Comprehensive understanding of stakeholders and their needs is essential to Qatar Steel’s sustainability management. We keep all communication channels open in order to maximise our ability to listen to and engage with our stakeholders, and we strive to respond diligently to their views and concerns. Stakeholder input is a valuable source of feedback to us, and is important for balancing and improving upon our competing expectations.

In 2013, we committed to assembling a Stakeholder Advisory Group, comprised of representatives from our key stakeholders, to act as an advisory body during our journey toward sustainability. In 2014, we made progress in developing a charter for the Group, by mapping the external and internal representatives of different stakeholder groups and by establishing internal governance structures for effective engagement with the Group.

In 2015, we plan to hold an important meeting with our Stakeholder Advisory Group. The objectives of the meeting will be to discuss the role of the Group, agree on the governance charter, and gather initial feedback on our approach to sustainability.

Our Stakeholders Map

To further our commitment to stakeholder engagement, we plan to create a Qatar Steel Stakeholder Advisory Group a group of representatives from our key stakeholder groups to act as advisors for Qatar Steel during our journey in sustainability.

We continuously seek feedback from our stakeholders on their needs and expectations to help us determine where we need to focus our future efforts. Through our newly established online feedback form, we ensure a source of advice for continual improvement of our business strategy and our sustainability direction.