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Exxaro Resources Limited
Integrated report 2021

Our material matters

Our material matters reflect those risks and opportunities that impact our ability to deliver sustainable value creation and preservation. These matters are reflective of our context, constraints, strategy and stakeholders, and act as a guide to our integrated reporting.

DETERMINING MATERIALITY

We determine these matters through a detailed materiality determination process. We enhanced our materiality process this year by applying a double materiality lens. The approach considers our impact on society and the environment as well as those matters that impact our ability to create and preserve value over time. These material matters have been prioritised and grouped into themes that link to the resources we use and affect.

Our materiality determination process

Materiality matrix

Our materiality determination process identified 17 material matters, grouped into five broad themes. These are shown in the matrix that follows, reflecting their impact on Exxaro, and Exxaro's impact on society and the environment.

Materiality matrix

OUR MATERIAL THEMES

ADAPTING TO THE CHANGING CONTEXTADAPTING TO THE CHANGING CONTEXT

The operating context is changing rapidly. Social, political and economic issues all impact our ability to create value. We operate in a long-term asset class with significant infrastructure investment. To remain a leader, we must respond to the current context and anticipate the future.

Material matters

  • Geopolitical context
  • Macro-environment
  • Supporting a just transition to a low-carbon economy

Related risks

  • Eskom systemic risk
  • COVID-19 concerns
  • Cost competitiveness of products
  • Climate change concerns
  • Country risk (political)

Strategic response

  • Transition at speed and scale
  • Make our minerals and energy businesses thrive
  • Be carbon neutral by 2050
  • Become a catalyst for economic growth and environmental stewardship

HELPING OUR PEOPLE THRIVEHELPING OUR PEOPLE THRIVE

Exxaro's employees are the organisation's lifeblood. To deliver on our strategic goals, we need to foster a culture that supports adaptability and innovation while leveraging the strength of diversity and inclusion.

We are deeply committed to protecting our people's health, safety and wellness, and building relationships based on trust.

Material matters

  • Health, safety and wellness
  • Workforce: culture, capability, diversity, inclusion and innovation
  • Labour relations

Related risks

  • COVID-19 concerns
  • Inability to achieve financial targets
  • Community unrest
  • Employee safety and health concerns

Strategic response

  • Make our minerals and energy businesses thrive
  • Empower people to create impact
  • Become a catalyst for economic growth and environmental stewardship

Related capitals

Related capitals

Related SDGs

Related SDGs

BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIESBUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

We operate in an environment of stakeholder capitalism# and where our business activities impact our stakeholders who respond to these impacts. Our social licence to operate is dependent on how we look after our communities and the natural world around us.

We are committed to a just transition that is executed in a manner that is socially just and sensitive to the potential impacts for Exxaro, its communities, South Africa and the planet.

# Where organisations are oriented to serve the interests of all their stakeholders

Material matters

  • Human rights
  • Job and business creation
  • Responsible environmental stewardship
  • Supporting a just transition to a low-carbon economy

Related risks

  • Unavailability of rail capacity
  • Community unrest
  • Cost competitiveness of products
  • Climate change concerns

Strategic response

  • Empower people to create impact
  • Become a catalyst for economic growth and environmental stewardship

EXECUTING OUR STRATEGYEXECUTING OUR STRATEGY

Climate change is no longer a refutable occurrence. We are committed to the Paris Agreement and have established business objectives to respond to the risks and opportunities presented by climate change.

Material matters

  • Coal portfolio optimisation
  • Diversify into minerals
  • Build a leading global renewable energy solutions business

Related risks

  • Unavailability of rail capacity
  • COVID-19 concerns
  • Employee safety and health concerns
  • Climate change concerns

Strategic response

  • Transition at speed and scale
  • Make our minerals and energy businesses thrive
  • Empower people to create impact
  • Be carbon neutral by 2050
  • Become a catalyst for economic growth and environmental stewardship

Related capitals

Related capitals

Related SDGs

Related SDGs

DRIVING BUSINESS RESILIENCEDRIVING BUSINESS RESILIENCE

Underpinning our strategic goals is the drive to enhance our business resilience through the delivery of financial results, effective capital allocation, compliance excellence as well as entrenching innovation and capitalising on digitalisation. Over and above these, the way we conduct ourselves as a business strengthens our reputation and resilience.

Material matters

  • Financial performance and resilience
  • Legal, regulatory and compliance excellence
  • Capital allocation
  • Innovation and digitalisation
  • Transparency, ethics and integrity

Related risks

  • Unavailability of rail capacity
  • Eskom systemic risk
  • COVID-19 concerns
  • Inability to achieve financial targets
  • Community unrest
  • Cybersecurity concerns
  • Cost competitiveness of products
  • Country risk (political)

Strategic response

  • Make our minerals and energy businesses thrive
  • Become a catalyst for economic growth and environmental stewardship

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ABOUT EXXARO
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Introduction
About our integrated report
UNDERSTANDING OUR BUSINESS
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Chairperson's statement
Positioning Exxaro for sustainable growth and impact
About Exxaro
Our operating context
DRIVERS OF VALUE CREATION
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Our value creation
Our business model
Creating value through stakeholder engagement
Our material matters
Our business risks and opportunities
POSITIONING THE BUSINESS FOR GROWTH
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Outgoing and incoming CEOs' reports
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Sustainable Growth and Impact strategy
2021 strategic performance KPIs/performance dashboard
Understanding our key strategic trade-off considerations
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Our leadership
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OUR PERFORMANCE
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OUR MINERAL RESOURCES AND MINERAL RESERVES
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