Demant's Transition Plan consolidates the existing climate change mitigation plans and initiatives and details the different mitigation actions set by the Group to reduce the GHG emissions and reach our climate targets aligned with the Paris Agreement. The benchmarks provide a roadmap to ensure that company activities are consistent with the Paris Agreement’s objectives, particularly the goal of limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.

Demant's carbon accounting adheres to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) defined by the World Resources Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable Development in line with the recommendation of the ESRS. The consolidated GHG emissions data encompasses all entities under Demant's operational control, including leased facilities, with emissions quantified in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e).

Demant's Inventory Management Plan (IMP) sets the framework for defining, compiling, and reporting Group GHG emissions across all scopes using emissions factors from renowned sources such as DEFRA, the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, and the Ecoinvent database. The IMP specifies that baseline recalculations may occur under the conditions defined in the publicly available Baseline Recalculation Policy.

For Scope 2, both location- and market-based GHG emissions are calculated to benchmark Demant’s performance against climate targets in accordance with the SBTi accounting approach.

Scope 3 GHG emissions are calculated using two different methodologies tailored for the Diagnostics business area and the Hearing Aids and Hearing Care business areas, aligning with the GHG Protocol standard and following a combined approach using hybrid- and spend-based methods.