Upcycling: from side stream to mainstream We see upcycling as an opportunity that can guide us in continuing to innovate and improve our ingredients portfolio while reducing the impact of our products. It involves transforming co-products, waste materials, useless or unwanted products into new ingredients for products that are more sustainable. Upcycled materials are obtained from the re-use of natural or synthetic materials that are normally disposed of or downgraded. Upcycling is a cross-business, cross-functional programme that supports our purpose. The programme shows how we strive to use our business as a force for good. It is also an area of growing interest. For example, cosmetic products containing recycled or upcycled ingredients increasingly appeal to consumers, mostly in Brazil and China. Our portfolio of upcycled materials increased in 2021 with for example, our Active Beauty business launching Omegablue®, a cosmetic ingredient created from upcycled wild bilberries used for skin repair. Also during the year, an upcycled peach alcoholate Orpur® was introduced to enrich the palettes of perfumers and flavourists. This new ingredient, which can be used in a range of products, is the result of a successful collaboration across the Company. Our interest in upcycled materials extends even to garlic, where leftover waste after normal extraction processes at our site in Chicago, USA is used to produce a paste that can be added to seasoning design. While upcycling is our action, ‘no waste by design’ is our motivation. It underlies our search to valorise side streams by considering, from the design, what a raw material can offer in full. An example of how we consider the full circle is the harvesting of vetiver, the roots of which are predominantly used to craft a vetiver oil for fragrance. From the exhausted vetiver roots, the by-product of the extraction procedure, our Active Beauty team makes Vetivyne™ using water-soluble extraction techniques. In addition, through our long-standing involvement in the supply chain in Haiti, where vetiver mainly originates, applying the principle of ‘no waste by design’ has supported a local cooperative of vetiver root producers and established a programme to ensure the social and environmental responsibility of vetiver production. The aim was to reduce waste and greenhouse gas emissions at this site, which has both liquids and naturals production. For liquids, the team created a process that recovers and reuses oils from washed extracts so that the discarded citrus oils can be reused for future products. While in naturals, the team identified how solvents such as alcohol and ethyl acetate can be recovered and reused. The achievements: upcycled 190,000 kgs of solvent/oil in a 12-month period, saving USD 30,000 on waste disposal fees and USD 616,000 on raw materials; 108 tonnes of carbon dioxide were also saved. Contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) EAST HANOVER, USA Upcycling discarded solvents Givaudan ▸ 2021 Integrated Annual Report Acting as a force for good Nat ure Re ducing the amount of waste we produce 87 Acting as a force for good