Metro: Metro : ESG KPI Report 2023/24

Climate + carbon Ethics + trust Equity, inclusion + well-being Community involvement About this report Imprint   CONTENTS 3 Climate + carbon Greenhouse gas emissions 5 Status of climate protection target Trends in emission sources included in climate protection target Electricity, heating and cooling energy consumption Installed kW peak Total energy consumption Water withdrawal and wastewater generated Amount of solid waste Food waste reduction 14 Ethics + trust Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) Number of healthy and nutritious products 17 Risky own brand producers 19 Social audits Equity, inclusion + well-being Employees Women in MINT positions 24 Employee diversity 26 Employees with a recognised severe disability or equivalent status 27 Employee turnover Employee representation Number trainees, interns and students New employees - diversity Managers by age Gender breakdown in managerial positions Nationalities among managers 34 Continuing professional development Employee engagement Community involvement 37 Community involvement About this report About this report 41 Assurance 44 Imprint METRO ESG KPI REPORT 2023/24 2 Climate + carbon Ethics + trust Equity, inclusion + well-being Community involvement About this report Imprint   CLIMATE + CARBON 4 Greenhouse gas emissions 5 Status of climate protection target 7 Trends in emission sources included in climate protection target 8 Electricity, heating and cooling energy consumption 9 Installed kW peak 10 Total energy consumption 11 Water withdrawal and wastewater generated 12 Amount of solid waste 13 Food waste reduction METRO ESG KPI REPORT 2023/24 3 Climate + carbon Ethics + trust Equity, inclusion + well-being Community involvement About this report Imprint   GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS Reference 2023/24 in t CO 2 (CO 2 equivalents) year 2011 2021/22 2022/23 Scope 1 - direct greenhouse 380,028 gas emissions 483,088 400,792 348,775 Scope 2 - indirect greenhouse 411,888 gas emissions 892,330 592,697 555,972 Scope 3 - other indirect greenhouse 124,990 gas emissions 309,083 194,871 180,985 Total greenhouse gas emissions 1,684,501 1,188,359 1,085,732 916,906 Definition: Level of all main emissions by scope according to methodology of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. Scope 3 was adjusted in order to harmonize the scope with the climate protection target. This applies to both the reporting year and the previous year. The following sources of emissions are included: Scope 1: fuel oil, natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), refrigerant emissions from commercial cooling and air-conditioning as well as fuel consumption by company cars, fleet of our own logistics vehicles (FoV) and emergency power generators. Scope 2: electricity, heating and cooling energy consumption Scope 3: in-house paper consumption for advertising material and office purposes, business trips and upstream chain emissions and grid losses for all direct and indirect energy sources reduction of 45.6% of the above-mentioned absolute figures with regard to Scope 1, 2 and 3 has been achieved since 2011. Explanation about the Carbon Footprint, especially about methodology and climate protection target are available at https://responsibility.metroag.de/esg-priorities/climate-carbon/climate- protection . METRO ESG KPI REPORT 2023/24 4 Climate + carbon Ethics + trust Equity, inclusion + well-being Community involvement About this report Imprint   STATUS OF CLIMATE PROTECTION TARGET Greenhouse gas emissions in kg CO 2 (CO 2 equivalents) per m 2 selling, office and delivery space Scope 1+2 Scope 3 Total Definition: Greenhouse gas emissions from METRO's stores, headquarters and warehouses as well as FSD companies by selling, delivery and office space. There may be variances from the consolidation group in financial reporting for reasons such as data availability. Also due to updated data availability the previous years' figures were adjusted. The calculation of CO 2 emissions corresponds to the logic of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. METRO mainly uses emission factors from DEFRA, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the International Energy Agency (IEA). Included within the climate protection are the aboved escribed emissions from: Scope 1: fuel oil, natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), refrigerant emissions from commercial cooling and air-conditioning as well as fuel consumption by company cars, fleet of our own logistics vehicles (FoV) and emergency power generators. Scope 2: electricity, heating and cooling energy consumption Scope 3: in-house paper consumption for advertising material and office purposes, business trips and upstream chain emissions and grid losses for all direct and indirect energy sources Status: Compared to the base year 2011 CO 2 emissions related to the climate protection target (Scope 1-3) have been reduced by 51.9% per m 2 selling, office and delivery space. Explanation: We aim to be climate-neutral by 2040 mainly through own investments. In reporting period 2021/22, we expanded our 2040 climate protection target to include emissions from our own logistics fleet (FoV). Due to this expansion, the methodology for determining the CO 2 equivalents per m 2 of selling, office and delivery space was adjusted and the key figures for the base year and the previous year's values were corrected accordingly. In the base year 2011 specific greenhouse gas emissions were 386kg CO 2 /m 2 of selling, office and delivery space. METRO ESG KPI REPORT 2023/24 5 Climate + carbon Ethics + trust Equity, inclusion + well-being Community involvement About this report Imprint   The significant decline in emissions to 186kg CO 2 /m 2 of selling, office and delivery space in the reporting period 2023/24 compared with the reference year 2011 can essentially be attributed to measures to reduce consumption relating to energy, paper and business travel, and to reduce emissions caused by refrigerant loss, as well as investments in green electricity and digitization. In addition to its climate protection target, in financial year 2018/19, METRO expanded its climate efforts to the supply chain and as the first German retailer set a recognized Science Based Target (SBTi) for itself. As part of the SBTi, METRO undertakes to reduce its Scope-1- and Scope-2-CO 2 emissions by 60% per square meter selling, office and delivery space by 2030 compared to 2011. In addition, as part of SBTi, METRO is committed to reducing absolute Scope 3 CO 2 emissions (supply chain) by 15% by 2030 compared to 2018. METRO submitted SBTI targets as early as in 2019, they are currently being revised. This process takes account of the new provisions of the CSRD. METRO ESG KPI REPORT 2023/24 6 Climate + carbon Ethics + trust Equity, inclusion + well-being Community involvement About this report Imprint   TRENDS IN EMISSION SOURCES INCLUDED IN CLIMATE PROTECTION TARGET Greenhouse gas emissions in kg CO 2 (CO 2 equivalents) Reference per m 2 selling, office and delivery space year 2011 2023/24 Change in % Paper consumption 14 2 -87 Fleet of own vehicles logistics 7 14 97 Company cars 12 13 2 Business travel 3 2 -41 Electricity consumption 246 91 -63 Thermal energy consumption 35 28 -19 Refrigerant losses 68 36 -48 Total 386 186 -52 Definition: Trends in CO 2 emissions per m 2 selling, office and delivery space from all the emission sources included in the climate protection target compared to the reference year 2011. For the first time we calculated additionally the emissions for electricity consumption according to market-based methodology. The above table shows the emission according to location- based methodology. Using market-based methodology the emissions for electricity consumption in the reporting year is 87kg CO 2 per m 2 selling, office and delivery space. METRO ESG KPI REPORT 2023/24 7 Climate + carbon Ethics + trust Equity, inclusion + well-being Community involvement About this report Imprint   ELECTRICITY, HEATING AND COOLING ENERGY CONSUMPTION Electricity, heating and cooling energy consumption (in kWh per m 2 of selling, office and delivery space ) Heating Electricity Cooling Definition: Locations' energy consumption in relation to the selling, office and delivery space. Energy consumption consists of electricity consumption and heating and cooling energy consumption (fuel oil, natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), emergency power generators and district heating/cooling). METRO ESG KPI REPORT 2023/24 8 Climate + carbon Ethics + trust Equity, inclusion + well-being Community involvement About this report Imprint   INSTALLED KW PEAK Installed on-site photovoltaic (PV) capacity Definition: METRO has started in 2008 to install photovoltaic (PV) systems on the roofs of its stores. The size of PV systems is indicated in kilowatt peak (kWp). The capacity indicates how much energy is generated under standard test conditions. METRO reports the cumulated installation of photovoltaic systems on its stores in kWp, it does not matter if the stores or photovoltaic systems are owned by METRO. As long as METRO is using the solar energy from the PV systems for its store operations and the PV systems are located on METRO roofs, those PV systems are reported. Until 30 September 2024, METRO has installed 78 PV systems in 14 countries amounting to an installed capacity of 64,585 kWp. 8 new systems with a total capacity of 22,122 kWp were installed in the reporting year 2023/24. Target: Within the reporting year we already reached our target to install 50,000 kWp until 2030. METRO ESG KPI REPORT 2023/24 9 Climate + carbon Ethics + trust Equity, inclusion + well-being Community involvement About this report Imprint   TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION in MWh 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Fuel (heating oil, gas, petrol, diesel, LPG, LNG) 491,875 458,309 560,780 Electricity 1,374,945 1,303,944 1,272,571 of which electricity (grid mix) 1,27