BIMB Integrated Annual Report 2019

Economic Environment Ensuring Sustainable Business Operations Amidst Challenges Why is this important to us? Our main aim is to ensure that we continuously create economic value from our business, demonstrate resilience in earnings and deliver consistent returns to our stakeholders. To do this, we keep a close pulse on the evolution of the financial and business landscape, and its impact on the economic environment. The ongoing economic challenges which include trade tensions, policy uncertainties and fluctuations in commodity prices globally have an impact on business performances and the financial market landscape. To ensure continuous and resilient business sustainability, BHB looks towards consolidation and alignment as key elements in our business model and corporate strategy to unlock value for our shareholders. In conducting our materiality assessment, we looked at factors that would greatly have an impact on our long-term sustainable growth as well as its impact to our stakeholders according to our strategic priorities. In formulating our sustainability strategy, we consider how these factors impact the interests of our internal and external stakeholders, as well as our impact towards economic, environment and social concerns. This assessment aims to facilitate the development of a strategy for long-term value creation for our stakeholders. Integrated Annual Report 2019 Group Overview Sustaining The Group Management Discussion & Analysis Group Governance 64 MATERIAL MATTERS