Sustainability Report 2017

Switzerland – 2017 balance sheet* total CO² emissions 1676 t CO2e transportation 65 % consumables 23 % others 12 % Germany balance sheet & climate management planned from: fiscal year 2017 Morocco balance sheet & climate management planned from: fiscal year 2020 * System boundaries: includes Scope 1, 2 and 3, specifically the following emission sources: transport, consumables, paper and mailing, business trips, commutes, heating, waste, electricity and water Overview of climate management CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION An important part of TEXAID’s corporate strategy involves ongoing improvements to the company’s climate and environmental protection policies. The goal of these improvements is to uphold the company’s environmentally friendly and climate-neu- tral corporate culture. To implement these, the Group has created an environmental and energy policy with ten key objectives for TEXAID to achieve long term and is gearing its measures towards these. Mea- sures are being developed and implemented within the framework of environmental and climate ma- nagement to permanently reduce emissions and environmental impacts along the entire process chain. 30