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SUSTAINABILITY REPORT | 2013 19 What Matters Most Stakeholder Engagement Qatalum frst completed a mapping of its main stakeholders, company impacts on them, and their needs in 2011. this has helped us in determining our sustainability strategy and approach. to see a full map of Qatalum’s stakeholders and the many ways Qatalum engages them, go to the Qatalum website. (G4-24–27) Town hall Meetings Qatalum promotes an open and transparent culture from the highest level of management. each month Qatalum’s ceo hosts a town Hall meeting for employees from every level. during the meetings the ceo shares company challenges and successes so that everyone can share in the company’s achievements. unique to these meeting is the fact that any employee can share concerns or directly ask the ceo questions about the company. Qatalum’s Material Issues in 2013, Qatalum underwent a detailed materiality assessment to determine the social, environmental and economic aspects that were most material to the company and its stakeholders based on the Gri G4 guidelines. this was completed based on previous years’ stakeholder maps and aspect coverage and a complete review by Qatalum’s sustainability manager. in the future Qatalum plans to take steps to further engage is management and key stakeholders in this process to ensure that its reporting truly refects the most material issues to Qatalum and its stakeholders. below is a matrix that includes only the most material aspects. all of the material aspects Qatalum considered and their boundaries can be found (G4-18−21). Materiality Matrix Qatalum’s Most Material Aspects Qatalum 2013 Rank Aspect 1 1 2 economic Performance occupational Health and safety Signifcance of Impacts 3 4 2 3 emissions employment 4 5 training and education 6 market Presence 7 6 5 7 energy 9 8 Very material 8 effuents and Waste 9 indirect economic impacts Infuence on Stakeholder