Boskalis CSR report 2017

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SUPPLY CHAIN DATA The supply chain data refers to the procurement spend by the suppliers of the Central Procurement department. 204 of these suppliers are regarded as strategic suppliers who account for some 90% of the Corporate Procurement department’s purchasing volume. BENCHMARKS In 2017, our sustainability performance was monitored and benchmarked: ‚ ‚ Boskalis was once again certified for the highest level of the CO 2 Performance Ladder (level 5) in the Netherlands. ‚ ‚ We finished 43rd out of 477 companies surveyed for the Transparency Benchmark of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. ‚ ‚ Once again, we took part in the Carbon Disclosure Project, a global reporting platform that makes information on emissions available to subscribed investors. In addition, our efforts were recognized as follows: ‚ ‚ Winner of the 2017 SAP Quality Award Gold for rolling out the Business Planning and Consolidation application (BPC), which was also used as dedicated online tool to optimize our CSR reporting process, facilitating data gathering and consolidation. ‚ ‚ Runner-up in the Profit category at the Dutch Stakeholder Management Awards 2018, which are awarded to organizations that have worked on mutual beneficial relationships with all their stakeholders in the most creative, innovative and successful way. ‚ ‚ Highly commended in the Working, Building or Engineering with Nature category at the DPC Innovation Awards 2017 organized by Dredging and Port Construction magazine, for stabilizing the uninhabited island Griend in the Netherlands. PUBLICATION DATE The CSR Report 2017 was published at the same time as the Annual Report 2017 on 8 March 2018 on the corporate website. CONTACT Any suggestions you may have for improving our CSR policy or the way we report on it are greatly appreciated. We are happy to engage with you on this subject, in which case you are kindly requested to contact: Martijn L.D. Schuttevâer Director Investor Relations & Corporate Communications Telephone: +31 78 6969822 Email: csr@boskalis.com Website: www.boskalis.com/csrreport

HR DATA The employees of joint ventures and the employees of Anglo Eastern, crew of the Dockwise vessels, are included in the overall reporting in view of this group’s substantial size. However, these employees are not employed by a Boskalis majority owned entity and are not included in the detailed reporting. For more information, please refer to pages 74-76. 2 data covers all fuel consumed by vessels of the Dredging & Inland Infra and Offshore Energy divisions. ISO and ISM standards are used for the conversion of fuel to CO 2 . For the conversion of volume to weight, the ISO 8217:2012 standard is followed. The most stringent density factor of 0.890 kg/l is applied to the MGO/MDO conversion. The following ISO and ISM standards are used for the conversion of fuel to CO 2 : ‚ ‚ Volume to weight conversion takes place according to ISO specification 8217E, using the following specific gravity per liter: – MGO/MDO 0.890kg – HFO 0.991kg ‚ ‚ Conversion of MT of fuel to CO 2 takes place according to IMO Resolution MEPC.212(63), using the following conversion factor per MT of fuel: – MGO/MDO 3.206 MT CO 2 – HFO 3.114 MT CO 2 SAFETY DATA Lost Time Injury (LTI) expresses the number of workplace accidents serious enough to result in absence from work. Lost Time Injury Frequency (LTIF) expresses the number of workplace accidents resulting in absence from work per 200,000 hours worked. The LTIF overview on page 77 shows a breakdown for the various divisions. In addition to LTIF, we also provide the Total Recordable Injury Rate (TRIR). TRIR is composed of LTIs, Medical Treatment Cases and Restricted Work Cases, per 200,000 hours worked. COMMUNITY INVESTMENT DATA Material permanent operations outside the Netherlands are limited. Most of our activities are project-based and therefore temporary in nature. We provide qualitative reporting on the community activities for these operations. In view of our permanent presence in the Netherlands we provide quantitative reporting on the community initiatives undertaken by our domestic operations. Our operations in the Netherlands account for 54% of our workforce. Community investment data includes the investments in community programs made by Corporate Head Office and by Boskalis Nederland. CO 2 DATA The CO