BIC - 2018 Registration document

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND SOCIETAL RESPONSIBILITY

Milestones [NFPS]

MILESTONES [NFPS] 3.6.

3.6.1.

EXTRA-FINANCIAL RATINGS

3.6.3.

PERIMETER AND SELECTION

OF INDICATORS

In 2018, BIC was listed on the following socially responsible investment indexes: The 2018 CDP A list (see page 90); ● The Supplier Engagement leader board by CDP ● The Euronext Vigeo index: Europe 120; ● The Euronext Vigeo index: Eurozone 120; ● The FTSE4Good Index; ● The Ethibel Pioneer and Ethibel Excellence Investment ● Registers; The Ethibel Sustainability Index (ESI) Excellence Europe; ● The STOXX Global ESG Leaders Index. ● 3.6.2. Recognized for “best information on corporate social ● responsibility in response to Article 225” by the high council of the Ordre des Experts Comptables (French chartered accountants association); Ubicuity™: ● Plas Eco for Ubicuity™; winner of 11 th Sustainable • Development Trophies 2018, organized by Caux Seine Développement and Caux Seine Agglo; recognition of the partnership between BIC and Plas Eco for the development of an integrated, perennial recycling system, Finalist at the Plastic Recycling Show Europe: recycled • plastic product of the year dedicated to consumers’ lifestyle, Finalist for the Prix Entreprises & Environnement in the • circular economy category, organized by Ademe and the French Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition; Grand Prix de la Transparence 2018: best reference ● document by an SBF 120 company; BIC South Africa was named Best Employer 2019 by the Top ● Employer’s Institute certification program; At the PSI Sustainability Awards 2018 (European network of ● the promotional products industry), BIC Graphic Europe was awarded: 1 st prize in the “Social Initiative” category for the “School • success” project in partnership with the Spanish Red Cross and the BIC Corporate Foundation; 3 rd place in the “Environment Initiative” category for the • Ubicuity™ project. AWARDS RECEIVED

The reporting period covered by the present report is from January 1 to December 31, 2018.

Perimeter 3.6.3.1. Regarding the indicators that refer to human resources, the reporting perimeter encompasses all permanent employees of all French and foreign operational units within the Group, with the exception of information on training and the disabled, for which temporary employees are included. In 2018, the activities of Cello Pens have been included in the reporting perimeter for these indicators. The environment indicators concern the operations that have a significant impact, namely the industrial activities owned by the Group. These indicators therefore concern BIC factories that produce finished or semi-finished products, as well as its engineering units and packaging operations of more than 50 employees or whose operations are regulated by government directives such as SEVESO (EU), PSM or RMP (U.S.). Other sites are included on a voluntary basis. Group headquarters with more than 200 permanent employees are also included in the reporting. For health and safety indicators, all BIC sites (offices or industrial sites) are included in the perimeter. In 2018, the sites of BIC Sport activities and BIC La Granada are excluded from the reporting perimeter for environment and health and safety indicators. HACO Industries Kenya entity is excluded from the perimeter for all indicators. Indicators 3.6.3.2. The published indicators are chosen to best represent BIC’s main social and environmental challenges. The inventory of BIC's activities for the benefit of communities is compiled from information and data sent annually by the management of each subsidiary. This reporting is an estimate in projects number and value. The financial indicators, those referring to Human Resources, workers’ accidents and the environment are compiled using several data collection systems that give preference to the use of dedicated Intranet tools, under the responsibility of their respective departments. The consistency of the data is verified before consolidation. Concerning environmental and health and safety reporting, and for packaging data, to ensure that the published data is more reliable, information from previous years may be corrected or fine-tuned when necessary. Concerning environmental indicators, the classification of the type of waste treatment is based on the sectors to which they are directed. Concerning the reporting of greenhouse gases emissions, the conversion factors for scope 1 are from are from the French Environment and Energy Management Agency ADEME (2010). Conversion factors for scope 2 “location based” emissions are those proposed annually by the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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