BIC - 2018 Registration document

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND SOCIETAL RESPONSIBILITY

Environmental responsibility concerning our operations [NFPS]

ANNUAL DIRECT AND INDIRECT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS (SCOPES 1 AND 2) NORMALIZED TO PRODUCTION – IN TONS OF CO 2 EQUIVALENT/TON – BIC GROUP

climate change (risks resulting from high temperatures, flooding, storms, hydric stress and rising sea levels) were evaluated for each BIC site and for certain subcontractors and major suppliers. For the sites most at risk, the Group plans to define an appropriate action plan, incorporating any measures already implemented to counter the risk. Reducing waste production 3.3.1.4. Progress made in 2018 and performance ❯ In 2018, BIC Group reported a decrease (-1.9%) in the amount of waste generated per ton of production compared to 2017. This variation results from a decrease in the ratio of non-hazardous waste generated per ton of production (-4.6%), which represents almost 82% of the waste generated by the Group, and from an increase in the ratio of hazardous waste (+13.5%).

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ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF WASTE NORMALIZED TO PRODUCTION – IN TONS/TON – BIC GROUP

Measuring and limiting the impact on climate change of other main causes of greenhouse gas emissions The 2016 study of the main causes of greenhouse gas emissions related to BIC Group’s operations and consumption of goods and services (covering factories and offices, excluding Cello Pens) was based on a carbon footprint study of the Clichy headquarters (France) and two factories (BIC Amazonia in Brazil and BIC Rasoirs in France) using the ADEME Bilan Carbone ® method. The study demonstrated that in addition to direct emissions (scope 1) and indirect emissions (scope 2), the main sources of other indirect (scope 3) emissions are: the purchase of products and services, upstream and downstream transport, and product end of life. Direct (scope 1) and indirect (scope 2) emissions plus these three main causes of scope 3 emissions account for more than 80% of the Group’s total GHG emissions. Regarding the item “purchases of goods and services,” the BIC Group has been evaluating emissions related to its purchases of raw materials since 2017. In 2018, these emissions were evaluated at 316,000 teqCO 2 , which corresponds to a rise of 14% due to the integration of Cello Pens in the reporting. Regarding the item “upstream shipping,” the BIC Group estimates the emissions related to its intra-company shipping at 37,000 teqCO 2 . Beyond simply measuring these emissions, the Group is implementing procedures to limit the footprint of these three causes of significant indirect (scope 3) emissions through: eco-design (see page 75), the optimization of shipping by limiting the weight of its products, the reduction of air freight, the optimization of shipping routes, including selection of its locations (see page 93), as well as adoption of a circular economy approach (see page 79). Evaluating the physical risks for the BIC Group regarding climate change In 2018, using an analysis model based on risk statistics and the geographic locations of the sites, the physical risks linked to

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Non-hazardous waste Hazardous waste

Hazardous waste In 2018, BIC Group registered a 13.5% increase in hazardous waste generated per ton of production compared to 2017. This increase is mainly due to increased maintenance needs of machinery, in order to improve their productivity standards and to an improvement of waste classification. However, 12 sites improved their ratio of hazardous waste generated per ton of production in 2018. These factories, which represent 40% of the Group’s annual production of finished and semi-finished products and generate 25% of the Group’s hazardous waste, reported a 2% overall decrease in their ratio of hazardous waste generated per ton of production. BIC Violex (Greece) reported a 13% decrease in its ratio of hazardous waste per ton of production, following the implementation of a project to stabilize and reduce the generation of wasted oil in the production process. In addition, some factories utilize a wastewater treatment plant to treat some hazardous waste such as that from the surface treatment workshops, transforming it into metal hydroxide sludge, which can be managed to minimize risk to the environment.

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