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Our Approach to Sustainability

OUR APPROACH
TO SUSTAINABILITY

Supporting the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals (UN SDGs)
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has Core Goals
further emphasised the need for sustainable
development. Introduced in 2015, the UN SDGs
provides a shared blueprint for governments,
businesses and society to tackle the world’s
most pressing challenges by 2030. In 2019,
we conducted a prioritisation exercise to Catalytic Goals
identify the SDGs, which we are able to best
support and advance. We prioritised six SDGs
and further categorised them into core and
catalytic goals. Core goals are those that have
the strongest alignment with the company’s
operations and sustainability commitments, While we have identified six priority goals,
while catalytic goals are those where Apical we recognise that all 17 SDGs are interconnected
believes we can make a positive impact. and we may indirectly support the other goals
through our activities. Our APICAL2030 plan,
which is currently in development aims to
strengthen our commitment towards realising
the SDGs through measurable targets and action
plans.

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