Reducing the amount of waste we produce We need to pursue a culture of waste elimination by managing all our waste streams. Appropriate waste management helps to limit our impact on the environment, and reducing waste allows us to reduce the costs of production. As we work to reduce waste we are adopting circular principles in product design, sourcing, manufacturing and packaging. We are also upcycling to create new and innovative products. Reducing waste by adopting circular principles Our approach is based on the concepts of ‘rethink’, ‘reduce’, ‘reuse’, ‘recycle’ and ‘recover’ in reducing the amount of waste we produce. We rethink the way we have dealt with waste in the past; we reduce the amount we create as a by-product of our processes; and we reuse where possible and recycle in an effort to move away from disposal in landfill or by incineration. Where waste is incinerated, we recapture the energy. Our target is to reduce incinerated and landfilled waste production per tonne of product by an average of 4% year on year against the 2015 baseline figure, and in 2021 we reached an absolute reduction of 2% compared to 2015. During 2021, the amount of waste sent for incineration with and without energy recovery, and landfill per tonne of product increased by 9% compared to the 2020 figure. This is due to product mix evolution as well as specific liquid discharges being separated from the waste water flows and being treated separately. The amount of waste diverted from disposal per tonne of product has increased by 44% since 2015. The reduction of landfill is also a priority and half of our sites (31 out of 62) are without landfill waste. At our Jaguaré site in Brazil the local Green Team set out to reduce the impact of the disposal of site waste on the environment. The team’s project focussed on ‘closing the cycle’, or reverse logistics, which is used to return some materials to the production process. This resulted in reduced production costs, while recycling reduced landfill and saved water and energy, and compositing created organic matter for use as fertiliser. 76% of waste generated by the site is now treated through reverse logistics, recycling and composting. Focus area Ta r ge t Status 2021 Actions and measures Waste Reduce waste by 4% per tonne of product, year-on-year average (baseline 2015) – 2 %¹ • Applying circular principles in product design, sourcing, manufacturing and packaging • Upcycling to re-use materials normally disposed of • Acting on the principle of 'no waste by design' We are making strong progress: More than 70 % of our waste is of our waste is either reused, recycled or recovered. 50 % of our sites achieved zero-waste to landfill in 2021. 1. Absolute reduction since 2015. Givaudan – 2021 Integrated Annual Report 86 Acting as a force for good Nat ure Re ducing the amount of waste we produce