SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2021

SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2021 Portobello Waste GRI 301-1, GRI 301-2, GRI 301-3, GRI 306-1, GRI 306-2, GRI 306-3, GRI 306-4, GRI 306-5 Portobello has an efficient system for the reuse of waste from the production process that guarantees the use of 100% of all it generates. In 2021, these inputs represented 21% of the raw materials used in products manufacture and reached a volume of just over 206,000 metric tons. ССС C Materials that cannot be used in production, such as metals, cardboard, oils, plastics, computer scrap, among others, are sent to recyclers. In the period, there was no waste reuse just from bathrooms and cafeteria, or 0.06% of the total. The development of technologies and processes that allow full reuse began more than 10 years ago and involved partners in the joint search for solutions, such as, for example, for abrasives, a complex product. With this, Portobello gives the appropriate destination to materials with the potential to generate negative impacts if they were neglected. For the next few years, the goal is to find an alternative for the waste from bathrooms and cafeterias, which today go to sanitary landfills. The company also aims to substantially reduce waste production. Thus, there are studies and initiatives with this purpose, some conducted in partnership with suppliers (See Suppliers). The slabs, ceramic in larger formats, are individually packed in heat-shrinkable plastic sheets. In 2021, after adjustments, there was a 27% reduction in the use of this material. In the period, there was also a 90% decrease in the use of plastics in fractional pallets (with different products or complete, but partially delivered to the customer) and of 25% in the use of PET tapes. In 2020, 132.89 tons of plastic, 809.94 tons of cardboard and 105.22 tons of metal were offset in the states of Amazonas, Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Rio Grande do Sul. Offsetting is made through the issuance of a recycling certificate, which provides an incentive to the chain. The materials that protect the ceramics and allow for transport, such as pallets, cardboard and plastic, represented 28,035.81 metric tons in the period, of which 5,208.34 metric tons were recovered. <3 73

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