What are the material issues the company has identified?

In its 2020 Sustainability Report Renaissance identified a range of material issues, such as customer satisfaction, emergency preparedness, water, customer health and safety. Among these, creating economic value for its stakeholders stands out as a key material issue for Renaissance.

Stakeholder engagement in accordance with the GRI Standards

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) defines the Principle of Stakeholder Inclusiveness when identifying material issues (or a company’s most important impacts) as follows:

“The reporting organization shall identify its stakeholders, and explain how it has responded to their reasonable expectations and interests.”

Stakeholders must be consulted in the process s of identifying a company’s most important impacts and their reasonable expectations and interests must be taken into account. This is an important cornerstone for CSR / sustainability reporting done responsibly.

Key stakeholder groups Renaissance engages with:

To identify and prioritise material topics Renaissance engaged with its stakeholders through the following channels:

Stakeholder Group	Method of engagement
Shareholders and providers of capital	·      Annual report ·      Quarterly reports ·      Shareholder and investor meetings ·      Website including social media
Board of Directors	·      In-person, by Executive Management, on a quarterly basis ·      Periodic reports
Customers and suppliers	·      QHSE reports ·      Quarterly customer service surveys ·      Emails and meetings ·      Brochures and advertising material ·      Events and conferences ·      Tenders and contracts ·      Newsletters and social media
Employees and other workers	·      Site visits ·      Communications on policies, HSE and quality manuals ·      Recruitment and training ·      Emails and meetings ·      Staff and union events ·      Volunteer programmes ·      Internal and external events ·      Website and social media ·      Internal newsletters
Local communities	·      Events and conferences ·      SME interactions ·      Training ·      CSR programmes ·      Advertising ·      Website and social media
Industry peer groups	·      Annual report ·      Industry events
Regulators and government	·      Compliance reports ·      Annual report ·      Events and conferences
Emergency Services	·      Emergency drills

What actions were taken by Renaissance to create economic value for its stakeholders?

In its 2020 Sustainability Report Renaissance reports that it took the following actions for creating economic value for its stakeholders:

• Creating economic value for employees
• In 2020, Renaissance paid RO 39,085 thousand for employee wages and benefits.

• Creating economic value for providers of capital
• In 2020, Renaissance paid RO 4,548 thousand to providers of capital.

• Creating economic value for the government
• In 2020, Renaissance paid RO 16 thousand to the government.

• Creating economic value for the community
• In 2020, Renaissance paid RO 44 thousand in voluntary contributions to the community.

Which GRI Standards and corresponding Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been addressed?

The GRI Standard addressed in this case is: Disclosure 201-1 Direct economic value generated and distributed

Disclosure 201-1 Direct economic value generated and distributed corresponds to:

• Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
• Targets: 8.1, 8.2
• Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• Targets: 9.1, 9.4, 9.5

 

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