GRI 3-3, 302-1, 305-1, 305-2 & 305-3, 2023/24 Management approach for 302-1, 305-1, 305-2 & 305-3 Various factors play into the issue of climate protection. Which is why it is a central issue to us. Our main challenge lies in uniting the growth we want to continue to achieve as a company with the reduction in emissions we have to achieve to minimize our impact on the climate and align with the 1,5° C goal. With our resource-use being a central driver of our impact on the climate, the topic is closely linked with the ambition to move towards principles of circularity in the design and production of our products and the focus on more sustainable packaging. Additionally, the issue has an indirect impact on various human rights issues. Beurer, as a company focused on health and wellbeing, also faces opportunities in connection with the topic of climate change and adaptation. Our product range covers everything from heated blankets to fans, sea-air simulators and air humidifiers, offering opportunities for growth. We are currently in the process of defining a science based target for the reduction of our emissions. We aim to achieve this reduction by installing solar panels at various of our locations. Two of our production sites were in the process of installing or activating their solar systems at the end of the financial year 2023/24. One has since started using the renewable energy generated by the solar panels, while the other plans to do so by the end of the year. Various options for the further expansion of renewable energy sources are being assessed when opportunities arise. In addition to our focus on renewable energy sources, we are slowly increasing the number of hybrid vehicles in order to reduce our consumption of fuels. Currently, at our location in Ulm, more than 50 % of our vehicles are either fully electric or hybrid vehicles. We are also continuing to improve the availability of data in order to be able to publish more exact information on emissions and better assess potentials for improvement. This is why we now differentiate between different types of plastic in our corporate carbon footprint. * We have improved the way we calculate our emissions. Due to this, the reported emissions are not comparable to those reported in past sustainability reports. 3.1 PROTECTING THE CLIMATE THE CHALLENGE OUR PROGRESS OUR CURRENT EMISSIONS GOAL TIMEFRAME Approval of our goals by the Science Based Targets Initiative by the end of 2024 Short-term Steadily increase the number of hybrid cars in our company Medium-term Reduce our scope 1 and 2 emissions in line with our final science based target. Long-term Improve and standardize processes surrounding the collection of data for the calculation of our emissions and the tracking of the effectiveness of measures related to climate change. Continuously CATEGORY CO2e (t) Scope 1 388 Scope 2 (market-based) 1.477 3.1 Purchased goods & services 64.369 3.3 Fuel- and energy-related activities (excl. those in scope 1 and 2) 549 3.4 Upstream transportation and distribution 2.113 3.5Waste generated in operations 75 3.6 Business travel 454 3.7 Employee commuting 490 3.9 Downstream transportation and distribution 2.000 Total 71.915 OUR GOALS “We want to reduce the emissions we generate directly at all our sites as far as possible (Scope 1), reduce emissions resulting from the purchase of energy at all our sites as far as possible (Scope 2), and reduce emissions in our supply chains where possible (Scope 3). In addition, we want to reduce the total amount of waste we generate.” 26 27
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