Sidenor 2021 Sustainability Report. Non-financial information statement

107 APD The Association for Managerial Progress is an independent, non-profit organisation whose wish is to help build a more prepared and united community which is aware of the trends that are changing the world. Unesid The Association of Iron and Steel Companies (Unión de Empresas Siderúrgicas, UNESID) is the association of the companies which produce steel and steel primary processing products in Spain. Siderex The Asociación Clúster de Siderurgia (steelmaking cluster association) is a non-profit entity which aims at improving the sector’s competitiveness by carrying out actions together with companies and other actors in areas such as Internationalisation, Technological and Business Innovation, as well as defending the interests of its associated companies. Confebask The organisation integrates, on a voluntary basis, thousands of private companies from the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, regardless of their territory, dimension and activity sector. Sidenor is a partner, through its plants in Basauri, Azkoitia and Vitoria, of Confebask’s three member associations: the Employers Association of Gipuzkoa (ADEGI), the Biscay Business Confederation (CEBEK) and SEA Empresarios Alaveses (SEA). Biscay Federation of Metal Companies This sectoral business organisation gathers the iron and steel companies of Biscay.