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2021 Non-Financial Reporting Statement Groupe Roullier 16 2021 Non-Financial Reporting Statement Groupe Roullier 17 #1 LEVERAGING INNOVATION TO SUCCEED IN THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE POPULATION GROWTH & INCREASING GLOBAL DEMAND FOR FOOD Over the past fifty years, innovation has increased our global food production capacity by almost 300% 1 . With the world’s population expected to rise to 9.7 billion by 2050, this trend is likely to continue at an accelerating pace over the coming years, despite the fact that one-third of the world’s population still has no food security 2 . CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS IMPACTS ON PRODUCTION Rising temperatures, dwindling water resources, drought, unpredictable variations in rainfall... all are factors that are challenging the agricultural industry to embark on a profound transition across its production models, at the same time as avoiding shortages that could compromise the food security target of 2050. There are many challenges, including supporting all forms of agriculture to achieve a transition that will help them mitigate their contribution to climate change, adapt to it by protecting crops and soils against climatic hazards, and optimise water consumption to protect and restore biodiversity and ecosystems without compromising the ability to achieve a necessary and sufficient level of performance. 1 Our World In Data – Crop Yields 2 Institut Montaigne – Report En campagne pour l’agriculture de demain (Campaigning for tomorrow’s agriculture) A cross-disciplinary innovation strategy for delivering the ecological transition The Group innovation strategy occupies the space where these sustainable productivity challenges meet. Strategy is supported by our business sectors through the Roullier Global Innovation Centre (CMI Roullier). This 5,000 m 2 facility includes 1,200 m 2 of greenhouses that reproduce the climates and soils found on all the continents of the world, making the CMI Roullier the only resource of its kind in the world that enables sustainability to be examined from every perspective. To accelerate this process, we assess the impact of all our products (particularly in terms of their greenhouse gas emissions) and design new ranges every year to meet the latest environmental and productivity challenges simultaneously. Development of sustainable product ranges for all our business sectors Our Magnesia, Algology, Plant Nutrition for the General Public and Renewable Energies businesses are also engaged in using innovation to promote and facilitate the ecological transition. Take shipping for example, where TIMAB Magnesium is offering new solutions based on magnesium oxide and hydroxide that drastically reduce emissions of sulphur oxides (SOx) in the exhaust gases of marine engines. During 2021, NUWEN launched a new range of powdered hygiene products whose manufacturing process requires much lower volumes of water. Some of these products use 75% less plastic packaging, thereby increasing transport efficiency and reducing CO 2 emissions accordingly. Our Florendi subsidiary produces ranges of natural products that are safe for use in organic farming, and provide direct alternatives to conventional plant protection products. Lastly, our biomass boiler manufacturer WEISS makes a direct contribution to achieving carbon neutrality for its customers. At TIMAC AGRO, a number of collaborative projects undertaken during the year allowed this subsidiary to take the environmental benefits of its products to a new level, with the launch of a range of biostimulants that boost plant resilience to the effects of climate change, and Animal Production products that reducemethane emissions from cattle (the Meth’Algues project), as well as atmospheric discharges of ammonia (ACTISAN 360 can reduce these emissions by up to 10%). 86% of our research projects in Plant Nutrition are linked to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) CHALLENGES 96% of our research projects in Animal Nutrition are linked to SDGs SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Throughout this 2021 report, we associate our actions with the relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals. Please see pages 82-83 for details of the 17 goals. COMMITTED TOGETHER FOR THE PLANET COMMITTED TOGETHER FOR THE PLANET