36 Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad Annual Report 2021 Our Sustainability Approach About This Report We Are Kenanga Message From Chairman and GMD For more information on our ESG Integration Strategy, please refer to page 33 of our Sustainability Report 2021. A key aspect of our sustainabi l i ty agenda l ies in how we incorporate ESG factors into our core businesses, as wel l as, our investment and decision-making processes. At Kenanga, we strive to consistently deliver value through products and services that benefit our clients, while ensuring that our business grows sustainably. We aim to achieve this through accelerating our integration of ESG factors into our business decisions and across our value chain, whilst leveraging digital innovation to enhance our client experience and organisational efficiency. Material Topics UN SDGs RESPONSIBLE INVESTING DIGITALISATION CYBER SECURITY CLIENT EXPERIENCE Sustainable Economic Growth RESPONSIBLE INVESTING ESG Focus in Asset Management Kenanga Investors Group (“KIG”), our Group’s asset and wealth management division, is committed to working with asset owners, regulators and a broad spectrum of market participants to embed ESG into the heart of our investment process. KIG is a signatory to the Malaysian Code for Institutional Investors (“Code”) since 2017 and a member of the Institutional Investors Council (“IIC”). KIG developed an ESG Blueprint and ESG Integration Framework to embed ESG factors into our investment process throughout the investment life cycle. Our ESG integration strategies are underpinned by effective screening mechanisms while practising active stewardship by engaging with stakeholders and exercising our voting rights in investee companies. Moving forward, we aim to increase Sustainable and Responsible Investment (“SRI”) products and services, in line with the ESG Blueprint to reflect our commitment towards responsible investing.
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