To achieve these strategic objectives, we are focusing on the following commitments:

• Ensuring that our wastewater discharges comply with local and national standards, as well as internal requirements

• Understanding and controlling our operational water footprint

• Managing water risk at our facilities and in our supply chain

• Reporting publicly on our water use and goals

Our previous climate commitment was to be carbon neutral for Scopes 1&2 by 2025.

We have now increased our ambition and better aligned our approach with established guidelines by committing to be net zero by 2045 across Scopes 1, 2 & 3, aligned with the SBTi criteria. Our near-term reduction targets (2030) have been approved by SBTi. In addition, we have continued to find ways to decrease our energy demand and increase the amount of renewable energy we purchase. In our Business Partner Code of Conduct, we request that suppliers conserve energy and engage in activities aimed at reducing GHG emissions. Our Procurement team engages our strategic suppliers in our efforts to reduce the environmental impacts within our supply chain.

Our analysis shows that our Scope 3 GHG emissions impacts are more than seven times greater than our combined Scopes 1&2 emissions. We are working to reduce those impacts through a robust supplier engagement approach to drive collaboration upstream and downstream from our value chain. By engaging with our suppliers in a phased approach, we can identify key ways to reduce our GHG emissions and pinpoint additional tangible benefits for the business.

In 2023, we have actively worked with suppliers representing 50 percent of our Scope 3 emissions footprint. We aim to expand this number to 80 percent in 2024. Additionally, we are striving to reduce waste in our operations, to use more sustainable materials, and to change the way we commute and travel for business to further embed environmental sustainability into the way we work.

The amount of waste we generate reflects the efficiency of our manufacturing processes. Operational waste is primarily generated from the following activities:

• Manufacturing

• Packaging

• On-site wastewater treatment

• Research

Waste minimization begins with the evaluation of our product designs and manufacturing processes. Through our Green & Sustainable Science program (see GRI 301 on page 84), we design processes that use safer chemicals, consume less energy, use less water and other resources, and generate less waste. Our process development biologists, chemists and engineers have the expertise to create more sustainable ways to make our products. We continuously strive to reduce the amount of operational waste we generate and to maximize the use of environmentally beneficial disposal methods such as recycling, composting and waste-to-energy. To ensure our waste is managed in an environmentally responsible manner, we use only approved waste disposal facilities. Approved facilities demonstrate that they have the systems, technologies and practices to manage our waste streams responsibly and in compliance with all applicable requirements. We routinely audit these facilities to verify the acceptability of their systems and practices. (2022/2023 Impact Report pg. 107) Waste minimization begins with the upfront evaluation of our product designs and manufacturing processes. Through our Green and Sustainable Science program, we design processes that use safer chemicals, consume less energy, use less water and other resources, and generate less waste. Our process development biologists, chemists and engineers have the expertise to create more sustainable ways to make our products. We continuously strive to reduce the amount of operational waste we generate and to maximize the use of environmentally beneficial disposal methods such as recycling, composting and waste-to-energy. To ensure our waste is managed in an environmentally responsible manner, we use only approved waste disposal facilities. Approved facilities demonstrate that they have the systems, technologies and practices to manage our waste streams responsibly and in compliance with all applicable requirements. We routinely audit these facilities to verify the acceptability of their systems and practices. (2022/2023 Impact Report p. 111; pg. 107)

The amount of waste we generate reflects the efficiency of our manufacturing processes. Operational waste is primarily generated from the following activities:

• Manufacturing

• Packaging

• On-site wastewater treatment

• Research

Waste minimization begins with the evaluation of our product designs and manufacturing processes. Through our Green & Sustainable Science program (see GRI 301 on page 84), we design processes that use safer chemicals, consume less energy, use less water and other resources, and generate less waste. Our process development biologists, chemists and engineers have the 

expertise to create more sustainable ways to make our products. We continuously strive to reduce the amount of operational waste we generate and to maximize the use of environmentally beneficial disposal methods such as recycling, composting and waste-to-energy. To ensure our waste is managed in an environmentally responsible manner, we use only approved waste disposal facilities. Approved facilities demonstrate that they have the systems, technologies and practices to manage our waste streams responsibly and in compliance with all applicable requirements. We routinely audit these facilities to verify the acceptability of their systems and practices. (2022/2023 Impact Report pg. 107) Waste minimization begins with the upfront evaluation of our product designs and manufacturing processes. Through our Green and Sustainable Science program, we design processes that use safer chemicals, consume less energy, use less water and other resources, and generate less waste. Our process development biologists, chemists and engineers have the expertise to create more sustainable ways to make our products. We continuously strive to reduce the amount of operational waste we generate and to maximize the use of environmentally beneficial disposal methods such as recycling, composting and waste-to-energy. To ensure our waste is managed in an environmentally responsible manner, we use only approved waste disposal facilities. Approved facilities demonstrate that they have the systems, technologies and practices to manage our waste streams responsibly and in compliance with all applicable requirements. We routinely audit these facilities to verify the acceptability of their systems and practices. (2022/2023 Impact Report p. 111; pg. 107)

From 2022 to 2023, our combined year-over-year Scope 1 and market-based Scope 2 GHG emissions reduced by four percent. The decrease was primarily due to reductions in market-based Scope 2 GHG emissions. Market-based Scope 2 GHG emissions reduced due to an increase in usage of renewable electricity.

We have committed to sourcing 100 percent of our purchased electricity from renewable energy by 2025. Photovoltaic (PV) arrays, wind turbines and other renewable energy installations avoid emissions, helping to reduce energy demand peaks and postpone or preclude adding new power plants. We continually look for opportunities for new on-site installations, vendor-supplied renewable energy through the electrical grid, and virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) and power purchase agreement (PPA) projects.

In April 2023, our second VPPA, and our first in Europe, Cabrerizas Wind, began its operation.

We have an offtake agreement with EDP Renewables for 40 megawatts (MW).

Since 2019, our continued efforts at renewable energy procurement have resulted in a total of 213.5 MW of VPPA and PPA commitments.

This includes two more VPPA contracts that we anticipate starting operations for in 2024/2025—a 58 MW Old 300 Solar project in Texas and a 51 MW Postigo Solar project in Spain. The regional breakdown of these commitments is as follows: 

• North America: 118 MW

• Europe: 91 MW

 • Asia Pacific: 5 MW