all processes and systems,” Hantie
she said, “During the holidays, I worked at the local mine’s explained. She highlighted the importance of creating a Hantie offered this advice to young women: “Once you
have done your due diligence, believe in yourself. Do not
chemical laboratory, where analyses on water, gold, and company culture based on quality, respect, and excellence. consent to limiting views or self-entitlement attitudes
uranium were conducted. On completion of my degree, I “We measure our impact on the feedback we receive, such as and give your chosen goal your full commitment.”
worked at the laboratory and obtained a National Diploma ‘Triplo4 has an aptitude for problem-solving and innovative She encouraged young women not to give up when
in Analytical Chemistry.” solutions’ and ‘Amazing service - You were awesome’.”
challenges arise, adding, “A positive mindset, a tenacious
However, Hantie soon discovered that routine work was not Hantie takes pride in the company’s commitment to belief that you can do it, and persistent efforts supported
her calling. “I was really grateful when I was transferred to empowerment and transformation. Triplo4 is 100% with good knowledge, judgement, and ethics should
the mine’s environmental department. Within two weeks, I women-owned, with 53% black and youth shareholding, result in good outcomes.”
realised that I had found my passion and calling in life,” she and is certified as a Level 1 B-BBEE company. Over “I am still living my dream, which is still unfolding,” Hantie
recalled. Her passion led her to complete a master’s degree the years, the company has employed more than 36 shared. Her long-term goals include expanding Triplo4’s
while working, and after more than 30 years in the field, she interns, primarily women, preparing them for careers in footprint nationally and internationally, establishing seven
still loves her work. environmental management. “We have also been ISO national offices, and eventually listing the company on the
14001 and 9001 certified for environmental management
“As a child, I was loved and cared for, and I had a few and quality for over seven years,” she added. In terms of JSE. “All successful large businesses started with an idea that
daydreams,” Hantie reminisced. “I dreamt of staying by the awards, Hantie mentioned winning the National Business was cultivated and nurtured to greatness,” she noted.
sea, and I was born with a caring nature. I also wanted my Awards – Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2019 and the Hantie values her time with her husband, with whom she
own business someday.” She explained how these dreams 2021 Standard Bank Top Women Award for biodiversity, has shared a 37-year marriage. “We talk daily about anything
came together. “Triplo4 is the realisation of my love for the conservation, and environmental management. and everything. He makes me laugh and appreciates how
North Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, my love for environmental blessed we are,” she said. She also enjoys building puzzles,
management and sustainability, and my care for the Triplo4’s commitment to sustainability extends beyond reading on natural healing and leadership and growing her
environment, business, and people.” the company’s operations. “We financially support NGOs relationship with the Lord.

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