Overview Economy Community People Environment Governance & Risk Disclosure GRI & ADX Shaping communities for the future Supporting the wider community The strength of our communities and the strength of Aldar are inextricably linked. We are always looking for ways to promote inclusion, sustainable lifestyles and overall quality of life within our communities. In this way, we play a vital role in supporting Government initiatives, including Abu Dhabi’s 2030 Vision, the UAE’s Vision 2021 and 2030, Ghadan 21, the national Climate Change Plan and the UAE Green Agenda. We have recently announced a partnership to deliver an AED 40 billion project framework, including public housing and associated community infrastructure. In 2020, we invested AED 190 million in several industry-leading responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, which will also bolster communities in the long-term future. Our programmes, for residential communities, schools, retail partners and home buyers, included payment plans, rent relief and educational scholarships. We also introduced Frontline Heroes, a discount programme at our culture, entertainment and hospitality facilities, to support and say a well-deserved ‘thank you’ to the UAE’s essential workers and their families. Encouraging employee contributions to the community Aldar is driven by a strong, ongoing commitment to volunteerism and philanthropy. Our Group Volunteering Policy encourages all directly employed staff to spend five days every year volunteering, on full pay. In 2020, although our corporate volunteering activities had to be temporarily suspended in light of the Government’s social distancing restrictions and travel restrictions within the Emirates, we maintained our progress by contributing in other ways. We are particularly proud of our employees’ commitment, dedication and full support of the ‘Together We Are Good’ programme. Launched by Ma’an’s ‘Social Fund’, it is the vehicle through which the Government receives contributions from the community to tackle pressing social challenges. A total of AED 1 million was contributed by Aldar employees, in the form of financial and in-kind donations. As social restrictions eased throughout 2020, our employees helped to support the safe reopening of our shopping malls and retail outlets. Some of our teams were actively involved in supporting the Abu Dhabi Government through the Emirate-wide malls reopening committee and others volunteered at the health screening and vaccination centres, reaching over 2,000 volunteering hours per day between April and November. 1M Aldar employees contribute AED 1 million to the ‘Together We Are Good’ programme launched by Ma’an AED 190M invested in our communities through support programmes aimed at supporting residential communities, schools, retail partners, homebuyers and the wider community As we look to the future, we will further raise awareness of the opportunities available to our employees and make it even easier for our people to support our communities as part of their working life with Aldar. 41GRI 413-1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0