SS S TRTR EMBRACING INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICE Policy and standards TR AA A TETE 2023 TARGETS AND GOALS PROGRESS Our policy is to conduct all our business in accordance with all relevant TE GG G II Continue commitment to the – Work continues towards I CC laws and regulations. We have a zero tolerance approach to bribery C R R Science Based Targets initiative developing short- and medium- R and corruption. We encourage staff to speak up using our confidential EE term targets to support pathway E PP reporting processes if they have any concerns that our Code of P OO to net zero. O RR Conduct, its underlying policies or our values are not being adhered to. R TT Continue commitment to the – Continue to report according to T Task Force on Climate-related requirements set out by the Task For more information see Financial Disclosures Force on Climate-related Financial www.astonmartinlagonda.com/code of conduct. GG Disclosures. G OO O VEVE Understand and engage – Continue to monitor and explore VE RR in emerging areas of best practice across areas R NANNAN sustainability best practice including growing requirements NAN CC around physical resilience to C EE Climate Change. E FF PIONEERING LEADERSHIP F II I NANNAN 2023 TARGETS AND GOALS PROGRESS NAN CC C IALIAL Understand and engage – Continue to monitor new IAL S S in emerging areas of best developments, supported by S practice such as the Science specialist consultants where TT T AA Based Targets Network for appropriate. A TT T EE Nature and the Taskforce E MM M EE on Nature-related Financial E NN N TT Disclosures T SS S BUSINESS CONTEXT FF F UU Delivering the highest standards defines everything we do. We are U RR R TT striving to meet international best-practice standards in areas such as T HH H EE occupational health and safety, environmental management systems and E RR R INF INF energy management systems. We operate in a heavily regulated sector INF and work hard towards ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory OROR obligations in areas ranging from anti-slavery to vehicle safety. OR MM M AA A TT T II In 2023, our materiality assessment highlighted that stakeholders I ONON continue to regard product quality and product safety as the most ON New Code of Conduct significant sustainability issue for the business. It also revealed a significant increase in the importance stakeholders attach to corporate governance and risk management, ranking it the third most important In 2023, we introduced our new Code of Conduct which reflects our th out of 22 sustainability topics (this compared to 12 position last year). values in action, particularly in areas with key ethical or legal Other key governance topics regarded as significant and growing considerations, marking what we stand for and what we expect priorities included sustainability governance and management, supply from each other. chain and sourcing, cyber security and fair and ethical conduct. ASTON MARTIN LAGONDA ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2023 57