Appendix through access for everyone on our sites access to mental and physical health initiatives, tools and training and by striving to reduce our total recordable injury rate by 50%. Through our Responsible Sourcing Policy, we set high standards for health, safety, social and environmental practices for both our Company and our suppliers. Through all of this, we are building a culture in which safety, health and environmental commitments are the personal responsibility of every employee. Gender equality As a leading employer in the industry, with a global staff of around 16,000, including more than 90 nationalities: we reflect the societies and cultures in which we operate by providing opportunities for people of all backgrounds, gender and location. Driven by our purpose, before 2030 we aim to be a more balanced and inclusive company. For example, before 2025, we will be rated among the leading employers for inclusion globally, and before 2030, 50% of our senior leaders will be women. Our policies and programmes keep us on track with these important commitments. Clean water and sanitation Water is an essential element in our operations and supply chain, and is managed within the framework of our Responsible Care Management System. Water stewardship for us means optimising the use of intake water through reuse and efficiency, and ensuring the quality of discharged water through analysis and treatment. In the workplace, we ensure the availability of clean water, sanitation and hygiene. By 2021, we had reduced our water intensity by 31% (vs. 2009). In 2020, we endorsed the UN’s CEO Water Mandate. This UN Global Compact initiative brings together business leaders to address global water challenges and in 2021 we were awarded the CDP A rating for our actions on water stewardship. Decent work and economic growth Our 2025 strategy, derived from our purpose of ‘creating for happier, healthier lives with love for nature’ is our five-year roadmap for how we will deliver sustainable value creation for all our stakeholders. Nurturing a place where our people love to be and grow is an important driver of this strategy. We value our employees and provide them with opportunities for growth and career development through training programmes, and we promote a multi-generational and diverse workforce that operates in an agile and collaborative way. Through our Human Rights Policy, we commit to respect human rights, to act with due diligence to avoid causing or contributing to human rights abuses through our own activities, and to prevent and address human rights abuses that are linked to our operations, products or services around the world. Industry, innovation and infrastructure In line with our strategy to deliver profitable growth while having a positive, sustainable impact through our creations on people, nature and communities, our approach to innovation considers the potential impact of our processes and products on the environment. Our research into new solutions utilises green chemistry and opportunities derived from traditional and novel forms of biotransformation, biodegradability and upcycling. We identify novel technologies that can improve our production environment, for example automation or greener processes. We continue investments in high growth markets especially China and India, as well as developing infrastructure in remote areas such as the Amazonian basin in Brazil where, for example, we have a joint venture in a programme to train farmers and cooperative workers in responsible practices for guarana. Responsible consumption and production As our purpose guides us to show our love for nature in everything we do, we have set clear ambitions to help reduce our own environmental impact and that of our products. For example, our goal to become climate positive before 2050 and our bold ambitions on water and waste. As we grow together with our customers, we continue to work towards reducing waste and water consumption across our operations, and we have set stringent science-based targets for absolute greenhouse gas reduction. We innovate responsibly to offer sustainable new solutions based on green chemistry, to provide alternatives to animal testing, and to leverage biotechnical techniques and advanced fermentation methods to create new and existing molecules. Our new Sourcing4Good programme guides us in our approach to sourcing responsibly and is linked to our goal to source all materials and services in a way that protects people and planet by 2030. Climate action Givaudan is working towards an ambition to become climate positive before 2050. This means reducing our absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 70% before 2030 and becoming climate positive in our operations by 2040. Our scope 3 GHG emissions will be cut by 20% before 2030 and our supply chain will be climate positive before 2050. Our targets on climate action Givaudan’s targets have been approved by the independent Science Based Targets initiative in alignment with the global effort to keep a temperature increase below the two-degree threshold, a key goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate action. We assess every aspect of our activities and those of our suppliers to find opportunities to limit our environmental impact, including our target for 100% renewable electricity by 2025. Our Responsible Sourcing Policy highlights our commitment to removing commodity driven deforestation from our supply chains. 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