Section 1 UEM Edgenta Berhad 2 BASIS OF THIS REPORT BASIS OF THIS REPORT MATERIAL MATTERS OUR CAPITALS Financial Social and Relationship Resource Intellectual Natural Plants and Machineries Human Business Ethics M1 Climate Change and Energy M5 Customer Satisfaction M9 Innovation and Technologybased Operational Excellence M2 Environmental Management M6 Human Rights Assessment M10 Economic Development M3 Occupational Health and Safety M7 Local Community M11 Supply Chain Management M4 Employment Culture M8 In today’s fast-paced and highly competitive business world, UEM Edgenta acknowledges the importance of technology, innovation and digitalisation with a strong focus on sustainability as key drivers of our success. By leveraging advanced technology, we can create new opportunities, streamline processes, increase efficiency, optimise cost and enhance our client experience. This will inevitably lead to higher revenue and growth for our company. As we navigate the ever-evolving business landscape, it is crucial to embrace technology and innovation to gain insights into our client preferences and needs as well as market trends. This enables us to identify areas where our products and services could be improved, offering us opportunities to develop new offerings and enhance our asset management and infrastructure solutions for our clients. While we promote the best interests of our shareholders, we will uphold our commitments to Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) to ensure our company acts responsibly and ethically towards the community and its surroundings. SCOPE AND BOUNDARIES The Annual Report 2023 (“report”) covers the activities of UEM Edgenta including our subsidiaries, joint operations, joint ventures and associates from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023 (“FY2023”) unless otherwise stated. Meanwhile, the Sustainability Statement 2023 (“statement”) presented within this report is the seventh that we have published on our continuing sustainability reporting journey. The statement showcases our key sustainability initiatives, commitments and performance in relation to sustainability material matters that we have prioritised for FY2023. The statement encompasses our operations in Malaysia and other geographical locations we operate in, namely Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“KSA”). The reporting period of the statement aligns with that of the report. OUR TARGETED READERS This report goes beyond financials to showcase the value we deliver to all our stakeholders. We aim to achieve this by highlighting initiatives that positively impact our clients, employees, regulators and the communities we collaborate with. We designed this report to be interactive, engaging and user-friendly. To simplify navigation, we have incorporated icons throughout the report. These icons demonstrate how we address the six capitals of value creation (aligned with the International Integrated Reporting Framework) and the material matters that influence our value creation process: NAVIGATING OUR REPORT REPORTING THAT IS BUILT ON BENCHMARKED PRINCIPLES, FRAMEWORKS AND GUIDELINES
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