Making dreams of today and tomorrow come true

Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2022

Royal Auping

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Making dreams of today and tomorrow come true

Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2022
Royal Auping

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‘We want to have a fully circular product range by 2030′

Mark Groot Wassink
Sustainability & Innovation Director,
on behalf of the Royal Auping Management Team.

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Our DNA

Slide1

>76,000

75%

30%

18%

Sustainable family business

As a family business operating out of the Dutch town of Deventer, we are fully aware of our role and responsibilities in a changing world. Sustainability is part of our DNA, which is why more and more of our mattresses are made entirely of reusable parts. This is how we work towards a world without waste, and how we strive for an even more beautiful world every day. This is how we make our dreams — and those of future generations — come true, so that everyone can go to bed with peace of mind.
This is how we bring rest to the world.

new sleepers rested*

*Number of customers who bought an Auping bed or mattress in 2022

Aided

Unaided

Top-of-mind awareness

Auping brand awareness
(in the Netherlands)

Slide2

55

93

2

363

398

suppliers

B Corp points*

*Assessment in 2022, yet to be validated by B Lab

B Corp certified:
‘Business as a force for good’

production sites,
sustainable and
demand-driven

FTEs

employees

Slide3

217

3

30

€ 96.1

€ 5.5

320

retail outlets in the Netherlands

export markets

online stores
(Netherlands, Belgium
and Germany)

million turnover

million EBITDA

retail outlets across Europe

Our DNA

Slide1

Sustainable family business

As a family business operating out of the Dutch town of Deventer, we are fully aware of our role and responsibilities in a changing world. Sustainability is part of our DNA, which is why more and more of our mattresses are made entirely of reusable parts. This is how we work towards a world without waste, and how we strive for an even more beautiful world every day. This is how we make our dreams — and those of future generations — come true, so that everyone can go to bed with peace of mind.
This is how we bring rest to the world.

Slide2

>76,000

75%

30%

18%

new sleepers rested*

*Number of customers who bought an Auping bed or mattress in 2022

Aided

Unaided

Top-of-mind awareness

Auping brand awareness
(in the Netherlands)

Slide3

55

93

suppliers

B Corp points*

*Assessment in 2022, yet to be validated by B Lab

B Corp certified:
‘Business as a force for good’

Slide4

2

363

398

production sites,
sustainable and
demand-driven

FTEs

employees

Slide5

217

3

30

320

retail outlets in
the Netherlands

export markets

online stores (Netherlands, Belgium and Germany)

retail outlets across Europe

Slide6

€ 96.1

€ 5.5

million turnover

million EBITDA

How Auping creates value

In our reporting framework, we explain how Auping creates value with and for our stakeholders. Since 2021, Auping has been reporting from a new reporting framework that rests on four value pillars. These pillars are the following:

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SDGs

Our impact

Slide1

48%

87%

49%

26.2%

Circular value chain

A circular value chain uses safe materials that, thanks to the design of the product and processes, are reused endlessly or recycled into new similar-quality materials within an economically cost-effective model, thus eliminating waste.

Mattresses sold that are circular

Sustainable wood

Sustainable textiles

Circular Transition Indicator 2022

Slide2

27%

-34%

-8%

-29%

1,265

Energy-efficient operations

The target we have set ourselves is to generate 80% of our energy ourselves by 2030 and we are on track to hit that target. The ultimate goal is, of course, to become completely self-sufficient in meeting our energy needs. Over the coming years, we will be taking the next steps, which include to stop using gas altogether, as we target 100% scope 1 carbon neutrality by 2030. We are also working to reduce our impact in the supply chain, both at our suppliers and at our retailers.

Energy used that we generated ourselves

57 tCO₂e
per employee

238 tCO₂e
per € million of turnover

Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions (tCO₂e)

Waste
(tonnes)

(-22%)

Slide3

40%/60%

95%

9.4%

35

67%

Care for people

Whether you look at the rising cost of living or our renewed freedom of action after the pandemic, the year 2022 once again showed that we are living in a rapidly changing world. This requires organisational resilience and agility, but also resilient and agile employees. It has made sustainable development of employees and offering them a safe work environment even more important. However, care for people also implies care for our suppliers and our customers.

Female/male ratio

Auping sleepers
sleep well

Sickness absence

eNPS

Suppliers < 300 km radius*

*based on volume delivered (in kg)

Our impact

Slide1

48%

87%

49%

26.2%

Circular value chain

A circular value chain uses safe materials that, thanks to the design of the product and processes, are reused endlessly or recycled into new similar-quality materials within an economically cost-effective model, thus eliminating waste.

Mattresses sold that are circular

Sustainable
wood

Sustainable
textiles

Circular Transition Indicator 2022

Slide2

27%

-34%

-29%

-8%

1,265

Energy-efficient operations

The target we have set ourselves is to generate 80% of our energy ourselves by 2030 and we are on track to hit that target. The ultimate goal is, of course, to become completely self-sufficient in meeting our energy needs. Over the coming years, we will be taking the next steps, which include to stop using gas altogether, as we target 100% scope 1 carbon neutrality by 2030. We are also working to reduce our impact in the supply chain, both at our suppliers and at our retailers.

Energy used that we generated ourselves

57 tCO₂e
per employee

Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions (tCO₂e)

238 tCO₂e per € million of turnover

Waste (tonnes)

(-22%)

Slide3

40%/60%

95%

9.4%

35

67%

Care for people

Whether you look at the rising cost of living or our renewed freedom of action after the pandemic, the year 2022 once again showed that we are living in a rapidly changing world. This requires organisational resilience and agility, but also resilient and agile employees. It has made sustainable development of employees and offering them a safe work environment even more important. However, care for people also implies care for our suppliers and our customers.

Female/male ratio

Auping sleepers sleep well

Sickness absence

eNPS

Suppliers < 300 km radius*

*based on volume delivered (in kg)

Emissions
reduction

Over the past year, total emissions in scopes 1, 2 and 3 were 22,843 tCO₂e, down 28.8% on 2021, when total emissions came in at 32,084 tCO₂e. Of these emissions, 3.6% were scope 1 emissions (2021: 2%), while scope 2 emissions totalled 0.4% (2021: nil). The biggest decrease came in scope 3, where emissions dropped 30.3% from 31,468 tCO₂e to 21,929 tCO₂e, mainly as a result of a reduction in goods procurement and improved data and calculation methods.

Emissions
overview

96% of Auping’s emissions are scope 3 emissions, i.e. from other indirect energy consumption. Of this amount, 86.1% comes from activities related to the procurement of our goods and services, while the other 3.7% comes from our franchises’ operations.

Residual
waste

In 2022, we recycled 58.7% of our waste and converted 21.5% into biomass. As a result, we already managed to give as much as 58% of our waste a new purpose, for the definition) in 2022.

Our ambition is to give 70% of our waste a new purpose by 2025.

CTI roadmap to 2030

At Auping, we are committed to making circular progress measurable. For that, we use the CTI tool (CTI stands for Circular Transition Indicators) developed by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. This tool lets us analyse material inflows and outflows.

View our CTI roadmap