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18 INFINITY POWER 2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT | PROTECTING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

Managing our lifecycle

environmental impacts

We manage our environmental impacts We closely monitor environmental incidents, tracking For the second consecutive year, we received zero

any potential issues such as spills, flooding, waste environmental fines from regulators across our
carefully to protect Africa’s diverse
dumping, and hazardous material releases. Our operations in 2024, reflecting our commitment to
ecosystems, where renewable energy
monitoring system categorises events as either minor compliance and environmental stewardship.
projects can overlap with biodiversity or serious, with appropriate alerts, incident response

and resource-dependent communities. and corrective actions applied. We view any incident

as a learning opportunity with insights shared across Environmental incidents

our portfolio.
We apply safeguards to reduce harm and seek to 12
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improve environmental outcomes. We go beyond 10
In 2024 we maintained our record of zero serious
compliance, guided by international best practices 8
environmental incidents and only two minor incidents 6
and IFC Performance Standards.
across our operations, which was a significant 4
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improvement from the 11 reported last year. These 2
Managing our environmental impacts 0 0
incidents occurred at our Kangnas and Perdekraal 0
2023 2024
With Environmental Management Systems (EMS) East sites.

at each site, we assess and mitigate environmental

and social risks throughout project lifecycles. Our At Kangnas wind farm, a pipe burst in a contractor’s Serious: Environmental incidents requiring
emergency service response or notification to
Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) experts in each waste truck, causing a minor oil spill. Our team quickly
authorities, flooding that causes property damage,
country monitor and manage site-level impacts and contained it and cleaned the area to prevent ground
or a significant spill into the environment
implement E&S action plans bespoke to each project. pollution. At Perdekraal East wind farm, we recorded a
Minor: Environmental incidents that require a
wildlife incident in which a vehicle hit a small buck on the
response for compliance with environmental permitting
access road. We improved wildlife awareness training

for everyone on site as a result.