Sustainability Report 2023

2023 4.7% SA8000 9.4% SA8000 4.7% BRCS-ETRS 3.8% BRCS-ETRS 27.9% SMETA 30.2% SMETA 62.8% BSCI 56.6% BSCI 2022 * The calculation was made based on the number of production units and covers all production units of PENNY national private labels for food and non-food products at the first level of the supply chain in countries at risk and which have a substantial contribution to PENNY turnover We impose on our suppliers, through contractual clauses, the obligation to respect human rights and to ensure this compliance within their own operations, as well as to pass these obligations on in the upstream supply chain. We have implemented a complaints mechanism open to the public to ensure that any suspicions of human rights violations and environmental issues are properly investigated and addressed. According to the risk analyses we carried out at Group level, on the topic of products, the following raw materials were identified as critical in terms of social impact: coffee, cocoa, tea, palm oil, juices (especially orange juice), fish, fruits and vegetables such as bananas or pineapples. At the same time, we pay special attention to textile products made of cotton, and all textile products under our private label are OEKO-TEX certified, thus ensuring that they are free of harmful substances. We aim for 100% of our private label products to be certified in the selected categories. At the end of the reporting year, the percentage of private label products with at least one type of certification was 88.5%. At the same time, we turned our attention to the textile products in our portfolio, reaching 20 OEKO TEX certified products, all private label textile products having OEKO TEX certification. Proportion of socially certified production facilities by type of certification*: SUSTAINABILITY REPORT PENNY ROMANIA 2023 118/256 MESSAGE FROM THE GENERAL DIRECTORS SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY AND GOVERNANCE ABOUT US AND OUR VALUE CHAIN ABOUT THE REPORT THE FUTURE IS MADE TODAY SUSTAINABILITY MILESTONES CONTENTS

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