Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Responsible products and services
• Environmental footprint
• Employee well-being and growth

Environmental Achievements

• Surpassed 2020 goal for water use reduction (compared to 2010); making progress on thermal energy and laundry product reduction.
• Opened five new plants designed to achieve water and energy consumption levels 20% and 30% below the Group’s benchmark averages.
• Reduction of -40.6% in water consumption (compared to 2010 - consumption per kg of linen delivered - Europe)
• Reduction of -23.4% in energy consumption (compared to 2010 - consumption per kg of linen delivered - Europe)

Social Achievements

• Launched Elis Pest Control and Elis Cleanroom, expanding services.
• Established the Elis Foundation to support deserving high school graduates.
• Maintained a 53% proportion of women in the overall workforce and 33% of managers are women.

Governance Achievements

• Awarded Ecovadis gold medal for CSR performance for the fifth time.
• 94% of direct purchases covered by a supplier’s CSR assessment.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Finding electric trucks that meet the needs of the business in terms of range and load capacity.

Mitigation Strategies

• Focusing on reducing fuel consumption through densifying delivery channels, fleet management tools, eco-driving, and improving vehicle fleet performance.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Supplier Code of Conduct based on UNGC, ILO core conventions, and anti-corruption regulations.
• Encouraging ISO 14001 and SA 8000 certifications.
• Requiring EU REACH certification for all textiles.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, UNGC

Certifications: ISO 14001, ISO 50001, Cradle to Cradle (Bronze for Fusion Washroom range)

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Washroom Fusion range (Cradle to Cradle certified)
• Workwear made from recycled plastic bottles
• Organic cotton hand-towel rolls

Awards & Recognition

• Ecovadis gold medal

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Climate Change
• Circular Economy
• Safety
• Responsible Supply Chain

Environmental Achievements

• 73% of textiles reused or recycled
• 5,000 water fountains renovated
• More than doubled the number of alternative vehicles (electric, biogas)
• Reduced CO2 emissions intensity by 19% (European laundries vs 2010), 22% (vs 2019)
• Reduced water intensity by 40%
• Reduced thermal energy intensity by 20%

Social Achievements

• Improved churn rate to -7% in the UK in 2021
• Implemented Elis’ 10 safety golden rules
• Established a dedicated CSR committee
• CSR Director reports directly to the CEO
• Implementation of a €900m sustainability-linked Revolving Credit Facility

Governance Achievements

• Elis’ EcoVadis Gold certification renewed for the 5th consecutive year
• Elis ranked B by the CDP for its 1st year of reporting
• Elis UK & Elis Sweden committed to achieve carbon neutrality (by 2045 and 2035 respectively)

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Strong inflation of energy prices, particularly gas
• Labor shortages in some countries (e.g., UK)
• Erratic increases of cost components

Mitigation Strategies

• Quickly passing foreseeable cost increases onto customers
• Using a public index with both small and bigger clients for price adjustments
• Negotiations with customers to adjust prices
• Hedging 50% of energy costs

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Increased demand for services and products based on circular economy principles
• Increased demand for low carbon solutions supporting customer climate goals

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: CDP

Certifications: EcoVadis Gold

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Responsible products in each product family
• Acceleration in new responsible product offer from 2022 onwards

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Circularity
• Decarbonization
• Employee well-being
• Safety
• Diversity & Inclusion

Environmental Achievements

• Water intensity reduction of -28% (European laundries vs 2010), Thermal energy intensity reduction of -46% (vs 2019), 77% of textiles reused or recycled in 2023
• Nearly tripled the number of alternative vehicles (commercial & logistics) between 2020 and 2023: from 258 to 1,231

Social Achievements

• Accident frequency rate reduction of -11.4% vs 2019
• 84% of Elis’ employees stated that CSR is a key value of Elis in 2023
• Improved gender diversity

Governance Achievements

• Integration of Climate criteria into the €900m sustainability-linked Revolving Credit Facility

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Cost inflation (especially minimum wage)
• Maintaining pricing discipline while managing volume losses

Mitigation Strategies

• Pricing adjustments to offset inflation
• Productivity gains through logistics optimization (GLAD software), industrial efficiency improvements, and best practice roll-out
• Continued efforts on logistics costs

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Awards & Recognition

• Gold trophy from the Sustainable transformation summit
• Awards from Mines Paris, Cegos France