BPCE - 2019 Universal Registration Document

NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT

Introduction

The way in which Groupe BPCE does business is as important as its primary activity of providing banking and insurance products and services. Our long-term vision guides our actions on a daily basis by taking into account the social, environmental and economic impact of our activities. Groupe BPCE is a banking and insurance group, but we are also a responsible group and a cooperative group. Drawing on its values, in recent years the Group has been stepping up its contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It firmly believes that the shared language that defines these 17 global goals, broken down into 169 targets, will play a useful role in building a sustainable future by 2030. It intends to take part in this movement and report on its progress through this non-financial performance report. Groupe BPCE’s sustainable development policy primarily focuses on the following Sustainable Development Goals: transparency and the cooperative business model (SDG 16); • banking inclusion (SDGs 1 and 10); • financing the energy, ecological and social transition (SDGs 7, • 8 and 12); a strong local presence (SDG 11); • objectives for gender equality in the workplace and the • inclusion of persons with disabilities (SDGs 5 and 10); boosting its employees’ employability (SDG 4). •

This year, Groupe BPCE wanted to strengthen and afford more credibility to its action in favor of the SDGs by identifying strategic targets and performance indicators to measure its effective contribution. To do this, all the initiatives described in the non-financial performance report and all the risks identified by the Group have been analyzed with regard to the SDGs. This analysis identified two types of strategic goals for the Group: the SDGs for which BPCE makes a positive contribution, i.e. • action taken by the Group to facilitate the achievement of the goals by 2030; the SDGs for which BPCE has taken action to minimize its • identified risks; the analysis, represented in the following diagram is organized • into the three types of actions that embody the Group: a Banking group (through its banking and insurance – businesses), a Responsible group (through its internal operations), – a Cooperative group (through its strong local presence and – its cooperative values). The diagram shows the SDGs and the Group’s strategic targets, as well as the action taken, providing a clear overall transparent view of Groupe BPCE’s contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals.

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