Groupe Roullier

21 20 2021 Non-Financial Reporting Statement Groupe Roullier 2021 Non-Financial Reporting Statement Groupe Roullier According to a 2021 Report from Circle Economy, our global economy has achieved only 8.6% circularity 1 . This means that only 8.6% of the resources we consume (fuels, metals, biomass, minerals, etc.) are recovered for reuse in our production system, and that the world economy consumes and wastes the rest, which equates to around 100 billion tonnes of materials per year. Faced with the need to respond to population growth, the effects of climate change and the resulting scarcity of resources, the limits of our linear throwaway economy are clear for all to see. The transition to its alternative - the circular economy - has become a global necessity. This is a vision of a system of trading and production that meets the needs of society by using resources more efficiently within healthy global limits 2 at every stage in the product life cycle. The core elements of the circular economy we intend to apply to our business activities are the use of so-called ‘regenerative’ (renewable, reusable and non-toxic) resources, extending product lifespans and recovering waste and transforming it into new resources. Successful implementation of this circular economy demands full and systemic collaboration to ensure that every stakeholder in the value chain is involved. 1 Circle Economy Report - ‘The Global Circularity Gap 2021’ 2 Planetary boundaries (https://stockholmresilience.org ) #2 CONTRIBUTING TO A CIRCULAR ECONOMY Supporting the transition to beneficial models of by-product recovery In a market increasingly subject to supply tensions and changing regulations, CMI Roullier and our business sectors are working together to develop processes for recovering a broad range of agricultural and industrial by-products for repurposing on a number of different scales. A by-product is defined as a material created - whether intentionally or otherwise - during the process of manufacturing another product. In 2021, projects were run via European consortia and partnerships with the aim of enabling by-products to be reused as raw materials in other product manufacturing processes. For example, the Uva Terra project that emerged from a partnership between TIMAC AGRO France and the Union des Distilleries de la Méditerranée distillery cooperative, has made it possible to produce 30,000 tonnes of fertilisers based on vineyard by-products since September 2020. Magnesitas Navarras, our Spanish Magnesia subsidiary, also launched its new range of ‘ECO’ brand recycled refractory products in 2021. These products are made using refractory materials recovered after use by the company’s steel industry customers, and are equivalent in terms of properties and quality to those manufactured using new resources. This success represents the cumulative outcome of several collaborative projects involving a TIMAC AGRO ITALIA AND COPROB REPURPOSE SUGAR BEET BY-PRODUCTS In Italy, the COPROB cooperative (Cooperativa Produttori Bieticoli) is the country’s only major sugar beet processor, producing around 284,000 tonnes of sugar per year. For several years now, TIMAC AGRO Italia has been working with COPROB to boost the production performance and quality of sugar beet. The agreement between the two companies has led to the development of a new TIMAC AGRO technology that uses the residues of sugar beet production. These by-products now form the basis for high value-added fertilisers used by Italian growers, enabling more efficient use of available resources. number of different steelmaking customers, including Arcelor Mittal, Sidenor and Tubos Reunidos, as well as technology institutes, research centres and materials recovery companies. The market availability of this new product range effectively limits the use of virgin raw materials, while avoiding the generation of new waste and carbon emissions that would otherwise be generated by the magnesium oxide production process. Innovation projects also underway in response to biodiversity balance issues include the transformation of invasive waste to create new raw materials that provide sources of plant nutrients. All these projects are responding to the same challenge of developing sustainable sources of supply, while saving natural resources: in this way, the circular economy becomes a major opportunity for growth. PERCENTAGE WASTE RECYCLED BY THE GROUP Pallets Plastics Cardboards and papers 90 % 77 % 73 % i.e. 82% of all waste is recycled 82 % 80 % 68 % 2020 data 2021 data SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS CHALLENGES COMMITTED TOGETHER FOR THE PLANET COMMITTED TOGETHER FOR THE PLANET