We have identified the following material areas of sustainability:
MATERIAL AREAS OF SUSTAINABILITY AND ESG
ENVIRONMENT
- Promoting and managing environmental sustainability in our businesses and with our clients
- Promoting responsible business practices throughout our Group
- Managing our impact on climate change, energy efficiency and renewable energy
- Promoting sustainable water usage throughout our business operations
- Monitoring all materials and waste management
SOCIAL
- Transformation and empowerment
- Ensure and promote responsible procurement
- Continue to support our corporate social investment initiatives
GOVERNANCE
- Legal and regulatory compliance:
- Ensuring that we comply with the relevant laws and regulations in our business and keeping abreast of any changes
- Data privacy
- Maintaining a diverse and balanced Board to support our value creation
- Maintain and ensure corporate governance practices
- Ensuring that we conduct our business ethically and transparently
- Incorporate ESG factors in all our processes
- Manage cyber security and new trends
- Engaging our stakeholders
HUMAN CAPITAL
- Develop and empower our employees
- Ensure fair and transparent remuneration
- Ensure fair labour practices and human rights
- Ensure workplace transformation and diversity
- Promoting from within the organisation
- Skills development
- Attracting and retaining talent
- Health, safety, and well-being
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
- Ensuring we provide responsible products and services to our clients
- Financing and empowerment infrastructure
- Treating our clients fairly
- Promoting responsible investment
- Stakeholder engagement
The Group’s material matters, can be found here
For its disclosure for Environmental, Social and Governance Data in the Financial Services: Investments sector of the Sustainability Data Transparency Index (SDTI) Reporting in South Africa, AEEI was ranked first in its sector by Integrated Reporting & Assurance Services (IRAS) for its reporting in 2021 (published in August 2022) with an overall score of 87.37% from a total of 270 JSE-listed companies. For 2020, AEEI won first place in its sector with a score of 89.71% and also won the award in 2015 and 2016 (Top in Sector).
Our full Sustainability Report can be found on here
