Sustainability Performance 2021

Zero Waste Blades by 2030 We believe the true value of wind comes from what it produces, and from what it doesn’t produce. Every day our blades capture the wind to produce clean energy, and through innovation and partnerships, we aim to produce this clean energy without pro- ducing waste. We are taking steps to address issues of waste generation and management even before the product is “born” to limit impacts throughout the product life cycle and even afterwards. Producing manufacturing waste is inevitable. In the wind indus- try, around 20-25% of the materials purchased by wind turbine blade manufacturers do not go into the final product. Research indicates that blade manufacturing waste volumes are expect- ed to be larger than decommissioned blade volumes in the coming decade. But what if we did not waste our waste? What if we took waste that is normally viewed as trash or rubbish and turned it into something valuable to help power a cleaner plan- et and future for us all? In 2021, we committed to manufacture zero waste blades by 2030, a significant step in our mission of powering a cleaner world, together with our industry partners. In practice, this com- mitment means we will send no packaging and materials from blade manufacturing to landfill or incineration. As a responsible company we are looking forward to either reusing, repurposing, recovering, or recycling all the waste from our blades. Reaching the vital goal of zero waste blades is not going to be easy which is why it’s important that we talk about it openly. Putting the spotlight on waste will bring focus to our teams and partners to work together in this joint vision. We collaborate with our suppliers by responsibly sourcing materials to lower potential waste, so that we can provide our customers with greener products, blades without waste. We also work to opti- mize resource use by reducing the waste in our own production. Partnerships to advance circularity and blade recycling solutions In addition to our waste reduction initiatives on the shopfloor, we are committed to the ZEBRA (Zero wastE Blade ReseArch) project, where LM Wind Power will design and manufacture ful- ly sustainable wind turbine blades. Achieving zero waste blades relies on the full value chain, which is represented in the ZEBRA consortium – from development of materials, to blade manufacturing, wind turbine operation, and eventually recy- cling of the decommissioned blade material as well as the waste from blade manufacturing sites. While ZEBRA aims as designing the blades of the future with sustainability in mind, it’s also important to establish large- scale, sustainable solutions for recycling the blades that are currently in service, when they reach their end of life. Current- ly, there are already technologies that can recycle wind turbine blades – the most mature are mechanical grinding, cement co- processing and pyrolysis. The challenge is to establish a viable value chain from cradle to cradle scalable to handle the coming volumes of end-of-life blade waste along with composite waste from other sectors. LM Wind Power is also part of the DecomBlades consortium in Denmark, which brings together leading players in the wind industry, recycling companies and universities to form the basis to commercialize viable blade recycling solutions. In this three-year project, partially funded by the Innovation Fund Denmark, LM Wind Power is leading the consortium’s work to establish product disposal specifications for wind turbine blades, utilizing our expertise on blade construction and mate- rial composition. Process materials (consumables, mixed with resin) Packaging Dry glass fiber Cut o s of composite materials Other What is in the waste? * 15% 30% 10% 15% 30% * Just a representation. Percentages vary depending on blade types and plants. Read more about our manufacturing waste on page 22. 26 | LM WIND POWER SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE 2021