BIC - 2018 Registration document

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND SOCIETAL RESPONSIBILITY

Environmental responsibility concerning our operations [NFPS]

Performances ❯ For more than ten years, BIC Group provides information to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). In 2018, aligned with the former years' performance, BIC obtained an A rating, placing it in the Climate “A-list” and on the CDP “Supplier Engagement Rating leader board” rewarding companies that are making an outstanding contribution to the fight against climate change. In 2018, BIC Group quantified the direct and indirect emissions of GHG from its industrial sites and main offices (scopes 1 and 2): the direct emissions (scope 1) are GHG emissions resulting ● from the combustion of fossil fuels, primarily natural gas and fuel oil, mainly used to heat buildings. The total amount of direct GHG emissions in 2018 was estimated at 9,813 teqCO 2 , a representing a 13.6% increase compared to 2017; the indirect emissions (scope 2) are GHG emissions resulting ● from the production of the electricity consumed by the

factories. The total amount of indirect GHG emissions in 2018 was estimated at 88,470 teqCO 2 , showing a decrease of 5.9% compared to 2017. The total amount of direct and indirect GHG emissions was thus estimated to be 98,283 teqCO 2 in 2018. Given that production decreased by 2.5% between 2017 and 2018, the ratio of direct and indirect GHG normalized to the Group’s production has decreased by 1.9%. This reduction is explained mainly by the decrease of the national emission factors (scope 2) in some countries. In the same time, the total amount of direct and indirect GHG emissions with the “market-based” approach is estimated to 58,646 teqCO 2 , corresponding to a decrease of 14% compared to 2017. This is due to the increase of the share of electricity from renewable energy consumed by the Group.

ANNUAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION NORMALIZED TO BIC GROUP PRODUCTION – IN GIGAJOULES/TON

SHARE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY – IN % OF TOTAL CONSUMPTION – BIC GROUP

68%

12.14

12.02

11.98

24% 23%

6%

2018

2016

2017

2018

2015

2016

2017

BREAKDOWN OF BIC GROUP ENERGY CONSUMPTION

ANNUAL DIRECT AND INDIRECT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS (SCOPES 1 AND 2) LOCATION-BASED AND MARKET-BASED – IN TONS OF CO 2 EQUIVALENT – BIC GROUP

14% <1%

13% <1%

15% 1%

102,681

100,539

98,283

68,524

64,202

85%

86%

84%

58,646

2018

2016

2017

Fuel oil

2018

2016

2017

Electricity Gas

Market-based Location-based

90

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