Contents 5 Summary 8 Introduction to the Report 8 About the Report 10 Message from Kronospan Germany 12 About Kronospan 14 Kronospan Germany at a Glance 16 Our Values 17 Our Product Portfolio 20 We Empower with Positive Governance 20 Our Organisational Structure 22 Highlights in 2021–2022 24 Sectoral and Global Trends 24 Sectoral Outlook 26 Regional Outlook 30 Risk Management 33 Internal Audit 34 Business Ethics 34 Data Security 35 Kronospan Germany Building Blocks 36 Kronospan Germany Value Chain 38 Sustainability Management 39 Our Understanding of Sustainability and Stakeholder Expectations 39 Our Sustainability Strategy 40 Materiality and Stakeholder Analysis 41 Material Issues for Kronospan Germany and Its Stakeholders 42 Our Contributions to Sustainable Development and Our Targets 44 Our Targets 48 Communication with Stakeholders 49 Responsible Growth Strategy 52 We Aim for Carbon Negative Production 52 Environmentally Responsible Production Processes 54 Sustainable Production Cycle Circular Process - Lampertswalde 56 Sustainable Production Cycle Circular Process - Sandebeck 58 Sustainable Production Cycle - Lampertswalde 2