BIC - 2019 Universal Registration Document

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND SOCIETAL RESPONSIBILITY

Environmental responsibility concerning our operations [NFPS]

Hazardous industrial waste A 3.65% increase in the quantity of hazardous waste per ton of ● production between 2018 and 2019, often resulting from the disposal of large quantities of obsolete stock. Some factories are equipped with wastewater treatment plants to treat hazardous waste, such as that from the surface treatment workshops, transforming it into metal hydroxide sludge that can be processed to eliminate almost all risk to the environment.

ANNUALWATER CONSUMPTION NORMALIZED TO BIC FACTORIES PRODUCTION – BIC GROUP – INM 3 /TON

5.46

5.32

4.87

BREAKDOWNOF HAZARDOUSWASTE TREATMENT – %OF TOTAL EXPRESSED IN TONS – BIC GROUP (a)

21%

15%

27% 13%

31%

2019

2017

2018

32%

3.3.2.4 Hazardous and non-hazardous Industrial waste

Reducing waste production: results  [NFPS]

26%

11% 43%

21%

A 3.7% increase in the quantity of waste generated per ton of ● production between 2018 and 2019, resulting from an increase (+4%) in the ratio of non-hazardous waste generated per ton of production, which represents 82% of the Group’s waste, and an increase (+3.65%) in the ratio of hazardous waste.

5% 29%

5% 21%

2019

2017

2018

ANNUAL PRODUCTIONOFWASTE NORMALIZED TO PRODUCTION – IN TONS/TON – BIC GROUP

Recycled Incinerated with energy recovery Incinerated without energy recovery (a) Sent to land disposal Sent to other form of treatment disposal

0.181

0.183

0.174

0.039

0.037

0.033

2019

2017

2018

Non-hazardous waste Hazardous waste

The category “Incinerated without energy recovery” was created in 2018. In 2017 this waste was reported under the “Sent to other form of treatment (a) or disposal” category.

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