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4 About Strategy and Governance Our People Our Business Our Outcome AppendixThis Sustainability Report describes how we strategically embed sustainability in our business. It also sets out the sustainability-related risks, opportunities, and impacts relevant to our value creation. This report covers the five topics and formal requirements stated in Art. 964 %u2013 Transparency on non-financial matters in the Swiss Code of Obligations. Furthermore, this report includes a section addressing the relevant requirements under the Swiss Ordinance on Due Diligence and Transparency in relation to Minerals and Metals from ConflictAffected Areas and Child Labour. It also includes a TCFD report. The Sustainability Report spans the fiscal year from January 1 to December 31, 2023. The majority of the figures we publish reflect the status as of December 31, 2023, except for greenhouse gas emissions as well as health and safety data, which was not yet available in full at the time of publication. Therefore, this report includes greenhouse gas emissions and health and safety data for the period from the fourth quarter of 2022 to the third quarter of 2023. Past data shows that our greenhouse gas emissions do not fluctuate strongly from one year to the next. And our operations did not change significantly in the fourth quarter of 2023. All data externally audited with limited assurance are marked in this report with the symbol . For further information on external assurance, please turn to the Assurance Statement. We took due care when preparing this report by applying the Global Reporting Initiative%u2019s sustainability reporting standards (GRI 2021). This report is based on GRI%u2019s reporting principles of accuracy, balance, clarity, comparability, completeness, sustainability context, timeliness, and verifiability to ensure that we provide our stakeholders with the most valuable information possible.The cover picture shows Gardens by the Bay in Singapore. For us this picture stands for combining economic success with sustainable practices and technology to enrich people%u2019s lives.About This Report