2021 Universal Registration Document

NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE STATEMENT: OUR ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND SOCIETAL RESPONSIBILITY

Our social responsibility [NFPS]

Within the Global Supply Chain business unit, the Group’s health-safety program is built around a number of tools that continue to evolve in line with the organization’s needs: the “e-EHS Suite” platform , which monitors and manages ● workplace accidents (evaluating risks, recording and documenting accidents, defining corrective action plans), allowing each entity in the organization to define an effective action plan; safety reporting extended to all BIC facilities (factories and ● headquarters); an Environment, Health & Safety reference system, also ● called the EH&S maturity reference system; safety watch (behavioral observation visits) are conducted in ● factories. Carried out with the team members, these visits consist of questioning unexpected behavior in a spirit of ongoing improvement and dialogue; Global Safety Call , a monthly conference call with the factory ● directors, their EH&S managers and the management team. Roll out of the health and safety culture [NFPS] In 2021, the plan to raise awareness on BIC’s safety culture was shared with the Group’s sales teams and merger and implemented in the merger and acquisition procedures: for the sales teams, the role of safety focal point was ● established in each continent. This role is held by the HR managers. A procedure for managing and recording accidents was shared with these safety focal points. As well as a road risk prevention program, alongside an e-learning training available on BIC University; due diligence for mergers and acquisitions was reinforced and ● updated to include an HSE aspect. Now, newly acquired entities are accompanied from the outset so they can adopt BIC’s HSE requirements; delayed health-safety roadmaps for several entities because ● the health crisis of 2020, were reactivated; after the construction of a centralized health-safety ● management system in 2020, the Group Supply Chain division worked on the implementation of the “Building HSE Capacity” program in 2021 which includes: a skills self-assessment system for the EH&S • representatives, including “soft skills” like empathy, communication, strategic vision, etc., training programs to develop skills in the EH&S population, • cross audits applying the new EH&S maturity standard; •

a crisis management protocol was distributed to all factories, ● which are responsible for deploying it; an HSE aspect was integrated into BIC’s new employee ● onboarding process; finally, in 2021, the BIC continued to distribute free personal ● protective masks in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. More than 4.6 million masks were distributed within the Group. Across all BIC facilities, accidents resulting in lost work time for BIC team members are mainly caused by same-level falls and the handling of materials and machines. In 2021, BIC recorded 50 lost-time injuries for BIC paid employees and 8 more for external temporary workers, while 40 facilities had 0 accidents. These results show no decrease in the number of incidents for BIC employees this year and a significant increase of the incidents where external temporary workers are involved. The incident rate for BIC employees and temporary workers was 1.99, while the severity rate climbed to 0.11 from 0.07 one year ago. The development and implementation of actions plans will continue in 2022 with a view to an increased safety culture and a decrease in this rate. A Safety Focus Action Plan for the Top 5 Factories is expected for 2022. Sites will further specify the actions to be applied per site but the main actions considered are: analyze the incidents in 2021, especially those with high ● number of lost workdays, and seek patterns; based on the findings of the incidents’ analysis, decide on ● focused actions, prioritizing those that eliminate the risk; set targets, monitor, and act upon the leading indicators (first ● aid cases, near misses, behavior based safety); communicate strongly the importance to the teams and urge ● leadership teams to drive by example. Further to the plan for the Top 5 factories, the actions below for all sites will be prioritized: simplify the incidents reporting process; ● improve sharing of knowledge, best practices and lessons ● learnt among sites. Most of the occupational diseases, which so far have only been monitored in France, are related to musculoskeletal disorders.

50 lost-time injuries for BIC paid employees and 8 lost-time injuries for external temporary workers and 40 facilities without injuries.

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