Aurubis : Sustainability KPI Update 2020/21

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Aurubis AG

Sustainability KPI Update 2020/21

The 2020/21 KPIs update the KPIs from our Sustainability Report 2019/20 and supplement the information provided in our Non-Financial Report 2020/21.

Sites and employees GRI 102-4, GRI 102-45

Consolidated sites

Europe

DE	Hamburg	Aurubis AG	2,526
		headquarters
		Aurubis Product Sales	11
		GmbH
		E. R. N. Elektro-Recycling	15
		NORD GmbH
		Peute Baustoff GmbH	12
	Lünen	Aurubis AG	665
	Stolberg	Aurubis Stolberg	396
		GmbH & Co. KG
	Emmerich	Deutsche Giessdraht	115
		GmbH
	Röthenbach	RETORTE GmbH	41
		Selenium Chemicals &
		Metals
	Berlin	Aurubis AG	3	Group
				representa-
				tive office
BG	Pirdop	Aurubis Bulgaria AD	896
BE	Olen	Aurubis Belgium NV/SA	621
	Beerse	Metallo Belgium NV	444
		Metallo Group	3
		Holding NV
NL	Zutphen	Aurubis Netherlands BV	288
FI	Pori	Aurubis Finland Oy	271
IT	Avellino	Aurubis Italia Srl	91
	Mortara	Aurubis Mortara S. p. A.	27
ES	Berango	Metallo Spain S. L. U.	97
	Barcelona	Aurubis Product Sales	1
		GmbH
UK	Smethwick/	Aurubis UK Ltd.	23
	Birmingham
SK	Dolný Kubín	Aurubis Slovakia s. r. o.	12

Non-consolidated sites and independent sales employees

Europe

DE	Berlin	azeti GmbH		29
SE	Finspång	Aurubis Sweden AB		3
RU	St. Petersburg	Aurubis Rus LLC		2
TR	Istanbul	Aurubis Turkey Kimya		1
		Anonim Sirketi
Employees in Europe			35
Asia
CN	Shanghai	Aurubis Metal Products		4
		(Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
	Beijing1			1
UAE	Dubai	Aurubis Middle East FZE		2
SG	Singapore1			2
TH	Bangkok1			1
JP	Tokyo1			1
KR	Seoul1			1
Employees in Asia			12
Total employees			47

1 Agency/independent sales employees.
Raw materials	Sales and distribution network
Concentrates and recycling materials	An international sales and distribution
are the raw materials from which	network markets our products.
copper is produced.
Concentrates
Recycling materials

FR	Lyon/Septème	Aurubis Product Sales	1
		GmbH
Employees in Europe		6,559
US
US	Buffalo	Aurubis Buffalo Inc.	576
Employees in the US		576
Total employees		7,135

The KPIs relate to permanent and temporary employment arrangements. Excluding Schwermetall Halbzeugwerk GmbH & Co. KG, Stolberg, in which Aurubis holds a 50 % stake, and excluding Cablo Metall-Recycling und Handel GmbH, Ferbellin (which, since June 1, 2021, has belonged to the joint venture Cablo GmbH with the recycling company TSR Recycling GmbH & Co. KG; Aurubis holds a 40 % stake in Cablo GmbH). Sites without employees are not listed.

Products

The copper is processed into products. Some products are already the result of copper production.

Cathodes	Sulfuric acid
Wire rod	Iron silicate
Shapes	Strip/foil
Specialty profiles	Specialty wire
Precious metals	Synthetic minerals
Minor metals

Slitting centers

Service centers located near our customers slit strip to the desired dimensions.

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Certifications by site

Site	EMAS	ISO 14001	ISO 50001	ISO 9001	IATF 16949	EfbV	ISO 45001
Production sites
Hamburg, headquarters (DE)	√	√	√	√			√
Lünen (DE)1	√	√	√	√		√	√
Olen (BE)		√	√	√			√
Pirdop (BG)		√		√			√
Avellino (IT)	√	√		√			√
Beerse, Metallo (BE)		√	√2	√
Berango, Metallo (ES)		√		√			√
Buffalo (US)				√	√
Emmerich, Deutsche Giessdraht (DE)		√	√	√			√
Fehrbellin, Cablo GmbH (DE)3		√	√	√		√
Hamburg, E. R. N. (DE)		√	√	√		√	√
Hamburg, Peute Baustoff (DE)				√4			√
Pori (FI)		√	√	√			√
Röthenbach, RETORTE (DE)				√			√
Stolberg (DE)			√	√	√
Stolberg, Schwermetall Halbzeugwerk (DE)5	√	√	√	√			√
Zutphen (NL)		√		√	√
Slitting centers
Dolný Kubín (SK)		√		√			√
Mortara (IT)				√			√
Smethwick/Birmingham (UK)				√

1. The plant is also certified through WEEELABEX in accordance with the European series of standards EN 50625. The certificate confirms that waste electrical and electronic devices are efficiently treated and disposed of while minimizing environmental impact.
2. Since October 29, 2021.
3. Not majority-owned by Aurubis (40 % stake).
4. For the sale of iron silicate granules used to produce blasting abrasives.
5. Not majority-owned by Aurubis (50 % stake).

Explanation:

EMAS: system of specifications for environmental management systems and environmental audits

ISO 14001: standard for environmental management systems

ISO 50001: standard for energy management systems

ISO 9001: standard for quality management systems

IATF 16949: standard for quality management systems in the automotive industry, based on ISO 9001

EfbV: Ordinance on Specialized Waste Management Companies (German certificate)

ISO 45001: standard for occupational safety management systems

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Economy 3

ECONOMY

Overview GRI 201-1

	Unit	2019/20	2020/21
Operating earnings before taxes (EBT)	€m	221	353
ROCE (return on capital employed)	%	9.3	15.6
R&D expenditure	€m	15.0	12.0
Environmental protection investments	€m	36.1	60.9
Environmental protection investments since 2000 (cumulative)	€m	670	730

Average recycled copper content in copper cathodes in the Group 2020/21

in %

55			45
Average primary			Average recycled
copper content in			copper content in
the cathode			the cathode

Origin of concentrates and throughput 2020/21

GRI 301-1, in %
			9
		3	Other
	4	Australia		17
4	Turkey		Chile
Canada
5				16
Indonesia		Total quantity
	Peru
5			2,250,000 t
Panama
	7
	Georgia		16
		13		Bulgaria
		Brazil

Origin of recycling materials and throughput 2020/21

GRI 301-2, in %
	4
3	Other
Asia
9	35
Rest of Europe	Germany
(non-EU)
12
North America	Total quantity
	941,000 t1
38

Rest of EU

1 Excluding FRP.

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4 Economy

Compliance and anti-corruption: Employees trained the past three years GRI 102-17,GRI 205-2

	Unit	2018/19 to 2020/21
Anti-corruption	Employees	1,330
Percentage of all employees	%	19.2
Antitrust law	Employees	507
Percentage of all employees	%	7.3
Incidents or lawsuits GRI 205-3, GRI 206-1, GRI 406-1
	Unit	2020/21
Corruption	Number	0
Antitrust law	Number	0
Discrimination	Number	0
Human rights GRI 412-3
	Unit	2020/21
		See pages 68-70 of the
		Aurubis Annual Report
Reports submitted on topics relevant to human rights		2020/21
Human rights, environmental protection, and safety clauses in		89
supply contracts for primary raw materials	%

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Environment 5

ENVIRONMENT

Energy GRI 302-1, GRI 301-2, GRI 302-3
	Unit	2018	2019	2020
Total energy consumption within the organization	million MWh	3.642	3.47	3.72
Total energy consumption from renewable energies	million MWh	0.17	0.15	0.15
Total primary energy consumption	million MWh	1.75	1.69	1.72
Total fuel consumption from non-renewable sources	million MWh	1.70	1.68	1.71
Natural gas	million MWh	1.21	1.17	1.21
Heating oil	million MWh	0.01	0.01	0.00
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)	million MWh	0.05	0.04	0.04
Diesel	million MWh	0.01	0.06	0.05
Fuel oil	million MWh	0.30	0.30	0.27
Coke	million MWh	0.09	0.08	0.11
Butane gas	million MWh	0.03	0.03	0.03
Total fuel consumption from renewable sources	million MWh	0.003	0.002	0.002
Wood and wood waste	million MWh	-	-	-
Landfill gas (LFG)	million MWh	0.003	0.002	0.002
Total secondary energy consumption	million MWh	1.892	1.78	2.00
Total electricity consumption	million MWh	1.842	1.74	1.93
Total bought-in electricity	million MWh	1.812	1.72	1.90
from non-renewable sources	million MWh	1.682	1.59	1.79
from renewable sources	million MWh	0.142	0.13	0.11
Consumption of internally generated renewable energies	million MWh	0.032	0.02	0.03
Consumption of bought-in steam	million MWh	0.052	0.04	0.05
Energy intensity1	MWh/t	2.02	2.1	2.0

1. Values based on copper production, i.e., at the Hamburg, Lünen, Pirdop, Olen, and (starting 2020) Beerse and Berango sites.
2. Figures from the Sustainability Report 2019/20 have been adjusted.

To evaluate our environmental protection performance, we carried out a life cycle assessment (LCA) for our main product, the copper cathode. The results are available in the Environmental Statement 2021 (pages A-27 to A-28).

Environmental Report 2021

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