2021 Universal Registration Document

4 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY

Environmental Responsibility: Carbon-neutral trajectory – Net-zero emissions by 2028

Measure the environmental footprint of our waste This year, the Sopra Steria Group measured the emissions produced by its WEEE and paper-cardboard waste by processing technique, and those related to wastewater treatment, using DEFRA emission factors (1) . In 2021, the environmental footprint of our waste was relatively non-material, amounting to 42 tCO 2 e. Measure the environmental footprint linked to commuting and homeworking by our employees We surveyed our employees’ patterns of movement in France and India to find out the distances they travel and how they get to work. We adjusted these distances to factor in the percentage of employees working from home as a result of the Covid pandemic. In addition, we corrected the emissions figures linked to commuting journeys by adding in emissions arising from the energy used by people working from home (IT equipment, heating/air conditioning). We used data concerning employees’ movement patterns in France to estimate the distances travelled by employees in the United Kingdom, and we calculated the associated emissions in the same way as for France.

Together, France, the United Kingdom and India accounted for 67% of the Sopra Steria Group’s employees in 2021. We estimated the emissions arising from commuting journeys and homeworking by the remaining 33% of employees using emissions produced by employees in France as a point of reference. The commuting emissions were audited for the first time in 2021 and accounted for 21,716 tCO 2 e. As part of our CDP response, we estimated the environmental footprint of these emissions at 21,573 tCO 2 e in 2020 and 66,778 tCO 2 e in 2019. As we can see, emissions from our employees’ business travel and homeworking were divided by three in 2021 compared with 2019. In 2021, the public health crisis triggered a change in working habits in favour of homeworking. Employees in France spent 85% of their work time at home, i.e. 4.25 days per week (compared to 1 day in 2019). We have a flexible homeworking policy that meets the needs of both our customers and employees, while complying with all local laws and the health authority recommendations. We can thus easily scale homeworking up or down, between 0 and 100%.

REDUCING GHG EMISSIONS - INDIRECT ACTIVITIES ❙

Indicators

Target

Baseline 2019 2020

2021

Purchases (excluding emissions from business travel, offices, and on- and off-site data centres and fugitive emissions) Ratio of residual emissions to revenue (tCO 2 e/€m) Ratio of residual emissions to pro forma EBITDA** (tCO 2 e/€m) Employee commuting and homeworking*** Absolute emissions (tCO 2 e)

2018

246,447 221,311 189,406 259,011*

60.2

49.9

44.4 55.3

666.8 542.0 501.5 578.4

Reducing in resource consumption

2019

- -

66,778 23,714 21,716

Absolute emissions (tCO 2 e)

1.48

0.52

0.46

Emissions per employee (tCO 2 e/employee)

Scope 3

Reducing GHG emissions

Waste electrical and electronic equipment - WEEE

2017

Absolute emissions (tCO 2 e)

1.75

1.75

1.37

0.73

Capturing carbon emissions

0.00004 0.00004 0.00003 0.00002

Emissions per employee (tCO 2 e/employee)

Paper and cardboard waste

2017

9.27

8.84

4.14

7.97

Absolute emissions (tCO 2 e)

0.00023 0.00020 0.00009 0.00017

Emissions per employee (tCO 2 e/employee)

Wastewater

2017

66.50 67.18 44.68 33.16

Absolute emissions (tCO 2 e)

Emissions per employee (tCO 2 e/employee) 0.00164 0.00149 0.00097 0.0007 In 2021, the scope used to calculate indicators includes all entities over which the Group has operational control (and therefore includes the NHS SBS, SSCL and SFT joint ventures) as well as new acquisitions the workforce from acquisitions through November 2021, in particular the acquisitions of Luminosity Limited and Sopra Steria Financial Services and Labs. The workforce from acquisitions completed in December 2021, EGGS Design and EVA Group, is not included. Joint ventures are included from 2017. In 2020, the scope used to calculate indicators includes all entities over which the Group has operational control (and therefore includes the NHS SBS, SSCL and SFT joint ventures) as well as new acquisitions Sodifrance, Anteo (Consulting and E-Business Solutions), Holocare and cxpartners. Joint ventures are included from 2017. In 2019, the scope used to calculate indicators includes all entities over which the Group has operational control (and therefore includes the NHS SBS and SSCL joint ventures) but does not include the companies SAB or Sopra Financial Technology GmbH. *By applying the methodology and scope updated in 2021 to previous data, the amounts would be: 242,305 tCO 2 e in 2020 and 270,835 tCO 2 e in 2019. The values for the ratio to revenue would be : 56.8 tCO 2 e/€m in 2020, 61.1 tCO 2 e/€m in 2019. The values for the pro forma ratio to pro forma EBITDA would be 641.5 tCO 2 e/€m in 2020, 663.3 tCO 2 e/€m in 2019. **Pro forma EBITDA as calculated in Chapter 5, Note 12.5.1 ***Emissions arising from employee commuting in 2019 and 2020 were estimated and taken into account for our CDP response. The method was further developed to calculate 2021 emissions and audited.

DEFRA: The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is an executive department of the UK government responsible for the environment and agriculture. (1)

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