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Freudenberg Performance Materials Apparel SasID Nr. 4S-100601e-report version 3.0

Marchio 4sustainability con pay off

Freudenberg Performance Materials Apparel S.a.s. di Externa Holding s.r.l. underscores its clear commitment to its social and environmental responsibility
by following the 4sustainability® roadmap. More specifically FPMA S.a.s has decided to take additional steps towards the ZDHC Framework
in the Italian production site in Sant’Omero with a recognized and structured system relying on third-party annual audit.
This systematic approach allows to verify company’s longstanding undertaking to avoid toxic and hazardous chemicals and related risks.
Started out at the Ongoing level, the next targeted levels of the Protocol will be Basic, Advanced and Excellence

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4SUSTAINABILITY® COMMITMENT

Growth and sustainability are the factors for which we want to stand out, founding our strategy on the belief that ethical approach should characterize our business model. We firmly believe there cannot be a long-term economic development without a social and environmental development.
Inspired to and aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations in the 2030 Agenda (SDGs), we’re committed to contributing to the generation of global positive change, assuming a clear environmental and social responsibility.
We do it concretely by joining the 4sustainability® roadmap, making the values and action programs it embodies our own, committing ourselves to starting a virtuous change journey in our business model, through one or more initiatives that we tell in this e-report.

elimination of toxic and harmful chemicals from production cycles in line with the ZDHC Roadmap to Zero Programme

this initiative contributes to the following main UN Sustainable Development Goals

LAST REPORT ABSTRACT

download the report abstract with the main KPIs collected during the last on site assurance performed; if present, the abstract also includes the ZDHC Foundational or Progressive Level Certificate

IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL

the implementation level is defined after the assurance process following the achievement of the protocol’s minimum requirements and is reviewed annually

The company has adopted the ZDHC MRSL for eliminating toxic and harmful chemicals from its processes and the 4S PRSL for raw material control. It has also implemented all the ZDHC CMS TIG requirements on internal and external processes.

CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SCORE

66%

the percentage indicates the overall level reached through the implementation of 4s CHEM protocol requirements

ASSURANCE PROTOCOL

Management System 59%
Chemical Risk Management 60%
Material Risk Management 36%
Supply Chain Assessment 67%
Process Management 82%
Chemical Health & Safety 100%
Output Management 59%

PRODUCTION VOLUMECOVERED BY MONITORED CHEMICAL INVENTORIES

99%

percentage of internal and external production volumes monitored through chemical inventory assessments

INTERNAL CHEMICAL INVENTORY EVALUATION

chemical inventory compliance percentages by self-declarations and by escalating ZDHC levels

WASTEWATER TESTING

ZDHC MRSL parameters following ZDHC Waste Waters Guidelines

wastewater compliance percentage; when in presence of “doesn’t meet requirements” slice, a Root Cause Analysis (RCA) has been performed and uploaded in ZDHC Gateway Waste Waters Module

PRODUCTION VOLUMECOVERED BY WASTEWATER TESTING

98%

percentage of internal and external production volumes whose wastewater has been tested following ZDHC Waste Waters Guidelines