Plastic Omnium - 2018 Registration Document

3 STATEMENT OF NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE CSR integrated in the business lines PLASTIC OMNIUM 2018 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 115 in the third LCA, Intelligent Exterior Systems compared the impact of ● the new-generation bumpers (the smartbumper ) with traditional bumpers. Initial results highlight the significant improvement of the new generations across all environmental criteria, except the mineral resources impact due to cameras and other sensors which require the use of mineral materials. The teams are considering what the focus areas should be for 2019 onward. At the same time, this product was studied with a view to adding a societal criterion to the 5 environmental criteria: the number of fatal road accidents avoided thanks to on-board sensors in these new-generation bumpers. A study conducted with ENSAM University concluded that a significant number of accidents had been avoided: with 20% of vehicles equipped in 2030, over 15% of fatal daytime accidents would be avoided, and 8% of fatal night-time accidents would be avoided. The study will enable more in-depth review of the results so that recommendations may be made on the types of radars that should be used in order to reduce the number of accidents; the fourth LCA concerns a Clean Energy Systems product: as the fuel ● tank is a safety product, Clean Energy Systems does not have as much freedom over materials or design choice as Intelligent Exterior Systems. The LCA, the results of which are expected in 2019, will enable the parameters that influence the impacts to be modelled in order to understand, by varying them, which actions would be the most beneficial: if the most impactful stage is raw materials processing, then the parameter that should be varied will be the energy mix of the machine used; if the most impactful stage is the transport of the finished products, the focus will be on selecting a more responsible transporter. Plastic Omnium will also take part in a study on the LCA of hydrogen in partnership with a government organization in France. This study is intended to result in an industry-recognized methodology. In addition to these life cycle analyses on the Group’s key products, the carbon footprint was calculated in 2018 with the assistance of a specialized outside firm. All emissions sources were measured, taking upstream and downstream operations into account: use of energy and raw materials, purchases of goods and services, upstream and downstream transport, business trips and commuting, investments, waste, capital goods, processing, utilization and end of life of the products sold. Utilization of the products sold was identified as the heaviest contributor to the Group’s overall carbon footprint. 80% of the Group’s CO 2 emissions are generated during the product lifespan. The LCAs will fine-tune the data on the products sold, and enhance it with criteria other than CO 2 emissions. 4% Other 0.9% Transformation of products sold 1.5% End of life of the products sold 2.8% Energy and electricity 11% Purchases of goods and services 80% Utilization of the products sold