LOOKING FORWARD

EHSS

EHSS will continue to play an important role in SABIC’s global operations moving forward. A key objective is to address underlying factors to improve our EHSS Maturity Index such as:

– Increasing awareness on SHEM Management Systems and requirements for safe operations through enhanced compliance.

– Increasing interaction with Global EHSS, site management, and site inclusion of front-liners in various EHSS reviews and actions to capitalize on engagement.

– Improving incident reporting and near-miss generation in SERA, while sharing SHEM best practices across sites.

SABIC also intends to continue key process-safety programs as process-safety competency needs are integrated into the OMS training matrix. These include:

– Developing Level Batches 6 and 7 will be conducted in 2023 via the Process Safety programs in association with the Mary Kay O’Conner Process Safety Center

– Encouraging more candidates to participate in the PHA Leader Qualification program as another 10 candidates prepare to be certified in early 2023.

– Conducting advanced training on Consequence Modeling & Facility Siting for 14 Process Safety and Fire Prevention engineers.

In addition, SABIC will closely monitor developments surrounding the United Nations Global Plastic Treaty through its business associations to keep its strategy aligned with the Treaty’s purpose.

RISK AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE MANAGEMENT

Moving into 2023, we continue to keep our 2025 EHSS strategy on risk discovery and management in line to enhance the competency of SABIC's SMEs to follow risk discovery methods practiced at SABIC. Having completed the third enhancement phase of our Crisis Management Mobile Application to coordinate crisis teams globally, we are eyeing a Q1 2023 go-live.

As we place increasing emphasis on sustainable waste management as a tactic to minimize our environmental footprint, it is vital to enhance the definition of waste in our KPIs to provide more details about our waste generation performance and improve environment-related disclosures. Therefore, SABIC intends to start disclosing waste metrics in accordance with GRI criteria in 2023.

Moreover, we aim to incorporate the lessons learnt from our participation in the 2022 Global Nature Benchmark from the World Benchmarking Alliance to develop a SABIC Biodiversity Framework to improve our efforts in minimizing negative impacts on biodiversity.

PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP

For Product Stewardship, several key areas of concentration are apparent for 2023 and the near future. We plan to reboot the Responsible Care^® program by implementing the new Product Safety Code; along with continuous improvement in our product risk management and value chain expansion, this will significantly improve the Responsible Care^® program and expand its scope.

From a cultural vantage point, SABIC will be moving to a hybrid training system for our Product Stewardship Experience program. Due to previous Covid limitations, we plan to hold both virtual and in-class training sessions in 2023; the in-class pilots will focus on manufacturing operations and associated personnel in the Middle East.

Meanwhile, the Safer Chemistry program will be further strengthened by incorporating the new Responsible Care^® product safety code into our Product Stewardship management system (SHEM-16). These new Safer Chemistry business metrics and a new communications strategy will further solidify its position internally and be embedded further into the business processes at SABIC.

SABIC will continue to invest in the Product Stewardship program, growing its capacity and capabilities to keep pace with global growth and societal expectations. A new team focused on product compliance systems and master data will be officially staffed and in operation to take the program forward in 2023.