ENVIRONMENT

  Unit 2023 2024
Energy consumption
Annual energy consumption (1) Gigajoules 1,093,195 1,062,651
Writing the Future, Together #2: Share of electricity from renewable sources (1) - 90% 92%
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions
Total amount of annual greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) (Scope 1 & 2 location‑based) tCO₂eq 80,960 80,894
Total amount of annual GHG emissions (Scope 1 & 2 market‑based) tCO₂eq 22,606 20,121
Total annual Scope 3 GHG emissions (market‑based) tCO₂eq 641,519 621,993
Total ratio of annual GHG emissions to production (Scope 1 & 2) tCO₂/ton 0.91 0.87
Waste & water
Annual water withdrawals m³ 398,714 376,423
Annual waste production Tons 19,043 18,150
Products
Writing the Future, Together #1: Share of non‑virgin petroleum plastic in BIC® products - 8.0% 8.2%
BIC cardboard packaging from a certified and/or recycled source (2) - 99.1% 99.4%
BIC PVC free plastic packaging (2) - 98% 99%
Writing the Future, Together #1: Reusable, recyclable or compostable plastic in consumer packaging (2) - 81% 85%
Writing the Future, Together #1: Recycled content of plastic packaging (2) - 62% 65%

(1) The breakdown of BIC’s energy consumption for 2023 and the share of renewable electricity for 2023 were corrected to include administrative and commercial entities.

(2) Excludes BIC Graphic, recent acquisitions and certain OEMs.

SOCIAL

  Unit 2023 2024
Group workforce
Total workforce Number 14,643 13,404
- Permanent employees Number 10,322 10,192
- Total Temporary Staff, Including Agency staff, Contractors, Fixed‑Term Contract employees, Interns & Apprenticeships Number 4,321 3,212
Voluntary turnover - 13% 14%
Permanent workforce by region (%)
Europe - 41.6% 42.1%
North America - 9.3% 7.7%
Latin America - 23.6% 25.5%
Middle East & Africa - 8.7% 9.7%
India - 16% 14%
Asia-Pacific - 1.0% 1.1%
Training
Number of training hours per employee Hours - 11.4
Diversity
Percentage of women in :      
- Overall headcount (salaried team members) - 44% 44%
- Board of Directors - 50% 50%
- Executive Committee - 40% 30%
- Level 4 and above (Executives & ExCom) - 33% 35%
Safety
Writing the Future, Together #3: Share of BIC sites having reached a zero lost‑time incident level - 80% 81%
Incidence rate of occupational accidents – BIC headcount (accidents with temporary or permanent incapacity) (1) Number/million
hours worked		 1.60 2.34
Severity rate of occupational accidents – BIC permanent and fixed‑term employees (accidents with temporary incapacity) Number/ thousand hours worked 0.08 0.11

(1) The 2023 incident rate was adjusted due to the revised number of lost‑time incidents for 2023.

SOCIETAL

  Unit 2023 2024
Supplier relationships
Writing the Future, Together #4: Strategic suppliers integrated in the responsible purchasing program - 83% 95%
Improving lives through education
Writing the Future, Together #5: Children with improved learning conditions (cumulative since 2018) Millions 199 210