A year in review Economic / Governance Environment Social Appendix Waste management & circular principles Plastics Disclosure 301 – 1 Disclosure 306 – 3 Now at the beginning of our journey to 100% plastic circularity, Materials used by weight or volume Waste generated we have a strategy and a roadmap for replacing all single-use 2020 plastics by eco-friendly alternatives by 2030. We have appointed Waste (tonnes) 2015¹ (restated)² 2021³ a Global Head of Plastic Circularity, set up a cross-functional Hazardous waste 26,219 34,085 43,026 team and have drawn up new governance to facilitate the TOTAL Non-hazardous waste 36,758 69,152 81,021 implementation of solutions in our operations. During 2021, this WEIGHT OF One-off waste⁴ 2,219 2,509 2,354 enabled us to develop guidelines to help our teams on the 57% PURCHASED 43% Total waste 65,197 105,746 126,401 ground. We are also developing educational tools to share RAW renewable MATERIALS ¹ non-renewable 1. Assured 2015 full-year figures. These values exclude the acquisitions of knowledge, learnings and information. Naturex, Vika and drom sites. raw materials raw materials 2. Assured 12-month rolling figures (Q4 2019 to Q3 2020) for values excluding the acquisitions of Naturex, Vika and drom sites. These latter figures have One of the first things we did was to increase the plastic been included in the reported values, but have not been assured by the third- party auditor. knowledge of our teams and equip them on the topic of 1. The figures refer only to the volume of ingredients from the Cardex and the See the "Restatements of information" section for the restatements. understanding plastics, how they are produced, used and Palette used for fragrance and flavour products as shown in 2021 table below. 3. A ssured 12-month rolling figures (Q4 2020 to Q3 2021) for values including the acquisitions of Naturex, Vika and drom sites. managed at the end of the life cycle. In June 2021, at our 4. This indicator measures the total quantity of waste that is not directly related headquarters in Switzerland, we organised a booth on plastics Weight of purchased raw materials (tonnes) 2020 2021 to the daily operations, but is categorised as one-off waste. Total 568,554 591,088 Examples of waste in this category are waste materials coming from to spread knowledge and support teams on the best way to act demolition or remediation activities or waste or raw materials following an at every level. With our sites worldwide, we are now preparing unusual incident, e.g., a fire. a toolkit on plastic that will help them to share important Weight of purchased packaging (tonnes)¹ 2020 2021 information on the matter. A detailed ‘Plastic Book’ is being Plastic 8,734 9,253 prepared to better understand our detailed plastic footprint: Steel/Metal 15,347 14,613 this is essential for setting priorities, being ready for new Fibre 627 226 regulations or compliance schemes, and following our progress. Paper/Board 2,986 2,985 External partnerships can also play a role in speeding up Wood 8,906 10,438 transformation and generating benefits. Total 36,600 37,515 1. Those figures do not include Naturex, Vika and drom. READ MORE 2021 integrated report ▸ Our purpose commitment to responsible sourcing ▸ pages 101–103 66 Givaudan — 2021 GRI Sustainability Report