Chemical Company of Malaysia Berhad Sustainability Report 2019

| Statement from Our Chairman | We intend on embedding the agenda of sustainability in a greater manner within the Group’s operations as well as elevating our disclosure levels. Last year, we aligned our Sustainability Report with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Reporting guidelines. This has allowed us to move beyond just weighing our sustainability performance against our local industry peers and to benchmark ourselves against global market leaders through standardised GRI disclosures. Today, we are working on measures to enhance CCM’s existing practices and disclosures against the relevant reporting standards, sustainability guidelines as well as selected assessment comparators. This will enable us to identify best practices, develop assessment criteria and perform gap analyses in relation to sustainability practices across the short, medium and long-term. As we evaluate our overall sustainability management programme, we are also determining our sustainability goalswith the end objective of ensuring sustainable business growth. At the same time, we are examining the sustainability risks and opportunities associated with our business operations. As we review these areas among others, this will ultimately result in the development of CCM’s Sustainability Roadmap encompassing a sustainability management framework, an implementation plan and an improved reporting outline for CCM’s future EES disclosures to stakeholders. As we venture forth amidst a highly competitive playing field pursuant with our sustainability agenda, we will continue to maximise opportunities in areas such as value creation, industry collaboration, innovation, community enrichment and sustainable nation building. In all that we do, we will maintain focus on consistently meeting our vision and mission of being a responsible company committed to enhancing quality of life. We call upon all our stakeholders to continue lending us their staunch support as we work towards enhancing our sustainability reporting and lay down strong foundations for a sustainable future. I trust that you will find CCM’s Sustainability Report 2019 an informative and interesting read. Thank you. DATO’ IDRIS BIN KECHOT Chairman Chemical Company of Malaysia Berhad 14 CHEMICAL COMPANY OF MALAYSIA BERHAD