120 INDEPENDENT ASSURANCE STATEMENTS METRIC METRIC FISCAL 2021 METRIC VALUE FISCAL 2021 METRIC VALUE (THOUSANDS) (THOUSANDS) MANAGEMENT CRITERIA MANAGEMENT CRITERIA Employee volunteer hours 12.8 Employee volunteer hours are hours that eligible employees self-report through ELC Good Works with regard to leading, organizing, or participating in either Company-organized volunteer efforts or individual eligible activities outside of normal working hours, in accordance with the ELC Good Works guidelines available to employees. Employee donations $1,234 Employee monetary donations are donations that eligible employees self-report through ELC Good Works and must be personal donations from employees’ own assets that are given to a 501(c)(3) organization in the United States or to similar organizations outside of the United States. Eligible organizations are determined under the ELC Good Works guidelines available to employees. Amount matched by ELC $1,721 ELC charitable matching gifts include: Company matches of employees’ monetary donations at a 1:1 ratio unless specified otherwise by ELC; Company matches of employees’ volunteer time (volunteer rewards such as $20 per hour volunteered in the United States); and Company rewards which are gifted donation credits that employees can donate through ELC Good Works. To be eligible for matching, employees’ donations and volunteer time must be recorded through ELC Good Works and be in accordance with the ELC Good Works guidelines. At specified times during fiscal year 2021, there were special matching campaigns during which ELC double matched (2x) eligible employee donations. Due to double match campaigns, volunteer rewards, and Company rewards, the total amount matched by ELC was higher than the total employee donations. % eligible employees participating in volunteerism and giving programs (as of June 30, 2021) 19% Participation in volunteerism and giving programs includes eligible employees who have self-reported at least one volunteer hour, self-reported at least one monetary donation, or redeemed at least one reward through ELC Good Works during fiscal 2021. Rewards are gifted monetary credits that the Company has added to the ELC Good Works accounts of eligible employees. Employees can use these rewards within the same fiscal year as they were gifted to make donations to organizations of their choosing through ELC Good Works. EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT ELC Good Works is the Company’s internal platform used to report employee volunteerism, employee monetary donations, and ELC charitable matching gifts. The ELC Good Works guidelines outline program eligibility, criteria, and terms and conditions, as adapted to meet local requirements. Metrics reflect information self-reported to ELC Good Works by eligible employees during fiscal 2021. In fiscal 2021, the ELC Good Works platform expanded to 17 markets outside the United States and the United Kingdom. At the end of fiscal 2021, ELC Good Works was available to eligible employees in 19 markets globally. Information related to brands acquired during or after fiscal 2020 (Have&Be and DECIEM) is excluded from the fiscal 2021 metrics. During fiscal 2021, “eligible employees” included regular full-time and regular part-time employees in Argentina; Australia; Belgium; Brazil; Canada; Chile; Colombia; France; Germany; Hong Kong, SAR of China; India; Luxembourg; Mexico; Netherlands; Panama; Peru; Switzerland; and the United States. In the United Kingdom, “eligible employees” included corporate regular full-time, corporate regular part-time, and corporate fixed-term contract employees; all Jo Malone Global and Travel Retail employees; and regular full-time, regular part-time, and fixed-term contract employees at the Whitman manufacturing site. The preparation of the employee engagement metrics requires management to establish the criteria, make determinations as to the relevancy of the information to be included, and make assumptions that affect reported information.
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