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Our
                               About This   President’s   About    2023    Apical2030   Approach to   Transformative
                                Report  Statement  Apical  Highlights  Highlights  Sustainability  Partnerships

          APICAL GROUP
          SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2023
          OUR APPROACH TO

          SUSTAINABILITY





                                                     Apical’s Initiatives
                                                     •    Continuously  improve  operational  processes
                                                         and resource efficiency to reduce energy usage,
                                                         reduce waste generation and reuse wastewater
                                                         and waste.
                                                     •   Conducted a LCA for the following:
                                                         –   Apical Group product portfolio determine
                                                             carbon emission hotspots
                                                         –   SAF derived from different palm oil residues
                                                             for Global Warming Potential (GWP)
                                                     •   Apical’s  upstream  and  downstream  factories
                    Apical2030 Pillar:                   produce byproducts and waste, which can be
                    Climate Action & Green Innovation    converted to value added feed for livestock.
                                                     •   Implemented wastewater recycling at SDO (D).
          Summary of Relevant SDG  Targets to  Achieve by     •   Utilising the waste and residues from our supply
          2030 4                                         chain for sales as 2G feedstock.
          12.2  Achieve sustainable management and efficient use
             of natural resources.                       For more information, please refer to the Climate Action
                                                         and  Green  Innovation  Chapters,  pages  72-78  and  79-93
          12.4  Achieve environmentally sound management   respectively
             of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life
             cycle – in regard to air, water and soil to minimise
             adverse impacts on human health and the
             environment, by 2020.
          12.5  Substantially reduce waste generation through
             prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse.



















          4   Target years are mainly 2030, unless stated otherwise


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