Plastic Omnium - 2018 Registration Document

3 STATEMENT OF NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE CSR at the heart of our strategy PLASTIC OMNIUM 2018 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 87 Contribution to Sustainable Development Goals The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations form an international benchmark universally recognized as the way forward to create a sustainable, viable and fair future. From these 17 goals, Plastic Omnium has identified those to which the Group contributes the through its organization and business. SDG 3 – Promoting good health and well-being at any their age Plastic Omnium contributes to this Goal by ensuring the health and safety within the Company of its 32,000 employees (zero accident target, work on ergonomics, survey on engagement, etc.), and by offering additional initiatives on a local basis, such as health coverage, promoting sport, vaccination campaigns, etc. Plastic Omnium also contributes to improving health and well-being by proposing technological solutions to car manufacturers, allowing them to drastically reduce nitrogen oxides which are acknowledged to reduce air quality and to affect health. Through its intelligent exterior body parts and modules which incorporate an increasing number of sensors, Plastic Omnium also contributes to improving road safety. The reliability of its products in the event of an impact with a pedestrian is, for Plastic Omnium, a non-negotiable safety aspect. SDG 7 – Guaranteeing access for everyone to reliable, stable and modern energy services at an affordable cost Through Clean Energy Systems and its New Energies subsidiary, Plastic Omnium helps to develop a clean energy for vehicles. Firstly by improving air quality for traditional gasoline and diesel energies and by proposing solutions for hybrid vehicles and, secondly, by investing heavily in research to develop hydrogen and to make it a source of energy with the same characteristics as traditional fuels: range, rapid refilling and cost. For this, Plastic Omnium has invested directly in companies by acquiring them – Swiss Hydrogen and Optimum CPV – or through Aster, the venture capital fund specializing in the energy transition and the mobility sectors of the future. The Group has also joined the Steering Group of the Hydrogen Council, which brings together leading energy, transport and industry companies with a united vision and long-term ambition for hydrogen to be a key part of the energy transition, particularly in the transport sector. SDG 8 – Promote the continuation of sustained and shared economic growth, full productive employment and decent work for all people in 2018 across 26 countries, while also ensuring the safety, health and well-being of its employees, whether permanent or temporary. The Group prioritizes stable jobs by promoting long duration contracts and ensuring that its service providers, subcontractors and suppliers respect workers’ rights through its responsible purchasing policy. Sustained and shared growth is also the result of Plastic Omnium’s high capacity for innovation, which is demonstrated by its significant investment in Research and Development, a constant quest for continuous improvement through an innovation competition open to all employees and through the implementation of an open innovation approach (integrating external experts, partnerships with universities and schools or with SMEs, start-ups, etc.). Plastic Omnium also contributes to this goal through its salary policy. Thus, in France, Spain, Germany or in Mexico, to mention just a few countries, salary levels are much higher than local minimum legal requirements. Through its global presence, Plastic Omnium contributes to the economic development of these regions: the Company creates jobs, recruiting 4,951 SDG 12 – Establish sustainable production and consumption methods In all stages of a product’s life, Plastic Omnium takes sustainability criteria into account: research allows technologies to be designed and products to be developed that are more sustainable and, as a result, to offer customers responsible innovations; life-cycle analyses are currently being carried out so that customers can be guided in their decisions by integrating environmental criteria; environmental criteria are incorporated in supplier selection; the Top Planet policy aims to reduce energy consumption during manufacturing; and the Group has a stringent requirements for managing waste, emissions and chemical products irrespective of the site and country. SDG 13 – Act urgently to combat climate change and its consequences Clean Energy Systems’ products are developed with the goal of improving air quality and also reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Accordingly, the HydroPower emissions control system for gasoline-powered engines enables, among other things, CO 2 emissions to be reduced by up to 15%. Plastic Omnium also offers hybrid vehicle fuel storage systems pending the development of hydrogen systems. In manufacturing, the Top Planet program which aims to seek optimum energy efficiency and thus reduce greenhouse gas emissions has been in place since 2008 In 2018, the Group measured its carbon footprint including emissions generated upstream and downstream of its activities (scope 3) allowing areas of improvement to be identified, beyond the direct impact of its activities that are already managed through the Top Planet program (scope 1 and 2). In addition, life-cycle analyses have been carried out on four of the Group’s flagship products in order to understand the mechanisms for improvement related to the products themselves (from the extraction of materials to their end-of-life).