BIC - 2018 Registration document

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND SOCIETAL RESPONSIBILITY

The BIC Sustainable Development Program and its five flagship commitments: Writing the Future, Together [NFPS]

With Writing the Future, Together, the BIC Group contributes to the UN Sustainable 3.1.1.4. Development Goals

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By 2025, the environmental and/or societal footprint of BIC ® products will be improved.

By 2025, BIC will use 80% renewable electricity.

By 2025, BIC aims for zero accidents across all operations.

By 2025, BIC will work responsibly with its strategic suppliers to ensure the most secure, innovative and efficient sourcing.

By 2025, BIC will improve learning conditions for 250 million children, globally.

SDG 8. Decent work and economic growth, in particular through the development of products and production modes that favor the efficient use of resources, including recycled materials (see pages 74 to 78 and 86 to 94). SDG 12. Responsible consumption and production, through the Company’s eco-design program, which offers consumers information to help them make their purchasing choices, and through its monitoring and compliance program, which ensures

The table shown above charts the ways in which Writing the Future, Together contributes to the UN SDGs. To create it, the BIC Group evaluated its contribution to the targets defined by the UN for its 17 major goals. The BIC Group contributes mainly to two goals, in particular through the products that it manufactures and markets in more than 160 countries, reflecting its vision of offering “simple, inventive and reliable choices for everyone, everywhere, every time”:

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