Safer products start with smarter material choices. As Hager accelerates the energy transition and advances building decarbonisation, controlling hazardous substances throughout the value chain protects customers, reduces environmental risk, and strengthens the ability to innovate responsibly.

The approach is grounded in the Environment and Energy Charter, which sets clear principles for reducing the environmental footprint while safeguarding the health and safety of customers and end users. In practice, this means eliminating hazardous substances where technically feasible and substituting them with safer alternatives where elimination is not yet possible. Engineering, procurement, and manufacturing teams own this responsibility across the organisation, with action embedded in daily operations.

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5.1

REACH and RoHS compliance

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Managing substances of concern (SoC) and substances of very high concern (SVHC) is fundamental to product safety, regulatory compliance, and environmental protection. Hager’s quality controls keep hazardous substances within regulatory thresholds, while continuous monitoring anticipates evolving requirements, including the risk that certain chemicals contribute to soil, air, and water contamination.

Hager manages these risks through two parallel streams. First, tracking and anticipating regulatory change, covering REACH, RoHS, halogen restrictions, and PFAS regulations. Second, working with suppliers to reduce hazardous substances at source, integrating chemical compliance into new product sourcing and supplier onboarding. Through this approach, Hager improves supply chain transparency, limits high-risk substances, and promotes safer alternatives.

The digital compliance platform, Assent¹, enables systematic identification of hazardous substances in components and collection of chemical concentration data, moving beyond simple presence/absence detection toward quantitative risk assessment.

To date, Hager has collected chemical data, including SVHC, for 98,6% of product components. This covers DQ90² products, meeting REACH requirements. Hager has also collected hazardous substances data for 99,2% of DQ90 product components, in line with the latest RoHS version. This assessment, drawing on supplier disclosures and established product compliance processes, identified 33 SVHCs present in input materials at concentrations exceeding their threshold.

Based on input material data, Hager has also estimated SVHC concentrations in products placed on the market, listing all substances above 0,1% weight by weight. In cross-referencing input material data with Bill of Materials (BOM) records, Hager identified 30 of the 33 SVHCs in input materials that are present in products placed on the market above the threshold limit.

SVHCs present in input materials above 0,1% weight by weight³

Substances used during manufacturing processes – such as lubricants and greases – are not yet systematically recorded in BOMs and are therefore excluded from this disclosure. Hager is expanding data coverage in this area to strengthen transparency in future reporting cycles.

SVHCs present in Hager products above 0,1% weight by weight

By prioritising hazardous substances within its data strategy, Hager aims to ensure regulatory compliance while continuously improving product safety. To further strengthen transparency and accountability, Hager is enhancing its data governance framework and progressively improving the visibility of resource allocation and performance tracking for pollution-related actions in future reporting cycles.

5.2

PFAS management programme

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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are persistent synthetic chemicals with recognised risks to the environment and human health. Hager launched a structured PFAS management programme in 2024 to identify, monitor, and progressively eliminate PFAS from its product portfolio, directly supporting the Environment and Energy Charter’s commitment to eliminating hazardous substances and protecting customers and end users.

The programme was launched ahead of formal regulatory decisions, anticipating the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) opinion expected in 2026. By acting early, Hager is helping to reduce the environmental impact of substances of concern while supporting a smoother transition towards more sustainable product solutions and resilient supply chains.

The initiative spans the entire value chain, with emphasis on supplier engagement and product stewardship. Through collaboration with suppliers, research institutes, and engineering teams, Hager assesses PFAS alternatives, validates technical and economic viability, and develops substitution roadmaps.

By embedding this initiative within the Blue Planet Commitment, Hager aims to systematically reduce environmental and health risks linked to PFAS while taking into account product performance, regulatory change, and supply chain realities. Hager is assessing technically viable alternatives to support the development of its environmentally responsible solutions. The insights gained from these assessments will inform Hager’s ongoing efforts to reduce PFAS use, an objective that is embedded within the company’s mid- to long-term sustainability and product development roadmaps.

5.3

Pollution management programme

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Hager launched a dedicated pollution management programme in 2024 to identify and reduce emission pathways affecting air, water, and soil quality at its manufacturing sites. The programme is fundamentally preventative: stopping environmental contamination before it occurs, while reinforcing protection of local ecosystems aligned with the Environment and Energy Charter.

Hager aims to standardise reporting practices, refine measurement methods, and deploy targeted preventative measures at selected sites. These actions are intended to support earlier detection and help reduce the risk of unintentional hazardous substance releases. The programme includes:

• A thorough review of existing pollution management policies and practices at all operational sites.
• Detailed process mapping to identify possible pollution sources.
• Improved accuracy and reliability of pollutant measurements to meet regulatory expectations and ESRS requirements.
• A gap analysis to identify improvements in data management, methods, and policies.
• A clear roadmap for full ESRS E2 compliance, including an action plan covering resource allocation, capital and operational expenditure, and staffing. Hager has prioritised initiatives enabling 2026 performance data to be reported in 2027.

In 2025, Hager completed an initial assessment as part of this effort. A pilot project confirmed that current SoC and SVHC levels in effluents do not exceed applicable threshold values. The next step is to roll out SVHC monitoring across all manufacturing sites by the end of 2026, establishing a consistent Group-wide monitoring framework and enabling transparent effluent reporting in the 2027 report.