87% Recycled Handles Made from recycled plastic sourced from discarded refrigerators since the end of 2024, reducing plastic waste while maintaining a safe and steady grip. Sustainable Blades Featuring 70% recycled steel in the blade components, reducing environmental impact while maintaining high performance. BIC® Twin Lady & Silky Touch® Product Innovations Sustainability in Products, Packaging & Processes About 24 million products are manufactured daily in BIC factories. With simple, inventive designs using as few raw materials as possible to create long-lasting products, BIC keeps sustainable development top-ofmind as early as the design phase—just one more way BIC is designed to evolve. BIC’s product and packaging approach strives to move away from the traditional “take-make-waste” model, which has negative impacts on resources across the value chain. The company has initiated several projects aimed at making parts of our processes more circular— extending product use and contributing to waste and pollution reduction. Consumer Quality & Safety We control quality at multiple levels, in accordance with national and international safety regulations and requirements, as well as our own strict standards. At BIC, safety is non-negotiable. We produce millions of products daily—many used by children—so we build safety into every step, from design and materials to manufacturing and quality control. All BIC lighters, for instance, meet or exceed ISO 9994 standards. Our goal: lead with responsibility, protect what matters—people first and foremost—and bring simple joy to everyday life. Driving Incremental Progress: Our EMA Tool As a key tactic in our step-by-step progress toward greater sustainability, we continue to employ our proprietary Environmentally and Socially Measurable Advantage (EMA) tool. We developed EMA in 2020 as a vital aid in incorporating sustainability metrics into base lining and design innovation. It assists our designers in choosing the most sustainable materials, including recycled plastics, and has helped reinvent more than 40 products to date. In 2024, 11 BIC products or product lines were improved compared to their respective baselines—for example, through the integration of recycled materials into the BIC Matic® mechanical pencil line produced in France. Meanwhile, we continue to refine our methodology. Philosophy & Vision 28 Introduction Climate Action & Commitments Products & Process Community & Collaboration 2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
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