Human Rights

Salik’s Human Rights Policy applies across the Company and extends to all employees, regardless of grade, as well as the Board of Directors. It also extends to suppliers and partners across Salik’s value chain. To support awareness and consistent application, the Policy is communicated to employees internally and is publicly available on Salik’s website.

The Policy aligns with international frameworks, including the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, and applicable UAE regulations. Key commitments include:

• Zero tolerance for forced or compulsory labour, child labour, and modern slavery.
• Providing equal pay for equal work.
• Promoting diversity and inclusion.
• Creating a workplace free from harassment, intimidation, and discrimination.
• Maintaining safe and healthy working conditions.
• Supporting fair work hours, wages, and benefits, with salaries paid through the UAE Wages Protection System.
• Upholding the rights of People of Determination.
• Ensuring that suppliers and third parties adhere to ethical sourcing practices, environmental standards, and labour law compliance requirements.

Human Rights Due Diligence

Salik operationalises its policy commitment through a structured Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) procedure aligned with the UNGPs’ ‘corporate responsibility to respect’ approach. HRDD covers Salik’s own activities and business relationships and extends to partners and entities across the value chain, including suppliers, service providers, consultants, contractors, and subcontractors, as well as customers and the communities in which Salik operates. It prioritises topics relevant to the Company’s operating context and value chain, including forced labour, migrant worker welfare, discrimination, health and safety, and data privacy.

The HRDD process is designed to identify, prevent, and mitigate potential adverse impacts and to demonstrate accountability through regular monitoring and reporting. The procedure is structured around five connected elements.

1. Human Rights Impact Assessment
2. Ongoing assessment of human rights risks
3. Value chain assessment
4. Oversight and grievance handling
5. Monitoring, reporting, and improvement

For further detail, refer to the Human rights DDP.
For further detail, refer to the HRDD report.

Human rights mitigation measures are embedded within Company policies, supplier requirements, and grievance mechanisms and apply across Salik’s workforce and operating activities. In the event of an adverse human rights impact, Salik maintains established remediation processes, including confidential reporting channels, investigation procedures, corrective actions, and access to remedy, in line with its Human Rights Policy and Whistleblower Policy.

Responsible Business

Responsible Supply Chain

Procurement decisions are overseen by the CEO and senior management to ensure sustainability principles are embedded into supply chain management. These expectations are then formalised through Salik’s Supplier Code of Conduct, which applies to direct suppliers, who are expected to uphold these standards within their operations and across their supply chains. The Code defines core expectations on business integrity and responsible conduct, including effective governance and internal controls, fair and transparent procurement practices, proactive conflict‑of‑interest disclosure, protection of personal data, human rights compliance, and a zero‑tolerance stance towards bribery and corruption.

The Supplier Code of Conduct includes a publicly available grievance mechanism that is communicated to suppliers. Grievances can be submitted through different channels and are always investigated fairly and impartially. Retaliation against whistleblowers is not tolerated. Where grievances are substantiated, Salik may implement corrective actions, remediation, and additional training or operational changes to prevent recurrence.

In 2025, Salik implemented a Supplier ESG Programme integrated into procurement and supplier engagement processes. The programme introduced an automated ESG Screening through the Enterprise Resource Planing (ERP) at the supplier registration stage. In addition, the Company plans to embed ESG clauses into supplier contracts and integrate a supplier ESG score as a weighted input within tender evaluations in the coming years. These measures will support technical evaluation outcomes and provide preferential consideration during supplier selection and contract award. Sustainability performance supports technical evaluation outcomes and preferential consideration during supplier selection and contract award. Where gaps are identified, suppliers receive structured feedback and improvement actions. Suppliers that are unable to meet minimum sustainability requirements will be restricted from participation in procurement processes until alignment is achieved. Oversight is provided at the executive management level, with implementation coordinated through the Contracting & Procurement Section in collaboration with the ESG team.

In 2025, Salik’s approved supplier base comprised 51 suppliers. ESG screening was conducted across the full supplier base within the Company’s procurement and supplier governance framework. Based on defined screening criteria that consider business relevance, operational criticality, and ESG relevance of the services provided, one supplier was identified as significant and underwent a more detailed evaluation during the reporting period. No substantial actual or potential negative ESG impacts were identified, and therefore, no corrective action plans were required.

Responsible Artificial Intelligence

To support responsible adoption, Salik is developing a Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Policy, expected to be finalised in 2026. The policy will set principles for ethical AI use across the organisation, including safeguards related to data privacy, transparency, human oversight of AI‑assisted decisions and clearly defined boundaries on permitted and prohibited AI use cases.

Within Salik, selected AI‑enabled tools are currently used to support productivity and software development activities, while the formal governance framework is under development, foundational controls are already applied, including human review of AI‑generated outputs, employee awareness on the ethical use of AI tools, data privacy safeguards aligned with existing information security practices and vendor compliance requirements for third‑party AI platforms. At this stage, AI applications are primarily used to support internal productivity and development, and related financial impacts are limited and not separately quantified.

Across Salik, we continue to assess opportunities to responsibly leverage advanced technologies to enhance customer service, operational efficiency and system reliability. Any future deployment of AI‑enabled capabilities within operational environments will be subject to established information security, data protection and operational governance controls, supported by appropriate human oversight and safeguards.