17 MANAGING OUR KEY ESG RISKS GOOD GOVERNANCE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP EMPOWERING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES APPENDIX SUSTAINABILITY AT KENANGA UN SDGs SDGs Targets We Contribute Towards Relevant UNGC Principles Our Contribution to UN SDGs and UNGC Ten Principles Our Progress in FY2023 12.5 Significantly reduce waste generation 12.6 Encourage companies to adopt sustainable practices and sustainable reporting Principle 8: Undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility • Embracing digitalisation throughout our operations and moving towards minimising paper usage • Nurturing a zero-waste culture amongst our employees by organising workshops and purchasing eco-friendly products • Digitalised four (4) workflows under the iLeap project, reducing paper wastage and enhancing workflow efficiency with a total of 69 workflows being digitalised since its inception • Collaborated with environmental non-governmental organisations to encourage employees to participate in activities such as repurposing plastics, city clean up and plant adoption drive • Recycled a total of 32,876kg, inclusive of general waste and e-waste 13.2 Integrate climate change measures into policies and planning 13.3 Improve human and institutional capacity on climate change Principle 7: Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges • Embarking on a climate action pathway to address our climate-related risks and opportunities, while reducing our direct operational carbon footprint • Completed climate risk assessments for all of our existing corporate loans and private equity investments • Achieved 393 employee enrolments in ESG-related training topics, such as ESG-related risks, climate change, with a total of 2,239.7 training hours recorded 16.4 Combat organised crime, illicit financial and arms flows 16.5 Reducing all forms of corruption and bribery 16.7 Responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels Principle 10: Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery • Strengthening our framework and compliance culture to prevent financial crimes • Conducted our 7th annual Fraud Awareness Week (“FAW”) campaign, engaging over 2,300 participants • Collaborated with the Law Faculty of the University of Malaya on a Fraud Awareness Talk session aimed at enhancing awareness of fraud prevention and detection • Hosted the 8th Annual Regulatory Seminar Assessment, with over 1,100 enrolments and a total of 8,932 training hours registered • Established a Scam Hotline to channel and manage all scam-related concerns • Enhanced Group Whistleblowing Policy by replacing it with the Group Speak Up Policy, allowing employees to report concerns in good faith regarding behaviour, conduct, practices, actions or omissions that may be unlawful or not in line with the Group’s policies 17.16 Enhance partnership to mobilise technology and financial resources 17.17 Encourage and promote effective public, publicprivate and civil society partnership Principle 1: Business should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights Principle 2: Make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses Principle 6: The elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation Principle 7: Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges Principle 8: Undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility Principle 9: Encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies Principle 10: Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery • Building partnerships with community-based organisations to create positive social impacts • Strengthened key partnerships with the following entities: - Silent Teddies and Dialogue Includes All Academy for community outreach programmes - UNGC to advance SDGs - Association of Certified Fraud Examiners to organise the 7th FAW - LeadWomen to promote workplace equality - Ant Group for financial inclusion initiatives
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