Tropicana Corporation Berhad Annual Report 2024

Over the past three years, we have maintained our commitment to supporting the local market by sourcing 100% of our supplies from local suppliers. The table below outlines the percentage of Group-level expenditure allocated to local suppliers across three (3) consecutive years: FY2024 FY2023 FY2022 Annual Spent on Local Supplier for Group Procurement RM16,861,661 RM 15,202,065 RM 23,409,032 Amount Spent on Local Suppliers for Building Materials RM11,394,459 RM 21,761,596 RM 11,390,080 Percentage of Local Suppliers 100% 100% 100% Percentage of key (or new) contractors assessed using social and environmental criteria 100% - - Note: Our local market and manufacturers9 spending also includes those registered in Malaysia and are local distributors of imported items. Related UNSDGs Why This Is Important Tropicana recognises the importance of business innovation as a core driver of our long-term growth. As we continue to harness the advantages of emerging technologies driving rapid digital transformation, we have leveraged this to digitalise both our internal and external processes. Goal 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure Goal 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities INNOVATION Our Approach Our development principles are shaped by 8 distinct DNAs, with one of the key pillars being a focus on innovative concepts and designs. Continuous innovation is essential to stay aligned with changing market trends, and maintaining the appeal of our products and services. We are committed to future-prooûng our businesses by embracing digital practices, ensuring the long-term sustainability of our products and service delivery. Innovation in the property development sector can be divided into two (2) categories: i) Innovative Initiatives for Our Products Innovation in Design: • The use of passive design and selective sustainable material choices act as a climate-control design strategy to aid in the natural cooling of our properties, reducing our cooling-related electricity consumption, promoting evaporative and earth cooling • Discouraging heat build-up by planting trees and vegetation, creating water features • Promoting thermal mass cooling through the creation of a 8natural stack eûect9 that will draw in cool air from the surrounding environment and exhaust warm air • Encouraging natural ventilation by designing with sensitivity to wind paths and installing operable roofs that will exploit such cool airûow • Minimise solar gain through the use of high-performance glass and the installation of natural and man-made shading devices • Specially designed lakes that function as a retention pond to manage excess water and mitigate future ûood risk (forecast ûood level for the next 50 3 100 years) • Specially designed parks that emphasize pedestrian and biking trails and plant woodland and native planting that restore forest ecosystem • Pure-Tech ventilation system that channels ûltered fresh air into homes and prevents entry of insects and contaminants 3 115 SUSTAINABILITY

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