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vi.	 Liaising with the marketing department       	 Departments Based on the identified              Furthermore, department teams are
     to perform regular internal/external              Material Topics and the selected              encouraged to work within the organisational
     campaigns to raise awareness and engage           disclosures, a sustainability champion is     value chain to improve sustainability
     staff on key sustainability initiatives,          appointed within each department and          performance by creating awareness and
     conducting knowledge-sharing sessions             tasked with implementing the sustainability   sharing knowledge on best practices in
     to educate department teams on current            management framework as relevant to           sustainability.
     sustainability trends and best practices.         the particular area. Departments, working
                                                       through a designated sustainability           SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING
vii.	 Liaising with risk functions to identify         champion will be responsible for:
     sustainability related risks that may                                                           SAGT maintains a two-tier sustainability
     arise internally and across the value             i. 	 Tracking and recording sustainability    reporting approach;
     chain; working alongside the relevant                  data as per the detailed Sustainability
     departments to assist identified suppliers             Standard Operating Procedures.           External Reporting
     to mitigate their potential sustainability
     risk and improve their sustainability             ii. 	 Ensuring the timely entry of            External Reporting is through SAGT’s
     performance over time.                                 sustainability data into the system      Sustainability Report prepared annually, which
                                                            and ensuring accuracy of information     encompasses all operations of the Company
viii.	 Providing input to the CEO and MC on an              entered.                                 and aims to demonstrate SAGT’s triple
     annual basis, for the preparation of the                                                        bottom line performance vis-a-vis the GRI
     Company’s strategy and annual plans.              iii. 	 Ensuring maintenance of source         sustainability reporting framework.
                                                            documentation/record books for
ix.	 Providing input on sustainability impacts              purposes of internal sustainability      Internal Reporting Process
     associated with new projects undertaken                assurance.
     to ensure related risks are mitigated and                                                       SAGT’s issues a quarterly report internally
     environmentally friendly considerations are       iv. 	 Working with the Sustainability Team    on its sustainability performance; the report
     incorporated at the planning stage.                    in order to implement sustainability     includes selected sustainability disclosures as
                                                            initiatives and carry out process        per the GRI standards on matters identified
x.	 Compiling and preparation of the Annual                 improvements relevant to their           during the Materiality Assessment. By the end
     Sustainability Report.                                 respective department.                   of the next reporting cycle, SAGT plans to set
                                                                                                     internal targets and goals on each of these
                                                                                                     key sustainability topics.

Data Collation      Data Consolidation and Entry    Auditing                                       Reporting and Presentation

•	 Relevant departments •	 Sustainability Division  •	 Internal Auditing on a •	 Sustainability performance to be presented
   at SAGT
                                                    quarterly basis                                  to Mancom and CEO on a quarterly basis

•	 Quarterly Basis  •	 Quarterly Basis              •	 Third party auditing on •	 Publishing of the Annual Sustainability

                                                    an annual basis                                  Report

Defining Report Content                           customers and other stakeholders become            SAGT’s operational: high priority is afforded
                                                  integral players in its success story. Thus,       to resource consumption, environmental
This report discloses the ways in which SAGT      this report also provides a clear, concise, and    pollution and climate change. Stakeholder
has strived to achieve an improved holistic,      balanced overview of SAGT’s performance            opinions, perspectives and concerns are key
triple-bottom line performance. It provides an    towards its significant stakeholders.              considerations in SAGT’s assessment of its
overview of the Company’s strategy, corporate                                                        material topics and strategy. This is the second
governance framework, risk management             While ensuring that it is in compliance with       report published by the Company and there
process, and its environmental and social         all regulatory requirements, SAGT makes            were no restatements or changes during the
responsibility efforts. SAGT’s strategic focus    every attempt to go over and beyond                period of the sustainability data specified.
is achieving best-in-class service and the        business standards required by local               The 2019/20 data provided in this report
Company is driven by a passion to see its         laws. The “Precautionary Principle” guides
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