Kenanga-Sustainability-Report-2022

43 KENANGA INVESTMENT BANK BERHAD Sustainability Report 2022 Awards and Recognitions Empowering People and Communities GRI Content Index ESG Performance Data 42 Environmental Stewardship About This Report Who We Are Progressing Towards A Sustainable Future Managing Our Sustainability Risks Good Governance Sustainable Economic Growth GOOD GOVERNANCE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH Our approach in integrating ESG considerations into our core operations, investing, and decision-making processes is a crucial component of our strategy to deliver innovative sustainable finance and investing products for our clients. Sustainable Economic Growth MATERIAL TOPICS: MATERIAL TOPICS: Goal 1 Increase support of sustainable economic activities. Goal 2 Champion cloud-first strategy to increase scalability and flexibility. UN SDGs Responsible Investing Digitalisation Cyber Security Client Experience Goal 4 Increase digital distribution of products and sevices. Goal 3 Increase automation for productivity. * These policies and procedures were updated in 2022 DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND WELLBEING • Preventing and Eradicating Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Procedure • Committed to supporting gender diversity in the workplace and aligning our Board’s representation in accordance with the updated MCCG’s requirement • Zero tolerance of any violation of human rights, including forced and compulsory labour, child labour, as well as, discrimination with respect to employment in our operations in compliance with the applicable employment law and regulations COMMUNITY INVESTMENT • Group Donation Policy* • Committed to empower and uplift local communities by supporting social enterprises, through targeted community investments, outreach activities and employee volunteerism CLIMATE IMPACT • Climate Change Risk Management Framework • Committed to reduce our operational footprint of our business activities by optimising our energy and resource consumption efficiently, adopting responsible waste management practices and empowering our employees, as well as, our vendors to be environmental stewards Our full suite of policies and position statements statements are approved by the Board and is publicly available on our corporate website (https://www.kenanga.com.my/ethics-governance). FUTURE OUTLOOK In line with regulatory requirements, we remain committed to maintaining the highest standards of good governance. Moving forward, we will continue to enhance our governance practices by regularly reviewing and updating our policies as required, such as establishing Group Human Rights Policy and Group Sustainability Policy, as well as updating relevant procedures and systems.

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