1.3 Driving Business for Sustainability Thanachart Group is a business organization committed to conducting business to achieve stable and sustainable performance, with a vision for “creating sustainable and reasonable returns for all stakeholders”. In order to fulfill such a vision, it is therefore essential for the Group to focus on sustainability while conducting business with consideration of the impact on all stakeholders in three main areas: economic, social and environmental dimension. The objectives are to create, develop and fulfill businesses while striking the right balance between economy, society and environment in a sustainable manner. Attention is paid to the operations which encompass various key issues of the Group’s business affairs to the greatest extent possible. The Company is a listed company on the SET under the Financials and Banking sector. The Company operates by holding shares in other companies (Holding Company). The preparation of this report of Driving Business towards Sustainability is to present sustainability performance covering economic, social, and environmental dimension of the Group companies that operate insurance business, life insurance business, securities business, hire purchase and leasing business, non-performing asset management business and secured lending business, for the period of 1 January to 31 December 2021. Governance Structure Thanachart Group’s sustainability actions are carried out under a governance structure where the Board of Directors arranges for the Nomination, Remuneration, and Corporate Governance Committee to be responsible for determining the strategy, policies, goals, and plans to establish the Thanachart Group Sustainability Committee in 2022. The Sustainability Committee is to be chaired by the Company’s CEO and has committee members comprising representatives of both executives and employees of the Company and the Group companies. The Sustainability Committee is to consider sustainability guidelines, supervise and propose to the Nomination, Remuneration, and Corporate Governance Committee. The Sustainability Committee also reviews practices and promotes more participation of the Group employees in the implementation. There shall be a Sustainability Section under the Corporate Secretary Office to oversee the collected sustainability effort whereby the Group companies jointly implement relevant strategies and policies to achieve the desired goals and to meet the expectation of all stakeholders in a sustainable manner. Sustainability Management Policies and Goals ThanachartGroupplacesemphasisonbusinessoperations aimed at sustainability. This will bring about the mutual benefits between Thanachart Group and all stakeholders of the Group. The sustainability management approach has been adopted and continually integrated with the Group’s business practice throughout the year. There is a plan to Board of Directors Nomination, Remuneration, and Corporate Governance Committee Sustainability Committee of Thanachart Group (CEO TCAP Chairman) Sustainability Section under Corporate Secretary Office Group Companies 56-1 One Report / Annual Report 2021 Thanachart Capital Publ ic Company Limited 73
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