Baxter 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report 33 Protect Our Planet Corporate Responsibility Commitment Introduction 2030 Corporate Responsibility Goals Empower Our Patients Appendix Champion Our People and Communities Cross-Cutting Commitments At Baxter, we are committed to driving sustainability throughout our global manufacturing operations. 1 We strive to conserve resources, including water and energy , minimize use of hazardous chemicals, and reduce emissions, discharges and waste . At the same time, we prioritize environmental compliance and operational excellence. These efforts have been cost-effective and enhance the company’s environ - mental performance while furthering our objective to be an environmental leader in our industry. We also work to identify and reduce the environmental impacts of our supply chain and products. Baxter’s EHS&S Policy outlines our commitment within our operations and across the value chain to prioritize compliance, promote health and safety, and protect the planet. ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH AND SAFETY PERFORMANCE In 2021, we took significant steps to further strengthen EHS&S governance, adding dedicated roles to our team focused on our assurance activities, management systems and our digital transformation. This new structure re-affirms our commitment to compliance and operational excellence, supports achievement of our goals and helps to create long-term business value. Management Systems We follow a management systems approach guided by our global EHS&S requirements. We apply the ISO 14001 standard to manage our environmental aspects and the ISO 45001 standard to manage our health and safety hazards and risks. As of year-end 2021, 62 Baxter locations were ISO certified, of which 61 met ISO 14001 and 45 met ISO 45001 requirements. Of these 62 total certified locations, 47 are manufacturing sites (78% of total Baxter manufacturing locations 2 ). Audits Baxter’s EHS&S audit program helps to ensure that our facilities have programs that satisfy applicable regulatory requirements and are consistent with our EHS&S requirements, objectives and goals. In addition to conducting internal EHS&S audits in 2021, Baxter also utilized third parties to conduct EHS&S audits in 26 facilities. 3 Compliance Environmental compliance and health and safety compliance are foundational to Baxter’s EHS&S program. We address instances of noncompliance with urgency, work to identify root causes and implement controls to help prevent recurrence. In 2021, we received 12 environmental Notices of Violation (NOVs). Eight NOVs were related to events that occurred prior to 2021, and the other four were related to events that occurred in 2021. Eleven were received at facilities Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability Governance and Additional Disclosures Apex Companies, LLC has provided assurance on the content in this section.