At our organization, we are fully committed to sustainability and making positive impacts on the environment and society. As part of this effort, we continuously strive to reduce our energy consumption, water usage, waste disposal, and carbon footprint in a practical and cost-effective manner. Our sustainability initiatives are carefully designed to deliver short-term efficiency, value, and health benefits for our business, our employees, and the wider community. We are also encouraging our suppliers to adopt more sustainable materials and practices to reduce their environmental impact.

We uphold environmental legislation and strive to minimize our activities’ impact on the environment. We engage with stakeholders and environmental frameworks to promote disclosure on climate change, biodiversity, and SDGs.

At our core, we value diversity and inclusion as essential elements of our success and innovation. We believe in fostering a challenging, dynamic, inclusive, and diverse work environment that empowers all employees to reach their full potential.

We support initiatives that benefit the environment, human welfare, and education. This includes investing in skills training for the workforce talent pipelines and promoting economic development in the communities where we operate. We prioritize protecting human rights and welfare in our business activities and supply chain according to our policies and codes of conduct.

Our approach to ESG is founded on the principles of Planet, People, and Performance. We focus on reducing emissions, increasing sustainability in the supply chain, promoting diversity and inclusion, and mitigating supply chain risks. Our commitment to transparency and engagement with voluntary ESG-related reporting reflects our dedication to responsible business practices.

We are committed to reducing energy consumption, water usage, waste disposal, and carbon footprint in a practical and cost-effective manner. Our sustainability program is committed to environmentally sustainable initiatives that deliver near-term efficiency, value, and health for our business, our people, and the wider community.

• We encourage our suppliers to reduce their impact on the environment by recommending the use of more sustainable materials.

• We seek to comply with current environmental legislation and work to minimize the impact of our activities on the environment.

• We support the recommendations of the standard frameworks and engage with our stakeholders and encourage enhanced disclosure on climate change, biodiversity, and the SDGs, including efforts to advance the underlying goals.

• We believe that diversity and inclusion strategies are the catalysts for success and innovation in the workplace. We believe that differing opinions and lived experiences are valuable and serve to support our business overall.

• We are committed to engaging with our employees to provide a challenging, dynamic, inclusive, and diverse work environment that supports their professional development, as well as promoting a good work-life balance that prioritizes their overall health and wellness.

• We will support initiatives that benefit the environment, human welfare, and education. This includes skills training that advance workforce talent pipelines for our customers and economic development in the communities in which we operate.

• We will preserve and promote the protection of human rights and welfare within our own business activities, as well as those of our supply chain, in accordance with our Human Rights Policy, Code of Ethics and Business Supplier Codes of Conduct.

Environmental (Planet)

• Emissions, use of chemicals and renewable energy sources
• Carbon and sustainability reports (LCA) and impact evaluations
• Increasing sustainability in supply chain investment strategies; Investing in businesses that support ESG goals.

Social (People)

• Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity policy
• Ethics, procurement policies, executive transparency
• Impact on the communities in areas of influence.

Governance (Performance)

• The diversity of the Executive and decision maker team
• Mitigation of supply chain risks
• Transparency around corporate reporting and engagement with voluntary ESG-related reporting
• Documenting, monitoring, and reporting on governance, risk, and compliance strategy

A1 believes it is impossible to treat Environmental Social Governance (ESG) separately from DE&I, and many of these action plans will overlap between the two policies. It is well documented and widely known that historically underrepresented or underserved communities are more likely to suffer from environmental impacts and climate change than other groups.

As such, over the last decade, increasing precedence has been placed on infrastructure and development projects across the industry to examine and mitigate their impacts on the environment and surrounding communities.