Chemical Company of Malaysia Berhad Annual Report 2019

| SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT | SUSTAINABILITY GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE CCM’s Board of Directors (the Board), with the support of the Sustainability Steering Committee (SSC) and the Sustainability Working Committee (SWC) have oversight for CCM’s sustainability operations and strategies. The SWC was integrated into the leadership structure in 2018 to ensure and manage the implementation of sustainability-related matters. The roles and responsibilities of the SSC and SWC committees are as follows: Sustainability Steering Committee (SSC) • To appoint the members of the Sustainability Working Committee (SWC); • To oversee and monitor the progress of integrated sustainability activities across CCM by the SWC; • To ensure key members are involved in the decision-making process for all CCM’s sustainability-related matters; • To report the progress of sustainability matters to the Board on a periodical basis. Sustainability Working Committee (SWC) • To directly monitor the sustainability performance of the Group at all levels; • To coordinate and execute sustainability activities that are in line with the strategic direction of the Group and its policies; • To ensure sustainability matters are effectively communicated to all stakeholders i.e. the SSC, the Board, CCM employees, vendors, customers and others. SUSTAINABILITY AT CCM The CCM Group continues to uphold the agenda of sustainability as a top priority. We recognise that our long-term success is not only reliant on our pursuit of our economic ambitions but on our ability to cultivate strong ties with local communities whilst being a good steward of the environment that we operate in. To this end, the Group continues to progressively make solid improvements on the Economic, Environmental and Social fronts to preserve the sustainability and success of our businesses. This Sustainability Statement for the 2019 financial year (FY 2019) encompasses our activities from 1 January to 31 December. It covers all our operating units and includes the activities at our Headquarters and our Chemicals and Polymers Divisions under CCM Chemicals Sdn Bhd (CCM Chemicals or the Chemicals business) and CCM Polymers Sdn Bhd (CCM Polymers or the Polymers business) respectively. In FY 2019, we continued to implement effective Economic, Environmental and Social (EES) practices as well as advance CCM’s agenda of sustainability. An overview of the year’s initiatives to strengthen the sustainable growth of our businesses is outlined below. For more details of these initiatives, please refer to the CCM Sustainability Report 2019, our sixth standalone report which is available in digital format and can be downloaded from www.ccmberhad.com . 30 CHEMICAL COMPANY OF MALAYSIA BERHAD