Strategic aspirations The Sanlam Foundation is the heart of Sanlam’s commitment to society. We actively listen, learn and invest in our communities, which helps ensure Sanlam remains trusted, valued, and genuinely present in people’s everyday lives. By contributing to stronger, more resilient individuals and communities, we bring Sanlam’s promise to life – creating the conditions for more people to live with confidence Formalised in 2020 and aligned to Sanlam’s 2025 strategic vision, the Foundation’s five strategic focus areas have continued to guide how we deepen our impact and support the group’s broader developmental objectives. During 2025, we began shaping the next evolution of our strategic direction for the period 2026 to 2030. This work centres on ensuring that our programmes, partnerships and governance frameworks remain relevant, coherent and positioned to deliver meaningful impact in challenging socio-economic environments. To support the achievement of these strategic aspirations, our theory of change outlines the interventions that will achieve our desired outcomes, to ultimately drive meaningful impact… Socio-economic development (SED) To address SED challenges including child and youth development, improving the quality of education, environmental protection and funding local community development projects. Enterprise and supplier development (ESD) To support and empower the growth of black and women-owned SMMEs that have the potential to become part of Sanlam’s supply chain network. As part of this process, we have focused on strengthening the key enablers that will support our long-term intent. These include refining programme metrics, enhancing monitoring and evaluation practices, and building a consolidated Social Impact dashboard to improve insight and learning across our portfolio. This work is also helping to minimise programme fragmentation and enhance the synergies between initiatives, ensuring that our efforts are mutually reinforcing and contribute to a shared vision for the Foundation’s future, which supports enhanced monitoring and evaluation. The development of the 2026-2030 strategic framework is ongoing and is expected to be finalised in the first quarter of 2026, following further engagement with the board of trustees. Once approved, it will guide how we align our programmes, strengthen governance and build the partnerships needed to scale impact over the next five year. This will ensure that the Foundation remains responsive, purposeful and able to help more people and communities live with confidence. SanlamAllianz To support programmes across the African countries in which SanlamAllianz operates, as part of the Foundation’s mandate as a custodian of CSI activities across the Sanlam group. Staff volunteerism To tangibly demonstrate the brand’s purpose of helping others live with confidence through volunteering the time and skills of Sanlam’s staff, to meaningfully support the communities in which it operates. Consumer financial education (CFE) To improve individual financial behaviour, prevent over-indebtedness, increase financial resilience and build prosperity. Sanlam Foundation Annual Report 2025 6 About this report Sanlam Foundation social impact 2025 Message from the Group Executive: Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Message from the Head of the Sanlam Foundation Strategic aspirations Our theory of change Programmatic performance Monitoring and evaluation Income and expense report Group-wide social impact intent Our partners
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