Moreover, our climate reduction initiatives as described on these pages, are anchored within our existing business model and financial planning. This is further supported by the fact that we do not currently have material climate-related financial risks (see page 29), and the fact that GN is not excluded from the Paris-aligned benchmarks.

As stipulated in GN’s Remuneration Policy, ESG-related performance is part of (annual) short-term incentive (bonus) objectives for all members of the Executive Leadership Team. This supports progress on policies, targets, and actions in mitigating our material IROs across several environmental and social topics. For the year 2024, these objectives consisted of one overall objective related to reducing carbon emissions across all scopes versus 2023 in support of making progress towards our 2030 climate targets, and 10 key actions related to decarbonization in specific areas, increasing circularity, ESG-related supplier engagement, sustainability-related marketing and CSRD compliance. ESG-related objectives for the CEO and CFO are approved annually by the Remuneration Committee. In the reporting year, 7.2% of the annual bonus was dependent on these objectives for the CEO and CFO with 12% of their annual bonus was linked to ESG, of which 50% was related to reduction of carbon emissions.