SUSTAINABILITY HIGHLIGHTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS As we continue to align our efforts towards our sustainability ambitions, the following highlights put into perspective the impact and value that we are achieving through our business and our relationships with our stakeholders. Towards this goal, our achievements also represents our strong commitment for our employees and peers to embrace and support our continued success. During the year under review, we achieved a marked improvement in our FTSE4Good rating – from 2.5 to 3.1 – driven largely by enhancements to our disclosures and in our social practices Looking forward, we are confident that we can continue to boost our FTSE4Good rating by undertaking initiatives within the material matters prioritised within our Sustainability Roadmap, namely Supply Chain Management, Climate Change and Energy, Environment Management and Human Rights Assessment This will help pave the way for us to become an industry leader in sustainability, furthering our reputation as a provider of quality services amongst existing and potential clients Achieved approximately 38,178,319 kWh in energy savings in 2022, through our Energy Performance Contracting (“EPC”) services, which translates to approximately RM16.2 million of total electricity cost savings for our clients Continued to manage high quality sustainable assets comprising nineteen (19) GBI and LEED certified buildings at various levels from 2021 Developed a greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emission inventory for Scope 1 and 2 Conserved a total of 6,000 m3 of natural water through the Natural Water Harvester exercise, a collaborative water conservation effort between the Group and PLUS Malaysia Berhad (“PLUS”) that leverages facilities in Rest and Service Areas (“RSAs”) along the North-South Expressway Collected a total of 6,603 containers through our inhouse KLEAN Machine, leading to an indirect reduction of our carbon footprint by 341 kg CO2eq Developed a central data repository for ESG data Achieved a commendable 99.4% procurement ratio from companies based in Peninsular and East Malaysia Collaborated with HSBC Amanah Malaysia Berhad (“HSBC Amanah”) to develop a Syariah-compliant Supplier Financing Programme, with over 380 SMEs and Micro Small-to-Medium Enterprises (“MSME”) vendors offered to join the programme since the first phase of its implementation Recorded a total of 393,899 hours of employee development training, with 99.1% of our employees fulfilling their training requirements, comparing well to our target of achieving between 85% to 89% completion Introduced various ESG capacity buildings programmes to our Board of Directors (“Board”), Senior Management and Executives Completed 15 livelihood projects and stakeholder engagement activities, spending RM0.2 million to impact 12,500 communities nationwide Disbursed RM1.2 million of Zakat funds to Asnaf recipients, benefitting 10,822 individuals p.105 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT p.104 UEM EDGENTA BERHAD INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT 2022 SUSTAINABILITY AT UEM EDGENTA SUSTAINABILITY AT UEM EDGENTA General Minimising Environmental Impact Sustainable Economic Growth On Social Value Creation 15 livelihood projects and stakeholder engagements Paid RM0.8 million to Pusat Pungutan Zakat RM195,000 spent on community projects Impacted more than 12,500 deserving and underserved communities nationwide Benefitted 10,822 individuals with Zakat funds Contributed 790 volunteering hours by Edgenta Stars across various programmes Corporate Zakat Funds 2022 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY HIGHLIGHTS Community Programmes
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