Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. Commitment to Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility Advancing the CG Client Offering Operate with integrity Respectpeopleandcommunities Respect our planet Keyreporting frameworks Tohelpinformourdecision-makingregardingthecontentandourstrategyof ourESGreportinginitiative,weperformedextensivebenchmarkinganalysis tohelpusunderstandwhatotherfirmsinourpeergroupwerereporting.We Incorporation of Employee Diversity & Environmental, Social, and relied upontheSustainabilityAccountingStandardsBoard(SASB) tohelpus Inclusion Governance Factors in Business Ethics Investment Management& understandtheareasthatmaybeofmostrelevancetoourinvestors,andwe Advisory referredbroadlytotheUnitedNationsSustainableDevelopmentGoalsto helpguideourprogressinareasthatarenotdirectlycoveredbySASB. SASBMATERIALITYMAP UNITEDNATIONSSUSTAINABLE SASBwasfoundedasanon-profitorganization DEVELOPMENTGOALS Professional Integrity SystemicRiskManagement EmployeeIncentives &Risk in 2011 to help businesses and investors develop TheUNSustainableDevelopmentGoalswere Taking acommonlanguageaboutthefinancialimpacts establishedin2015byworldleaderstoendpoverty, of sustainability. Over the years, the corporate protecttheplanet, and seek toensureprosperity for sustainability disclosure landscape has become all. verycomplex.Many globalbusinessesandinvestors The17GoalswereadoptedbyallUNMemberStates havebeencallingforsimplificationandclarityin in 2015, as part of the 2030 Agendafor Sustainable this landscape. In response, in November 2020the Developmentwhichsetouta15-yearplantoachieve International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) theGoals. andtheSustainability AccountingStandardsBoard (SASB)announcedtheirintentiontomergeintothe Asa resultofourreview,wehavedeterminedthat Value ReportingFoundation, whichwasofficially ourcurrentactivities mostcloselyalign withthegoals formedinJune2021.By integratingtwoentitiesthat set forth here. arefocusedonenterprisevaluecreation,themerger signaled significant progress towards simplification. TheValueReportingFoundationoffersa comprehensivesuiteof resources—including Integrated Thinking Principles, the Integrated ReportingFramework,andSASBStandards— designedtohelpbusinessesandinvestorsdevelopa sharedunderstandingofenterprisevalue.
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