ESG Reporting

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Environment³

^{1 Board Members who are female and/or of a US racial/ethnic minority.
2 Mid-level managers are defined as the management paygrade below the first senior executive level. Source data, December 2021.
3 For all figures, minor corrections to historical data may be made to improve accuracy or based on methodology updates.
4 All Scope 2 emissions are calculated using the market-based method.
5 In 2019, we updated our methodology for calculating Scope 3 upstream emissions. In prior years, we estimated emissions from raw materials based on the bill of materials
for products. In 2019, 2020, and 2021 we use actual raw material data. Raw materials exclude intra-company transfers, trading, tolling, and utilities.
6 Energy consumption is expressed in mln GJ which is the sum of the actual consumed by the sites. For 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 the consumption was extracted from our reporting system Enablon.
The energy consumption for 2009 was derived from the consumption expressed in Fuel Equivalents that year by applying a factor expressing the relation between direct consumption in GJ and Fuel Equivalents for 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.
7 Including renewable grid electricity.
8 Renewable energy data includes renewable fuel consumed, produced and purchased and is based on utility or supplier data, or other green power products.
This does not consider certifications for biomass and hydro power, which are not tracked currently.
9 The increase in the 2020 volatile organic components (VOC) emissions compared to 2019 is due to the acquisition of the CMC Äänekoski site.8 Until 2018, only COD discharge to surface water was measured.
10 Until 2018, only COD discharge to surface water was measured.
11 Total freshwater consumption (excluding once through cooling water intake) [1,000m3]}

Social

^{12 Workforce data prior to 2021 includes Nobian employees (Nobian’s separation from Nouryon occurred in 2021). 2021 workforce data excludes Nobian employees.
13 Headcount and similar metrics may differ slightly, depending on exact collection date, due to timing of reporting schedules, divestments, and acquisitions, as well as regular workforce fluctuations.
14 Senior positions are defined as mid-level managers and above. Source data December 2021.}

Governance

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