BETTER People

DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION

AWC fosters a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where employees are respected, valued, and empowered to contribute their full potential. Through inclusive people practices and equal opportunity, the Company seeks to strengthen innovation, employee engagement, leadership readiness, and long-term organizational resilience across its hospitality and real estate portfolio.

STRATEGIC CONTEXT

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are fundamental to AWC’s ability to attract talent, foster innovation, and create long-term value. A diverse workforce and inclusive culture enable employees to contribute their unique perspectives and capabilities, strengthening decision-making, collaboration, and business performance.

As AWC continues to expand across multiple business segments and destinations, the Company is committed to providing equal opportunities and fostering a workplace where individuals are respected, valued, and empowered to succeed, regardless of gender, age, nationality, religion, disability, or other personal characteristics.

By embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the employee lifecycle, including recruitment, development, career advancement, and leadership opportunities, AWC aims to enhance employee engagement, strengthen leadership capability, and build a resilient organization that reflects the diversity of the communities it serves.

COMMITMENTS & TARGET

Diverse Workforce

Foster workforce diversity across all levels of the organization and strengthen representation throughout the talent pipeline.

Equal Opportunity

Promote fair and equitable access to recruitment, development, career progression, and leadership opportunities.

Inclusive Workplace Culture

Create a workplace where all employees feel respected, valued, and empowered to contribute and succeed.

STRATEGY

Diversity & Representation

Strengthening workforce diversity and representation across employee groups and leadership levels to support a balanced and future-ready organization.

Equity & Fair Opportunity

Promote equitable employment practices and equal access to development, advancement, and career opportunities through fair and transparent people processes.

Inclusion & Belonging

Foster an inclusive workplace culture that values different perspectives, encourages participation, and enables employees to feel a sense of belonging.

STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

PERFOMANCE

AWC monitors diversity, equity, and inclusion indicators to understand workforce representation, support equitable talent development, and foster an inclusive workplace culture. Insights from workforce data, employee engagement, and talent management processes are used to strengthen leadership readiness, promote equal opportunities, and support long-term organizational resilience.

Explore our DEI performance highlights

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELL-BEING

AWC is committed to creating safe, healthy, and supportive environments for employees, contractors, tenants, customers, visitors, surrounding communities, and other stakeholders across its hospitality, retail, office, and mixed-use portfolio. We embed occupational health, safety, and well-being throughout the asset lifecycle to protect people, promote physical and mental well-being, and foster a proactive safety culture. By creating trusted environments where people can work, stay, shop, and connect with confidence, we strengthen operational resilience and create long-term sustainable value.

STRATEGIC CONTEXT

Every AWC destination is designed to be a place where people can work, stay, shop, and connect with confidence. As a leading integrated lifestyle real estate group, AWC recognizes that creating safe, healthy, and supportive environments is fundamental to protecting people, enhancing everyday experiences, and earning the trust of employees, contractors, tenants, customers, visitors, and surrounding communities.

Occupational Health, Safety and Well-being is therefore embedded throughout the asset lifecycle to foster a culture of prevention, promote physical and mental well-being, strengthen organizational resilience, and support the sustainable growth of our business.

COMMITMENTS & TARGET

AWC is committed to creating safe, healthy, and resilient workplaces through long-term Occupational Health, Safety and Well-being commitments that drive continual improvement across all business operations while protecting people and promoting workforce well-being.

Zero Fatalities and Serious Injuries

Prevent work-related fatalities and serious injuries through effective risk management, incident prevention, and a strong safety culture across AWC-managed operations.

Reduction of Occupational Injuries

Reduce occupational injuries among employees and contractors through preventive risk management, hazard control, safety performance monitoring, and continual improvement.

Emergency Preparedness & Resilience

Strengthen emergency preparedness and crisis response capabilities through regular planning, training, drills, and continual enhancement of organizational readiness and resilience.

Workforce Health & Well-being

Promote physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being by integrating health and well-being into workplace practices, enabling a resilient, engaged, and high-performing workforce.

STRATEGY

AWC delivers its Occupational Health, Safety and Well-being commitments through four strategic pillars that strengthen prevention, resilience, and workforce well-being across the asset lifecycle. Together, these pillars foster a proactive safety culture while supporting trusted destinations where people can work, stay, shop, and connect with confidence.

Risk-Based Prevention

Proactively identify, assess, and manage occupational health and safety risks through hazard identification, risk assessment, preventive controls, and integration with Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) to prevent incidents before they occur.

Safety Across the Asset Lifecycle

Embed health and safety considerations throughout planning, development, construction, operations, and asset enhancement to ensure consistent safety standards while protecting employees, contractors, tenants, customers, visitors, and surrounding communities.

Emergency Preparedness & Crisis Response

Strengthen organizational resilience through emergency preparedness, crisis management, business continuity planning, and coordinated response mechanisms that protect people, safeguard assets, and minimize operational disruption.

Health, Well-being & Safety Culture

Foster a proactive culture where leadership commitment, employee participation, continuous learning, and well-being initiatives empower people to work safely, stay healthy, and perform at their best.

STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

Advance Workplace Health & Safety

Strengthen preventive risk management, hazard identification, contractor safety, and workplace health practices to create safer and healthier working environments across all business operations. Conduct regular internal safety inspections by qualified ISO 45001 internal auditors.

Strengthen Emergency Preparedness & Organizational

Resilience Enhance emergency preparedness, crisis response, business continuity, and safety governance to strengthen organizational resilience while minimizing operational disruption across AWC's portfolio.

Foster Workforce Health & Well-being

Promote physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being through employee engagement, health initiatives, and supportive workplace practices that enable people to thrive

Build a Strong Safety Culture

Embed a proactive safety culture through leadership commitment, employee participation, continuous learning, and shared accountability to strengthen safe behaviors across the organization and its value chain.

PERFOMANCE

AWC measures the effectiveness of its Occupational Health, Safety and Well-being Strategy through key performance indicators covering workplace health and safety, occupational injuries, emergency preparedness, and workforce well-being. These indicators enable transparent performance monitoring, support continual improvement, and reinforce our commitment to creating safe, healthy, and resilient environments across our portfolio.

Explore our Occupational Health, Safety and Well-being performance highlights

COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION

AWC believes thriving communities are fundamental to creating sustainable destinations and long-term business success. As a developer, owner, and operator of hospitality, retail, and commercial destinations, we integrate community and social considerations throughout our business to create shared value for local communities, our stakeholders, and the Company.

By embedding Community Value across the asset lifecycle, AWC strengthens local partnerships, supports inclusive economic opportunities, preserves cultural identity, and contributes to resilient destinations that generate lasting positive impact for both society and the business.

STRATEGIC CONTEXT

Community and social integration is a core element of AWC's Building Better Future For All strategy. Because our destinations are deeply connected to local communities, culture, and tourism ecosystems, we recognize that long-term business success depends on building trusted relationships and creating shared value with the communities where we operate.

Rather than treating community engagement as a stand-alone social initiative, AWC integrates Community Value into destination development and operations through responsible business practices, strategic partnerships, and programs that strengthen local livelihoods, preserve cultural heritage, and enhance community well-being. This approach supports resilient destinations, reinforces our social license to operate, and contributes to sustainable growth for communities, our partners, and the business.

COMMITMENTS & TARGET

AWC has established four strategic Community Value commitments that guide how the Company creates shared value, strengthens trusted relationships with communities, empowers employees, and collaborates with partners to build resilient destinations and sustainable communities.

Community Engagement & Social License to Operate

Embed structured community engagement throughout the asset lifecycle to build trusted relationships, understand stakeholder needs, manage social impacts, and maintain AWC's social license to operate.

Shared Economic Value Creation

Create shared economic value by connecting local communities with AWC's destinations through responsible procurement, local enterprises, cultural heritage, community-based businesses, and inclusive tourism value chains.

Employee & Organizational Engagement

Foster a culture where employees actively contribute to Community Value through volunteering, knowledge sharing, collaboration, and initiatives that create lasting positive impact for communities.

Strategic Partnerships & Scaled Community Impact

Collaborate with governments, NGOs, community organizations, educational institutions, tenants, operators, suppliers, and business partners to scale positive social impact through strategic partnerships that strengthen community resilience and create shared value.

STRATEGY

AWC delivers its Community Value commitments through an integrated Community & Social Integration Strategy built around four complementary strategic pillars that embed Community Value across the Company's operations, destinations, and partnerships to create long-term shared value for communities and the business.

Operational Community Value Delivery

Deliver tangible social and economic value through responsible business operations, employee volunteering, community development programs, education, environmental stewardship, and initiatives that address local community needs throughout AWC's destinations.

The GALLERY Social Enterprise

Integrate Community Value into AWC's commercial operations by connecting community products, local craftsmanship, cultural heritage, and social enterprises with hospitality, retail, and commercial destinations, creating sustainable income opportunities for local communities.

Community Relations Management Embedded Across the Value Chain

Build trusted and long-term relationships with communities by embedding structured stakeholder engagement, transparent communication, effective grievance management, and community considerations throughout the asset lifecycle, from development and construction to ongoing operations.

Community Value Creation Through Strategic Partnerships

Collaborate with governments, foundations, NGOs, educational institutions, business partners, tenants, operators, suppliers, and community organizations to scale positive social impact, strengthen community resilience, and create long-term shared value.

STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACROSS THE ASSET LIFECYCLE

	Pre-Construction	Construction & Development	Operations
Phase	Building Understanding & Readiness	Ongoing Engagement & Impact Management	Sustained Relationships & Shared Value
Focus	Understanding local community context, expectations, and potential sensitivities before project implementation.	Maintaining active engagement with communities and stakeholders during development to manage real-time impacts.	Embedding community relations into routine asset management to maintain long-term relationships, manage community-related risks, and support operational continuity.
Key Activities	Community profiling and stakeholder mapping Early communication to introduce project objectives Initial feedback gathering to identify potential social risks and opportunities	Continuous consultation and communication with communities Coordination during regulatory and impact assessment processes Feedback and issue-resolution mechanisms to address concerns promptly	Regular dialogue and communication with surrounding communities and relevant stakeholders Operation of community feedback and issue-management mechanisms Coordination with local stakeholders to address operational impacts and emerging concerns
Strategic Outcome	Informed Decision-Making: Early identification of social considerations supports better project planning and risk mitigation.	Responsive Mitigation: Timely monitoring and response reduce disruption, build trust, and support smoother project execution.	Long-Term Partnership: Consistent engagement supports trust, reduces social and reputational risks, and strengthens long-term asset resilience.

PERFOMANCE

AWC monitors the performance of its Community Value Creation Strategy through indicators that measure community engagement, shared value creation, strategic partnerships, and social outcomes across its operations. Performance results support continuous improvement and demonstrate the Company's long-term commitment to creating shared value.

Explore our Community and Social Integration performance highlights

HUMAN RIGHTS

AWC respects internationally recognized human rights and is committed to conducting business responsibly across its operations and value chain. Through a risk-based Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) approach, the Company seeks to identify, prevent, mitigate, and address actual and potential human rights impacts while strengthening responsible business practices and long-term stakeholder trust.

STRATEGIC CONTEXT

Respect for human rights is fundamental to sustainable business and long-term value creation. As AWC operates across hospitality, real estate, construction, and complex value chains, the Company recognizes that its activities may affect employees, business partners, customers, and surrounding communities.

Effective human rights management helps reduce operational, legal, and reputational risks, while strengthening stakeholder trust, promoting responsible business conduct, and supporting sustainable growth throughout the value chain.

AWC integrates human rights considerations into business decision-making, operational practices, and stakeholder engagement processes. Through its Human Rights Due Diligence approach, the Company seeks to identify and manage potential risks, promote fair and respectful treatment, and foster a culture that upholds human dignity, equality, and inclusion across its portfolio.

COMMITMENTS & TARGET

Respect Human Rights Across the Value Chain

Embed respect for human rights throughout operations, business relationships, and relevant value-chain activities.

Strengthen Human Rights Risk Management

Identify, assess, and manage salient human rights risks through ongoing due diligence and stakeholder engagement.

Foster Responsible Business Conduct

Promote ethical business practices, effective grievance mechanisms, and access to remedy for affected stakeholders.

STRATEGY

Human Rights Governance & Accountability

Strengthen governance structures, policies, and oversight mechanisms to ensure effective management of human rights risks and impacts.

Human Rights Due Diligence & Risk Management

Identify, assess, prioritize, and address actual and potential human rights impacts across operations and relevant value-chain activities.

Explore Human Rights Risk Assessment

Stakeholder Protection & Access to Remedy

Promote fair treatment, effective grievance mechanisms, stakeholder engagement, and appropriate remediation where impacts occur.

Remediation Action

HUMAN RIGHTS MANAGEMENT HIERARCHY

PERFOMANCE

AWC continuously strengthens its human rights management practices through human rights risk assessments, due diligence processes, stakeholder engagement, and responsible business conduct initiatives. Insights gained from these activities support ongoing risk mitigation, governance enhancement, and the integration of human rights considerations across operations and relevant value-chain activities.

Explore our human rights performance highlights