Datasonic Group Berhad 30 Sustainability Statement OUR SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY Sustainability for Datasonic means managing and operating a responsible business while balancing our economic goals, social and governance responsibilities as well as our environmental commitments. Datasonic’s ethos is centred on bringing value to society and empowering the nation via the deployment of Information and Communications Technology (“ICT”) offerings. To achieve this, we have identified five (5) focus areas of sustainability linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This allows us to work towards reaching our sustainability goals while contributing to the global collective effort for the betterment of the economy, environment and society. SUSTAINABILITY GOVERNANCE People Employee empowerment is aligned with our corporate strategy and inculcates a feeling of pride and drive among employees. Innovative Ecosystem We develop ICT solutions in collaboration with our extensive knowledge network to ensure the rapid momentum of innovation along our value chain. Climate and Energy Taking every step to mitigate our environmental footprint to achieve zero emissions across operations while increasing productivity and the environmental efficiency of our products. Circular Economy Minimising waste while optimising resources; extract the optimum value from materials, allowing products to be repurposed across their life cycles. Responsible Supply Chain Raising the bar for our world-class supplier network and conducting business in a sustainable and responsible manner help us achieve our targeted innovations. STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT Sustainability governance is essential in driving a more effective implementation of our sustainability strategy and how it is assimilated within our operations. The Group’s Board of Directors (“the Board”) holds the highest responsibility in matters relating to sustainability, taking into consideration economic, environmental and social (“EES”) risks and opportunities when formulating our sustainability direction. These matters are then cascaded and communicated to the Executive Committee (“EXCO”), which is accountable for overseeing the execution of our sustainability approach and efforts across the Group. The EXCO empowers the Group’s business units to collect relevant ESG data and information, which will be collated and reviewed by the EXCO and Group Management Committee (“GMC”). Thereafter, identified material topics will be presented to the Board for further deliberation by the EXCO. One of the pillars of sustainability is stakeholder engagement. Datasonic has a broad array of stakeholders whom we impact and who in turn, impact us. We seek to actively engage the Group’s key stakeholder groups to gain insights into their expectations and concerns, maintaining an open and transparent dialogue. This two-way communication helps us in setting Datasonic’s business priorities while addressing the needs of our stakeholders more effectively in pursuit of delivering long-term value to all stakeholders. Our stakeholders have been grouped under six (6) major categories according to the AA1000 Stakeholder Engagement Standards. In FY2022, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most stakeholder engagements were virtually held, while physical meetings were conducted in a safe manner in adherence to the government’s set standard operating procedures (“SOP”).
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