Sustainability Report 2023

ENERGY, CLIMATE AND RESOURCES – PROGRESS AGAINST THE TARGETS Area for Action Objective Progress Facts and figures Climate protection Climate action: Reduce absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 1,2,3) by 30% by 2030 compared to 2019 (CO₂eq)  z 9% decrease in total carbon footprint compared to 2019 z 37% decrease in GHG emissions intensity kg CO₂eq / m² of sales area compared to the reference year 2019 Climate action: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from refrigerants by 60% by 2030 compared to 2019 (CO₂eq)  z 13.6% reduction in GHG emissions from refrigerants (kg CO₂eq/m² sales area) compared to 2019 Climate action: Climate neutrality by 2040  z 3 600 tons - the average amount of CO₂ saved annually by retrofitting equipment, equipping shops with photovoltaic panels, remote monitoring of energy consumption, and improving the energy efficiency of buildings Energy efficiency: Reduction of electricity consumption per m² sales area by 10% by 2030, compared to the reference year 2019 (kWh/m²)  z 12% reduction in electricity consumption (kWh / m² sales area) compared to 2019 z 7 681 MWh of green energy produced in-house with 88 photovoltaic panel systems Energy efficiency: Purchasing at least 10% of certified green energy for own store  z 82% of the total energy consumption of PENNY stores, logistic centers and tenants is covered by certified green electricity and 6% by green electricity produced internally through photovoltaic panel systems Conservation of resources Water consumption: Streamlining the specific consumption of water used on PENNY sites  z 18.1% decrease in the intensity of total water consumption (m³/m² sales area) compared to 2022 Material Consumption: Reducing paper used for internal consumption  z Reduction of paper consumption in the head office by 24% and by 3% in stores for printing documents compared to 2022 Reusable packaging: Implementation of innovative solutions and operational improvements, through the further development of reusable tertiary packaging systems  z 49% of the volume of goods delivered on CHEP pallets z 25% of vegetable and fruit crates were IFCO Packaging management: Improving the yield of the quantity of packaging placed on the market (tons/ mil. Euros turnover)  z 12.40% reduction in the intensity of packaging placed on the market (kg/m²) z 16% reduction in the intensity of packaging placed on the market (tons/mil. Euros) SUSTAINABILITY STEP BY STEP CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND BUSINESS SUSTAINABLE ASSORTMENT ENERGY, CLIMATE AND RESOURCES EMPLOYEES AND SOCIETY GRI & SASB INDEX ASSURANCE OF SELECTED NON-FINANCIAL INDICATORS

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