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THE BOEING COMPANY 2021 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT SUSTAINABLE AEROSPACE TOGETHER Contents Introduction Approach & Governance People Products & Services Operations Communities Appendix Contents Introduction Operations 3 Message from Dave Calhoun 41 Addressing Climate Change 5 Boeing Responds to COVID-19 42 Conserving Resources 7 Partnering for Sustainable Aerospace 46 Environmental Compliance 11 Sustainable Aerospace Firsts and Biodiversity 47 Responsible Supply Chain 49 Data Privacy and Information Security Approach & Governance Communities 13 Company Profile 51 Community Engagement by the Numbers 14 Sustainability Approach 52 Purposeful Partnerships 15 Sustainability Priorities 54 Engaging Around the Globe 17 Sustainability Goals 18 Ethical and Compliant Business 21 Governance and Risk Management People Appendix 24 Safety-First Culture 57 GRI Index 27 Global Equity, Diversity and Inclusion 65 SASB Index 30 Professional Development, 68 TCFD Index Education and Learning 69 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals 71 Awards and Recognition 71 Memberships and Partnerships 72 Key ESG Data 76 Forward-Looking Statements Products & Services 34 Aerospace Safety and Quality 35 Sustainable Product Life Cycle 37 Innovation and Clean Technology Cover Photo: Yakira and Yeshaya, children of Boeing Global Engagement Manager Tamika Lang, help out at a volunteer event at a community garden in Long Beach, California. Some photos in this report were taken before the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT CONTENTS 2 Contents Introduction Approach & Governance People Products & Services Operations Communities Appendix Message from Dave Calhoun The essence of sustainability is about meeting While focusing on sustainability is valuable social interactions. In the last year we have put the needs of the present without compromising to every company, it is particularly vital to a bright spotlight on confronting racism and the ability of future generations to meet the global aerospace industry. Boeing’s addressing racial equity and inclusion at their own. Throughout our long history of inaugural Sustainability report shares our Boeing. Our pledge to eradicating any racism innovation, Boeing has looked for ways to journey through stories and data that convey and discrimination across our ecosystem is improve sustainability. Today, the scope of how well we are living up to this broader irrevocable. This leadership starts at the top, sustainability requires broader consideration obligation, and uncovers where we can do starting with multiple moves to create a more across the environmental, social and economic better in the coming years. You’ll notice diverse senior executive team to shape our landscape and identifying ways to further we’ve developed a few new goals on some strategy, operations and culture. enable efficiency, innovation and human of the most critical topics facing our company Products and Services: For over a century, connection. Simply, it’s about doing what’s and our world. The report focuses on our we have had the privilege to bring air travel to right for our customers, our people and our people, products and services, operations the world and help pioneer space exploration. planet while continuing to chart a course and communities. Given the intrinsic nature of air and space that safeguards our environment, does not People: As a leader in the aerospace industry, travel, every product we build and service we compromise quality of life, and ensures we have multiple responsibilities with respect provide inevitably affects Earth’s atmosphere. growth and prosperity for all stakeholders. to protecting people. First and foremost, However, our 50,000 engineers are hard At Boeing, everything we do ties back to our team is focused on protecting everyone at work reinventing the future of aerospace Dave Calhoun, President and CEO our values and purpose, which is “to protect, who has any interaction with our products. to ensure that we significantly reduce our connect and explore the world and beyond.” In 2019 — a year before the pandemic — environmental impact during every stage This starts with our commitment to protect. there were approximately 4.5 billion air travel of a product’s life cycle. Why? Because it is imperative our employees, occasions for passengers worldwide, and One significant step in this direction is customers, the flying public and military many of these were on a Boeing aircraft. our commitment to making certain our service members understand that absolutely In parallel, the U.S. military and our allied commercial airplanes will be certified to nothing is more important to us than doing nations depend on Boeing products to let safely fly on 100% sustainable aviation everything possible to keep them safe and them safely complete their missions. Each fuels by 2030. Equally impactful is helping protect them from harm. We carry a big and and every flight that utilizes our aircraft our customers around the world find new important responsibility on our shoulders, represents a social responsibility of the ways to accelerate the replacement of and we never forget that for a moment. We highest order. older, less-fuel-efficient aircraft. must also hold ourselves accountable for We are equally passionate about protecting how we are taking meaningful actions to our 140,000 teammates, their families, and the help protect our world for future generations. communities where we operate or influence This is the lens through which we view our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) efforts. 2021 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT INTRODUCTION 3 Contents Introduction Approach & Governance People Products & Services Operations Communities Appendix Operations: We announced last year that to include a greater diversity of perspectives we achieved net-zero carbon emissions at in every consequential conversation. Our our factories and worksites. We will always Board — in close coordination with our senior continue to seek more ways to make our executive team — ensures that we hold Our Values work more energy efficient. Each day, ourselves to the highest standards in our work we collaborate with a global network of and business practices, ethical conduct and HOW WE OPERATE: HOW WE ACT: approximately 12,000 suppliers to help information protection. Included within this Start with engineering excellence Lead on safety, quality, integrity design, build and service our products and mandate are all the policies we develop and and sustainability apply a core set of principles throughout the training we provide to enable our teams to Be accountable — from our supply chain. We pay careful attention operate with utmost integrity. We will always beginning to end Foster a Just Culture grounded in to vetting, selecting and supporting our have zero tolerance for bribery, corruption, humility, inclusion and transparency suppliers every step of the way and are illegal activities, or any other decision or action Apply Lean principles Import best leadership practices equally committed to collaborating with that violates our Code of Conduct. The Board Eliminate traveled work suppliers who share our passion for creating actively oversees our corporate sustainability Earn stakeholder trust and preference a more sustainable environment. We look for activities through the Governance & Public Reward predictability and every opportunity to help them uncover new Policy Committee, working closely with stability — everywhere in Respect one another and ideas and approaches to lessen their own leadership to ensure that we meet our our business advance a global, diverse team environmental footprint. commitments to our stakeholders. Communities: Through our investment in Our Sustainability report highlights our Innovate and operate to make the world better education programs, veterans care, cultural initiatives and investments to help protect, organizations and support efforts, we are connect and explore our world and beyond. supporting the next generation of STEM I’m incredibly proud of how our teams are leaders; contributing to local charities; and constantly discovering new ways to build building partnerships that expand equity, a better Boeing, all in service of building such as our work with Allen University to a better world. We look forward to the establish the Boeing Institute on Civility. journey ahead and will work tirelessly with all of our stakeholders to create the future At the beginning of the report, we dedicate of sustainable aerospace together. a section to our approach and governance. Governance at Boeing starts with the composition of our Board of Directors, a group that brings a healthy diversity of expertise David L. Calhoun and lived experiences to every major decision President and Chief Executive Officer facing our company. We have continued to evolve our board composition in recent years 2021 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT INTRODUCTION 4 Contents Introduction Approach & Governance People Products & Services Operations Communities Appendix Boeing Responds to COVID-19 Boeing has taken proactive steps to protect our employees, aid our communities and support our customers through the COVID-19 pandemic. We will continue to adapt and evolve to address the impact of COVID-19. EMPLOYEES COMMUNITIES CUSTOMERS – Assessed employee health and COVID-19 – Coordinated 11 airlift transport missions – Launched the Confident Travel Initiative impacts continuously and in consultation of COVID-19 supplies to provide airline passengers and crews a with health officials, temporarily suspending