Sustainability strategy

Materiality assessment

Our success as a specialist distribution and services Group is influenced by a constantly changing sustainability landscape that presents both risks and opportunities. It is critical that we keep abreast of the requirements of our stakeholders as new legislation is introduced, consumer habits and perceptions change and markets evolve.

To effectively prioritise and report on the ESG topics that are of most interest to our stakeholders, we conducted our first materiality assessment in 2020. The purpose of this assessment was to:

• Identify new trends on the horizon that could impact our ability to create value in the long term
• Enable our businesses to respond to the issues that are of most interest to our customers and be ready to take advantage of opportunities to develop new products or services
• Prioritise our resources for the sustainability issues that matter most to our business and stakeholders
• Enable us to report effectively on the most material issues and identify our contribution to the UN SDGs