BIC - 2020 Universal Registration Document

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND SOCIETAL RESPONSIBILITY

Our industrial sites and offices [NFPS]

SHARE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY – AS OF TOTAL CONSUMPTION

about 85% of the Group’s internal and external servers are ● now virtualized. In 2020 BIC continued to install evermore efficient servers. In particular, they produce less heat, thus reducing the amount of energy needed to cool the data centers; as part of the implementation of teleworking due to the public ● health crisis, all employees in all regions are now equipped with remote coworking tools. An average of 28,000 meetings are organized every month.

80%

76%

68%

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

24% 23%

6%

12.96

12.59

12.14

2020

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Optimizing energy consumption The BIC Group has been implementing energy efficiency programs in its factories for many years. As a result, the Group has improved its energy efficiency by 5.8% in ten years. In 2020 BIC signed a partnership with Schneider Electric for the implementation of a system that will closely monitor energy consumption at all BIC sites, with the goal of optimizing consumption and the related costs while increasing the use of renewable electricity. Energy audits of the Group’s sites are also planned. In 2021 the first audits will take place at the following sites: Mexico City, Marne La Vallée (France), Violex (Greece), Samer and Boulogne (France). Seventeen energy reduction projects were launched in 2020. Three of these projects involved lighting (replacement of conventional light bulbs by LED bulbs and increased use of natural daylight). Eight projects were conceived to reduce electrical consumption and three to reduce gas consumption. Since the main BIC offices are equipped with servers, the sustainable development approach adopted by the IT support departments has a direct impact on the sites’ environmental footprint: in 2020 a manager was assigned to oversee Green IT ● operations, including defining a strategy and implementing best practices;

2020

2018

2019

BREAKDOWNOF BIC GROUP ENERGY CONSUMPTION

Electricity Gas Fuel oil

<1% 15%

<1% 15%

>1% 15%

84%

85%

85%

15%

2020

2018

2019

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