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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN
the decade of action has begun
Since publishing our first sustainability report in 2022, global economic growth forecasts have weakened, yet our commitment to building a sustainable future has not. In fact, the business, security, and moral case for the green transition has only become stronger.
The same fateful week when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the leading authority on climate change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), issued a stark warning to the global community. They demonstrated that the climate is changing faster than our capacity to adapt. Over a year later, with the publication of its latest report, the IPCC’s alarm bells continue to ring, and the calls for the world to do more are only getting louder.
And while we at Vaculug believe passionately in
the need to curb climate change, this is the not the only part of sustainability that we focus on. Our #SustainableThinking campaign is about much more than climate change and the environment, which we believe is only one part of the equation. We believe it is important to support and sustain communities both in the developed and the developing world. Hence, we support wholeheartedly the efforts of
the Zenises Foundation, our charitable arm, which has developed several programmes specifically for Vaculug to help the world become a better place.
We believe it is important to build a sustainable organisation built on family values that our children can be proud of. Afterall, it is the next generation t hat will eventually inherit these organisations, as well as the earth on which they will live for years to come.
We believe it is important to inspire other organisations to join our love of sustainability.
We are only a small cog in the wheel. We join the global community working towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established by the
United Nations. In line with the SDGs, in 2022 we developed our first Sustainability Strategy, which outlines our goals and commitments for the coming years. To support us on this journey, over the past years we engaged sustainability experts to help us assess our impact, and to guide us on the design and implementation of our strategy. Without the support and partnership of our customers and suppliers we will not be able to achieve the goals that we set out
to make the world a better place, for our children and their children.
We invite you to join us on our journey of sustainable thinking, as we cannot do this without your support.
God Bless all of you and your families. Waheguruji.
Haarjeev Kandhari
Vaculug, Chairman
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