Material Topics and Priorities
Our sustainability priorities are guided by materiality assessments, which focus reporting on the topics most relevant to our business and stakeholders and enable consistent monitoring of performance. The material topics presented in this report remain aligned with Almarai’s 2019–2025 sustainability strategy and the outcomes of prior materiality assessments.
In 2025, we undertook a materiality refresh exercise to reconfirm our current material topics and gather internal input on an expanded set of environmental, social, and governance issues ahead of the next strategy cycle. This exercise was designed to strengthen internal understanding of double materiality concepts and inform the development of future reporting priorities.
As an initial step in this year’s report, each topic chapter introduces a double materiality perspective by describing both Almarai’s impacts and the sustainability-related risks and opportunities that could affect the business.
*Biodiversity was also reviewed as part of the materiality assessment due to its relevance to several of our 12 primary material topics. While it was not identified as a standalone material topic with a dedicated chapter, it is addressed within other chapters under the “Protecting the Planet” pillar and through relevant ESG policies and position statements.