Boskalis Sustainability Report 2020

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HOW WE ENGAGED Engaging in regular dialog with internal and external stakeholders is vital to understand their expectations and interests, allowing us to establish an enhanced understanding of relevant topics. Stakeholder engagement is a core part of the materiality process, but other dialog also takes place across the business in a range of formal and informal capacities. Whilst we have a wide range of stakeholders, we see our key stakeholder groups as being: employees and future talent; clients and their respective project communities; suppliers and subcontractors; NGOs and civil society organizations; investors and shareholders. In 2020 our engagement was affected by COVID-19 but carried on through mainly online approaches as described below. Some engagement was in person whilst others moved online to account for relevant restrictions.

OUR STAKEHOLDERS Employees and future talent

WHAT THEY TOLD US AND WAS DISCUSSED

HOW WE LISTEN

WHAT WE DID

COVID-19 employee survey Workers council NINA (Safety) meetings WoW (Quality) meetings Sustainability meetings Website and internal media Visits by management to vessels and projects Graduate recruitment days Family days Supervisory board workshop

Overall results of engagement identify that in 2020 employees: ‚ Wish to be kept informed about Boskalis strategy, activities, projects and COVID-19 developments/ measures ‚ Want more clarity on career paths and opportunities in Boskalis ‚ Need more ways to exchange information and knowledge across the company ‚ Want more clarity and information on what the company is doing with regard to sustainability

In response to employee and other dialog Boskalis has: ‚ Developed the Vitality Portal ‚ Run remote leadership modules ‚ COVID-19 test street ‚ Established a Quarantine Support Team ‚ “Yourizon” internal news platform ‚ Stay Connected activity program and live event ‚ Expanded personal development programs and launched an online learning academy ‚ Renewed our performance management process ‚ Added more disciplines to the standard career path overviews Read more on these activities on pages 10 and 48 of the report, and on our response to COVID-19 on page 10

Clients

Conferences and exhibitions Press releases and websites Client meetings during project execution Meetings, personal contact, email, telephone

Differs by client and is collected on an ad hoc basis. Safety, responsible labor practices, and business conduct remain most important issues for our clients across the board. However increasingly and in certain regions climate change, biodiversity and social impact are becoming imperative. Varies by organization and is collected on an ad hoc basis. For example, the areas of renewable energy and health and safety arise in discussions, as did the cascading of our Supplier Code of Conduct. Biodiversity, social impact and sustainable innovation are key issues for Boskalis to address.

Based on individual client feedback we tailor our responses.

Suppliers and subcontractors

Meet the buyer sessions Supplier code of conduct implementation scans Meetings, personal contact, email, telephone Conferences and exhibitions

You can read more about supplier engagement on page 82.

Local communities, NGOs and civil society organizations

Project level meetings with communities

Establish new collaborations and internal processes to advance our approaches on these topics. See following pages for more information.

Grievance mechanisms on projects Multi-stakeholder platforms Speaking engagements, conferences and exhibitions

Innovation: page 20 Biodiversity: page 62 Social Impact: page 70

Investors and shareholders

Over 200 virtual investor meetings Virtual investor conferences Press releases and website Webcast presentations financial results

‚ Business Strategy ‚ COVID-19 impact updates ‚ Financial results and outlook ‚ Developments in our end markets and project pipeline ‚ Opportunities presented by the energy transition ‚ Capital allocation including ‚ M&A and divestments

‚ Launch Corporate Business Plan 2020-2022 ‚ Launched an updated sustainability strategy as an important cornerstone of the new corporate business plan ‚ Set a CO 2 reduction target in line with Paris Agreement

SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020 – BOSKALIS

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