AUDITS OF OUR EPC AND O&M CONTRACTORS

Environmental, climate, labour, human rights, stakeholder engagement and health and safety risks are carefully managed and monitored on our projects to mitigate potential negative impacts on the natural environments, workers and communities in which we operate. Whilst we require Global Partners working on our behalf to implement their own assurance mechanisms, Sonnedix also undertakes audits of its projects and suppliers to ensure that our ESG Policies and Standards are being followed. As such, the Sonnedix ESG and HSE teams annually produce a Health, Safety, Environment and Community (HSEC) audit plan for key EPC and O&M contractors.

Any non-compliances identified during an audit are reported to the ESG and HSE teams and may be made the subject of an action plan provided to all parties involved.

Over the course of 2022 we conducted 14 HSEC audits of our contractors which spanned across all Sonnedix’s jurisdictions and included projects at various stages of development. 17 major instances of non-compliance were identified out of which 15 were subsequently resolved through implementation of corrective actions. Two remain open and are currently being addressed.