SASB

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) connects businesses and investors on the financial impacts of sustainability. Our 2019 Sustainability Report marked the first time that Whirlpool has reported to the SASB framework against the Consumer Goods Sector—Appliances Manufacturing Standards.

SASB—Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
Consumer Goods Sector—Appliance Manufacturing
Sustainability Disclosure Topics & Accounting Metrics:
Topic	Accounting Metric	Category	Code	Unit of Measure	2021 Response
Topic Product Safety	Accounting Metric Number of (1) recalls issued and (2) total units recalled	Category Quantitative	Code CG-AM-250a.1	Unit of Measure Number	2021 Response (1) Zero voluntary¹ and involuntary product safety recalls issued (2) Zero total units recalled
	Accounting Metric Discussion of progress to identify and manage safety risks associated with the use of its products	Category Discussion and Analysis	Code CG-AM-250a.2	Unit of Measure n/a	2021 Response Product Safety and Quality.
	Accounting Metric Total amount of monetary losses as a result of legal proceedings associated with product safety	Category Quantitative	Code CG-AM-250a.3	Unit of Measure Reporting currency	2021 Response $4.5M²

Topic Product Life Cycle Environmental Impacts	Accounting Metric Percentage of eligible products by revenue certified to the Energy Star program	Category Quantitative	Code CG-AM-410a.1	Unit of Measure Percentage (%) by revenue	2021 Response 40.4%^{3, 4}
	Accounting Metric Percentage of eligible products by revenue certified to an Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) sustainability standard	Category Quantitative	Code CG-AM-410a.2	Unit of Measure Percentage (%) by revenue	2021 Response 0% in 2021, due to competing retailer sustainability labels and lack of usage in marketplace by our retailer customers.
	Accounting Metric Description of efforts to manage products’ end-of-life impacts	Category Discussion and Analysis	Code CG-AM-410a.3	Unit of Measure n/a	2021 Response Product Safety and Quality.

1 In August 2021, a recall was issued for dehumidifiers manufactured and sold by New Widetech, a licensee of Whirlpool Corporation. This recall involves dehumidifiers, manufactured before September 1, 2017, with the brand names including Amana and Whirlpool, amongst other non-Whirlpool Corporation brand names. As Whirlpool Corporation is not responsible for the manufacturing of these products or the issuance of the recall, nor financially liable for the recall, we have excluded this recall from SASB Appliance Manufacturing Standard CG-AM-250a.1 reporting.

2 Total amount of monetary losses are reported net of insurance reimbursements in excess of Whirlpool’s self-insured limit.

3 Excludes products sold or intended for sale outside the United States, licensed products not manufactured nor sold by Whirlpool Corporation and Whirlpool manufactured products sold under the following brands Admiral, Crosley, IKEA, Kenmore, DACOR, Ingles

4 Revenue used to calculate the percentage of eligible products certified to the Energy Star program does not reflect sales incentives or allowances for product returns, which are recognized as a reduction of revenue when accounting for Net Sales in the Consolidated Statements of Income. See Notes 1 & 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on Accounting Policies and Revenue.