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]

3.1.2.

INTEGRATING SUSTAINABLE

that the products it markets are safe and comply with health and environmental standards (see pages 75, 80 and 82 to 84). Within the direct perimeter of its operations or its sphere of direct influence by making simple, reliable products that meet essential needs available to everyone, undertaking initiatives that provide support for its employees, offering various products and programs to promote access to education, reducing the environmental impacts of its factories, ensuring respect for Human Rights in its own factories and by its suppliers and subcontractors, and through the actions of its Corporate Foundation – the Group also contributes to the following UN sustainable development goals: 1 . End poverty; SDG 3 . Good health and well-being; SDG

DEVELOPMENT INTO OUR OPERATIONS Analysis of CSR risks resulting from 3.1.2.1. the BIC Group’s operations and the use of its goods and services The main CSR risks resulting from the BIC Group’s operations and the use of its goods and services are discussed in the chapter on “Risks,” pages 44 to 48. Sustainable development as a key 3.1.2.2. factor in the decision-making process The issues of sustainable development are considered in the Company’s decision-making process. Every meeting of the Leadership Team includes an update on recent progress in sustainable development. In 2017, the Leadership Team supervised the development of the “Writing the Future, Together” program and defined the Group’s commitments for 2025. The BIC Sustainable Development Program’s goals and progress are presented at least once a year to the Board of Directors and at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting. In addition, the Audit Committee is kept abreast of the policies and programs implemented by the Group. In 2017, a Nominations, Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) committee was formed within the Board of Directors.

4 . Quality education; SDG 5 . Gender equality; SDG 6 . Clean water sanitation; SDG 7 . Affordable and clean energy; SDG 9 . Industry, innovation and infrastructure; SDG 10 . Reduced inequalities; SDG 13 . Climate action; SDG 15 . Life on land; SDG 16 . Peace, justice and strong institution. SDG

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