Grammer : Online Annual Report 2023

GRAMMER launched the "Green Company" strategic initiative in 2020. This initiative is focused on stepping up and boosting awareness of environmental and sustainability issues throughout the GRAMMER Group. As part of this commitment, GRAMMER also engaged in social projects worldwide in 2023. You will find some examples of these on the left-hand side. Into 2024, we intend to continue supporting our employees' volunteer work around the world, elaborate our concept for social engagement and embed the issue even more deeply into the Company's structures.

At the locations of Ursensollen and Haselmühl (Germany) in the EMEA region, we launched a special initiative called "Wishing tree", which saw GRAMMER employees make the Christmas wishes of children from socially disadvantaged families come true. A total of 242 parcels were handed out to give these children a joyful and special Christmas. This campaign underlines our ongoing engagement for social responsibility and sustainability.

Energy and resource efficiency: GRAMMER intends to reduce energy consumption within its processes, promote the use of renewable energies and use natural resources sparingly. To this end, GRAMMER has its sites certified in accordance with the international ISO standards 14001, 50001, and 45001. Below is an overview of the percentage of GRAMMER locations worldwide that have the respective ISO certification.

• ISO 14001%100+5 percentage points

• ISO 50001%56+22 percentage points

• ISO 45001%77+17 percentage points

"Green GRAMMER week": We carried out various activities at our location in Atibaia, Brazil, as part of "Green GRAMMER week", including promoting environmental awareness among children aged 6 to 10. This involved working with recyclable materials such as foam, fabric and pallet wood to make products for donation.

Efficient use of materials: GRAMMER makes the use of its production and non-production materials over the entire product lifecycle as efficient as possible. Responsible use of valuable materials is a matter of course for the Company.

Avoidance of waste and recycling: GRAMMER reduces its waste in general and minimizes the use of hazardous waste. In addition, GRAMMER recycles more of its waste and makes sure to use appropriate disposal and recycling methods.

Emissions reduction: GRAMMER is aiming for the 1.5 degree target set out in the Paris Agreement and reducing greenhouse gases. Other emissions such as VOC and noise are reduced to a minimum.

• SCOPE 1&2 EMISSIONS Tons of CO₂67,203-38.8%

We launched a children's summer camp in Beijing (China) to spark and foster young people's interest in science and environmentally friendly technology. This initiative successfully combined social and environmental aspects and reflected our engagement as a "sustainable company".

Green products: GRAMMER conducts research into innovative and sustainable product solutions so that it can continue to provide its customers with environmentally friendly alternatives.

Other key figures

• Average number of employees 14,241+1.4%

• LTIFRLost time incident frequency rate, frequency of accidents2.27-31.8%

LTIFR measures the number of reportable accidents with at least one day of work lost per million hours worked across the GRAMMER Group worldwide.