Note: We have taken care to use gender-neutral language in our sustainability report. Where this was not possible for reasons of legibility, we have not differentiated between the genders. It is to be understood that all genders are addressed equally.

SDGs / UN Global Compact In its 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda), the United Nations (UN) laid down the path for achieving worldwide economic progress in conjunction with social justice. The targets of this agenda are described in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this sustainability report, we make various references to the SDGs that align with our sustainability strategy and that we aim to pursue accordingly. We are participants in the United Nations Global Compact. This is the world’s largest and most important initiative for responsible corporate governance....

As a leading global plastics processing company, we are committed The Executive Board of the Röchling Group to developing and implementing sustainable strategies in our key (from left to right): Martin Schüler, Raphael areas of action: PRODUCTS, PEOPLE, and PLANET. Wolfram, Evelyn Thome, and Dr. Daniel Bühler. innovation and quality in order to develop green and resource- time. We have set ambitious efficient products. We focus on inclusion in which everyone that the entire life cycle of our environmental footprint. These products – from raw material their full potential. We nurture include measures...

2.592 The Röchling Group The Röchling Group has been shaping industry. Worldwide. For more than 200 years. With our Automotive, Industrial, and Medical division, we transform the lives of people every day with our customized plastics: they reduce the weight of cars, make medication packaging more secure and improve industrial applications. billion euros in sales Röchling Automotive produces plastic solutions to make our mobility more sustainable. To this end, we use our expertise in the areas of Battery Solutions, Structural Lightweight, Aerodynamics, Propulsion, and Precision Components. This...

SUSTAIN ABILITY REPORT 2025 Executive Summary Area Focus Topic Sustainable Products & Innovations, Circular Economy We evolve our product portfolio to serve the sustainability requirements of our customers. Division Selected Measures and Highlights • Total share of recycled materials processed for our product 30 percent range • Performance of life cycle assessment calculations at all plants; introduction of the “Sphera LCA for Experts®” (LCA FE) software • Ten million euros invested in expanding the Sustainability Center in Geeste-Dalum/Germany • More than 20 sustainable alternatives, nearly...

Sustainability Strategy Our Focus Topics: PEOPLE • Occupational Health & Safety • Attractive Workplace & Employee Development • Diversity, Inclusion & Equal Opportunity • Sustainable Products & Innovations • Circular economy • Product Quality & Product Safety PLANET • Climate Change • Responsible Use of Energy and Resources Our key sustainability topics were identified in 2023 in a systematic process with multiple stages: 1. Longlist & shortlist: Creation of a longlist of potential sustainability topics from various sustainability standards. Condensing the longlist into a shortlist based on individual...

Our focus is on our products and therefore on our customers. We create competitive advantages for them and actively support them in achieving their sustainability goals. Sustainable Products & Innovations • We evolve our product portfolio to help our Circular Economy • We consistently meet the quality customers meet their sustainability goals. requirements of our customers. Product Quality & Product Safety

Sustainable Products & Innovations Circular Economy With our sustainable products and innovations, we help our customers to meet their sustainability goals. To this end, we developed Röchling-BioBoom® and Röchling-ReLoop®, two product families for bioplastics and recycled materials respectively. One of the key aspects is strengthening the circular economy. We have different approaches for the individual requirements of our three divisions. At Röchling Industrial, we aim to offer a sustainable alternative for each of our materials by 2035 – Sustainable Products & Innovations, Circular Economy...

SUSTAIN ABILITY REPORT 2025 We also focus on the reuse of plastics that are used in maritime applications. For instance, we use old fishing nets as a source for the production of new, valuable semi-finished products. Röchling-BioBoom® In our Röchling-BioBoom® product family for Old fishing nets: a source for recycled products. bioplastics, we already have an ISCC PLUS certified alternative based on mass balancing for many of our key thermoplastics. For our laminated densified wood Lignostone®, we only use wood from suppliers that hold FSC® product chain certification. In many industries, our...

By 2028, recycled materials will account for at least 30 percent of all raw materials used at Röchling Automotive on average. With Röchling ReLoop®, we are reducing the use of fossil raw materials at Röchling Automotive. We are working closely with our customers to develop components made entirely from post-consumer material. Our aim here is to promote sustainability and Structural lightweight component for front-wheel suspension. Lighter, smarter, and more affordable. past year, over 26 percent of the materials used in our final components were made from post-industrial recycled material (PIR)....

SUSTAIN ABILITY REPORT 2025 At Röchling Automotive, we will improve transparency on the environmental impacts of our products by 2028. The impact category currently adopted at Röchling Automotive is Global Warming Potential 100 (GWP100). This defines the heat absorbed by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere as a multiple of the heat that would be absorbed by CO2e within a hundred years. We adopted the following method for the quantitative calculation of the life cycle inventory data with regard to its environmental impacts: CML 2001 – August 2016, Global Warming Potential (GWP 100 years). In 2025,...