A year in review Economic / Governance Environment Social Appendix Stakeholder engagement Why we engage How we engage Key topics & concerns discussed Investors and shareholders • Annual General Meeting • Climate change Our active dialogue with the capital market ensures • Annual investor conferences and investor • Diversity, inclusion & people development transparency and helps us improve our reporting road shows • Economic performance practices. Our relationship with debt investors, banks and • Briefings with analysts • Environmental, Social & Governance credit rating agencies ensures we have funding for • Conferences with investors and other • Governance & business conduct / ethics / transparency investment opportunities. financial stakeholders • Innovation capabilities & management • Raw material availability Local communities • Community development programme survey • Biodiversity Open dialogue fosters good relations and enables us to work • Local site community engagement programme • Climate change together with communities and neighbourhoods on projects • Ongoing dialogue with local authorities and • Diversity, Inclusion & People Development and causes that benefit local communities, help protect local community organisations • Governance & Business Conduct / ethics / transparency ecosystems and support livelihoods. • Employees engaged in social activities within the • Human rights communities in which we operate • Local community development • Givaudan Foundation • Product / Ingredient Environmental & Social Performance • Local partners (NGOs or cooperatives) acting • Responsible Sourcing & Traceability as Givaudan agents Public & regulatory agencies Amongst those we engage with: • Climate change Engagement and collective action with external partners • United Nations Global • B Lab and • ESG topics (Environmental, Social & Governance) are essential in order to inspire and lead by example as a compact B Movement Builders • Governance & business conduct / ethics / transparency responsible business. Only collective action can influence • International Fragrance • CDP • Human rights decisions. We engage with local governments and regulators Association (IFRA) • Ecovadis • Product / ingredient environmental & social performance to understand the changes, their concerns and find mutually • International Organization • Renewable Carbon Initiative • Product quality & safety and ingredient disclosure beneficial solutions. of the Flavor Industry (IOFI) (RCI) • Responsible Sourcing & Traceability • WBCSD • Together for • AIM-PROGRESS Sustainability (TfS) Innovators and partners • Global network of accelerators and incubators • Climate change We engage in innovative partnerships to go beyond our own • Partnerships with innovators, accelerators • Consumer health and wellbeing internal capabilities and seek out the extended possibilities and with academia • Innovation capabilities & management and opportunities that collaboration can bring. This allows us • Plugged into disruptive and digital trends • Product / ingredient environmental & social performance to access the latest trends in innovation, to extend our • Co-creation and co-innovation opportunities • Product quality & safety and ingredient disclosure innovation ecosystem to the global level and to accelerate our efforts in this domain. 12 Givaudan — 2021 GRI Sustainability Report