Trescal ESG Report

Environmental, Social and Governance

Investing in planetary health

2023 and beyond

Empowering employee and community

Committing to thoughtful governance

Improving performance worldwide is at the heart of Trescal’s mission. We have a duty of care to our clients and employees to operate responsibly and ethically, whether by ensuring safe working conditions, mitigating our environmental impact or investing back in our communities.

Provide employees with the tools and training to succeed, behave ethically and build our future

Baseline scope 1 and 2 assessment for three of our largest countries

Provide STEM opportunities and funding for students 6-18

Evolve QHSE standards, charters and policies

Message from Chief Executive Officer, Guillaume Caroit

We made great strides in operating sustainably, protecting our employees and clients through QHSE governance and empowering our people to act. We have another exciting year ahead as we continue to drive our commitment forward to achieving sustainable, lasting, positive change.

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Investing in planetary health

2023 and beyond

Empowering employee and community

Committing to thoughtful governance

Investing in planetary health

As climate change accelerates, we constantly seek to minimize our environmental impact. In 2022, we integrated our commitment to environmental sustainability into our ESG Policy. We have committed to carbon neutrality by 2040. We focused on measuring scope 1 and 2 emissions to develop our roadmap for the next three years.

Measured energy consumption in three of our largest countries

Audited energy consumption in 50 laboratories

Supported energy & waste management initiatives

Materiality: Low/ Medium

Score: 37%

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Investing in planetary health

2023 and beyond

Empowering employee and community

Committing to thoughtful governance

Empowering employee and community

We support the communities we work within through sponsorship opportunities aligning with our values. Our partnership with the Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC) and the Société Française de Physique (French Physics Society) enabled students ages 6 to 18 to pursue extracurricular science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs. Internally, we continued to foster career development programs and measure employee satisfaction.

Unified sponsorship around STEM education and committed over 10K€

Received +70% participation rate in employee surveys

Launched Future Leaders program for key employees

Materiality: Low/ Medium

Score: 75%

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Investing in planetary health

2023 and beyond

Empowering employee and community

Committing to thoughtful governance

Committing to thoughtful governance

We appointed a Group Quality, Health & Safety and Environment (QHSE) Director to integrate high-quality QHSE practices across Trescal. We harmonized our practices across our 30 countries and tracked key performance indicators across the Group to have safe, qualitative and ethical operations in every geography.

Investigated and resolved 100% of cases submitted to Integrity Line

Defined global QHSE vision, policies and charters

Organized our first global QHSE seminar for QHSE teams

Materiality: High

Score: 84%

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Investing in planetary health

2023 and beyond

Empowering employee and community

Committing to thoughtful governance

2023 Commitments

Boost inclusion and diversity, support employee development and expand on our social charity sponsorship

Reduce our environmental footprint and emissions

Fulfil our commitment to adhering to safe and ethical working practices

Expand our greenhouse gas emission assessment to 100% of our sites

Introduce STEM partnerships in five countries with at least 50 employees’ participation Survey employee satisfaction in 8 countries to support training initiatives and career development plans

Launch Code of Conduct and Anti-Corruption training in key geographies

Conduct audit to assess climate change risk and mitigation strategies

Have 100% of key subcontractors commit to QHSE Charter

Harmonize customer complaint management system

Define Diversity & Inclusion Director, policy, and training

Transition at least 20 vehicles to electric

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Investing in planetary health

2023 and beyond

Empowering employee and community

Committing to thoughtful governance

ESG Roadmap 2022 – 2026

Principles of Governance

Planet

People

Public

Conduct our business in an ethically responsible manner and ensure oversight through proper governance

Invest in planetary health by minimizing our impact on climate, energy and waste

Empower our people to build their own exceptional career experiences

Actively contribute to improve the communities where we live and work

Ambition

+80% participation in employee surveys demonstrating equity, inclusion & development for everyone • Launch Future Leaders program for key people • Define Diversity & Inclusion leadership, training and statement • Launch employee surveys in key geographies • Launch diversity and inclusion training • Expand employee surveys to 60% of our geographies • Train and inscribe career development plan in 60% of our countries • Train 100% of our team in Diversity & Inclusion • Expand employee surveys to all geographies • Train and inscribe career development plan in all of our countries

100% of leadership, employees and subcontractors commit to ESG

Contribute financial value and employee time to our communities

Targets

Achieve carbon neutrality by 2040

• Launch anonymous integrity line • Appoint global QHSE head • Organize global QHSE seminar • Define global QHSE vision, policies • and charters • Harmonize customer complaint management system • Request commitment from 100% of key subcontractors to QHSE Charter • Provide Code of Conduct and anti- corruption training in our key countries • Obtain Sustainalytics rating • Request commitment from 100% of subcontractors to QHSE Charter • Obtain B Corp certification • Train 100% of workforce on Code of Conduct and anti-corruption • Obtain Sustainalytics rating under 30

• Measure scope 1 and 2 emissions for top three countries (60%) • Integrate environment in ESG policy • Integrate environmental criteria in lab audits • Measure 100% of scope 1 and 2 emissions • Reduce scope 1 and 2 emissions by 10% for key geographies • Assess climate change risks and mitigation strategies for Trescal • Transition 20% of fleet to electric vehicles for top three countries

• Unify sponsorship around STEM education • Launch STEM initiative in 2 countries

2022

• Have 5% of staff participatein STEM • Launch local STEM initiatives in 5 countries

2023-2024

• Have 10% of staff participate in STEM • Ask employees to nominate local initiatives for consideration, create a “participatory” community budget • Allow 1 day paid time-off for local community initiative

• Reduce scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions by 20% for all geographies • Ensure all new short-distance vehicles are electric

2025-2026

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Investing in planetary health

2023 and beyond

Empowering employee and community

Committing to thoughtful governance

Trescal ESG milestones

2026

2021

2013

2018

2019

2022

2040

2016

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Investing in planetary health

2023 and beyond

Empowering employee and community

Committing to thoughtful governance

We base our initiatives around the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals

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Investing in planetary health

2023 and beyond

Empowering employee and community

Committing to thoughtful governance

Thank you

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