2018 Sustainability Initiatives

A GRI-Referenced Report Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 2

Table of Contents

A MESSAGE FROM LEADERSHIP 3 SPECIFIC DISCLOSURES GENERAL DISCLOSURES 5 Environmental Sustainability 18 Management Appproach 19 Organizational Profile 6 Energy Reduction 20 Beliefs 13 Raw Materials 22 Strategy & Analysis 14 Waste 22 Governance 15 How We Report 16 Supplier Assessment 23 Social Responsibility 24 Management Appproach 25 Occupational Health & Safety 26 Employee Diversity & Inclusion 29 Local Community 30 GRI Content Index 31

APPENDIX A: INDEVCO Code of Conduct 33 Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 3

102-14 A Message from Our Leadership

We feel fortunate to work in an industry that We invested in recycling equipment that will allow us produces packaging of incomparable function and to unleash the value of plastic scrap next year, while convenience. Our products impact the economic considering recoverability options of our packaging vitality of manufacturers and the lives of consumers ultimately used by consumers. every day. At the same time, plastic has become Within our plants, INDEVCO Plastics coordinated one of the most problematic and misunderstood of employee health and wellness screening and packaging materials. Plastic waste has captured the sponsored team members in a community sports Robert Laird world’s attention, and we think that’s a good thing. league. In the wider community, we engaged with Division President In 2018, INDEVCO Plastics introduced sustainability organizations like Greater Longview United Way and INDEVCO North America reporting for the first time. With the pros and cons Hiway 80 Rescue Mission in Eastern Texas to help Plastics Division of plastics in the limelight, we began working to plan serve individuals and families who are in need or our long-term shift from single-use packaging to a homeless. circular economy approach. Initiatives like these are ultimately good for Our operations began assessing suppliers for communities everywhere. “What is good for the impacts on the environment and society and community is good for the company,” said our reviewing our raw materials and packaging group’s founder, Georges Frem, many years ago. components. We strategized with our customers, He expected companies to take their fair share of joint venture partners and their brand owners responsibility for society’s challenges and to build a to trial recycled content packaging, to explore strong sense of family. recyclable and compostable films, and to evaluate track and trace technologies which may enlighten recoverability of our products. Wayne Mashe General Manager INDEVCO Plastics Longview LLC

Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 4 What is good for “ “ the community is good for the company.

Georges N. Frem INDEVCO Founder & Former Chairman

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General Disclosures

In this GRI-referenced report, the numbers in the margins represent disclosure numbers for the GRI 2016 / 2018 Standards. All data included in this report is as of 31 December 2018. Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 6

Organizational Profile

INDEVCO North America Plastics Division in Doswell, Virginia was established in 2015 to develop plastic packaging for industrial and consumer use and to innovate recovery solutions for a circular economy.

Our division’s business units manufacture polyethylene (PE) flexible packaging in our Longview, Texas plant and pouches using disruptive digital printing technologies in multiple plants in the US. Our production facilities emphasize sustainable raw materials, raw material downgauging, and product design for recoverability and compostability. Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 7

102-1 2-10 12-13

Longview, Texas

INDEVCO Plastics Longview LLC launched in Texas in 2015 as a greenfield plant producing industrial films and bags, emphasizing form- fill-seal (FFS) heavy duty sacks, stretch hood film, shrink collation film, INDEVCO North America Plastics Division coordinates with INDEVCO and PE roll stock. The plant has recently invested in plastic scrap recycling Group Flexible Packaging Division’s Polymer Application Technology equipment and is forming partnerships to collect and process plastic scrap. Center (PACT) to pioneer sustainable plastic product development, In 2018, our Longview plant supplied large-volume manufacturers from a such as our DigiPoly™ brand of films for digital printing. range of industries within the US and in Canada, Mexico, and France. Business units adapt their sustainability strategies to R&D As a privately-owned company, volume and net sales for INDEVCO advancements for renewable, recycled and recyclable raw materials Plastics Longview are not publicly communicated. and efficient packaging performance and lightweighting.

FULL-TIME PERMANENT MALE 69 69 69 56 Employees PART-TIME TEMPORARY FEMALE 0 0 13

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PRODUCTS

Stretch Hood Shrink Film Heavy Duty Sacks Form-Fill-Seal (FFS) Extruded Film

MARKET SEGMENTS

Agriculture Beverage Building & Construction Food Industrial Packaging Palletizing Personal Care Petrochemicals Salt & Minerals Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 9

Supplier Code of Conduct

Our company is bound by a Code of Conduct covering business integrity, SUPPLY CHAIN labor standards and employee relations, environmental protection, and reliability and accountability. Our purchasing unit is putting INDEVCO Plastics Longview procures machinery and spare parts, raw materials, packaging, into place follow-up mechanisms to ensure logistics and transportation, warehousing, travel and other services from over 250 suppliers in 7 compliance with our code. countries, including North America (Canada, USA) and Europe (Austria, Germany), as well as from sister companies within INDEVCO Group in North () and the (, See INDEVCO North America Code ). of Conduct in Appendix A INDEVCO Plastics shipments are impacted by heavy congestion at Houston Port, which handles roughly two-thirds of the Gulf Coast’s container trade. We will expand East Coast operations in 2019 to facilitate logistics. Supplier Assessment

INDEVCO Plastics Longview used SupplyShift.net platform to assess select 250+ 7 2018 resin and additive suppliers for their Suppliers Countries environmental and social impacts on our supply chain. We will work with suppliers with identified risks to comply with our requirements. Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 10

EXTERNAL STANDARDS INDEVCO Plastics Longview complies with the following external charters, principles, standards, and initiatives. Uniform codes and standards guide INDEVCO Plastics in ensuring good corporate governance and alignment with best practices, while allowing comparability for stakeholders to evaluate our performance.

Operational Effectiveness Memberships Sustainability

Manufacturing Chamber of Commerce Global Reporting Initiative (GRI Standards) Good Manufacturing INDEVCO Plastics’ 2018 Global Sustainability Report is a non-financial report based on select Global Reporting Practices (GMP) Pre-Audit Initiative (GRI) 2016 / 2018 Standards. Disclosure numbers are identified in the side margins throughout the document. In the future, we aim to publish our report Quality Management Flexible Packaging in accordance with the GRI Standards: Core option. ISO 9001: 2015 QMS Association (FPA) UN Global Compact (UNGC) As a Signatory Member of the United Nations Global Compact, as of September 2017, we will begin submitting Safety Council Workplace Organization a Communication of Progress (COP) next year based on of East Texas this report. 5S Methodology

UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGS) Society for Human The United Nations set the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development action plan to meet 17 Sustainable Resources Management Development Goals (SDGs) to improve conditions for people, planet, and prosperity. At INDEVCO Plastics, our initiatives align with nine SDGs for which we can show measurable impacts. (See Specific Disclosures on p. 20) Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 11

MINNEAPOLIS BOSTON CLEVELAND MADISON

NEW YORK CHICAGO Philadelphia, PA BOULDER Richmond, Louisville, KY Virginia

LOS ANGELES

ATLANTA

Longview, TX Equity Partnership in ePac Holdings LLC Austin, TX Owner-Operator in 5 ePac Plants

In 2017, INDEVCO Plastics, Inc. entered a partnership with ePac Holdings LLC for equity in its rapidly growing national network of flexible packaging plants. ePac plants use disruptive MIAMI digital printing technologies to create print-on-demand orders of pouches and laminated roll stock with fast time-to-market delivery. In 2018, we further invested as an owner-operator of five plants in the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, and Southern regions of the US. ePac services brand owners with small-to-medium size orders of pouches produced more 5 ePac Plants sustainably and delivered in record time-to-market. By end 2019, ePac will open 15 plants to be managed by across the US. INDEVCO Plastics

Other ePac Plants with minority stake

Given ePac’s ownership structure, this report focuses on INDEVCO Plastics Longview. Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 12

PRODUCT LINES

Lay Flat Pouches Stand Up Pouches Roll Stock

Quad and 3-side seal lay-flat Multi-format stand-up pouches Laminated roll stock made and pillow pouches with solventless lamination

MARKET SEGMENTS

Bakery Products Cheese & Dairy Confectionery Frozen Foods Health & Beauty Jerky

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102-16 17 Beliefs 26

ETHICS & INTEGRITY CODE OF CONDUCT

People and community are at the heart of our and charges INDEVCO Human Resources INDEVCO Plastics Longview requires employees corporate culture. Our philosophy and six values & Organizational Development (HROD) to adhere to INDEVCO North America Code were set forth by the late Georges N. Frem, Department with responsibility for cascading of Conduct (Appendix A) and other policies Founder and Former Chairman of our mother them across our operations globally. distributed to employees during onboarding and company, INDEVCO Group. His successor, Employees actively learn our philosophy and via email. Policies also reside on the Employee Neemat G. Frem, Chairman & CEO, added values during onboarding and training and Benefits Portal. the 7th value, Precision, to advance our in internal and marketing communications Employees are urged to seek advice about manufacturing expertise. campaigns. Plants and offices display values and report breaches and misconduct to INDEVCO Board of Directors has final approval décor as a daily reinforcement of the foundation management responsible for the business unit on the company philosophy and values for which the company stands. in which they work, with the possibility of going higher in the organization through INDEVCO CORE VALUES North America HR Department.

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102-10 15 Strategy & Analysis

KEY IMPACTS, RISKS & OPPORTUNITIES INDEVCO North America Plastics Division assesses developments within the US and abroad to manage key risks, identify profitable opportunities, and ensure effective stakeholder relations.

Regulations & Backlash US-Chinese Relations Export Resin Demand Extreme Weather in the Freight Cost & Congestion against Plastics US Gulf Region in Houston, Texas

Governmental regulations, Chinese retaliatory 25% US chemical industry has Disruption of Hurricane Port of Houston congestion multinational sustainability tariffs on US resins & begun $200 billion in new Harvey flooding from August- objectives, and consumer plastics and planned infrastructure September 2017 into 2018 Nationwide top-5 truck demand for renewable and on demand, logistics, supply bottleneck in Houston recycled raw materials, as Expected slowing of US Expected demand for resins and higher price of resins and well as recyclable packaging resin exports and shift of in emerging economies, additives Challenge in recruiting truck exports away from China including shift of US resin drivers Consumer-based anti-plastic exports to Europe and South Flooding of petrochemical movement on social media America facilities Sustained high cost of trucking and in purchase patterns Increased investments by Continued delays in PE resin

IMPACTS Increased focus on Circular petrochemical companies expansion and export Economy, especially for in the US Gulf area Plastics, including waste Ongoing risk related to collection, segregation and Increased demand for climate change regeneration infrastructure petrochemical packaging, waste collection & Increased stakeholder regeneration interest in corporate sustainability initiatives Increased stress on port, truck and intermodal rail operations Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 15

SIGNIFICANT CHANGES 102-16 Governance 17 26 Organizational Structure GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH

INDEVCO North America, Inc. is in the process INDEVCO North America’s Board of Directors, INDEVCO North America Board of Directors of formally structuring our organization in the led by Chairman Neemat Frem, is comprised monitors risks as a critical part of our corporate US for future growth, including acquisitions of five inside directors with management strategy, overseeing risk management policies and partnerships. We anticipate centralization responsibility within the group and one outside and procedures, as well as effects on our of procurement to leverage on common director. The board is responsible for monitoring economic, environment, and social stewardship. suppliers within the group, as well as Key risk management processes and regularly Division senior executives fully engage to Account Management for strategic suppliers. reviewing the group’s performance. understand and manage the magnitude of traditional and geopolitical risks that affect INDEVCO North America CEO Pierre Khattar our operations. They support a culture of Facility Openings retains responsibility for INDEVCO North awareness, including risks associated with America’s overall sustainability strategy product materials, development and innovation, and compliance with international laws and Given our equity partnership with ePac as well as the privacy and rights of our regulations and internal policies. He reviews and Holdings LLC, INDEVCO North America stakeholder groups. approves the Sustainability Report to ensure all Plastics Division will open five new digitally material topics are covered. printed flexible packaging plants in four states. (See p. 13). INDEVCO Plastics Longview DELEGATING AUTHORITY supplies DigiPoly film for digital printing to ePac. Responsibility for INDEVCO Plastics’ sustainability engagement, data collection, automation, and reporting is situated at the group level with INDEVCO North America Marketing & Communications, which delivers progress to the Board of Directors. In 2019, INDEVCO North America will identify a Sustainability Committee to monitor risks, opportunities, and strategies. Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 16

102-40 42-44 How We Report 50-54 56 Responsible Products STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT GRI Disclosure Material Topics Topic Boundary GRI 301 Regeneration of Recycled Resins INDEVCO Plastics Longview INDEVCO North America Plastics Division will Raw Materials Petrochemical Suppliers conduct systematic stakeholder engagement in 2019 Plastics Converters to set our 2025 Pledge. For this report, INDEVCO Mineral Fillers for Plastics INDEVCO Plastics Longview Plastics engaged internal stakeholders – division and Converting Plastics Converters Longview plant management, HR, and safety – in meetings and by telephone and email to identify the Environment following material topics. GRI Disclosure Material Topics Topic Boundary GRI 306 Waste Collection & Recycling INDEVCO Plastics Longview Waste Petrochemical Manufacturers

Social

GRI Disclosure Material Topics Topic Boundary

GRI 403 Employee Health & Safety INDEVCO Plastics Longview Employees Occupational INDEVCO Plastics Longview HR Health & Safety INDEVCO North America HR

GRI 413-1 Health & Education Program INDEVCO Plastics Longview HR Local Communities Support Greater Longview United Way Longview Elementary School

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AUDITS & EXTERNAL CONTACT POINT FOR GRI Content 102-55 ASSURANCE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE REPORT Index INDEVCO Group does not tolerate breach of local laws, regulations, international standards, Dr. Ellen Kussman Feghali See p. 33 and international human rights, as well as VP of Marketing & Communications internal policies. INDEVCO North America, Inc. INDEVCO Internal Audit conducts an annual audit of our business units for presence of T 804-876-9102 business and sustainability objectives and E [email protected] reporting of required data.

REPORTING PERIOD, CYCLE & CLAIM

This first annual INDEVCO Plastic document, a GRI-referenced report, covers January – December 2018. Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 18 Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 19

103 MANAGEMENT APPROACH

As manufacturers, our production processes require Working in strong partnerships with our suppliers natural resources and energy, while generating waste and customers, we are reexamining the selection and emissions in the process. INDEVCO Plastics and volume of raw materials we use and designing Longview has committed to long-term initiatives that products for lighter weight, reduced greenhouse reduce environmental impact and which align with the gas emissions over a product’s lifecycle, and end-of- UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and UN life alternatives. We are considering the best ways Global Compact’s Ten Principles: to educate our customers about the viability and • Energy Reduction recyclability of plastics. • Responsible Raw Material Sourcing While our management approach has not yet been & Product Development monitored through external standards, we are • Waste Management & Recycling reviewing environmental management systems and audits, as well as memberships in relevant • Supplier Assessment organizations. Automating data collection in our operations in 2019 The boundaries of these material topics include direct will provide the necessary visibility to set clear goals impact on our suppliers and the energy and raw materials and targets related to our current initiatives, as well as we use, as well as indirect impact on our packaging emissions and water consumption and discharge. customers, municipalities and government organizations, and end consumers. Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 20

302-4 EnergyReduction

In 2018, INDEVCO Plastics invested in an energy reduction initiative to replace electrical lighting with LED lamps in its Longview extrusion plant and offices. This initiative displaces use of fossil fuel and related emissions and aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goal SDG7 (Target 7.3) to improve energy efficiency.

In 2018, we saved 587,000 kWh Avoiding 415 METRIC TONS of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2E), equivalent to: * The Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator uses the AVoided * Emissions and geneRation Tool (AVERT) U.S. national weighted average

CO2 marginal emission rate to convert reductions of kilowatt-hours into avoided units of carbon dioxide emissions. 49.7 72.4 https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gases-equivalencies-calculator- calculations-and-references homes’ energy homes’ electricity use for one year use for one year Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 21

CircularEconomy of Plastics

INDEVCO Plastics’ circular economy approach focuses on reducing raw material consumption, selecting recyclable raw materials, redesigning our plastic packaging products, and reducing and reprocessing waste. Collection24 By designing for a circular economy, INDEVCO Plastics aligns & RecyclingRecycling with UN Sustainable Development Goal SDG12 (Target 12.5) to substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, ServicesServices reduction, recycling and reuse. Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 22

301-1 306-2 2 Raw Materials Waste

INDEVCO Plastics’ product development has Similarly, shifting from composite structures Through 2018, INDEVCO Plastics collected begun concentrating on a circular economy, as we to mono-materials allows plastic pouches to and sold 100% of the post-industrial plastic lightweight our films and look to using recyclable become recyclable. In 2019 - 2020, INDEVCO scrap generated in its Longview, Texas facility raw materials. Plastics will open and manage 5 new ePac to third parties for recycling. We are setting an objective to use more regenerated Flexible Packaging plants for digitally-printed We have invested in a repelletizing machine resins from industrial plastic waste and post- pouches. ePac is trialing recyclable multi-layer, for Longview to convert plastic scrap into consumer plastic waste, as over the coming year, we mono-material films to replace composite granules for reprocessing and expect the expect strategic customers from industries that have structures, as well as compostable films suitable machine to be operational in June 2019. traditionally required plastic films from virgin resins for industrial and backyard composting. will accept recycled resins in their films.

SELECTION & VOLUME Overall Use of Reduction 7% VOC-Free PE-PE Pouch of raw materials Total virgin resin volume water-based ink Structure under development to replace composite film pouches in FFS bags replaced with CaCO3 filler Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 23

308 414 Supplier Assessment for Environmental & Social Impacts

INDEVCO Plastics Longview used SupplyShift online platform to launch a formal assessment of select 2018 resin and additive suppliers for their environmental and social impacts on our supply chain; 67% of the suppliers responded. We tailored our online assessment in line with INDEVCO Group’s commitment to Global Compact 10 Principles and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) reporting requirements. The results have provided us greater visibility to manage risk, trace raw materials, and determine supplier conformity to industry standards. In 2019, we plan to eliminate manual evaluation of suppliers by expanding use of SupplyShift to suppliers of our most important procurement categories.

Supplier Assessment Topics

ENVIRONMENT SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Environmental Management Health & Safety

Policy Labor

Objectives Ethics

Environmental Reporting Engagement with the Local Community

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103 MANAGEMENT APPROACH

INDEVCO North America Plastics Division has cultural factors in the communities in which focused on implementing an Employee Health we operate, such as initiatives for Poverty & Safety program as our first priority. In 2018, Alleviation, while evaluating our impact in line our Longview, Texas plant began exploring with the larger UN Sustainable Development community outreach activities that align with our Goals (UN SDGs). group’s social responsibility objectives of Health The boundaries of our social material topics and Education and that embody our mother begin directly with our employees and schools, company’s corporate philosophy: ‘What is good extending beyond to include indirect impacts of for the community, is good for the company’. a range of non-profit associations on children, As we prepare to engage more systematically, women, families, and the homeless. we will seek to address unique social and Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 26

403 Occupational Health & Safety

INDEVCO Plastics Longview maintains a regularly-audited Occupational Health & Safety Management system, requires employee training throughout the year, and offers wellness screenings and healthcare coverage, consistent with UN Sustainable Development Goal SDG4 (Target 4.4) to train adults for employment and decent jobs and SDG8 (Target 8.8) to promote a safe and secure work environment for all workers. INDEVCO North America Human Resources (HR) Department manages all aspects of our health and safety initiatives.

403 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY 1,2,4,8 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM & COVERAGE

100% of employees covered OSHA 1910 Occupational National Fire Protection Safety & Health Standards Association Codes & Standards

INDEVCO North America HR and representatives from our plant’s Safety Committee regularly audits the plant for hazards or risks, while third parties from our insurance carriers and brokers conduct quarterly and bi-annual safety audits respectively. Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 27

403-5 WORKER TRAINING 404

In 2018, INDEVCO North America HR delivered 45 health and safety- related training courses for INDEVCO Plastics Longview; employees also received personal health training on such topics as smoking cessation and weight loss.

Select Health & Safety Training Courses Offered

5S Machine Safety Bloodborne Pathogens OSHA Inspections & Logs Combustible Dust Personal Protective Equipment Confined Space Awareness Plant AED Awareness EAP & Fire Prevention Powered Industrial Trucks Fire Extinguisher Required Training GMP Audit Training Safety & Housekeeping Hazard Communication Safety Committee Hearing Conservation Slips Trips Falls Heat Stress Spill Clean-Up Incident Investigation Storm Water Lock Out Tag Out Visitor Safety Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 28

403-6 PROMOTION OF WORKER HEALTH

In 2018, INDEVCO Plastics Longview partnered with United Healthcare to hold its annual health and wellness event. Nurses checked 87% of plant employees for cholesterol, glucose, weight, body mass index, and blood pressure. All employees receive insurance coverage for medical, dental, vision, temporary and permanent disability, accidental death, and life.

403-9 WORK-RELATED INJURIES

INDEVCO Plastics Longview recorded three work-related cut injuries over 160,674 hours worked in 2018. The recordable work-related injury rate was 3.73. Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 29

405-1 Employee Diversity & Inclusion

EMPLOYMENT

By Gender By Age Group By Race / Ethnicity

6% 19% 22% 41% 48% 46% 81% 38%

Female Male Below 30 30-50 Over 50 African American White Hispanic American

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405-1 Local Community

To date, INDEVCO Plastics Longview’s community initiatives have indirectly supported child and adult education and health through local United Way fundraising, as well as provided product donations for emergency homeless shelters. These initiatives align with UN Sustainable Development Goals SDG1 (Target 1.2) to reduce the proportion of people living in poverty, SDG3 (Target 3.4) to support prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases and to promote mental health and well-being, and SDG4 (Target 4.7) to support knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development.

413-1 OPERATIONS WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, IMPACT ASSESSMENTS, AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

Greater Longview United Way Annual Fundraising Campaign In 2018, INDEVCO Plastics engaged with Greater Longview United Way in its Longview, Texas manufacturing facility to prepare for participation in its 2019 fundraising campaign. Greater Longview United Way addresses urgent societal needs, such as Education and Wellness by uniting the collaborative power of the community in East Texas. Its mission is to help improve quality of life by raising funds, allocating resources, and fostering volunteerism and leadership. While INDEVCO Plastics will set its corporate fundraising goal in 2019, 26% of our employees chose to donate in 2018, collecting nearly $3000. ‘Race to Help’ Homeless Shelter Donations to HiWay 80 Rescue Mission INDEVCO Plastics Longview organized a ‘Race to Help’ inter-department challenge to collect health and hygiene products for HiWay 80 Rescue Mission. The non-profit organization relies on private donations to provide emergency shelter for homeless men, women, and families in the Longview, Texas area. With a positive spirit, employees collected 1025 travel-size items, towels and wipes, toiletries, baby items, and socks with the winning department awarded gifts and lunch.

Community Bowling League Sponsorship INDEVCO Plastics annually sponsors a company bowling team, comprised of 16 employees who compete weekly against other companies in the Longview, Texas community. The summer season sponsorship includes the registration fee and branded shirts. Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 31

GRI Content Index

GRI Disclosure Description Page

Table of Contents 2 Ethics & Integrity 102-14 A Message from Our Chairman 3 102-16 Values, Principles, Standards & Norms 13 of Behavior 5 GENERAL DISCLOSURES 102-17 Mechanisms for Advice & Concerns 4,13 about Ethics Organizational Profile

102-1 Name of the Organization 6-7 Governance 102-2 Activity, Brands, Products & Services 7-8 102-18 Governance Structure 15 102-3 Location of Organization’s Headquarters 6 102-19 Delegating Authority, Executive Level 15 102-20 Responsibility for Economic, Environmental 102-4 Location of Operations 7 & Social Topics 102-5 Ownership & Legal Form 6-7 102-26 Role of Highest Governance Body in Setting 15 Purpose, Values & Strategy 102-6 Markets Served 8 102-7 Scale of the Organization 7 Stakeholder Engagement

102-8 Information on Employees & Other Workers 7 102-40 List of Stakeholder Groups, Identifying 16 102-9 Supply Chain 9, 23 102-42 & Selecting, Approach to Stakeholder 102-43 Engagement 102-10 Significant Changes to the Organization 9, 25 102-44 & its Supply Chain Reporting Practice 102-11 Precautionary Approach 15 102-12 External Initiatives 10 102-45 Entities Included in the Consolidated Financial 16 Statements 102-13 Memberships in Associations 10 102-46 Defining Report Content & Topic Boundaries 16

Strategy & Analysis 102-47 List of Material Topics 16 102-15 Key Impacts, Risks & Opportunities 14 Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 32

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GRI Disclosure Description Page

102-50 Reporting Period 17 SPECIFIC DISCLOSURES 102-51 Date of Most Recent Report 17 102-52 Reporting Cycle 17 Environmental

102-53 Contact Points for Questions Regarding 17 301 Responsible Products (Raw Materials) 21-22 the Report 302 Energy 20 102-54 Claims of Reporting in Accordance with t 17 he GRI Standards 306 Waste 21-22 102-55 GRI Content Index 17 Social 102-56 External Assurance 17 403 Occupational Health & Safety 26-28 MANAGEMENT APPROACH 405-1B Employee Diversity & Inclusion 29 413-1 Operations with Local Community 30 103 Environmental 19 Engagement, Impact Assessments, and Development Programs 103 Social 25 Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 33

APPENDIX A: INDEVCO NORTH AMERICA CODE OF CONDUCT

INDEVCO North America and all of its affiliates this to his or her supervisor, the Human Resources RELATIONSHIPS WITH SUPPLIERS, expect all employees to meet the highest Department, or any other company manager. standards of ethical conduct at all times. Who we CUSTOMERS, AND At , every employee is a are as a business depends upon all of the INDEVCO North America valuable family member, respected and nurtured, GOVERNMENT AGENTS decisions we make and the actions we take both as an individual and as a team member. In personally each day. Employees should note that Company policy prohibits bribes, kickbacks and other keeping with this cultural value, INDEVCO North their personal conduct, including outside activities similar payoffs and benefits paid to any suppliers, America is committed to providing a safe workplace and business dealings, has an impact on the customers or government employees. INDEVCO free from harassment and discrimination and where company. At INDEVCO North America, all business North America employees are also prohibited from the employee is encouraged to develop his/her full should be conducted with the spirit and intent of receiving directly or indirectly, anything of more than potential and to achieve great things. maintaining the highest levels of ethics, honesty nominal value (other than salary, wages or other and integrity. ordinary compensation from the company) in connection with a transaction entered into by the PROPER USE OF FINANCIAL company. Nominal value in this context is deemed to MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY be less than $75. RESOURCES Managers must read and communicate the INDEVCO Bribery of suppliers or customers includes any North America Standards of Business Conduct to The financial resources of INDEVCO North America payment for the benefit of any representative of a employees reporting to them in an understandable will be used solely for legitimate business purposes. supplier or customer. It includes: and convincing manner. Managers are ultimately Managers are legally and ethically responsible for the responsible for ensuring that people working for maintenance and control of corporate funds and • Gifts of other than nominal value them fully comply with all policies and practices of assets. Management must authorize all transfers and • The uncompensated use of company services, INDEVCO North America. Managers who receive expenditures of funds and assets. The stated reason facilities or property, except as may be authorized information concerning possible violation of the for the use of financial resources must be the same as by the President of the company standards must report it immediately to the Vice the actual reason. President of Operations. Officers, executives and managers are responsible for • Loans, loan guarantees or other extensions of credit the maintenance of an adequate system of internal to individuals controls which have a reasonable chance of thwarting This policy does not preclude expenditures of EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITY violations of these standards. Reports about the reasonable amounts for meals and entertainment of financial resources of the company will be accurately suppliers and customers that are an ordinary and Employees must read and adhere to the INDEVCO prepared and will not contain intentional customary business expense, if they are otherwise North America Standards of Business Conduct as a misrepresentations. lawful. Expenditures of this type should be included condition for continued employment. An employee on expense reports and approved under standard believing that illegal or unethical conduct is occurring company procedures. or is about to take place has a responsibility to report Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 34

honorary associations related to their jobs if the preceding ANTI-TRUST COMPLIANCE criteria are met. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT It is INDEVCO North America policy to fully comply OPPORTUNITY With regard to customers, INDEVCO North America policy with United States anti-trust laws, including but not specifically precludes certain practices either because they INDEVCO North America is firmly dedicated to the limited to, The Sherman Act, The Clayton Act, The are unlawful or because they may present a significant risk principle of non-discrimination in every aspect of the Robinson-Patman Act, and The Federal Trade Commis- of being in violation of anti-trust laws. Examples of these employment relationship including recruitment, hiring, sion Act. The Sherman Act prohibits unlawful agree- activities include, but are not limited to: promotion, training, transfer, compensation, benefits ments in restraint of trade and outlaws attempts at administration, termination, and any other term or monopolization of markets. The Clayton Act prohibits • Resale Price Maintenance Agreements by distributors condition of employment. Individuals will be recruited, certain types of customer restraints, acquisitions, and to fix the price at which they or other distributors will selected, placed, assigned, and promoted based on interlocking directorates. The Robinson-Patman Act make re-sales of INDEVCO North America products. relevant factors including, but not limited to, such things outlaws certain discriminations in price or promotional as quality and quantity of work, cooperative attitude, assistance. The Federal Trade Commission Act prohib- •  An agreement by one party to Coercive Reciprocity and experience. For purposes of fully complying with its unfair methods of competition and unfair or decep- only buy from another party if that party purchases from Federal, State and local laws, non-work related factors tive acts or practices. it. like color, race, religion, creed, sex, national origin, age, With regard to competitors, INDEVCO North America • T ying Arrangements An agreement by a party to sell disability, citizenship, marital status, status as a disabled policy specifically prohibits certain practices that are one product or service only on condition that the buyer veteran or Vietnam era veteran, or sexual orientation will violations or pose a great risk of being a violation of the also purchase a different product or service from the not be used in any employment-related decision except Sherman Act. Some of these practices include: seller. where age, gender, or handicap are a bona fide occupa- tional consideration. • Price-fixing An agreement between competitors to • Exclusive Dealing Arrangements An agreement by a adhere to prices or to fix prices or to collude to set customer to deal solely with one supplier. the same terms or conditions for the sale of products or services to a third party. HARASSMENT • Agr eement Not to Compete Rigged bids, agree- CONFLICT OF INTEREST Harassment involves unwelcome conduct that interferes ments to allocate, divide, or assign customers, with an individual’s job performance or creates an markets, or territories. Employees are prohibited from having any personal intimidating, hostile or offensive environment. Sexual business or financial dealings with any individual or harassment includes unwelcome sexual advances, • Boycotts Joint refusals to deal with third parties. business organization that furnishes merchandise, supplies, requests for sexual favors, and other physical, verbal, or property, or services to any entity of the company. This visual conduct based on sex when (1) submission to the INDEVCO North America recognizes that trade includes arrangements to receive loans (other than bank conduct is an explicit or implicit term or condition of associations are a frequent source of anti-trust viola- loans), commissions, royalties, property shares, or any item employment; (2) submission to or rejection of the tions. As such, the company forbids its employees to or service of value. conduct is used as the basis for an employment deci- participate in any industry meetings with competitors if sion; or (3) the conduct has the purpose or effect of the group is not affiliated with a recognized organiza- Employees directly involved with the purchase of merchan- unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work tion that has an established anti-trust procedure. It dise or services from suppliers (or holding approval performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or should be noted that the company does encourage its authority for such) are prohibited from investing in those offensive working environment. employees to participate in trade, professional and companies other than through normal stock and bond market transactions that result in no more than 1% owner- ship of the supplier’s company. 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It is the company’s policy that all employees have a right to work in an environment free of discrimination, DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE AND COMPUTING AND NETWORKING which includes freedom from harassment – whether WORKFORCE RESOURCES that harassment is based on gender, age, race, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or INDEVCO North America is committed to maintaining a Employees must read and abide by the Code of Con- membership in other protected groups. The company drug-free workplace and workforce. The manufacture, duct Governing the Use of Computing and Networking prohibits harassment of its employees in any form by distribution, dispensing, possession or use of illegal or Resources within INDEVCO North America, Inc., and Its supervisors and other co-workers. Customers and unauthorized drugs or alcohol on company premises, on Affiliates, a separate document that is attached to this suppliers, while not under our direct control as company time or in connection with company business, document. employees, will nonetheless be requested to comply is prohibited. Furthermore, the company prohibits with this prohibition of harassment. Harassment is not employees from being at work when their behavior, only forbidden in the workplace during normal business judgment, or performance is impaired because of their hours, but also during business travel and at all work- use of drugs or alcohol. NON-COMPETITION related social functions, whether on or off the Employees of INDEVCO North America are not to company’s premises. Such conduct may result in compete or assist others who are in competition with the disciplinary action up to and including the dismissal of company. Employees agree that for two years following the employee who harasses others. With respect to HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT AND their termination of employment with INDEVCO North non-employees, offending customers and suppliers will SAFETY America they will not directly or indirectly, either individ- be asked to leave and not to return. Each supervisor is ually or as an agent, employee, officer, director or owner, INDEVCO North America believes in promoting the responsible for maintaining an environment free from or otherwise on behalf of or in conjunction with any health and safety of its employees, the environment and harassment. person, firm, corporation, or other entity, cause or the communities in which we operate. The company will attempt to cause any supplier or customer of the adhere to all environmental, safety and health laws. No Employees should immediately report any incident that company and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates not to do employee may knowingly violate any such law. they believe involves discrimination or harassment to business with the company or otherwise interfere or their supervisors, the Human Resources Department, or attempt to interfere with any business relationship their General Manager. Management personnel between the company and/or its subsidiaries and receiving such complaints must report them affiliates and any of its suppliers or customers. immediately to the Executive Vice President of DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION Operations, INDEVCO North America, Inc. Retaliation Except as required by the conduct of the business of the against complainants is strictly forbidden and a company, no employee shall, while employed by violation of the law. INDEVCO North America or thereafter, communicate or EMPLOYMENT SOLICITATION divulge to, or use to the benefit of the employee or any The Human Resources Department will promptly During their employment and for a year afterwards, other person, firm, association or corporation, without investigate complaints of discrimination or harassment. employees will not, directly or indirectly, solicit the the consent of the company, any information which The investigation will be conducted as impartially and employment of or employ, for themselves or for any constitutes confidential non-public information or trade with the highest level of confidentiality as possible. At other person or business, any other employee of secrets. Confidential information shall include, but not be the conclusion of the investigation, the supervisor and/ INDEVCO. limited to, pricing policies, cost information, customer or Human Resources will advise the complaining lists, supplier lists, business plans, proposals and sales employee of the results of the investigation and the practices of the company. disciplinary action to be taken, if any. Table of Contents Leadership Message INDEVCO Plastics Overview Environmental Sustainability Social Responsibility GRI Content Index 36

An employee’s performance and conduct must be SOLICITATION AND DISTRIBUTION monitored on a day-to-day basis, with feedback provid- Employees are encouraged to take an active part in ed when necessary. Informal discussions may be used to civic affairs and worthy charitable activities. To avoid ensure that employees know and follow rules and interference with work and to protect other employees, standards. In some cases, formal discipline is necessary. solicitation or distribution of solicitation materials on Disciplinary action should normally be used to correct company premises is forbidden. problems, and should generally be applied progressively. The levels of discipline may include counseling, oral Employees are prohibited from soliciting other warning, written warning, suspension and termination, employees during the working time of either the depending upon the circumstances. In instances involv- person soliciting or the person being solicited. Working ing gross misconduct such as theft or acts of violence time does not include authorized rest breaks or lunch against other employees, lower steps in these disci- periods. Employees are prohibited from distributing plinary procedures likely would be skipped in favor of literature in working areas at any time. Persons not stronger measures. employed by the company shall not distribute literature or solicit employees on company premises at any time for any purpose. Employees are encouraged to report violations of this policy as a means of safeguarding themselves and other employees.

DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES INDEVCO North America has adopted rules and stan- dards to ensure productive, harmonious operations. Rule violations, or performance or attendance below estab- lished standards, may result in disciplinary action. Disci- plinary procedures are not exclusive guidelines for action and are not intended to be required prior to termination, nor are they intended to alter an employee’s employ- ment-at-will status with the company. 2018 Sustainability Initiatives https://indevcoplastics.com/sustainability