QUADIENT // 2021 Universal Registration Document

5 NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE STATEMENT Social, societal, and environmental information

Main stakeholders: customers; Goal 13: “Take urgent action to combat climate change ● and its impacts.” Quadient participates in initiatives to reduce energy consumption, optimize upstream and downstream freight transport, and reduce the carbon footprint of its products, detailed in the environmental section below. Main stakeholders: communities, partners and customers. GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVE (GRI) STANDARDS FRAMEWORK Quadient is committed to transparent reporting on its sustainability performance. The Company use the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards as a basis for disclosure. GRI Standards help businesses and other organizations understand and communicate their impacts on ESG issues by providing them with the global common language. They are regularly reviewed to ensure they reflect international best practices for sustainability reporting and help the Company respond to the expectations of its stakeholders. This report has been prepared in accordance with the GRI Standards: Core option. A table cross-referencing the information in this document with GRI Standards is available in section 8.7 Concordance tables, page 269. ISO 9001, 14001, 27001, 27701, AND 45001 STANDARDS Quadient has deployed an Integrated Management System (IMS) and is committed to global standards since many years. ISO certifications drive Quadient to continually improve its processes and services, to deliver products and services on time and fit for purpose; to offer support and services that ensure the best use of its products and solutions; to conform to regulatory requirements and applicable international and industrial standards and to understand and meet the requirements of its customers, suppliers, employees and shareholders Regarding quality management system, all the Company’s R&D, manufacturing and logistic sites are ISO 9001 certified. This enables Quadient to continually monitor and manage quality across all operations and means that from design to after-sales service, operating procedures are deployed, and rigorous controls are applied to ensure a high level of product performance. For environmental management system, Quadient introduced ISO 14 001 standard in 2005. In 2021, 40 of the Company’s entities are ISO 14001 certified. In its industrial sites, all of which are certified ISO 14001, Quadient is committed to manufacturing and assembling its products to the highest industry standards, respecting responsible environmental practices.

Regarding Occupational Heath and safety, the Company has had OHSAS 18001 certifications since 2006 and ISO 45001 certifications since 2018, mainly for its industrial sites. These certifications, issued by an independent third party, attest to Quadient’s commitment to the health and safety of its employees. In 2021, 11 entities, including all the industrial sites, were certified OHSAS 18001/ISO 45001. For Information security management standard, Quadient is committed to following the best practices in international security and since 2017 has been the proud holder of the ISO 27001 certification across multiple sites. In the process of 2017, Quadient extended its Information Security Management System to cover cloud services. To achieve this, the Company introduced the ISO 27017 and ISO 27018 standards (specific to cloud based operations) within its Research and Development sites in the Czech Republic. OCDE/ILO Quadient respects the standards of the International Labour Organization (ILO) as a signatory of the Global Compact since March 2021 and its main principles are mentioned in its Code of Ethics. The Company also respects labour standards, develops policies and devises programmes promoting decent work for all women and men at corporate but also at local level. The Company strives to continuously improve its policies by following the principles and guidelines of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) which establishes evidence-based international standards and finds solutions to a range of social, economic and environmental challenges. As part of its environmental strategy, Quadient responds to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) since 2009. In 2021, Quadient obtained a score of “B” corresponding to "Management level", positioning Quadient above the average of companies in its industry (average score of “B-”). The CDP is an independent international organization that provides a global system for measuring and publishing environmental information. In particular, it assesses companies’ management and performance in relation to climate change and ranks them from “D” (lowest) to “A” (highest). In 2021, ISS ESG, one of the world's leading rating agencies for sustainable investments, granted a "C+" score to Quadient that was rated as a "Prime” Company. This status is given to companies with an ESG performance above the sector-specific prime threshold. Evaluation of the Company’s CSR performance by independent third parties

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