Biodiversity and minimising CSL’s impact on nature In delivering on CSL’s promise to preserve a Healthier Environment, CSL recognises that responsible management and the efficient use of natural resources is critical to promoting biodiversity and healthy ecosystems. The Company is working towards understanding its potential local biodiversity impacts and mitigation strategies, and has undertaken high‑level assessments of the locations of its manufacturing facilities in relation to proximity to biodiversity sensitive areas. This assessment showed that none of CSL’s manufacturing facilities is located in or near biodiversity sensitive areas. CSL has focused actions relating to biodiversity and has taken steps during FY2025 to include biodiversity as part of CSL’s strategic focus. CSL has developed the following commitments for biodiversity. By FY2030, CSL aims to: • address any significant biodiversity impacts at manufacturing sites, resulting from biodiversity impact assessments completed; and • source 100% of all paper and fibreboard for product packaging from certified sustainable forestry. >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) Indicator Unit 24–251,2 (Jul–Jun) 23–241,2 (Jul–Jun) 22–231 (Apr–Mar) Water consumption Gigalitres (GL) 5.55* 5.69** 4.86 Total waste Metric kilotonnes (KT) 93.51 93.80 72.00 Waste recycling rate3 % 54 56 44 1. Data reported is inclusive of CSL Behring and CSL Seqirus manufacturing facilities, CSL Plasma network and CSL Behring and CSL Limited headquarters. Data is not available for the CSL Plasma head office in Boca Raton, US and an estimate has been made based on the building area occupied by CSL. This includes CSL Vifor manufacturing facility in Switzerland following acquisition in August 2022. 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. The recycling rate represents the proportion of total waste generated that is either reused or recycled onsite or offsite. * Limited assurance provided by Deloitte. ** CSL has moved to 30 June year end reporting for its environmental data commencing in FY2025. CSL’s 2024 comparative has also been changed to reflect a period ending 30 June. Based on this change, due to seasonality the FY2024 numbers will be different to those reported for 2023–2024 (April–March) period in last year’s Annual Report. Limited assurance was provided by Deloitte on those numbers reported in the FY2024 Annual Report for the reporting period of April 2023 to March 2024. Water, waste and resource management Water, waste and recycling trends There was no significant movement in CSL’s water consumption during the FY2025 period, compared to last year. This was largely driven by a decrease at Kankakee, US, and offset by increases at new facilities within the Broadmeadows, Australia site, and by increased production and operations at CSL’s other manufacturing facilities. Reducing water use as part of the production processes remains a challenge that CSL is looking at with renewed focus. Compared to last year, there was no significant movement in total waste generated and the proportion of waste recycled by CSL in the FY2025 period. Commitments for waste and water CSL’s waste and water reduction commitments aim to serve as a tangible and transparent roadmap towards reducing its impact. By FY2030, CSL has these aims: 37 CSL Limited Annual Report 2024/25
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