OUR IMPACT ON THE UN SDGS AND THE NDP

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a framework for improving the living standards of the world’s population, protecting the environment and eliminating gender and income inequality. Globally, they are used as a benchmark to measure the contributions made by businesses, industry and other organisations to the process of sustainable development. We measure our development contributions within this framework as well as within the framework of South Africa’s NDP.

The aim of the NDP is to significantly reduce poverty and inequality by 2030. The framework it provides consists of 15 chapters that focus on critical issues such as unemployment, education, infrastructure development, inclusive economic development, access to quality healthcare, environmental sustainability and corruption.

In line with the SDGs and the NDP, we aim to create sustainable value for all stakeholders and minimise the negative impacts we have on the communities in which we operate as well as on the natural environment.

Contributions to our Sustainability Framework

Our commitment to the transformation of our business, our people, society and the environment is integral to our organisation. Our transformation objectives are aligned with our strategic objectives and contribute to our Sustainability Framework in the following ways:

Programme	Partners	Activity
Black-owned business shares 68% of our commercial revenue. Interventions across seven sectors, as aligned with our Transformation Strategy, maximise our contribution to the growth of Black-owned businesses and the creation of jobs and opportunities. We supported 18 567 job opportunities during the reporting period (2023: 16 225).	We maintained a Level 2 B-BBEE level and a 125% recognition level. Black South African employees represent 96.8% of our workforce. Women represent 49% of our workforce, while persons with disabilities represent 1.99%. We supported 84 young people through various youth talent development initiatives during the reporting period. Our socio-economic development investment of R7,9 million supported projects in our focus areas of education, philanthropy, youth and women’s empowerment.	All of our airports maintained ISO 14001:2015 accreditation for environmental management. Four of our airports maintained Level 2 airport carbon emissions certification.

Outlook

As we shift our strategic focus from recovery to innovation and growth, we will continue to focus not only on compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements, but also on maintaining a practical approach to supporting our people, our suppliers and society as a whole. We will also continue to work tirelessly towards our environmental sustainability goals.

Our integrated transformation agenda – supported by our transformation working group – will continue to drive this effort the infrastructure investment and implications and opportunities for transformation through enterprise development, and job creation.

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