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CSL’s long-term commitment to emissions reductions demonstrates its prioritisation of corporate citizenship to local, national and international audiences.  This approach also aligns with its regulatory obligations and serves as a strategic business continuity and competitiveness plan.

The TCFD framework encourages organisations to disclose climate-related risks, opportunities, governance arrangements, strategy and risk management processes. By using a recognised ESG framework like TCFD to outline goals and report against them, CSL employs a well-established methodology for comparison with other organisations. This fosters trust and transparency with stakeholders, demonstrating the use of an international framework comparable to other multinational companies.

Stakeholders, including investors, regulators, customers, employees and communities, can observe CSL’s seriousness in managing environmental and financial risks.  They also see CSL’s responsible and ethical operations, accountability and support for transparent disclosure, and its focus on sustainable growth rather than short-term performance alone.

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CSL’s long-term commitment to emissions reductions demonstrates its prioritisation of corporate citizenship to local, national and international audiences.  This approach also aligns with its regulatory obligations and serves as a strategic business continuity and competitiveness plan.

The TCFD framework encourages organisations to disclose climate-related risks, opportunities, governance arrangements, strategy and risk management processes. By using a recognised ESG framework like TCFD to outline goals and report against them, CSL employs a well-established methodology for comparison with other organisations. This fosters trust and transparency with stakeholders, demonstrating the use of an international framework comparable to other multinational companies.

Stakeholders, including investors, regulators, customers, employees and communities, can observe CSL’s seriousness in managing environmental and financial risks.  They also see CSL’s responsible and ethical operations, accountability and support for transparent disclosure, and its focus on sustainable growth rather than short-term performance alone.

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By concentrating on energy efficiency (EE) improvements, CSL can cut energy consumption (and emissions) without compromising stand performance.  For example, CSL needs to ensure that refrigeration remains operational and provides the same service but doing so with reduced energy inputs. Often this occurs through innovation in technology and equipment that requires smaller amounts on energy. This in turn reduces emissions from purchased electricity (scope 2).  Furthermore, optimising cold chain logistics enhances quality control and minimises faults and waste, further supporting circular economy goals.  Both not only reduce environmental impacts, but have added benefits of reducing operations costs associated with purchased energy and waste disposal costs

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By concentrating on energy efficiency (EE) improvements, CSL can cut energy consumption (and emissions) without compromising stand performance.  For example, CSL needs to ensure that refrigeration remains operational and provides the same service but doing so with reduced energy inputs. Often this occurs through innovation in technology and equipment that requires smaller amounts on energy. This in turn reduces emissions from purchased electricity (scope 2).  Furthermore, optimising cold chain logistics enhances quality control and minimises faults and waste, further supporting circular economy goals.  Both not only reduce environmental impacts, but have added benefits of reducing operations costs associated with purchased energy and waste disposal costs

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CSL is a firm built with innovation and technology at its heart.

By using their knowledge of cutting-edge technology to improve both its products as well as its supply chain it allows them to react in real time to issues in the temperature of their product while being delivered.  Medicine of any kind is very temperature sensitive; a movement of a few degrees could degrade the product to the point where it no longer meets the specifications required.

Ensuring that their logistics chain will allow them to regulate their operational ability to supply goods anywhere in the world, in good form. Better logistics also allows them to prevent and predict possible shortages.

These choices will affect their environment impact but reducing the miles travelled by their goods, and carbon foot print, and reduce good that have to be discarded due to either being out of date or affected by temperature fluctuations.

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CSL is part of the ASX50 index. As such even if they would have been considered a group 1 entity and from Jan 2025  climate related financial disclosure would have been mandatory.

From a practical point of view creating commitments and adhering to the voluntary Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) prior to the mandatory date would have allowed them time to set up the systems and processes and ensures that the initiatives were fully advances and self-sustaining.

Creating these early would have allowed them to be seen as trustworthy and having a real commitment to ESG, rather than only creating the process due to regulatory mandates.

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CSL's strategy equates a healthy community with a healthy environment - there is no economy without the environment. Of the 17 SDG's, their strategy focuses on innovation in new products, improved products and manufacturing expertise, thereby ensuring our continued growth. They believe that focusing on reducing their carbon footprint increases their ability to enable efficient and reliable supply of life-saving medicines.

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By committing to improving patient access to its therapies in emerging markets, CSL has established partnerships with local communities to support healthcare infrastructure. It provides a detailed map of its stakeholder engagement, showing trust in its wide community, not only by noting who they are, but how CSL engages with them. This level of transparency not only contributes to stakeholder trust, but ensure a wide and relevant level of perspectives, that inform the sustainability of the company.

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Q2. In what ways does CSL’s focus on innovation and technology, particularly in improving energy efficiency and cold-chain logistics, enhance its environmental and operational sustainability?

The (published) results speak for themselves: CSL is a 'science-led organisation', and their disciplined focus on energy efficiency (including, eg, how climate change affects supply chain routes that are dependent on cold-chain transportation) therefore fits nicely across all of their operations. The steady progress and uplifts made by CSL in this space result in an operational resilient organisation, which recognises the risks and opportunities that come in facing climate change.

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Q1. How does CSL’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions and adhering to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) guidelines influence its long-term sustainability and stakeholder trust?

In the current era - shareholders, customers, regulatory bodies and employees, all have an increased interest in the ESG performance of an organisation. CSL, by actively seeking to reduce carbon emission, and by being transparent about their efforts (including through their external disclosures), has positioned themselves as a leader in sustainability - and the trust (and financial results) will follow.

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CSL’s focus on innovation and technology in improving energy efficiency and cold-chain logistics, enhances its environmental and operational sustainability through investing in innovative processes. CSL can increase their stakeholder trust and position in the market by their enhancement and the sustainability of its operations while continuing to provide life-saving therapies.

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CSL’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions and adhering to the TCFD guidelines ensure transparency in climate-related risks and mitigation strategies which creates and sustains stakeholder trust.

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In my view, CSL’s focus on new tech—like using less energy and improving how they ship temperature-sensitive medicines—makes a big difference. It helps cut waste, saves power, and keeps their operations running smoothly. That’s good for the environment and good for business.

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qu. 2 - What ways does CSL’s focus on innovation and technolgy

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qu. 2 - What ways does CSL’s focus on innovation and technolgy

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CSL’s investment in innovation—especially around energy efficiency and cold-chain logistics—demonstrates how operational excellence can directly support environmental sustainability. By optimising energy use in manufacturing and exploring advanced technologies for temperature-sensitive logistics, CSL is reducing its carbon footprint while safeguarding product integrity.

From a delivery perspective, this dual focus enhances resilience across the supply chain and aligns with broader ESG goals. It’s a strong example of how targeted innovation can drive both compliance and capability uplift, ensuring sustainability is embedded—not bolted on.

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CSL’s commitment to carbon neutrality and alignment with TCFD guidelines reflects a mature, risk-aware approach to sustainability. By embedding energy efficiency and renewable transitions into operations, CSL is actively de-risking its footprint and building resilience.

As someone who’s led high-compliance programs, I see TCFD-aligned transparency as a key trust-builder—enabling stakeholders to assess climate risks and mitigation strategies with confidence. CSL’s continuous improvement mindset and stakeholder responsiveness further reinforce its credibility and long-term impact.

In short, CSL’s ESG strategy strengthens both sustainability and stakeholder trust through clear governance, ethical leadership, and operational integrity.

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CSL’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions and adhering to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) guidelines, supported by annual sustainability reporting and its ESG strategy shows potential and current investors, communities it works in, and other key stakeholders it commitment to long Term sustainability, to ethical business practices and provides reassurance that is in compliance with its environmental obligations. this in turn, brings about increased reputation and stakeholder trust, increasing CSL's long term sustainability.