ENVIRONMENTAL / OUR ESG APPROACH ENVIRONMENTAL Technology & Innovation Inclusive of Design for Environment Our Design for Environment (DFE) program connects product sustainability directly with our business goals by designing and building high-performance goods and services that take less from the Earth and are better for people and the planet. It requires a deep understanding of what is within the materials and components that make up those products, so transparency has been, and continues to be, a key pillar of the DFE strategy. Sustainable Product Playbook We created a Sustainable Product Playbook in 2021, including chapters on recycled plastic content in products, sustainable packaging and substances of concern in products. The playbook has been developed as a tool to educate the broader organization about how design decisions impact the sustainability attributes of products and to serve as a guide for Whirlpool Corporation engineers to reference throughout the product design process. In particular, the playbook helps design teams translate new requirements set by the global sustainability team into project-specific requirements. This action will help translate the Voice of Sustainability into the Voice of Engineering. The purpose of the Sustainable Product Playbook is to continue driving sustainable innovation and solutions in order to significantly reduce our environmental impacts and set target improvements, allowing our global platform engineering teams to ask the right questions at the right point in the product development process and integrate these improvements into new product introductions. Recycled Plastics Whirlpool Corporation is committed to driving recycled plastic content into our product and packaging in an effort to address plastic pollution and reduce GHG emissions. In fact, as reported by The Association of Plastic Recyclers, recycled polypropylene (PP) produces between 29-60% less emissions than virgin PP. To begin this journey, we set one of the highest circularity targets in our industry within Europe and made a pledge in our EMEA region to use an average 18% recycled plastic content by 2025. In 2021, we completed the PolyCE project, which was part of the EU initiative, Horizon 2020, and demonstrated the technical feasibility to use recycled PP in home appliance applications such as the washing machine tub. We currently use 8% recycled plastics in our dishwashers, and we are developing solutions for our laundry products. Since our products touch water and food, we will continue to seek solutions and set goals for reformulated plastics materials that maintain our high standard of quality and safety for our products in all regions. Whirlpool Corporation / 2021 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 29 Whirlpool Corporation / 2021 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 29