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TIER 2. SUSTAINABILITY FOCUS AREAS The second tier comprises five sustainability focus areas related to how we do business and how we manage our impact. These are: mitigating our impact on climate change through taking steps towards achieving our climate neutral ambition, biodiversity and ecosystems, local community and development, employee and talent development and safety. Being able to manage the risks and opportunities related to these topics is essential to our business success. It is within these areas that we focus our efforts in order to develop new technologies and more sustainable ways to deliver projects for our clients and to enhance the positive and minimize the negative impacts of our operations. To support delivery of our sustainability strategy, we have identified high-level ambitions and established targets to measure our progress. These targets are

composed of both quantitative and qualitative metrics, which are described in our Sustainability Report 2020 in addition to our approach and performance in 2020 for each of the sustainability focus areas. TIER 3. RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS PRINCIPLES Our responsible business principles are the foundation of our sustainability strategy. These principles are detailed in the Boskalis Code of Conduct and the Supplier Code of Conduct, and are based on international guidelines including the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the conventions of the International Labour Organization. Both codes were recently updated and the Boskalis code is underpinned by key policies.

PURPOSE CORNERSTONES - WHAT WE DO

CORE BUSINESS AREAS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE SDGs

OUR SUSTAINABILITY FOCUS AREAS - HOW WE DO IT

EMPLOYEE AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT

SOCIAL IMPACT AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION

BIODIVERSITY

SAFETY

OUR RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS PRINCIPLES

ANNUAL REPORT 2020 – BOSKALIS