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Unfortunately, COVID 19 disrupted our Mandela Day CSI initiative this year. In the past we committed 46
hours in and around the 18th of July to feeding the community as well as doing other community enrichment
programmes. Our goal in 2021, COVID restrictions permitting, is to recommit 46 hours to a good cause in
and around Mandela Day.

We have continued with our Xperien Cycling Club as part of our Community/Staff Wellness Initiative. This
initiative encourages a healthy lifestyle through exercise: youtube.com/watch?v=Mwdh15KRpv8
The company is committed to aligning its operations and strategies with universally accepted principles in
the areas of human rights, labour, environment, and anti-corruption as established by the UN Global
Compact – of which we are a member. In addition, the company identifies the impact of its activities with
several of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s;1,3,5,8,9,10,12,13,14,15&16).

Identifying and Managing Economic, Environmental and Social

Impacts

Xperien identifies economic, environmental, and social topics by determining the significance of specific
topics to stakeholders as well as to the organisation. This involves measuring a topic’s significance to our
operations against its importance to stakeholders. A key aspect of this sustainability strategy and reporting
has been done through materiality analysis. This process of defining report content and topic boundaries
assesses risks and opportunities related to our mission and stakeholders.

The outcome of this process is a matrix that shows all topics which were identified and prioritised according
to importance to our business and stakeholders. This helps us focus on topics with the highest priority. The
information gained through this process can support decisions about the direction of the business and
allows for the integration of sustainability topics into the core business strategy.
In writing this report, the aspects of our sustainability strategy and reporting were defined through the
following:

Sustainability Context

The context in which the company operates locally and internationally was considered when determining
the list of relevant topics. The analysis focused on potential material topics, reflecting the sustainability
impacts of operations, products, and services. The identification of potential material topics included the
creation of a comprehensive list of topics guided by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Various
sources were consulted in the process of streamlining topics.
These sources included:
• Topics highlighting the Health & Safety Management System ISO45001, Environmental
Management System ISO14001 and Quality Management System ISO9001.
• Global Reporting Initiative standards
• BBBEE legislations
Relevant topics assumed to be important to interest groups and stakeholders:
• Environment (Climate Change) (SDG 13)
• Environment (Responsible Sourcing and Recycling, Energy and Water Management, Materials and
Waste Management, Circular Economy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Environmental Compliance
etc.) (SDG 12, 13, 14, 15)
• Social (Equality, Diversity, Poverty, HIV/AIDS, COVID-19 etc.) (SDG 1, 3, 5)

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