An estimated 41,792 tCO2e are locked-in emissions from the use of GN products sold in 2024, which currently makes up 16% of our total Scope 3 emissions (see page 75). These use phase emissions could still be reduced through firmware updates in the market, but it remains difficult to quantify potential emissions reductions from such initiatives. As these emissions are a result of electricity consumption, we expect significant reduction to take place as a result of the global shift towards renewable energy as part of the transition to a net-zero economy outside GN’s direct control. Given the general duration of use of our products, we don’t expect these locked-in emissions to prevent us from reaching net-zero in 2050, regardless of the pace of the transition to renewable energy.

For these reasons, we also do not expect alignment of our economic activities with the delegated act on climate objectives to change significantly in the future. However, a small increase in CAPEX and OPEX alignment may be expected in eligible economic activities such as construction of new buildings and production facilities (CCM/CCA 7.1), building renovation measures (CCM/CCA 7.2), energy efficiency initiatives at our facilities (CCM/CCA 7.3), installation of onsite renewable energy capacity (CCM/CCA 7.6) and electrification of our car fleet (CCM/CCA 7.4) which are actions we will take to ensure we meet our near- and long-term climate targets.