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PUMA’s New Packaging and Distribution System

PUMA kicks off next Pivotal Phase of long-term 360 Sustainability Program by
Implementing Eco-friendly Packaging System

London / Herzogenaurach, Germany, 13 April 2010 - After more than ten years of
successful implementation of its social and environmental standards (puma.safe) and the
introduction of its company initiative PUMAVision last year, Sportlifestyle company PUMA
launched the next pivotal phase of its ambitious long-term sustainability program on Tuesday at
the Design Museum in London. By introducing its cutting-edge sustainable packaging and
distribution system by renowned industrial designer Yves Béhar, PUMA will set new standards
within the Sportlifestyle retail industry. The new innovative solution will significantly reduce the
amount of waste and CO2 emissions that traditional product packaging such as shoe-boxes and
apparel polyethylene bags generate and underpins PUMA’s target of reducing carbon, energy,
water, and waste by 25%, and developing 50% of its international product collections in
footwear, apparel and accessories according to best practice sustainability standards by 2015.

PUMA has been collecting E-KPIs (Environmental Key Performance Indicators) from all its
offices and stores worldwide for the last five years and identified several key areas that need to
be dealt with in order to further reduce PUMA’s “paw print”. To address these issues, PUMA is
launching its next phase of puma.safe initiatives in the company's long-term sustainability
program laying out ambitious targets to be achieved by 2015. The major objectives PUMA has
set out to achieve in this period include:

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 • 25% reduction of CO2, energy, water and waste in PUMA offices, stores, warehouses
and direct supplier factories.
• Paperless office policy through a 75% reduction and offsetting initiatives for the
remaining paper usage such as tree planting initiatives.
• 25% CO2 reduction through more efficient product transport solutions by our logistic
partners.
• Begin collaborating with our strategic suppliers and logistic service providers to offset
their own footprints in the long-term.
• Introduction of the PUMA Sustainability-Index (S-Index) standard that serves as a
benchmark for sustainable products and communicates the products’ sustainable
features to consumers.
• 50% of PUMA’s international collections will be manufactured according to the PUMA S-
Index standard by 2015, using sustainable materials such as organic cotton, Cotton
Made in Africa or recycled polyester as well as applying best practice production
processes.

To monitor these objectives PUMA is also establishing an external Advisory Board of experts in
sustainability to consult on PUMA’s mission and audit PUMA’s sustainability program.

“For a long time our mission has been to become the most desirable Sportlifestyle company.
With this next phase of our sustainability program we have evolved our mission to be the most
desirable and sustainable Sportlifestyle company in the world,” said Jochen Zeitz, Chairman and
CEO of PUMA. “Through PUMAVision and our puma.safe program we have already started to
reduce our carbon emissions, curtail wasteful transportation, recycle and reuse available
materials, use water sparingly and become paperless.”

Through PUMAVision, our vision of a better world, initiatives fall under the three pillars of
puma.safe, puma.peace, and puma.creative to drive the company to cleaner, greener, safer and
more sustainable systems and practices contributing to peace as well as promoting creativity
and the arts. Under the puma.safe program, PUMA’s ultimate objective is to give back to the
environment what it has taken. PUMA’s longstanding work and efforts to improve social, labour
and environmental standards throughout its operations date back to 1999. From that time, the

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company has continuously incorporated environmentally-friendly practices to reduce its impact
on the planet and realized several successful large-scale initiatives such as sourcing of raw
materials through the Cotton made in Africa campaign to building the capacity of its suppliers as
well as the opening of the industry’s first carbon neutral head office — the PUMAVision
Headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany — last year after joining the UN Climate Neutral
Network

The next milestone in PUMA’s mission to be the most desirable and sustainable Sportlifestyle
company in the world is the introduction of an innovative packaging and distribution system for
PUMA products that will reduce the paper used for shoeboxes by 65% and carbon emissions by
10 tons per year — the remaining packaging materials used will be fully sustainable by 2015.
PUMA partnered with designer Yves Béhar, of San Francisco based fuseproject, to rethink the
way the millions of pairs of shoes that it sells each year are packaged — less packaging means
fewer raw materials, less use of water and energy to produce, and less weight to ship and to be
disposed of. Béhar designed a “Clever Little Bag” to replace the cardboard shoebox with a re-
usable shoe bag, that protects each pair of shoes from damage from the point it leaves the
factory until the consumer takes it home — thus generating savings on the production side due
to less material used, reducing weight during transport and eliminating the need for extra
plastic carrier bags. As a result of the 65% paper reduction through the “Clever Little Bag”
concept PUMA will reduce water, energy and diesel consumption on the manufacturing level by
more than 60% per year. In other words: approximately 8,500 tons less paper will be
consumed, 20 million Megajoules of electricity saved, 1 million litres less of fuel oil used and 1
million litres of water saved. During transport 500,000 litres of diesel is saved and lastly, due to
the replacement of traditional shopping bags with the lighter built-in bag the difference in
weight can save up to 275 tons of plastic.

“I was excited to partner with PUMA and contribute to such a game changing project,” said
Yves Béhar. “PUMA’s initiative to look closely at one of the most challenging issues facing the
retail industry in regards to sustainability and environmental harm was inspirational. In
changing the packaging and distribution life cycle from the ground up, we hope our new design
and comprehensive solution encourages other retail companies to follow suit."

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PUMA’s apparel collections will be bagged using sustainable material, replacing traditional
polyethylene bags. This means that 720 tons of polyethylene bags can be avoided per year,
which equals a saving of 29 million plastic bags — enough to cover an area the size of 1000
football pitches. Furthermore, PUMA T-shirts will be folded one more time to reduce the
packaging size and thus saving CO2 emissions and costs during transport.

By switching out current plastic and paper shopping bags in PUMA stores and replacing them
with sustainable biodegradable bags the sportlifestyle company is looking to save another 192
tons of plastic and 293 tons of paper annually.

The roll out of the new packaging and distribution system is planned as of the second half of
2011.

PUMA’s long-term sustainability program, however, will not stop with the accomplishment of the
ambitions outlined above. The company takes responsibility to further reduce harm, working
towards closed-loop systems and recycling programs. PUMA will continue to find innovative
solutions that no longer deplete resources and will offset its “paw print” where further
mitigation is not possible.

PUMA will make its next significant announcement on sustainability in the framework of the
United Nations conference “The Business for the Environment Summit (B4E) in Seoul on 22 - 23
April, 2010.
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PE INTERNATIONAL conducted a Life Cycle Assessment to consider all elements of the life cycle, from
the overall manufacturing including supply of material and energy carriers to the end of life, when
analyzing the environmental performance of the various footwear-packaging options. Material
ConneXion advised on the material, fabrication methods, and sustainability process for Yves Behar's
fuseproject for PUMA.

A digital press kit and images are available upon request.

Media Contact:

Ulf Santjer - Corporate Communications - PUMA AG - + 49 170 565 8228 - [email protected]

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PUMA

PUMA is one of the world’s leading Sportlifestyle companies that designs and develops footwear, apparel and accessories. It is
committed to working in ways that contribute to the world by supporting Creativity, SAFE Sustainability and Peace, and by staying
true to the principles of being Fair, Honest, Positive and Creative in decisions made and actions taken. PUMA starts in Sport and
ends in Fashion. Its Sport Performance and Lifestyle labels include categories such as Football, Running, Motorsports, Golf and
Sailing. Sport Fashion features collaborations with renowned designer labels such as Alexander McQueen, Mihara Yasuhiro and
Sergio Rossi. The PUMA Group owns the brands PUMA and Tretorn. The company, which was founded in 1948, distributes its
products in more than 120 countries, employs more than 9,000 people worldwide and has headquarters in
Herzogenaurach/Germany, Boston, London and Hong Kong. For more information, please visit http://www.puma.com

About PUMAVision
At PUMA, we believe that our position as the creative leader in Sportlifestyle gives us the opportunity and the responsibility to
contribute to a better world for the generations to come. A better world in our vision — PUMAVision — would be safer, more
peaceful, and more creative than the world we know today. The 4Keys is the tool we have developed to help us stay true to
PUMAVision, and we use it by constantly asking ourselves if we are being Fair, Honest, Positive, and Creative in everything we do.

We believe that by staying true to our values, inspiring the passion and talent of our people, working in sustainable, innovative
ways, and doing our best to be Fair, Honest, Positive, and Creative, we will keep on making the products our customers love, and at
the same time bring that vision of a better world a little closer every day. PUMAVision looks ahead to a world that is safer, more
peaceful and more creative for the generations to come. Through the programs of puma.safe (focusing on environmental and social
issues), puma.peace (supporting global peace) and puma.creative (supporting artists and creative organizations), we are providing
real and practical expressions of this vision. For more information, please visit http://vision.puma.com

YVES BÉHAR

World-renowned industrial designer and fuseproject founder, Yves Béhar is committed to promoting sustainable ways of living and
is the mastermind behind innovative designs such as the One Laptop Per Child XO Laptop, the first LED light by Herman Miller, and
other sustainable products in fashion, lifestyle, sports and technology.

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