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13 INFINITY POWER 2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT | LEADING THE JUST ENERGY TRANSITION

Partnering with contractors

to achieve high standards

Strong partnerships with contractors Managing contractor workforce relations Listening to all workers

are crucial to Infinity Power’s success We want everyone involved in our projects to return Effective communication and workforce engagement

as we expand our operations across home safely each day. This extends to everyone in our are essential to maintaining strong contractor

contractors’ workforces, and we expect partners to apply relationships. Our project grievance mechanisms
the continent.
the same fair labour and safety practices as we uphold are accessible to all workers and ensure that any

in our own business. concerns are addressed promptly and transparently.
We work exclusively with contractors who share our
The company wide Speak Up policy also ensures that
commitment to safe and ethical business practices,
Contractors are required to apply Infinity Power’s social people are free to report concerns of wrongdoing
environmental stewardship, and respect for human
policy and protect their workers’ rights, as well as sharing without fear of repercussions.
rights. We have detailed due diligence processes in
our commitment to protecting human rights, respecting
place when working with new partners, and we require
collective bargaining rights, and promoting diversity and In 2024, we received 11 grievances from workers,
all contractors to adhere to our company environmental
equal opportunity. including contractor employees. For instance, at West
and social policies.
Bakr wind farm security workers raised grievances about

unfair dismissal. We investigated and found that the
In some cases, we have shifted from a hands-off
security company were within reason not to renew their
shareholder role in projects to more active involvement
contracts, but we identified a pay discrepancy for their
in operations and maintenance, bringing project
final period of work, which we promptly corrected.
operations in-house where appropriate.

Our workforce has our full support, and we recognise
In 2024, we brought contractor management in-house
the value of positive relationships with our contractors,
across three of our South African wind farms, with further
with their workers, and their employee representatives.
integration of some additional sites planned in 2025.

Similarly, we’ve taken over managing our Egyptian

solar assets directly. Taking direct operational control

improves our oversight of HSE performance, ensures

consistent operational and sustainability standards,

and allows us to track performance indicators more

efficiently across sites.