Materiality assessment Our Materiality Matrix During the development of our sustainability strategy, we carried out a materiality analysis to identify the        Environment  People   relevant topics for our organization. These topics stem Society from initiatives such as the UN Global Compact, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, various studies, ery high GLOBAL PRIORITIES and the survey and analysis of responses from both V internal and external experts and stakeholders. We  CO evaluated this large number of topics in terms of 22 GLOBAL TOPICS their relevance for business success and respective  Circularity stakeholders as well as their impact on the environment  Waste and society. While the impact and relevance for  User Health & Safety  Hazardous Substances stakeholders were assessed by external experts, LOCAL INITIATIVES  Building Safety we conducted interviews and an internal survey  Contaminant Emissions regarding business relevance. The results are part of  Employee Health & Safety s Stakeholders Plastic Consumption the foundation for the topics that are material to our  Water Ef昀椀ciency  Social Impact company. We have grouped the topics according to  Employee Nutrition  Supplier Sustainability their relevance into “Global Priorities” and “Global  Business Ethics Topics” (see illustration on the right). The engagement  Engagement in Local  Employee Engagement of our team members at a local level plays a central Communities  Learning & Development Relevance for Hilti’ role in the implementation of our sustainability strategy.   Inclusion & … and many more   Work-Life-Balance Diversity Accordingly, the global priorities and global topics are supplemented by numerous local initiatives. We have assigned all our material topics to one of our three strategic sustainability pillars – environment, people and society – and have evaluated our High impact on achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (see p. 8). High Very high Impact and relevance for the long-term success of Hilti