Airbus - 2022 Universal Registration Document

1. Information on the Company’s Activities / 1.2 Non-Financial Information

Digitalisation, Traceability and Criticality Mapping The Company leverages digitalisation as an enabler to optimise and reduce its environmental footprint. For example, some applications seek to improve design and material utilisation, or to optimise usage of critical resources. At the same time, traceability of parts is essential to facilitate recycling. The Company reports on marking parts to facilitate the ability to reuse, recycle, and repair, while complying with legal provisions applicable to the sector. In addition, the Company has launched a dedicated traceability project to increase data availability and transparency from the aircraft “Bill of Materials” and leveraging on digital capabilities in collaboration with its supply chain. As recommended by the EU Critical Raw Material (“CRM”) framework, the Company has created and is maintaining a dedicated Company framework – CRM. It is an internal methodology to assess that criticality of raw materials has been developed on the axis of supply risk, environmental and ethical impacts. Based on this, a regularly updated watchlist of the most critical raw materials for the Company has been defined to influence design choices. The mapping of CRM in Company’s products is currently ongoing, based on available bill of materials, in the frame of an internal project. Additionally, the methodology is currently being reviewed and improved by an external party,

in various locations in France and Spain. A memorandum of understanding between the Company and the city of Chengdu was signed in 2022 for the launch of an aircraft life cycle management service in China. Overall, TARMAC has recycled over 300 aircraft since 2007. Life Cycle Thinking and Conscious Design The Company invests in LCAs for environmental impact accounting associated with a specific product, in accordance with the requirements specified in the ISO 14040 standard. Detailed LCA studies have been finalised for the A220-100, A220-300, A320neo and A350-900, covering over 95% of the Company’s deliveries of commercial aircraft products in 2022. The Company is currently working together with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in the frame of the Product Environmental Footprint initiative on the framework, to enable the publication of verified and standardised data in the future. In addition, the Company is deploying frameworks enabling environmentally-conscious design choices to reduce the footprint of projects and optimise aspects such as product end-of-life management and critical raw materials usage. For instance, in 2022 environmental assessments have complemented research & technology decision-making processes related to commercial aircraft activities. Besides, as an example and part of its Eco-design initiative, the Defence and Space Division used LCA for the development of the Sentinel satellites that are built for the ESA. The Company’s Defence and Space Division is engaged in a strategic transformation process which will focus on increasing the circularity of its products, and expanding its product environmental impact assessment capabilities to include topics such as hybrid propulsion. These assessments would be performed in addition to the regular LCA assessments for satellites. I. Introduction The Company’s water usage is mostly linked to non-industrial uses, including sanitary, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, canteens and fire extinguishing. Around 15% of the water purchased/withdrawn is used for industrial uses such as surface treatment, machining, non-destructive testing and painting. This section covers both withdrawal and discharge. Water consideration is included in the Company’s LCA approach. Procuring the required water does not currently represent a material cost for the Company as overall withdrawn volumes are relatively limited, especially for its industrial operations. However, securing water availability to operate the industrial processes requiring water is critical for the Company and its supply chain to ensure business continuity. 1.2.5 Water

prior to being delivered in 2023. Competence Management

Circularity is a part of the Company’s sustainability and environment competency strategy. Accordingly, related training modules have been identified and are in the process of being integrated in the Company’s training catalogue.

The Company analyses current and projected local water stress levels to understand where the Company’s activities have the greatest impact on water resources and prioritise actions in these areas ( e.g. south of Spain, northern China). This analysis is based on the World Resources Institute’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas tool. Of note, the Company has also identified water as a relevant topic in its supply-chain roadmap and is currently assessing water-related impacts and risks in the supply chain. Due diligence aspects with regards to the potential environmental impact on water resources in the Company supply chain are described in section “– 1.2.15 Responsible Supply Chain”. Water discharge quality is managed by each site directly to ensure compliance with applicable local regulatory requirements.

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Airbus / Universal Registration Document 2022