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Sustainability Governance

Sustainability governance at Pantech Global begins at the top. Our Board of Directors holds ultimate oversight and accountability for the Group’s sustainability direction, ensuring that economic, environmental, social and governance considerations are embedded into our strategic priorities and business decisions — not treated as a separate consideration from how we run our business.

This commitment is reinforced through continuous learning. Board members actively engage in capacity-building programmes to deepen their understanding of sustainability and climate-related matters, ensuring oversight remains informed as expectations and risks evolve. Sustainability-related competencies are periodically assessed as part of this commitment, reflecting the Board’s belief that strong governance starts with informed leadership.

Oversight is cascaded through a structured governance framework — from the Board to the Sustainability Management Committee, and down to dedicated taskforces at the operational level — ensuring that sustainability strategy translates into consistent action across the Group.

Sustainability Governance

Board of Directors

Monitor and govern Sustainability strategies, policies and management of economic, environmental and social issues

Sustainability Management Committee (“SMC”)

  • Develops and implements Sustainability Strategy aligned with the group’s vision, mission and core values
  • Establishes Sustainability Policies and guidelines to ensure compliance with relevant regulations
  • Leads the Sustainability Taskforce to execute Sustainability Strategy and coordinate implementation across ESG areas:

  • Environment

    a. Pollution & Resources
    b. Climate Change
    c. Water Security

  • Social

    a. Labour Standards
    b. Health & Safety
    c. Human Rights & Community

  • Governance

    a. Risk Management
    b. Corporate Governance
    c. Anti-Corruption

  • Reviews and monitors ESG performance and identifies areas for improvements

Sustainability Taskforce

  • Sets action plans and guides subsidiaries or departments involved in its implementation
  • Collects, analyses and reports key indicator data to the Coordinator

Coordinator

  • Intermediates between SMC and Sustainability Taskforce to communicate feedback between both parties
  • Participates in executing and implementing the Sustainability Strategy set out by SMC
  • Compiles the data for key indicators to be submitted to SMC on a quarterly basis

Enhanced Governance / Independence of Audit

This governance structure is further reinforced by rigorous audit independence practices, including mandatory rotation of the lead audit partner every seven years with a five-year cooling-off period. The Audit and Risk Management Committee (“ARMC”), chaired by an Independent Non-Executive Director, oversees this practice in accordance with the professional standards established by the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (“MIA”).

For more information, please refer to the ARMC Terms of Reference available on our website: https://pantechglobal.com/investor-relations

Business Ethics and Anti-Corruption

Related UN SGDs

Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Pantech Global is committed to upholding ethical business practices, strong corporate governance, and accountability. Through responsible business conduct, secure reporting channels for misconduct, and a diverse and inclusive workplace, Pantech Global promotes a culture of integrity, fairness, and respect, contributing to a peaceful, just, and inclusive society.

Why is this important

  • Risk: Lapses in governance structure or unethical practices can lead to reputational damage, penalties, legal action, loss of business opportunities, and erosion of stakeholder trust.
  • Opportunity: Upholding ethical business conduct strengthens business integrity and builds stakeholder trust — a competitive differentiator, particularly given Pantech’s recognition as a genuine manufacturer by the European Commission and US Department of Commerce, which underpins access to critical export markets.

Our Approach

  • Anchored by the Code of Ethics (“CoE”), which sets out principles of honesty, impartiality, and fairness governing interactions with customers, suppliers, and related parties.
  • Zero-tolerance stance on corruption formalised through the Anti-Bribery and Corruption (“ABAC”) Policy, guided by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009.
  • Complemented by a Conflict of Interest (“COI”) Policy ensuring Directors and Key Senior Management discharge fiduciary duties free from compromise.
  • A Whistleblowing Policy provides a secure, confidential channel for stakeholders to raise concerns without fear of retaliation.
  • Regular ABAC training and workshops conducted throughout the year for all staff.

Our Performance

1. Corruption-related Risk Assessment

100% of our operations within the reporting scope underwent the corruption risk assessment. All identified risk categories fell within the Low Residual Risk range.

Pantech Global completed our first ABAC Risk Assessment since our listing in March 2025, covering 100% of business and operational functions. All identified risk categories fell within the Low Residual Risk range, attributed to multi-level approval processes, segregation of duties, and restricted system access controls. This baseline assessment will support the next phase — evaluating existing control effectiveness and identifying enhancement opportunities.

FY2025 FY2026
Percentage of Operations Assessed for Corruption-related risk 100%* 100%

* By virtue of a comprehensive risk assessment conducted by Internal Audit on PSI and PSA in the second half of FY2024
that covered all functions within the reporting entity.

2. Anti-Bribery and Corruption Training

Employee by Function Completion Rate (FY2025) Completion Rate (FY2026)
Management 100% 100%
Administrative 100% 100%
Operation 100% 100%
Employee by Level Completion Rate (FY2025) Completion Rate (FY2026)
Director 100% 100%
Management 100% 100%
Executive/supervisory 100% 100%
Non-executive 100% 100%

3. Bribery and Corruption Incidents

FY2025 FY2026
Confirmed incidents of corruption and action taken 0 0
Substantiated bribery cases reported 0 0
Substantiated corruption cases reported 0 0

Cybersecurity and Data Privacy

Related UN SGDs

Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Pantech Global is committed to upholding ethical business practices, strong corporate governance, and accountability. Through responsible business conduct, secure reporting channels for misconduct, and a diverse and inclusive workplace, Pantech Global promotes a culture of integrity, fairness, and respect, contributing to a peaceful, just, and inclusive society.

Why is this important

  • Risk Data breaches and inadequate cybersecurity can disrupt operations, lead to financial losses, legal action, and damage to customer trust.
  • Opportunity Robust data privacy and cybersecurity measures help protect sensitive and critical information, enabling Pantech Global to maintain competitive advantage and stakeholder trust.

Our Approach

  • Governed by a dedicated Cyber Risk Policy, which articulates Pantech Global’s approach to managing cyber threats and securing sensitive data across digital systems.
  • Access to data is restricted to personnel with legitimate responsibilities, with stringent protocols in place for highly sensitive matters such as changes to banking details and payment requests.
  • Access rights and user activities are reviewed regularly to prevent misuse or unauthorised access.
  • Technical safeguards include routine offsite backups, endpoint security with threat protection, firewalls, and email filtering — with systems equipped to detect script emulation, zero-day exploits, and malware variants through pattern and reputation-based analysis.
  • Periodic audits are conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of data protection controls.

Our Performance

FY2025 FY2026
No. of substantiated complaints concerning breaches in data privacy and security 0 0

Policies In Effect

Pantech Global has formalised the following policies which state our commitment and stand.

Reading of the Board Charter, Terms of Reference and policies are available on our website: https://pantechglobal.com/investor-relations/