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Sustainability

Sun International's Environmental Strategy

Doing business sustainably is part of the group’s purpose of creating lasting memories for all key stakeholders. Sun International’s ongoing commitment to the environment and social and governance considerations ensures that we maintain our operational and social licence to operate and that we are viewed as a responsible corporate citizen.

Sustainability Strategy

Sun International’s sustainability strategy and commitments safeguard our long-term prosperity by ensuring we maintain both our operational and social licence to operate. Our approach integrates environmental responsibility with our vision of providing memorable guest experiences, creating employment opportunities, delivering superior shareholder returns, and generating genuine value for the communities in which we operate all while actively reducing our environmental footprint. 

Sustainability is embedded in Sun International’s business strategy and decision-making, from board and executive leadership through to employees at every business unit. Recognising the need for a more formalised approach, the Group established a dedicated Sustainability Department in 2017 to support, coordinate, and drive strategy across all units, standardise policies and procedures, and align stakeholder engagement with the Group’s strategic priorities. Our strategy is built on three core pillars: environmental stewardship, health and safety, and socio-economic development. These pillars are reinforced through two of our key strategic objectives are Our People and Governance & Sustainability, which ensure sustainability remains at the centre of operations. In addition, our sustainability agenda strengthens the Group’s broader strategic objectives: enhancing guest experience and operational excellence, protecting and leveraging our asset portfolio, and pursuing responsible growth into new markets and products. 

Sustainability Objectives

Some of the key objectives of Sun International’s sustainability strategy are to:

  • Continue to elevate and promote sustainable business practices across all aspects of the group
  • Ensure direct board and executive level oversight and accountability of the three sustainability pillars
  • Create a sustainability culture throughout the group that is linked to our SunWay Formula for success
  • Ensure ongoing performance improvements to achieve our sustainable business targets and objectives
  • Facilitate regular internal and external communication with key stakeholders on sustainability challenges, risk and opportunities
  • Report on sustainability strategies, goals and accomplishments in an open and transparent manner; and
  • Create long-term shared value for all stakeholder directly and indirectly affected by our operations.

Sustainability Pillars

The Sun International Sustainability Strategy is guided by specific objectives and targets across its three pillars of sustainability:

Environmental

Health & Safety

Socio-economic Development

Sustainability Culture

A key objective of our sustainability strategy is to embed a sustainability culture throughout the group, and our employees remain the key drivers in effectively implementing this culture through sustainability initiatives within our units. To strengthen this process, a sustainability culture programme is being developed, which informs a tiered approach to achieving behavioural change within Sun International.

Sustainable Engagement

Every aspect of our business interacts with stakeholders and all our stakeholder relationships impact directly and indirectly on our business and its reputation. Key stakeholders include employees, customers and guests, equity partners and debt funders, regulatory and industry bodies, gaming boards, unions, and communities.

Our social and relationship capital has a direct impact on our financial capital, as it influences whether consumers decide to become our guests, whether suppliers choose to be vendors, and whether government believes that we are complying with regulations, giving back to the community and driving economic development.

Sun Internationals stakeholder engagement ensures that the group’s relationships with these stakeholders offer shared value and sustainable socio-economic development opportunities.