Environmental

Management Approach Disclosures

Although ProSiebenSat.1 Group as a media group does not operate in a manufacturing sector with high resource consumption and energy intensity, we are aware of our ecological responsibility as a company. Working with our employees and in dialog with our other stakeholders, we want to contribute to help mitigate climate change and to protect the environment, for example through the careful and efficient use of natural resources and by reducing our energy consumption and CO₂ emissions. Operational responsibility for recording and consolidating environmental activity data lies with the Corporate Procurement & Real Estate department for the headquarters in Unterföhring and is decentralized for the ProSiebenSat.1 investments, where it rests with the respective management teams. The Corporate Communications central function and the Corporate Sustainability Office are responsible for CO₂ reporting and determining other reported environmental performance indicators.

We developed our first-ever holistic sustainability strategy for the Group in 2018, which we have been specifically implementing since the start of 2019. In this strategy, the environment is one of four key action areas. Our aim is to be climate neutral by 2030. Primarily, we want to achieve this target by reducing our energy consumption. In the future, we also plan to offset CO₂ with our own climate protection projects and certificates. Extensive, Group-wide measures will be implemented successively from 2020. In this context, the road map includes measures relating to green productions and green events, travel management and the travel policy, vehicle fleet management and the company car policy, and the disposal and recycling of waste. In addition, sustainability certification in accordance with the LEED model (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is planned for the new campus in Unterföhring, currently under construction. Strategy and Goals

ProSiebenSat.1 has been recording the Group’s greenhouse gas emissions since 2015. We are continually working to improve the data quality of our carbon footprint and to ensure that our Company’s measurement data has the highest possible coverage rate. At our site in Unterföhring, we supplied our office buildings, production studios and computer centers exclusively with green electricity in 2019. ProSiebenSat.1 has successively expanded the environmentally friendly heating supply, and since 2019 has exclusively used geothermal energy in Unterföhring. We also use the waste heat from our computer centers in Unterföhring to heat the office buildings. The ongoing conversion to energy-efficient LED lighting is standard. In the reporting period, the Group also adjusted its travel policy to urge its employees to reduce business trips to a minimum and instead to push up-to-date alternatives such as video calls. If a digital meeting is not feasible, short-haul flights should be avoided where possible. More environmentally friendly solutions should be selected, such as Deutsche Bahn, whose long-distance trains are powered by electricity from renewable energy sources. In addition, the measures for waste separation and reduction are being optimized on an ongoing basis. The canteens on the ProSiebenSat.1 campus have already completely eliminated single-use plastics.

Since the start of 2020, the Company has been conducting a pilot project in the field of green productions under the title “Clean shoot.” The aim is to reduce CO₂ emissions, protect natural resources, avoid environmentally unfriendly substances, and reduce plastic as well as waste in all TV and film productions. In February 2020, we also signed the joint declaration for the sustainable production of film and television productions in Germany. Clean Shoot! (Sustainability Magazine)

Thanks to our wide reach, we can shift focus onto socially relevant and environmental issues and thus raise awareness of the sustainable use of natural resources. Once a year, ProSieben’s logo therefore turns from red to green for “Green Seven” week. The station uses its large reach to raise awareness of sustainability among young viewers in particular. The content is focused on environmental issues. In October 2019, “Save the Oceans” week drew attention to the consequences of the pollution of the oceans with plastic waste. The heart of “Green Seven 2019” was the 90-minute documentary “Save The Oceans – The Plastics Experiment.” In addition, the ProSieben magazine shows “taff” and “Galileo” broadcast reports on the topic of plastic waste for a whole week starting on October 14. Projects

In addition, the first “Green Seven Summit” took place in 2019, a three-day sustainability conference on Sylt sponsored by ProSiebenSat.1. Under a theme that translates as “making waves for climate protection,” the event was held from September 29 to October 1, 2019, alongside the Mercedes-Benz Windsurf World Cup Sylt, and comprised an extensive framework program with panel discussions, keynote speeches, and workshops. The guests included Prof. Dr. Maja Göpel, Secretary General of the German Advisory Council on Global Change, and Prof. Dr. Karen Helen Wiltshire, Vice-Director of Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research.

At the “Green Seven Summit,” ProSiebenSat.1 also unveiled its Media4Sustainability business model and announced the cooperation with Media4Planet (M4P), the first provider of sustainable advertising space in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. M4P bundles media partners’ advertising space at favorable conditions and sells it to sustainable enterprises, initiatives, and projects. Most of the proceeds are to be used to support the climate protection campaign of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as well as other projects and NGOs.

Energy

ProSiebenSat.1’s energy consumption mainly involves the purchase of electricity and heat. The total energy consumption (incl. electricity) within the Group fell to approximately 41 GWh in the reporting period (previous year: approximately 45 GWh), primarily due to lower heat consumption. Energy consumption outside the Group is indicated indirectly in the carbon footprint though the Scope 3 emissions.

The fuel consumption of company cars in Germany in 2019 amounted to 377 thousand liters of gasoline (previous year: 364 thousand liters) and 269 thousand liters of diesel (previous year: 313 thousand liters). This equates to energy consumption of 6.2 GWh (previous year: 8.3 GWh) and thus a decline of around 25% on the previous year. The total consumption of electricity at the headquarters in Unterföhring was around 16 GWh in 2019, as in the previous year. For the generation of heat, environmentally friendly geothermal energy was largely used rather than fuel oil or natural gas. In total, ProSiebenSat.1’s energy consumption for heating and cooling in Unterföhring amounted to around 7 GWh (previous year: around 11 GWh) in the reporting period and was thus significantly below the previous year’s figure. The decline must be viewed in the light of the demolition work at the Unterföhring site and a warmer winter than in the previous year.

Emissions

Our carbon footprint includes direct greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1), indirect greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 2) and greenhouse gas emissions from upstream and downstream stages in the value chain (Scope 3). Detailed information on the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions can be found in the Accompanying Notes on the Carbon Footprint.

• Scope 1: As it was the case in the previous year, the direct emissions are mainly generated by ProSiebenSat.1’s vehicle fleet.
• Scope 2: The significant year-on-year decrease in energy indirect emissions (market-based) is due to the purchase of green electricity at the Unterföhring site.
• Scope 3: Business trips and commuting are responsible for the majority of the reported greenhouse gas emissions from upstream and downstream stages in the value chain.

Waste

Due to the “New Campus” construction project, the waste generated at the Unterföhring site in the reporting period increased to 4,028 metric tons (previous year: 2,724 metric tons). In the 2019 waste balance, 3,228 metric tons (previous year: 1,745 metric tons) were directly attributable to the upstream demolition work. Any waste that cannot be reclaimed is disposed in an environmentally responsible manner. When doing so, ProSiebenSat.1 complies with the local regulations and classifies waste as hazardous or non-hazardous in accordance with the relevant national legislation. The volume of hazardous waste (e.g. insulating material and construction materials containing asbestos) fell from 734 to 46 metric tons in 2019 on account of the advanced demolition work. Municipal waste (domestic-type waste produced by trade and industry) decreased to 122 metric tons (previous year: 305 metric tons), primarily likewise as a result of the said construction work.

Environmental Compliance

As in the previous year, no cases of non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations were identified for 2019.