ESR Group Limited Annual Report 2022 49 PILLAR 3: CORPORATE PERFORMANCE This pillar focuses on the corporate performance of our business, in the areas of corporate governance, risk management, responsible investment, and disclosure and reporting. Corporate Governance As part of a unified approach to corporate governance, we have established a comprehensive, robust and effective set of corporate ESG policies to drive our long-term sustainable growth. The table below summarises our enhanced Group policies that are applicable to both internal and external stakeholders: Group ESG Policies HUMAN CENTRIC PROPERTY PORTFOLIO CORPORATE PERFORMANCE • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion • Human Rights • Quality of Assets and Services • Community Development • Group Human Resources • Employee Handbook • Health and Safety • Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation and Resilience • Net Zero Carbon • Energy and Emissions Management • Environmental Resource Management • Environmental Protection • Environmental Management System • Indoor Environmental Quality • Sustainable Procurement • Board Diversity • Delegation of Authority • Corporate Governance Code • Anti-Bribery & Corruption and the Handling of Gifts, Travel and Entertainment • Anti-Money Laundering & CounterTerrorist Financing & Sanctions • Code of Conduct & Business Ethics • Conflicts of Interest • Employee Trading and the Handling of Inside Information • Whistleblowing • Shareholder Communications • Enterprise Risk Management Framework • Conflicts of Interest in Relation to Fund Management & Capital • Supplier Code of Conduct • Responsible Investment • ESG Data Collection and Review • Information Security • Group Crisis Management • Social Media Risk Management Guided by the Group’s Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Framework, we identified climate change and cybersecurity as emerging risks due to their impacts on our business and stakeholders in the long term. The Group has developed internal control processes and mechanisms as well as implemented action plans to proactively manage these risks to ensure business resilience. With Supply Chain Management identified as a new material topic of the Group, we incorporated ESG considerations as part of supply chain management in areas relating to sustainable procurement, operational resilience, and sustainability performance of suppliers. To manage counterparty risk, suppliers are screened and assessed based on stringent criteria, facilitated by ComplianceDesktop® as part of our enhanced Counterparty Due Diligence Workflow. Responsible Investment In 2022, ESR successfully became a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI), reinforcing our commitment to integrating ESG issues into our investment and asset management processes across the Group. To date, the Group has secured approximately US$3 billion in sustainability-linked loans, demonstrating our leadership in green finance and business practices across the Group. STRATEGIC REPORT CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FINANCIAL STATEMENT
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