Bucher Industries : Nachhaltigkeitsbericht 2020 (englisch)

Sustainability report

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Contents

About us	4
Bucher at a glance	5
Purpose of the company	6
Good corporate governance	8
Economic value creation	9
Facts and figures	10
Sustainability strategy	11
The four pillars	12
Strategy implementation	13
Material topics	14
Stakeholder engagement	15
Customers	18
Satisfied customers	19
Innovative products and optimal solutions	26
Customer health and safety	28
Employees	30
Satisfied employees	31
Qualified employees	34
Health and safety at work	36
Diversity and equal opportunities	37
Environment	40
Environmental impact of products and services	41
Resource efficiency of production with a special focus on CO2 emissions	43
Compliance	48
General compliance with laws	49
Supply chain - sound procurement practices	50
About this report	52
GRI Content Index	56

Cover picture: Better working conditions, lower electricity consumption and longer

useful life of hydraulic oil at the test benches of Bucher Hydraulics' production facilities in India, all thanks to several environmental initiatives the company launched in recent years.

Jacques Sanche,	3
Chief Executive Officer

Dear Readers,

The year 2020 was a difficult one and our primary focus was to keep our employees safe during the pandemic. Our business developed robustly despite the challenges. Thanks to our long-term planning and solid financial performance, we were able to maintain our important strategic investments and continue launching new products to help our customers be more productive, conduct their work safely, lower costs and reduce their ecological footprint.

Our lead topic for the 2020 reporting period is customer service: We are committed to being there for our customers - wherever and whenever they need us - with fast and reliable support, in-depth knowledge and access to original parts. In this sustainability report, we've highlighted the voices and stories of our customers to share with you what they think of our services.

We also launched a review of our sustainability strategy in 2020. Through this process, we not only reaffirmed our four pillars of "Customers", "Employees", "Environment", and "Compliance", we also added three more topics, namely "Innovative products and optimal solutions", relating to customers, as well as "Solutions with a purpose" and "Good corporate governance", both of which are core to the foundation of our company.

As our most powerful lever to lower our ecological footprint, our commitment to further developing the efficiency and sustainability of our products was unchanged in 2020. We are also striving to reduce CO2 emissions in our own production - an ambition we will pursue more strongly as we emerge from the COVID-19 crisis.

I hope you enjoy reading our sustainability report 2020 with a cover page showcasing our production site in India, which received the Indian VDMA Excellence award for "Initiatives for Energy Efficiency and Conservation" for the year 2020 (see page 47).

Jacques Sanche

Chief Executive Officer

About us

Bucher Industries is a global technology group focused on meeting fundamental human needs. With production sites on five continents, approximately 12'600 employees and leading market positions in mechanical and vehicle engineering, the Group generated sales of over CHF 2.7 billion in 2020.

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Bucher at a glance

The five divisions of Bucher Industries build specialised, state-of-the-art machines and vehicles that combine durability and high efficiency. They are engineered to meet economic demands while conserving natural resources.

Group structure

Bucher Industries AG is headquartered in Niederweningen, Switzerland, and publicly traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange. With more than 50 production and development sites on five continents, the company's main markets are specialised agricultural machinery, municipal vehicles, customised hydraulic solutions, glass container manufacturing technologies and beverage production equipment.

The Group comprises five specialised divisions in industrially related areas with high growth and earnings potential:

• Kuhn Group, a leading manufacturer of specialised agricultural machinery worldwide
• Bucher Municipal, a leading supplier of municipal vehicles and equipment
• Bucher Hydraulics, a leading international manufacturer of electrohydraulic systems
• Bucher Emhart Glass, the world's leading supplier of advanced technologies for manufacturing and inspecting glass containers
• Bucher Specials, a group of four individual business units with a focus on equipment for the production of wine (Bucher Vaslin) and fruit juice, beer and instant products (Bucher Unipektin), the Swiss distributorship for tractors and specialised agricultural machinery (Bucher Landtechnik) as well as automation solutions (Jetter).

Operational group structure

Group			Bucher Industries
Holding			Bucher Industries AG
				Group services
Divisions	Kuhn	Bucher	Bucher	Bucher	Bucher
Group	Municipal	Hydraulics	Emhart Glass	Specials