BIC - 2018 Registration document

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND SOCIETAL RESPONSIBILITY

Milestones [NFPS]

Unless otherwise indicated, the indirect emissions correspond to scope 2 emissions using a location-based approach. In addition, to ensure transparency, some indicators have been more specifically detailed below: Greenhouse gas emissions related to purchase of raw materials This indicator includes the main raw material used in the products of the three main categories, including Cello (since 2018) and the Stationery activity of BIC Sport (France) and in the packaging reported in the indicator “Percentage of responsible materials for packaging” for the three main categories (excluding PIMACO, BIC Ecuador, BIC Nantong and Cello Pens activities). BIC has defined environmental benefits for its products by complying with at least one of the following criteria as follows: light and long lasting (writing instrument ≤ 3 g per km; ● correction tape ≤ 1.8 g per m; lighter ≤ 8 g per 1,000 flames; shaver ≤ 1 g per shaving); made from alternative materials (recycled, vegetable origin, ● etc.); refillable; ● ecolabeled ( NF Environnement , etc.). ● This indicator is calculated on the number of units and concerns the products of the three main categories (excluding PIMACO and Cello Pens activities). For the Lighters category, only lighters are considered. For Stationery and Shavers categories refills are considered in the calculation. Percentage of BIC ® products with at least one environmental benefit Percentage of responsible materials for packaging This indicator includes all packaged BIC ® products delivered to the Group’s customers all over the world (except pallets): consumer

packaging (pouch, blister, cardboard box), outer/inner, shrink-wrap, lighter displays, etc. It is calculated on material weight and concerns the products of the three main categories (excluding PIMACO, BIC Ecuador, BIC Nantong and Cello Pens activities). Percentage of air freight The scope of this indicator is the inter-site shipping, i.e. all the factory to factory and factory to warehouse shipments (BIC factories and warehouses, contract manufacturers; inter and intra-continental). It is expressed in tons/kilometer and concerns all Group activities. In 2018, the activities of Cello Pens have been included in the reporting perimeter for this indicator. Emission factors are issued from the French Environment and Energy Management Agency: ADEME (2007). Percentage of contract manufacturers being audited The indicator applies to all contract manufacturers of finished products. The rating system measures the level of performance of each contract manufacturer based on the social indicators of the BIC Group Code of Conduct. This indicator concerns all Group activities except Cello Pens. Writing the Future, Together – #5 Improving lives through education The number of children whose learning conditions have been improved by BIC is an estimation of children reached by direct actions and/or impacted through actions towards teachers, deans or parents. This number is a minimum because some of the actions carried by BIC may not be reported. The present report follows the methodological recommendations of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The GRI indicators used in the report are referenced in the cross reference table for environmental and social indicators (page 318).

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