Holmris CSR Policy. Holmris is preparing attendance to UN s Global Compact but has already translated UN s Global Compact policies into practice.

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1 CSR Policy Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) refers to the company s social responsibility and expresses the voluntary policies, the company sets as standard for ethical and social responsibility in relation to the community human rights, employee rights, social conditions, environment and work environment. is preparing attendance to UN s Global Compact but has already translated UN s Global Compact policies into practice. CSR at Through three generations of family ownership, A/S has supplied the Danish living and contract market with high quality furniture. Since 1994 we have specialised in office furniture and are now one the most innovative Danish office supply companies. We continuously focus on ergonomics, functionality, design, trends and innovation, and our furniture comply with all requirements of modern quality furniture. Environment, work environment and CSR is already part of s core values and conduct, but now these initiatives have also been formulated into an official policy, because it is important to us and because we work determined and continuously with improving our efforts to the benefit of the community, environment and our employees. The goal of the CSR policy is for to contribute to a positive societal development through improvements, development and innovation on a daily basis and through visions and objectives for products and environment. will: 1. develop, market and sell furniture and interior design solutions with focus on design and work environment 2. be innovative, flexible and customer oriented and hereby strengthen work environment in office workplaces 3. manufacture strong and durable furniture based on a sustainability and re-use and give recycled furniture a modern lift Responsibility goals and visions in CSR is integrated in s daily business activities and it is our intention to be on the forefront of development in society and at any time comply with regulations and ethical guidelines. In 2009 was certified with ISO We constantly seek to improve and take innovative initiatives and set new standards for our social responsibility.

2 CSR at means voluntarily taking initiative to protect the community and environment. We have an ongoing process of improving our activities for environment and employees. As an innovative and responsible company it is natural to us to take a leadership position and set the standard in our industry and for our employees. We constantly strive to be a desirable workplace for our employees. We want to be a company, our current and future employees can identify with and be proud of. We firmly believe in an including workplace where all employees can thrive and develop. We believe in the importance of work life balance for our employees, and we also wish to support employees in getting healthy and physical active. We will continuously report on our initiatives to clients, business partners, employees and colleagues and make a positive impact to make all take part in social responsibility. A core value is a constant focus on innovative solutions wish to promote the four R s : reduce, re-use, repair, recycle manufactures ergonomic and flexible office furniture and pay particular attention to reducing the impact of environment in use and disposal of the products Ensure the foundation for a responsible supplier management, that contribute with products used in the manufacturing process, are manufactured under responsible conditions and comply with our social responsibility Ensure a good work environment o Reduce sickness absence o Competency development of employees ensuring and improving quality and problem solving o Actively involve employees in preventing accidents at work o Social staff group responsible of social activities at for the benefit of the social work environment Reduce use of resources o Reduce energy consumption o Reduce water and electric consumption o Sorting disposal at source and use resources in waste in best possible way and also dispose of waste in an environmentally responsible way o Containment of emission of substances harmful to the environment o Use of Scandinavian wood species thus reducing co2 emission Our practical approach to CSR and reporting comply with UN Global Compacts objectives and principles in both content and communication to and with our business partners. Our CSR initiative will prospectively be communicated in annual reports, on our website and also to our business partners and suppliers when relevant. In our COP (Communication on

3 Progess) we continuously commit ourselves to improve and evaluate progressively on previous years goal achievements. The CSR policy is in practice elaborated on basis of other policies and objectives. Management has overall responsibility for the CSR policy, including allocating necessary resources to the daily work to achieve the objectives and management s annual assessment, and that the policy is communicated to business partners, customers, suppliers and other stakeholders. The Ten Principles Human Rights companies should support and respect the protection of international declared human rights and make sure, that they do not participate to violation of human rights We support and respect the principles to protection of international human rights to the extent we have any influence on. We will ensure that our company in all situations act ethical correct and do not participate in violations of these rights Employee rights companies should maintain freedom of organisation and effectively acknowledge the right to collective negotiations support abolition of all kinds of forced labour effectively support abolition of child labour and abolition of discriminations in work and terms of employment We will contribute to create working conditions consistent with these principles, and adhere to current laws and regulations. will refrain from business that violates these principles All employees at should have the opportunity to develop skills required to perform work tasks Environment companies should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges take initiative to encourage to more environmental responsibility promote and propagate development of environmental friendly technologies

4 is certified to ISO manufacture ergonomic and flexible office furniture, that also in use and disposal affect the environment as little as possible manufacture furniture with great endurance and durability which reduce use of resources wood consumption and use o we only use legal wood that is wood from forests where legal rights to the forest, national and local legal rule are complied with, both in relation to owner and sub-suppliers apart from this we are open to global environmental policies and try constantly to improve these through o own use of raw materials o reduce energy consumption o sorting waste at source and use resources in waste in best possible way all the material we use, must come from suppliers, who work actively on ensuring, that all products and materials are environmentally responsible all products and packaging must be a central part of our product development through innovative, flexible and customer oriented solutions, pursue continuous reductions of environmentally unfriendly effects on the environment internally and externally we use environmentally friendly wood from forests certified according to FSC or PEFC agreement, and wood, from other forests, that comply with the criteria for achievement of either FSC or PEFC certificate in the relevant countries/areas wood and wood based materials included in the product is manufactured from legal wood, and at least 70% of the wood 50% for chipboards is manufactured from environmentally responsible wood or recycled wood Anti-corruption Companies should oppose to any kind of corruption, hereof extortion and bribery To this means, that no employees must give or receive gifts, loans, payment, or other kinds of rewards urging to dishonesty, illegal acts or what may be perceived as an attempt to influence the objectivity in business decisions Steps already taken is certified to work environment Certified to ISO is certified to ISO face-lift of educational furniture in local primary school Diversity in workforce hiring employees with reduced ability to work Employee involvement in workplace improvements Workplace assessment

5 Well-being at work participation in marathon/half marathon, participation in brain, music and food event Outplacement/coaching for dismissed employees Objectives One of s core values is a constant focus on innovative solutions wish to promote the four R s : reduce, re-use, repair, recycle wants to manufacture ergonomic and flexible office furniture, that both in use and disposal have minimum environmental effect Ensure the foundation for a responsible supplier management, that contribute with products used in the manufacturing process, are manufactured under responsible conditions and comply with our social responsibility Ensure a good working environment o Reduce sickness absence o Competency development of employees to ensure and improve quality and task solution even more now and in the future o Actively involve employees in preventing accidents at work o Employee group with responsibility of social initiatives in for the benefit of the social working environment Reduce use of resources o Reduce energy consumption o Reduce use of water and electricity o Sorting waste at source and use resources in waste in best possible way and also dispose of waste in an environmentally friendly way o Limit emission of environmentally unfriendly substances and particles o Use of Scandinavian wood species that do not damage CO2 o This CSR policy is enacted by management in A/S Henrik CEO