AYO voluntary endorses the UN SDGs and strives to positively contribute to achieving these. In the process of managing our multiple capitals and creating and preserving stakeholder value, we aim to make tangible, sustainable impact and contribution to the UN SDGs in alignment with South Africa’s National Development Plan (NDP). We employ leading practices in upholding the most material SDGs in line with our core business, focusing on education, social and enterprise development and alleviating poverty and hunger. We also continuously benchmark our performance against global best practices.

In line with our strategic direction, we support the following SDGs and provide a detailed report on the meaningful impact we have created on pages 104-111.