Introduction Our business SwireTHRIVE About our report Other ESG disclosures Appendices Overview Assessing materiality SStaktakehehooldlderer en engagaggememenentt ABOUT OUR REPORT Stakeholder engagement Understanding the needs and concerns of Engaging to shape our strategy 昀椀nancial institutions, peer companies our stakeholders informs our approach to We continue to engage with our investors and civil society through focus group sustainability and our future activity. Since and employees and with policymakers, discussion and one-on-on interviews 2007, we have engaged with stakeholders • To identify material issues to be covered to understand their expectations and NGOs, the communities in which we operate and other companies. To inform in this report, we conducted four focus their perceptions of our sustainable our approach to sustainable development, groups and three interviews with 12 development performance. Dialogue internal stakeholders (members of maintains trust, gains support for our stakeholders are identi昀椀ed by reference to their expertise in issues material to us, management, Board directors) and 13 activities and occasionally reconciles external stakeholders (academia, civil their in昀氀uence and their willingness to di昀昀ering interests. It also helps us focus collaborate. In 2021, we commissioned society representatives, investors, on areas for improvement so that we an external consultancy to conduct two peer companies). The table shows can take corrective action. We de昀椀ne main stakeholder types, mode of stakeholders as internal and external separate engagement exercises: engagement and the main topics of • To gather targeted feedback on the interest groups who have a signi昀椀cant interest to them. impact on our business or who are refreshed SwireTHRIVE 2.0 strategy, we engaged 15 experts from academia, signi昀椀cantly a昀昀ected by our operations. Board members Senior leadership NGOs and activists Mode of engagement Mode of engagement Mode of engagement Board meetings, interviews Interviews and executive meetings Focus groups, interviews, multi-stakeholder Sustainability topics Sustainability topics initiatives (e.g. Drink Without Waste) Energy use, GHG emissions and renewable Energy use, GHG emissions and renewable Sustainability topics energy; Waste and e昀툀uents; Impact of energy; Impact of technology and Biodiversity; Energy use, GHG emissions technology and innovation; Changing innovation; Unstable geopolitical context; and renewable energy; Material and consumer preferences; Talent recruitment Waste and e昀툀uents; Changing consumer resource use; Waste and e昀툀uents; Product and retention. preferences; Talent recruitment and quality and safety; Changing consumer retention. preferences; Cybersecurity, privacy and data protection. Investors Peer companies Industry associations and competitors and chambers of commerce Mode of engagement Mode of engagement Mode of engagement Meetings, focus groups Focus groups, committees, events Meetings, focus group Sustainability topics Sustainability topics Sustainability topics Energy use, GHG emissions and renewable Climate resilience; Material and resource Material and resource use; Waste and energy; Material and resource use; use; Waste and e昀툀uents; Unstable e昀툀uents; Talent recruitment and Management of water resources; Waste geopolitical context; Talent recruitment retention; Cybersecurity, privacy, and data and e昀툀uents; Procurement practices. and retention; Workplace health and protection; Governance. safety; Procurement practices. SWIRE PACIFIC — SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2022 — 74