Healthier World Circularity, waste and resource management Water, waste and recycling trends CSL’s water consumption increased slightly during the period, compared to last year. Total waste generated also increased. Increases in both water consumption and total waste primarily related to the return of pre-COVID levels of plasma collection volumes and increased production at our manufacturing facilities. The proportion of waste recycled also increased and this is primarily due to waste solvent from manufacturing operations being recovered and recycled either onsite or offsite. Indicator Unit 23–241,2,3 (April–March) 22–231,2,3 (April–March) 21–221,2 (April–March) Water consumption Gigalitres (GL) 5.34* 4.86 4.67 Total waste Metric kilotonnes (KT) 93.64 72.00 55.54 Waste recycling rate4 % 48 44 38 1. Data reported is inclusive of CSL Behring and CSL Seqirus manufacturing facilities, CSL Plasma network and CSL Behring and CSL Limited headquarters. Information related to the Boca Raton office in the US is currently not available and excluded from the total reported water consumption. CSL intends to include this information in our next Annual Report. 2. CSL Plasma uses validated factors to calculate water consumption. Utility invoices were used to establish these factors and calculate water consumption for all CSL Plasma centres. Utility invoices were also used for CSL Plasma Logistic centres, CSL Plasma Laboratories and the Union manufacturing facility (United States). CSL Plasma uses the contracted waste hauler monthly data to calculate the total yearly waste impact. In the absence of hauler information, a factor is applied to calculate the estimated waste impact per volume of plasma collected. 3. This includes CSL Vifor manufacturing facility in Switzerland following acquisition in August 2022. 4. The recycling rate represents the proportion of total waste generated that is either reused or recycled onsite or offsite. * Limited assurance provided by Deloitte. Biodiversity and minimising CSL’s environmental footprint CSL recognises that responsible management and the efficient use of natural resources is critical to a healthier environment that promotes healthy ecosystems and biodiversity. The Company is working towards better understanding its potential local biodiversity impacts and mitigation strategies, and has undertaken a high‑level assessment of the locations of all our manufacturing facilities with regards to proximity to biodiversity sensitive areas. This assessment showed that currently none of CSL’s manufacturing facilities is located in or near to biodiversity sensitive areas. CSL’s embedded environmental management policies and practices allow the Company to reduce the risk of causing harm and minimise any impact it has on the environment. These steps include the appropriate management of stormwater runoff, and containment in the unlikely event of a chemical spill at all of CSL’s manufacturing facilities. Further to CSL’s commitment of responsible management of the Company’s environmental impacts, there have been no significant environmental management issues such as pollution or chemical spills at any of our manufacturing facilities in the reporting period. In addition, this year CSL has prioritised its efforts to divert waste from landfill and reduce its water usage by developing reduction targets, outlined in the box to the right of this page. Read more at csl.com/sustainability Commitments for waste and water CSL continued to advance its environmental strategy during the year in the focus areas of waste and water, with the development of waste and water reduction targets. CSL’s waste and water reduction targets aim to serve as a tangible and transparent roadmap towards reducing our impact. By 2030, CSL aims to: >90% Divert more than 90% of manufacturing waste from landfill i.e., ‘Zero Waste’ at all manufacturing sites 0% Achieve zero percent absolute growth in water use, from a FY2021 baseline at three priority manufacturing sites, Kankakee (US), Broadmeadows and Tullamarine (Australia) which are located in regions forecast to be water stressed by 2030. Reduce Reduce percentage of waste to landfill year on year for its plasma collection centres Minimise Minimise percentage of waste incinerated (if site is already zero waste) 54 Limited Annual Report 2023/24
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