Climate Change Data

Bombardier Inc.

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2019, 2020, 2021)

Reporting Period: 2019

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:252 thousand tonnes of CO2e
Renewable Energy Share:50%
Total Energy Consumption:4.3 million GJ
Water Consumption:55 million m3
Waste Generated:55 thousand tons
Carbon Intensity:16 tonnes of CO2e/million $ revenue

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environment
  • Social
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Improved energy and GHG efficiency by 7% and 10%, respectively
  • More than 50% of energy requirements for electricity were supplied by renewable electricity sources
  • Completed the voluntary adhesion of eligible sites to the Western Climate Initiative’s cap and trade system for GHG allowances
  • 4% reduction in water use
  • 84% valorization rate of waste

Social Achievements

  • Invested $17 million CAD in internship program
  • Contributed $5 billion in employee benefits
  • Completed a pulse survey to gather employee feedback
  • Formalized future diversity and inclusion strategy
  • Launched a number of awareness campaigns, including unconscious bias webinars for managers

Governance Achievements

  • Renewed Code of Ethics and Supplier Code of Conduct
  • Updated ethics and compliance online training portfolio
  • Strengthened ethical leadership development program for managers
  • Strengthened our ethics and compliance on-boarding process for new employees

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Achieve net zero emissions by 2050
Short-term Goals:
  • Formalize plan to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050

Environmental Challenges

  • Challenges and delays on key legacy rail projects
  • Global economic and sanitary crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Risks associated with general economic conditions, risks associated with our business environment, operational risks, financing risks, market risks
Mitigation Strategies
  • Strengthened processes to reduce risks in our supply chain
  • Streamlined aerospace and rail businesses
  • Reshaped rail business, improving design-to-production process
  • Accelerated the deleveraging of our balance sheet through the sale of our Transportation division to Alstom SA
  • Implementing measures to protect employees, customers and suppliers and limit the spread of the virus

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Revised Third-Party Due Diligence Policy
  • Reviewed Supplier Code of Conduct

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Extreme weather
Transition Risks
  • New regulations and technology
Opportunities
  • Increase R&D in clean products development and electrification
  • Improve energy efficiency in our operations
  • Source renewable energy
  • Secure the long-term supply of sustainable aviation fuels
  • Optimize carbon offsets

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Global Reporting Initiative Standards, International Integrated Reporting Council framework

Certifications: ISO 14001

Third-party Assurance: Partially verified by an external party; Energy and GHG emissions data from Belfast, UK site verified by BSi Assurance UK Ltd.; nine Transportation sites receive annual external verification under the EMAS; two sites in Montréal receive external verification for GHG emissions under the Québec cap-and-trade system

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Global 7500 aircraft (designed using a total life-cycle approach)

Reporting Period: 2020

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Ethical standards
  • Sustainable business practices
  • Supporting communities
  • Diversity, inclusion and equality

Environmental Achievements

  • Global 7500 aircraft received an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)

Social Achievements

  • Offered more than 1,000 paid internship positions for 2021
  • Reaffirmed diversity, inclusion and equality as integral parts of Bombardier’s culture
  • Committed to intensifying focus on recruiting and developing a more diverse workforce
  • Bombardier employees supported essential workers on the frontlines fighting the COVID-19 pandemic

Governance Achievements

  • All accomplishments in 2020 were achieved with a complete commitment to the highest ethical standards

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Generate $400 million annually in recurring savings by 2023
Short-term Goals:
  • Deliver exceptional value to our customers and predictable financial performance to our shareholders

Environmental Challenges

  • Unprecedented challenges due to the global pandemic
  • Sharpest decline in passenger rail traffic ever
  • Business jet usage fell to levels far worse than during the 2007-08 financial crisis
  • Higher than expected debt load due to the pandemic
  • Infrastructure too large for current market conditions
Mitigation Strategies
  • Took immediate steps to reduce costs, preserve cash and improve liquidity
  • Reset production rates and global supply chains
  • Implemented a new set of safety protocols across all sites
  • Completed strategic divestitures
  • Effective debt management strategy
  • Addressing cost structure to be profitable in current market conditions
  • Company-wide initiative to drive productivity
  • Optimizing Bombardier’s manufacturing footprint
  • Consolidation of Global aircraft completion work
  • Reviewing options for underutilized hangar and industrial space
  • Ending production of Learjet aircraft

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • All suppliers must comply with our Supplier Code of Conduct

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Global 7500 aircraft

Awards & Recognition

  • Global 5500 and Global 6500 were recognized by AIN magazine as the best new business jets in 2020

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 1 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 2 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:Not disclosed
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Greenhouse gas emissions reduction
  • Safety
  • Workforce diversity
  • Employee engagement
  • Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)
  • R&D investment in greener aircraft
  • Community investment

Environmental Achievements

  • Published the world’s first environment program declaration (EPD)-certified aircraft for its Global 7500

Social Achievements

  • Invested $14.1M in local communities worldwide between 2016 and 2021
  • The J. Armand Bombardier Foundation invested $24.4M between 2016 and 2021 in local initiatives

Governance Achievements

  • Published its first integrated ESG report in October 2021

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • 25% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 relative to 2019
  • 30% reduction in lost-time due to disruptions by 2025 relative to 2020
  • Over 30% women in management by 2025
  • Employee engagement score of at least 75% by 2025

Environmental Challenges

  • Inflation pressures
  • Supply chain disruptions
  • Geopolitical tensions
Mitigation Strategies
  • Not disclosed

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Challenger 3500 aircraft (designed with a sustainable lens)

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed