KUKA : Quarterly Earnings

Thinking Forward

_Sustainability Report 2021

About this report 3

Management Board interview 4

Company and strategy 6

Compliance 18

Contents

Ecological responsibility 26

Efficient products and solutions 33

Sustainable supply chain 41

Responsible employer 47

Social engagement 61

Appendix 65

GRI Content Index 66

Imprint and contact 73

With this Sustainability Report,  AG is once again accounting for the compa-ny's economic, ecological, social and soci-etal responsibility. Our target audience is comprised of our employees, customers and shareholders as well as analysts and investors, suppliers, non-governmental organizations, politicians and authorities as well as interested members of the public. We would like to inform the afore-mentioned parties about the measures we are taking to implement responsibility and corporate sustainability throughout our processes, products, the supply chain and towards our employees.

This report was created in accordance with the "Core" option of the GRI Stand-ards. In preparation for this, we validated the key sustainability topics for  in an updated materiality analysis. Accord-ing to the amended sections 289b et seq. of the German Commercial Code [HGB] (CSR Directive Implementation Act/CSR-RUG), publicly traded companies in Ger-many are obliged to publish a non-finan-cial statement or a separate non-financial Group report.  is complying with this obligation in the non-financial report within this document.

The non-financial report can be identified by the dark gray background of the pages and the "Non-financial report" label. The non-financial report was submitted to  AG's Supervisory Board for exami-nation and was approved.

The reporting period corresponds to the 2021 fiscal year (January 1 to Decem-ber 31). The information relates to all affiliated companies of  AG that are included in the  Annual Report. Any deviations have been identified as such. This report was published in German and English at the end of April 2022. In the future, it will continue to be published annually in April.

Management Board interview for Sustainability Report 2021 "Thinking Forward"

The motto of the current  Sustainability Report is "Thinking Forward". As CEO, what do you associate with this term - and how does it fit in with ?

Peter Mohnen: Sustainability also means taking a long-term view: making decisions today that must be tenable and justifiable in the future. Thinking and acting forward is especially important for a technology company like , because we are active in complex areas of the future such as robotics and AI. Let us take, for example, our largest development project at the moment, the new iiQKA operating system, with which we are making robot-ics and automation simpler and more intuitive: as part of this "Mission 2030", we are thinking forward, considering how we will work and live in the future - and aligning our products and solutions accordingly.

So sustainability and technology go hand in hand - you can't have one without the other?

Peter Mohnen: Exactly. New technologies such as digital-ization, robotics or AI are able not only to make our lives and work easier, but also to support us on our way to a more sustainable future. For example, CO2 emissions can be reduced thanks to digitalization. Smart intralogistics avoids empty runs and optimizes routes, a digital twin for planning a system saves resources, and an intelligent building saves energy. As an innovation company,  is on the lookout for ever more sustainable solutions. This is how we help our customers to leverage technologies in order to save resources.

Alexander Tan: And more and more people are operating in an increasingly automated environment; after two years of the coronavirus pandemic we are seeing that more than ever before. Factories and logistics facilities worldwide need robotics and automation. This of course offers great business opportunities for  - but obviously not only for us. By taking over dangerous or stressful tasks, robots can provide better working condi-tions. And automated logistics can ensure the supply of important goods.

When more and more people work with robots, and automation is required for many daily processes, that also entails responsibility. How does  handle this responsibility?

Peter Mohnen: As a global automation company, we naturally have a corporate and social responsibility. Furthermore, the requirements in terms of sustainability are also becoming greater. We also see this when talking to customers. Sustainability is a necessary requirement that we wish to address in all areas. To this end, we work together with our customers on solutions - and also closely involve the  family.

Sustainability must be lived throughout the entire company. «

What does this involvement look like in concrete terms?

Peter Mohnen: Sustainability must be lived throughout the entire company. For this reason, we asked our employees for their views in 2021. Which topics are particularly important to them, and where do they see the greatest opportunities? The results were very impressive and fill me with confidence. We also conducted a materiality analysis, thus defining our key sustainability topics for the coming years. We are in a very clear position in this respect.

What topics has  defined here?

Alexander Tan: The focus is on climate protection and climate risks, employee responsibility and development, efficient and responsible products and solutions, and responsible procurement. These aspects were mentioned particularly frequently by employees. We are therefore focusing primarily on these topics at  and develop-ing specific goals and measures for achieving them.

Let's take another look at the motto "Thinking Forward": Where is  headed in terms of sustainability?

Peter Mohnen: Sustainability is increasingly also a social mindset. We at  also intend to and will play our part in the coming years and actively work on changes, because the challenges are enormous. For example, we want to ensure that each new robot consumes less energy than its predecessor model. However, there is still a long way to go, and we need to improve in many areas. That's why it is so important to me that everyone pitches in - irrespective of department or hierarchy.