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	Unit of Measure	Code	Response
Topic Product Safety	Accounting Metric Number of (1) recalls issued and (2) total units recalled	Category Quantitative	Unit of Measure Number	Code CG-AM-250a.1	Response Zero voluntary recalls issued in 2020. No involuntary recalls were issued.
	Accounting Metric Discussion of progress to identify and manage safety risks associated with the use of its products	Category Discussion and Analysis	Unit of Measure n/a	Code CG-AM-250a.2	Response Product Safety and Quality
	Accounting Metric Total amount of monetary losses as a result of legal proceedings associated with product safety	Category Quantitative	Unit of Measure Reporting currency	Code CG-AM-250a.3	Response $2.8M

Topic Product Life Cycle Environmental Impacts	Accounting Metric Percentage of eligible products by revenue certified to the Energy Star program	Category Quantitative	Unit of Measure Percentage (%) by revenue	Code CG-AM-410a.1	Response 47.5% (United States only) (Excludes licensed products and products without an Energy Star label)
	Accounting Metric Percentage of eligible products by revenue certified to an Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) sustainability standard	Category Quantitative	Unit of Measure Percentage (%) by revenue	Code CG-AM-410a.2	Response 0% in 2020, due to competing retailer sustainability labels and lack of usage in marketplace.
	Accounting Metric Description of efforts to manage products’ end-of-life impacts	Category Discussion and Analysis	Unit of Measure n/a	Code CG-AM-410a.3	Response Product Life Cycle and End of Life