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34             KUMPULAN WANG PERSARAAN (DIPERBADANKAN)  foR BEttER vALUE DELIvERy




                                                   TOWARDS MORE
                                             SUSTAINABLE TOMORROWS


                                                            ENGAGING WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS
                   •   Sustainable Performance:             Shareholder Activism
                      To improve the sustainability and long-term
                      performance of KWAP and its investee   As an active shareholder, KWAP continued its engagements
                      companies. KWAP believes sustainability   with its investee companies and raises ESG issues where
                      factors may significantly influence the risk-  necessary. These visits are led by the management team
                      return profile of investments.        and KWAP officers through Annual General Meeting/
                                                            Extraordinary General Meeting (AGMs/EGMs) and
                   •   Promotion  of  good  ESG  practices  in  the
                      capital  market  and  KWAP’s  business   one-on-one meetings to further improve its governance
                      partners:                             practices of its investee companies.
                      To leverage on KWAP’s position as an   KWAP has a structured monitoring process on its investee
                      institutional investor to improve ESG   companies. Monitoring initiatives by KWAP includes the
                      practices in:                         following:

                      i.   The capital market vis-à-vis:
                                                            •   Monitor  the  performance  and  value  drivers  of  its
                          -   Engagements with our investee    investee companies via company announcements and
                             companies                         news flows that are monitored daily.
                          -   Collaborations  with regulators   •   Monitor ESG red flags and concerns.
                             (e.g.:  Bursa  Malaysia  and
                             Securities Commission)         •   Monitor via AGMs/EGMs:
                          -  Collaborations  with  corporate
                             governance (CG) bodies (e.g.:     i.   Monitor the issues deliberated at investee
                             ACGA and PRI)                         companies’ AGMs/EGMs; and
                          -   Active roles in CG-related councils   ii.  Submit AGM/EGM resolutions to all  its investee
                             (e.g.: Institutional Investors Council   companies.
                             and Security Commissions Key
                             CG Stakeholders Group)         KWAP actively participates in corporate engagements with
                                                            investee companies through:
                      ii.  Companies across KWAP’s value
                          chain including its suppliers, third party   i.   Shareholder’s Engagement with Investee Company
                          service providers and other related
                          business partners.                   In 2022, KWAP’s senior management conducted a
                                                               series of engagements with five investee companies.
                   The Corporate Level ESG Guidelines consist of   The topics that were discussed during the engagement
                   seven pillars namely:                       sessions include company overview, market condition,
                                                               company’s  future  business  plans  and  ESG-related
                   •   Environment
                                                               issues.
                   •   Human Capital
                   •   Governance                              The engagements were participated by KWAP’s senior
                                                               management team including KWAP’s Chief Executive
                   •   Investment Management                   Officer.
                   •   Members Administration
                   •   Ethical Practices
                   •   Social
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