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ESG Strategy overview

Our purpose

Connecting Africa and the world

and improving people's lives with access

to quality products and services

As a purpose driven organisation, Imperial focuses on people, profit and planet. More than just a business that generates profit and pays dividends to its shareholders, we make a difference

to people's lives and play a key role in the development of Africa and its people.

Our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Proposition

• Ethically, we acknowledge that embedding ESG in our business is the right thing to do
• ESG is a pillar of our business strategy, and we are investing in systems, policies and practices to integrate ESG practices
• We are guided by our international commitments as a signatory to the UNGC and Women's Empowerment Principles
• Our approach is geared towards creating sustainable value for our stakeholders by prioritising people, planet and planet. In F19 & F20 we created socioeconomic value of R98 bn and R146 bn in SA & Nigeria
• We strive for zero harm to people and the environment and are working towards net zero carbon by 2050
• Our ESG performance is externally assessed by EcoVadis (2020: Silver status), the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
  (2021: B rating), FTSE4Good (2021: 3.4/5) and others
• Embedding ESG practices protects and builds our reputation, while also providing a competitive advantage for our clients, principals and customers

Our ESG journey

• Formulation and co-creation of ESG strategy;

• Signatory to the Energy Efficiency

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Formalised the CSI-ESG

• Undertook SEIA for Nigeria and SA;

Leadership Network Pledge;

•

Participating in ESG thought leadership;

sub-committee of SES

• Energy management study through

•

ESG ratings include MSCI, ISS and Risk Insights;

Committee;

National Productivity Institute (23

• Nominated for IRMSA ESG award;

•

Included in the Vigeo Eiris

sites);

•

Expanded assurance to 20 non-financial

Top 100 Best Emerging

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Implemented energy management

indicators

Markets Performers ranking

changes in conjunction with LEMS

• Implemented Enablon system

energy management programme

(ISMS) to capture carbon

'21

footprint, safety, training and

'20

employment equity data from

'19

all sites group-wide

Participation in JSE

'16

Social Responsibility

'12

•

ESG included as a pillar of Group strategy, with

Index since its

inception

'11

responsibility at Group Exco level;

'10

• Became a UNGC signatory and committed to

Women's Empower Principles;

• First independent limited

'07

•

Expanded ESG capability at Group;

assurance on 9 non-financial

•

First ESG report published;

'04

indicators;

•

Group Exco and SES endorsement of the Climate

• Awarded the Enviro-Awards:

Published our first

Change and Environmental Sustainability Framework

Logistics award for energy

sustainability report

and policies;

monitoring in SA

• SES Committee established;

•

Global Women's Forum established;

• Started participating in the Carbon

•

Silver rating obtained in Imperial's first Group-level

Disclosure Project (CDP), with initial F

EcoVadis assessment;

rating

•

Expanded assurance to 15 non-financial indicators

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Our ESG pillars

					Develop our
	Sustainable		Diverse and healthy	COMMUNITIES and
	ENVIRONMENT		WORKFORCE		COUNTRIES of
					operation
•	Energy	•	Diversity and	•	Inclusive supply
•	Climate change		inclusion		chain
•	Waste	•	Health, safety &	•	Localisation
•	Water		wellbeing	•	Community Social
		•	Talent development		Investment

GOVERNANCE

for ethical

business

• Anti-briberyand corruption
• Regulatory compliance
• Privacy and data security
• Supply chain standards