1. Commitment

Garlando S.p.A. recognises environmental protection as a material aspect of its corporate responsibility and integrates the management of relevant environmental matters into its manufacturing, logistics, commercial and product-development activities. The Company operates in compliance with applicable legislation and adopts an approach based on prevention, documentation, traceability and continuous improvement.

Commitment to transparency: environmental information disclosed to the public must be clear, specific, verifiable and proportionate to the available supporting evidence, avoiding generic or absolute statements that may be misleading.

2. Environmental Policy Principles

• comply with environmental legislation and the requirements applicable to products, materials, packaging and business operations;
• prevent, so far as reasonably practicable, environmental impacts arising from activities under the Company’s control;
• promote the proper management of waste and its recovery where technically appropriate and permitted by applicable legislation;
• monitor energy consumption and assess reduction measures consistent with operational requirements;
• require suppliers to provide adequate information and documentation concerning declared environmental characteristics;
• communicate to the market only those environmental characteristics that can be adequately substantiated.

3. Materials and Substances

When selecting materials and components, Garlando takes into account the applicable regulatory requirements concerning regulated substances and chemical safety. Specific material characteristics – including any environmental properties or recycled content – are communicated externally only where supported by relevant technical documentation.

The Company avoids absolute statements such as “free from toxic substances”, “non-polluting” or equivalent wording unless the precise scope of the statement has been defined and substantiated. Where available, preference is given to stating the verified technical characteristic or the applicable regulatory requirement.

4. Waste and Recovery

Garlando segregates waste generated by its operations and promotes its recovery through channels permitted by applicable legislation and authorisations. Special waste is managed in accordance with appropriate procedures and by duly qualified operators.

Wood-processing residues are collected separately and, where permitted by the plant’s technical conditions and authorisations, may be sent for energy recovery. This practice is described in factual terms, without attributing to it any general, unquantified environmental benefits.

5. Energy

The Company monitors the energy consumption associated with its operations and assesses measures aimed at reducing consumption and ensuring the proper management of its systems and equipment. Any public statements concerning reductions in consumption, energy efficiency or reduced fuel use are made only where they are based on adequate data or technical evidence and relate to a clearly defined scope.

For energy-using products, information on energy consumption or performance refers to the specific model or component concerned and is not stated more broadly than is supported by the available documentation.

6. Packaging

Garlando regards packaging management as an integral part of its environmental compliance activities. The Company gathers information on packaging composition, the materials used and the related technical documentation, including through packaging bills of materials (BOMs) and supplier declarations.

Statements concerning recyclability, reusability or recycled content refer to the specific packaging element to which they apply. Generic statements concerning the packaging as a whole are not used where its individual components have different characteristics. Compliance with a mandatory requirement is not presented as a distinctive environmental advantage.

7. Water and Soil Protection

The Company’s operations are managed with due regard to the prevention of soil and water contamination. On the basis of the production arrangements described in the Company’s current documentation, the plant’s manufacturing processes do not generate industrial wastewater; domestic wastewater is discharged through the public sewerage system in accordance with the applicable conditions. This information must be reassessed whenever the manufacturing processes are modified.

8. Suppliers and Supply Chain

Garlando requires its suppliers to provide the cooperation necessary to document the environmental characteristics of materials, components and packaging. Where a commercial claim is based on information supplied by a third party, the Company assesses the adequacy of the supporting evidence before reusing that information in its own communications.

• statements must identify the product or material to which they relate;
• any percentage stated must be supported by a verifiable technical basis;
• certifications and test reports must be consistent with both the claim and its scope of application;
• changes in materials or suppliers must trigger a review of previously approved statements.

9. Transparency of Environmental Claims

In accordance with the principles and requirements introduced by Directive (EU) 2024/825 and the relevant national transposing legislation, Garlando S.p.A. has commenced an audit of the environmental claims used in its communications. The Company identifies, verifies and, where necessary, corrects claims that are non-compliant, insufficiently substantiated or liable to mislead.

Digital content is reviewed and updated in light of the audit findings. Publications and printed materials are subject to the same review; materials containing non-compliant claims must not continue to be distributed unless they have been appropriately corrected or supplemented.

Garlando uses environmental claims that are clear, specific, verifiable and supported by adequate documentation. A benefit attributable to a component, material, item of packaging or individual activity is not improperly extended to the product as a whole or to the undertaking as a whole.

10. Communications and Future Objectives

The Company avoids making generic claims about future environmental performance. Where improvement objectives are communicated, they must be defined by reference to measurable parameters, clear timeframes and responsibilities, and must be supported by an implementation plan consistent with applicable regulatory requirements. The information is reviewed whenever the circumstances underpinning its validity change.

11. Auditing and Continuous Improvement

The Environmental Policy is implemented through periodic verification activities and the due diligence process set out in QA-ENV-DUE-001. Report QA-ENV-REP-001 Rev. B dated 14 September 2026 constitutes the baseline audit of publicly communicated environmental claims. Identified instances of non-compliance and matters requiring attention are addressed by removing or reformulating the relevant claims or by gathering appropriate supporting evidence.

12. Information and Review

This Policy is reviewed periodically and whenever material legislative or organisational changes occur. Any requests for clarification concerning the Environmental Policy or environmental claims used by Garlando S.p.A. may be sent to compliance@garlando.it.