A year in review Economic / Governance Environment Social Appendix Human rights updates the SAQ for all of our registered sites and plans audits In 2021, there were no findings or notifications of any violation Disclosure 412 – 3 for sites due for inspection with recognised third-party of the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining Significant investment agreements and auditors. At the end of 2021, 82% of our production sites were at any of our locations worldwide. contracts that include human rights clauses registered on Sedex and have completed Sedex self-assessment or that underwent human rights screening questionnaires. The remaining 18% are new acquisitions and In 2021, we did not observe any cases of forced labour in our Our Responsible Sourcing Policy outlines the principles and we plan to integrate them onto the Sedex platform within two business and supply chains in our due diligence review. standards that we require all of our suppliers to meet. years of their acquisition. Disclosure 412 – 2 READ MORE In addition to manufacturing sites, the same standards are Employee training on human rights For more information about our supplier assessments please read the next chapter also applied internally for all other Givaudan locations, e.g., policies or procedures on Responsible sourcing and traceability offices, R&D facilities, warehouses, etc. They are regularly Today we already cover basic human rights aspects as part of assessed through programmes such as internal audits. our Principles of Conduct training, which is mandatory for all our employees worldwide. We also participate in EcoVadis Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) assessments, disclosing detailed information on our Additionally, dedicated human rights and modern slavery business practices in Human Rights and Labour aspects in training is conducted for employees in countries with specific addition to those linked to the environment, ethics and regulations such as UK and Australia. responsible procurement. The EcoVadis methodology framework assesses companies’ policies and actions in relation We have also developed a dedicated training and vigilance to these areas using a team of international sustainability module around Givaudan’s expectations on child labour and experts that analyse and cross-check company data such as work in our supply chains. This aims to better inform and equip supporting documents, 360° Watch Findings, etc., to create our own procurement colleagues and supply chain reliable ratings. Each company’s industry, size and geographic stakeholders. We started rolling this out in the second half of locations are also considered. 2021 and have already covered some key raw material supply chains including thaumatococcus in Ivory Coast, cistus in Spain, This year, Givaudan ranked in the top 5% of more than and vanilla in Madagascar. 75,000 companies participating in the 2021 EcoVadis CSR assessment. This result earned Givaudan the gold rating. We are now in the process of developing dedicated human rights expectations and commitment training for all Givaudan employees. This training is being developed with support from 82% of our production sites have external experts and we aim to release it in 2022. been registered on Sedex and have completed Sedex self- assessment questionnaires. 107 Givaudan — 2021 GRI Sustainability Report