GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft Code of Conduct for Suppliers

and Subcontractors (Vers. 3; 1/2022)

This Code of Conduct defines the principles and requirements of GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft (“GEA”) for all its suppliers of goods
and services, all of its subcontractors as well as suppliers’ and subcontractors’ group companies (hereinafter jointly defined as:
“supplier” or “suppliers”) regarding their responsibility towards society, the environment and the people taking part in the
manufacture of goods and/or the performance of services. GEA reserves the right to amend the requirements of this Code of
Conduct in the event of changes to the GEA Compliance Program.
As a condition of doing business with GEA, we expect suppliers to comply with these requirements. It is GEA’s intention to maintain
this Code of Conduct in a spirit of constructive dialogue and partnership with suppliers. If GEA finds or suspects incidents of non-
compliance with this Code of Conduct and GEA informs the supplier hereof, GEA expects the supplier to investigate and correct
issues of non-compliance as soon as possible and within an agreed timeframe. If the supplier does not show willingness to correct
these issues, GEA reserves the right to take appropriate legal action, hereunder measures to terminate the business relationship
entirely or to promote, trace and enforce corrective actions.
This Code of Conduct applies to the suppliers and contains the following principles:

Suppliers shall ensure that workers understand their rights

Commitment to ISO 26000 with regard to payment of wages, overtime, and retention
GEA fully recognizes the guidelines on social responsibility of identity documents.
(ISO 26000) and aligns all its activities with the principles of Therefore, suppliers will ensure that workers are treated
social responsibility expressed in the guidelines as well as fairly and their rights are respected.
with the core topics outlined. GEA also expects its suppliers In the case workers are recruited by third parties, suppliers
to recognize the principles and core topics of the ISO 26000 will pay particular attention that these principles are
guidelines and to align their actions accordingly. The properly applied.
requirements set out below are intended to specify the ISO
26000 guidelines in more detail. Working Hours
Working hours (including overtime) must comply with
applicable laws and regulations, collective-bargaining
Overall commitment agreements and international conventions. Suppliers will
reject overtime as a substitute for an insufficient regular wage.
Suppliers must respect and comply with the laws and If overtime is paid, payment shall be based on the respective
regulations in all countries in which they operate, procure legal and/or collectively agreed regulations. Work or service
and/or sell goods and services. In case the local legislation outside normal daily working hours shall not be forced by
requirements are lower than the international standards, exploiting a worker’s vulnerability under threat of a penalty.
which are stated herein, suppliers are required to follow the
latest international standards. Fair Wages
Suppliers must respect human rights and mitigate Suppliers shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations,
environmental impacts of their companies or activities. including those relating to minimum wages, overtime hours
Suppliers must implement the requirements of this Code of and legally mandated benefits. Suppliers shall pay rates of
Conduct into their entire supply chain. wages, which are not lower than those established for the
trade or industry where the work is carried out. In places
where no legal requirement exists for defining a minimum
Labour and Social Policies wage, ILO Convention n° 131 shall be the basis for the
definition. Workers must be paid in a fairly and timely manner.
No Child Labour
GEA respects children’s right to development and education. Non-Discrimination and Equal Remuneration
Suppliers are prohibited to employ children in violation of GEA respects cultural differences. Suppliers must not
the International Labour Organization’s convention (ILO discriminate or marginalize any worker based on race, color,
Minimum Age Convention n° 138, 182). age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability, religion,
The minimum age for employment shall be the country legal political affiliation, union membership, national origin, social
minimum age, or the age for completing compulsory origin, or marital status in hiring and employment practices
education in that country, whichever is higher provided in such as applications for employment, promotions, rewards,
any case. access to training, job assignments, wages, benefits, discipline,
termination or retirement (see ILO Convention n° 100, 111).
No Forced Labour
Suppliers must not, under any circumstances, use, promote The Right to Organize and Freedom of Association
or otherwise give rise to the use of forced or involuntary Suppliers must respect the right of workers to associate freely,
labour. Such labour can include, without limitation, form and join workers organization of their own choice, seek
practices such as restricting people's movement; representation and to bargain collectively, as permitted by and
withholding wages or identity documents to force them to in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations.
stay on the job; trapping them in false debt or wage Suppliers must ensure that representatives of such personnel
deductions from which they cannot escape; loss of social are not the subject of discrimination (see ILO Convention n° 87,
status (see ILO Conventions n° 29, 105). 98). Suppliers must strive for a fair relationship between their
economic interests and the interests of their employees.

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 Health and Safety limiting CO2 emissions and water consumption as well as
Suppliers must ensure that the health and safety risks of energy saving and recycling solutions and should
their employees, contractors and members of the public, implement logistic strategies that minimize overall
which arise from its operations, are reduced. environmental impacts.
GEA requires that its suppliers carry out their operations in
a safe manner, in line with all applicable law regulations, by
approved codes of practice and industry best practice Business Integrity
standards.
Accordingly, suppliers are expected to demonstrate a clear Fair Competition
commitment to health and safety management as well as All suppliers must commit themselves to fair and undisturbed
effective and proactive policies and procedures. Suppliers competition and comply with all applicable anti-trust
are expected to promote the guarantee, expansion and regulations. They must omit anticompetitive agreements with
further development of safe working conditions. GEA will competitors, suppliers, distributors, dealers and customers as
consider the occurrence of accidents together with reactive well as anticompetitive practices.
monitoring very seriously and requires full disclosure of
statistics. Suppliers must provide GEA with their health and No Corruption, Bribery and Money Laundering
safety -indicators, -risk assessment and associated - Suppliers must comply with all applicable anti-corruption
improvement plan, if requested. regulations. They must not practice or tolerate any form of
corruption. Suppliers will not offer or accept bribes or other
Environment unlawful incentives to/from their business partners.
Suppliers are expected not to offer to GEA employees gifts
Environmental Policy or any other kind of personal benefit resulting from the
Suppliers shall implement measures contributing to the relationships with the suppliers.
protection of the environment during the product life cycle; Suppliers must comply with all applicable anti-money-
design, development, production, transport, operating and laundering regulations.
disposal or recycling. GEA expects its suppliers to strive to
save valuable resources, consume less energy and generate
less waste and emissions through sustainable use. For this Data Protection
reason, the products and services should continue to be Suppliers must comply with all applicable data protection
extremely environmentally friendly in the future. In order
regulations. In particular, suppliers must act appropriately
to comply with international standards, the suppliers shall
to ensure data protection regarding personal data of GEA,
work with local authorities and the relevant state
institutions at local level closely. GEA customers or other personal data handled based on
GEA encourages and expects suppliers to be ISO 14001 the business relationship with GEA.
certified or equivalent.
Respect and Protection of Intellectual Property
Innovation and Product Life Cycle Suppliers must respect and protect intellectual property
GEA focuses on providing the market with products that rights of GEA and GEA customers. They will safeguard and
enhance better standards of environmental performance. make only appropriate use of confidential information.
Consequently, suppliers should commit to adopt a
voluntary policy in the field of research in order to develop Adherence to Foreign Trade Law Regulations
ecological products. By use of appropriate measures, suppliers must take care,
Suppliers are expected, not only to consider the that transactions with third parties do not violate applicable
environmental impacts of their products during their design law on economic embargoes or trade regulations, import
phase, but also in their production and procurement and export controls or provisions concerning the
processes as well. international fight against terrorist financing.
Natural Resources Preservation
Suppliers must be focused on reducing the use of raw Audit
materials and resources as well as to eliminate the waste Upon request, the suppliers shall provide GEA with all
produced by all its activities, whenever possible. necessary and/or requested documents that prove
Appropriate processes must be implemented.
compliance with this Code of Conduct.
Conflict Materials The supplier must inform GEA without undue delay as soon
GEA expects its suppliers to promote the principles and as a breach of any of the principles of this Code of Conduct
practices of social responsibility along the entire value chain
becomes known or is anticipated by it, along with providing
and to give procurement ethics an important role.
a corrective action plan to cure such breach acceptable to
Especially the origin, delivery and procurement of conflict
materials, such as tin, tantalum, tungsten or gold contained GEA.
in any item delivered to GEA must be monitored in Moreover, the supplier grants to GEA the right, to the
accordance with the requirements detailed in the GEA extent permitted under applicable law, to perform
Conflict Minerals Policy which forms an integral part of this individual unannounced due diligence audits in a
Code of Conduct for Suppliers and Subcontractors. reasonable scope and when appropriate for the purpose of
ascertaining the supplier’s compliance with this Code of
CO2 Emission and Water Consumption Reductions
Conduct.
Suppliers should promote the development of technologies
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 The undersigning supplier confirms the following:

(1) Receipt of the “GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft Code of Conduct for Suppliers”
(2) Recognition of and compliance with the principles of the “GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft Code of Conduct for Suppliers”

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Name of the Supplier

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Address of the Supplier

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Signature Signature

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Name in capitals Name in capitals

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Function Function

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Place / Date Place / Date

Contact responsible for sustainability issues:

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Name in capitals Email

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Phone Function

This declaration must be signed by a person duly authorized to sign on behalf of the supplier and returned within 20 working days
after receipt.

To be filled out by a GEA representative after receipt and verification of the signed document:

__________________________________ ___________________________________
GEA Reference No. Signature Place / Date

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