About this Report

This Sustainability Report is Brickworks Limited’s (Brickworks) fourth stand-alone Sustainability Report and is intended to complement the Annual Report, providing expanded disclosure on non-financial performance, impacts and opportunities. It is informed by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards, a leading independent environmental, social and governance reporting standard.

This Sustainability Report provides detailed information on the issues that have been identified as most significant through materiality reviews and validation processes previously completed. Brickworks’ material sustainability issues were reviewed internally in FY21, expanding on the materiality review conducted in FY19, with the assistance of EY. The review included analysis of stakeholder feedback received over the last year and industry trends. Further information is available in the Stakeholder Engagement and Materiality Assessment Process sections of this report. The boundary of the Sustainability Report covers operations where Brickworks Limited has operational control. Throughout FY19 to FY22, Brickworks acquired North American businesses Glen-Gery, Sioux City, Redland Brick, Illinois Brick Company and Capital Brick. Since FY21, integration of these operations into Brickworks’ Management Systems has been ongoing. This year’s Sustainability Report includes key aspects of the North American annual business performance, covering safety, workplace profile, environmental compliance, natural gas and electricity use, collective bargaining statistics, company changes, partnerships, risk and governance. Non-financial data presented in this report includes discontinued operations. The reporting period for most topics is 1 August 2021 to 31 July 2022, aligned with the Brickworks’ financial year. An exception is energy and carbon data, where the reporting period is 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022, aligned with the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) Scheme. The workforce demographic data for Australia is taken from the WGEA report, which is based on 31 March 2022, however the total workforce figure is at 31 July 2022. Details of fundraising efforts for the Children’s Cancer Institute are for the 2021 calendar year. As part of Brickworks’ expanded disclosure, a Limited Assurance review was performed in accordance with the International Standard on Assurance Engagements (ISAE) 3000 for metrics internally identified as significant risks, for both the Australian and North American businesses, including: ◗ Lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR) ◗ Total recordable injury frequency rate (TRIFR) ◗ Environmental fines ◗ Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption (Australia and North America) ◗ Natural gas energy intensity trend (North America) A copy of the Limited Assurance Statement from this audit is included in this report.

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