Murray & Roberts : United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals

MURRAY & ROBERTS	United Nation's sustainable development goals

United Nation's sustainable development goals

The UN SDGs identified below are the goals that align the closest to the issues that are material to Murray & Roberts' relevance and sustainability.

	The permanent infrastructure we develop supports
	socioeconomic and human development, contributing to wealth
	creation and better living standards, and enhancing the social
	fabric and vitality of the communities in which the Group
Targets	operates. Our business activities provide salaries, career
1.2	advancement and skills development for employees, and create
jobs for wider society. Our localisation programmes aim to leave

1.4 a lasting positive impact on surrounding communities, ensuring

1.5	that they share in the economic benefits associated with our
projects. Programmes are in place to support fair and equitable
	services, local hiring and procurement opportunities. Our
	corporate social investment (CSI) responds to the challenges
	faced by nearby communities and our skills development
	programmes enhance the employability of local people.

2023 Sustainability Report: cultivating a valuable employee proposition (PG 32), creating socioeconomic value for communities (PG 38).

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			Our health and wellness programme aims to proactively
			manage communicable and non-communicable illness,
			including interventions for tuberculosis, malaria, HIV/Aids and
			COVID-19; chronic illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension,
Targets	obesity and high cholesterol; and mental health and wellbeing.
	3.3
	3.4

2023 Sustainability Report: maintaining our safety record (PG 26).

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			Our CSI programmes respond to the specific needs and
			expectations of communities located near our projects, with a
			focus on advancing education. Our learnerships and
			apprenticeships provide local people, particularly the youth, with
Targets	workplace experience and skills development opportunities,
			enhancing their employability and ability to acquire decent jobs.
	4.1
		In South Africa our learning interventions prioritise black people

4.2 and women in line with the objectives of the Construction

	Sector Code and our employment equity plan.
4.4

4.5

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			Gender equity is covered in
			our diversity, equity and inclusion
			(DEI) programmes, however we
			face the challenge of attracting
Targets	technically skilled women into a
			male-dominated workplace
	5.5
		with sometimes rigid working
			conditions. As a result the
			representation of women in our
			managerial levels is lower than we
			would like. Where feasible, we are
			adapting our working conditions to
			accommodate women and to
			attract them into our employ.

2023 Sustainability Report: cultivating a valuable employee proposition (PG 32).

Sustainability website: social management - our employees.

			The PIW platform is positioned to
			support the transition from fossil
			fuels to renewable and cleaner
			sources of energy. The platform is
Targets	focused on solar and wind
			projects. These capabilities enable
	7.1
		us to contribute to the universal

7.2 access to affordable, reliable and

	modern energy services, increasing
7.3
the share of renewable energy in
	the global energy mix, and
	accelerating the global rate of
	improvement in energy efficiency.

2023 Sustainability Report: demonstrating environmental stewardship (PG 17).

Sustainability website: environmental management.

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			Digitalisation and the use of technological
			advances will realise multiple efficiencies to
			improve productivity and project delivery, including
			improved people resourcing, safety performance
Targets	and use of natural resources. While suspended in
			the current year, digital advancement remains a
	8.2
		key priority for the Group in the future. Productive

8.3 activities are also achieved through our leadership

	development and skills development programmes,
8.4
which support individual career growth, and our
8.5	enterprise development programmes for local
	businesses, including small- and medium-sized
8.6
enterprises, which support their growth,
	sustainability and ability to create jobs. We
8.8
	continuously work to enhance the way we use
	resources to achieve efficiencies and decouple the
	economic benefits of our projects with
	environmental degradation. All of our businesses
	have DEI policies aligned to the diversity priorities
	of their regions of operation. Our DEI interventions
	extend beyond the workplace to our supply chain
	and communities in line with our aim to make a
	lasting positive impact. We create awareness of
	unconscious biases and ensure that any unfair
	discrimination is eliminated and fair treatment is
	provided to all. Our learnerships and
	apprenticeships provide local people, particularly
	the youth, with workplace experience and skills
	development opportunities. We protect labour
	rights and promote safe and secure working
	environments for all our workers, including those
	of our business partners.

2023 Sustainability Report: demonstrating environmental stewardship (PG 17), maintaining our safety record (PG 26), cultivating valuable employee proposition (PG 32), creating socioeconomic value for communities (PG 38), maintaining an ethical culture and responsible business practices (PG 42).

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			Our environmental programme prioritises
			responsible and efficient use of project input
			materials. We make a concerted effort to minimise
			waste generation and disposal, including new
Targets	engineering designs, recycling and reuse of
			materials where feasible, and finding alternative
	12.4
		uses for waste materials. Our businesses are

12.5 ISO 14001 certified, which covers waste and

	hazardous material management. Disposal of
12.6
waste is undertaken in strict compliance with
	regulatory requirements. Murray & Roberts has
	been publishing a standalone sustainability report
	since 2015. Every year, we strive to improve our
	reporting, providing stakeholders with transparent
	information on our sustainable practices and
	sustainability performance to assist their decision-
	making in relation to the Group.

2023 Sustainability Report: our sustainability framework (PG 8), stakeholder priorities (PG 16), demonstrating environmental stewardship (PG 17).

Sustainability website: sustainability framework, stakeholder engagement, environmental management.

			We work with our clients, business partners and
			suppliers to deliver low-carbon solutions and
			reduce the carbon footprint of the supply chain.
			We do not participate in thermal coal projects
Targets	unless the projects are based in South Africa,
			which needs its coal-fired power stations to
	13.1
		sustain socioeconomic development. We will also
			continue to participate in metallurgical coal
			projects until such time that sustainable
			alternatives for large scale steel production are
			available. We assist our clients to strengthen the
			resilience of their infrastructure to climate-related
			hazards and natural disasters, and we are working
			to reduce our own emissions. The PIW platform
			plays an important role in our commitment to
			green energy.

2023 Sustainability Report: demonstrating environmental stewardship (PG 17).

Sustainability website: environmental management.