Climate Change Data

AMA Group Limited

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, FY24 (July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024))

Reporting Period: 2020

Environmental Metrics

Social Achievements

  • Appointment of Nicole Cook and Carl Bizon as new independent, Non-Executive Directors. Both appointments bring valuable knowledge and skills to the Board.
  • The Board and senior employees reduced remuneration by 20% from May 2020 to June 2020.

Governance Achievements

  • With a strong focus on improving corporate governance, a number of improvements were made during FY20, while at the same time managing the challenges of COVID-19 on the business.
  • revision and adoption of a number of governance policies to align with current best practice, including; Board Charter; Audit Committee Charter; Securities Trading Policy; Conflicts of Interest and Related Party Transaction Policy; Continuous Disclosure Policy; Whistleblower Policy; and improved disclosure in the remuneration report in relation to the remuneration framework and outcomes for Key Management Personnel (KMP).

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Continuing the consolidation of the vehicle panel repair industry.
  • Capitalising on industry technology advancements through innovation.
  • Diversifying our range of services to broaden coverage of the vehicle panel repair industry.
  • Focusing on fleet customer solutions via greenfield or brownfield platforms.
  • Enhancing value add of recycled parts.
  • Continuing to explore diversified, sizeable growth opportunities and, optimising learnings and successes from the recent acquisition of Capital Smart.
  • Ongoing improvement in our journey to achieve operational, systems and corporate governance best practice.
  • Continuing to invest in the growth and development of employees at every level of the business aimed at improving overall performance of the business.
Short-term Goals:
  • Our expectation is that market conditions are likely to remain uncertain and therefore challenging at least into Q1 FY21.

Environmental Challenges

  • Dry weather conditions late in the first half of FY20 reduced repair volumes and coupled with a decrease in year-on-year new car sales and increases in costs of repair as a result of Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems, resulted in a weaker than anticipated financial performance for H1 FY20.
  • The impact of COVID-19 on our operations and revenue generation mainly in the last quarter of FY20 resulted in FY20 Normalised EBITDAI of circa $53 million.
  • The restrictions imposed by the Australian and New Zealand Governments to stem the spread of COVID-19, impacted kilometres travelled, which has a direct impact on revenue generation.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Management’s responses which included optimising resources, improving operational efficiencies, cost management and cash preservation placed the business in a significantly better position than anticipated at the outset of the pandemic, and we are pleased to have delivered a result above expectations.
  • Optimisation of costs in line with repair volume, ensuring customer service was maintained.
  • Management of Government lockdowns and state-wide restrictions imposed in New Zealand and Australia. Government wage subsidy programs assisted the Company in maintaining operations and more importantly retaining capability and skill within the business.
  • Engagement with lenders to secure ongoing liquidity to endure an extended period of business interruption.
  • Adoption of a high standard of health and safety measures and provision of additional support to our employees including via Employee Assistant Programs.
  • Regular Board meetings to assist Management and remain close to the business and developments.
  • The Board and senior employees reduced remuneration by 20% from May 2020 to June 2020.
  • cost-saving initiatives, including site hibernations, downscaling our workforce to match demand, freezing of non-time critical capital expenditure and a reduction of the Group’s senior employees and Board remuneration.
  • proactively engaged with other key stakeholders, including landlords to seek a combination of waivers and deferrals of rental commitments during this period.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 1 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 2 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:Not disclosed
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Safety
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Employee Wellbeing

Environmental Achievements

  • Not disclosed

Social Achievements

  • 50% reduction in Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR)
  • Implementation of The Workplace Diversity Project, Workwell Mental Health program
  • Employed 340 apprentices

Governance Achievements

  • Appointment of two new Independent Non-Executive Directors
  • Strengthened leadership team with several senior appointments
  • Revision and adoption of governance policies

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed

Environmental Challenges

  • Challenging economic conditions due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions
  • Extended periods of lockdown leading to temporary staff stand-downs
  • Skilled labour shortage exacerbated by international border closures
Mitigation Strategies
  • Prudent and proactive actions to protect employees and deliver services
  • Wage subsidies from Australian and New Zealand Governments
  • Additional employee support
  • Focus on operational efficiencies and cost management
  • Close work with major customers to mitigate disruptions
  • Proactive management of skilled labour shortage

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Community
  • Environment
  • Workplace and marketplace
  • Workplace health and safety
  • Diversity and Inclusion

Environmental Achievements

  • Uses water-based paint technology, releasing less organic solvents (<10%) into the atmosphere compared to solvent-based paint.

Social Achievements

  • Reduced Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) by 54% over the previous 12-month period.
  • Supported numerous community programs (R U OK? Day, The Biggest Morning Tea, International Women's Day).
  • Introduced flexible working arrangements (compressed working weeks, early finish times).
  • Implemented a 3-day Frontline Leadership Program for over 60 Centre Managers and Operational Leaders.
  • Continued to grow its Apprentice program (over 350 apprentices).

Governance Achievements

  • Complied with the 4th edition of the ASX Corporate Governance Council’s Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations.
  • Established a Board Skills Matrix to ensure appropriate skill mix among Directors.
  • Appointed a new Non-Executive Director (Talbot Babineau).

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Climate change and associated policy changes and regulation pose a business risk.
  • Economic risks may materially affect the Group’s ability to preserve value for shareholders.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Formal incorporation of climate risk in the Group’s risk register.
  • Commitment to further assessment of climate risk and development of any relevant action plans in the future.
  • Executive General Managers of each division assess, implement and regularly monitor appropriate risk mitigation measures.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • AMA Group aims to work with suppliers who have the same core values and similar approaches as the AMA Group.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Transition Risks
  • Climate change, policy and regulation

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: ASX Corporate Governance Council’s Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations

Reporting Period: 2024

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Corporate Governance
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Risk Management
  • Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
  • Workplace Health and Safety

Environmental Achievements

  • Uses water-based paint technology, releasing less organic solvents (<10%) into the atmosphere compared to solvent-based paint.

Social Achievements

  • Ongoing partnership with NRL Cowboys Foundation, supporting Set to Succeed and the On Common Country First Nations Work Preparation Project.
  • Installation of defibrillators at every site.
  • First aid training for all team members.
  • 450 apprentices at 30 June 2024 with a plan to increase this in FY25.
  • Frontline Leaders 1 and 2 Programs to build leadership capability.
  • Ongoing skill development for qualified tradespeople through partnerships with I-CAR and key suppliers.
  • Continued focus on flexible rostering and working arrangements.
  • Employee Assistance Program providing support to team members and their families.

Governance Achievements

  • Compliance with the 4th edition of the ASX Corporate Governance Council’s Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations.
  • Establishment of an Audit & Risk Committee and a People Committee.
  • Annual assessment of Board and Committee performance.
  • Annual performance evaluation of senior executives.
  • Implementation of an equity-based long-term incentive plan (LTIP).

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Climate change and associated policy changes and regulation posing a business risk.
  • Economic risks that may materially affect the Group’s ability to preserve value for shareholders.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Formal incorporation of climate risk in the Group’s risk register.
  • Commitment to further assessment of climate risk and development of any relevant action plans in the future.
  • Executive General Managers of each division assess, implement and regularly monitor appropriate risk mitigation measures.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • AMA Group aims to work with suppliers who have the same core values and similar approaches as the AMA Group.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: ASX Corporate Governance Council’s Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations

Reporting Period: FY24 (July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024)

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Recycling productivity
  • Employee turnover reduction
  • Board diversity

Environmental Achievements

  • Improved recycling productivity at ACM Parts (though specific metrics are not provided)

Social Achievements

  • Reduced voluntary employee turnover by 8.4 percentage points to 30.0%

Governance Achievements

  • Refreshed Board brings depth of experience and has a commitment to profitable growth

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Five-year pre-AASB 16 EBITDA margin target of ~9%
Medium-term Goals:
  • Grow Capital SMART network by 3-5 sites per year over 5 years.
  • Expand AMA Prestige footprint, targeting higher charge-out rates.
  • Wales expansion targeting $1.5 million in annualised EBITDA over the next two years.
Short-term Goals:
  • Project Wallaby targeting >$20m in annualised pre-AASB 16 EBITDA benefits over the next 3 years in AMA Collision.
  • Reduce vacancies in AMA Collision from ~250 to ~100.

Environmental Challenges

  • Cash constraints in 1H24 impacting AMA Collision, leading to volume and team member loss.
  • Customer relationship impacts from FY23 repricing activities.
  • Lower scrap commodity prices impacting ACM Parts reclaimed parts margins.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Completed network rationalisation in AMA Collision.
  • Implemented Project Wallaby for operational improvement in AMA Collision.
  • Decision to sell ACM Parts and focus on core collision repair portfolio.
  • Successful equity raising to improve liquidity.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities