BPCE - 2020 Universal Registration Document

NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE STATEMENT

BEING A RESPONSIBLE GROUP IN ITS INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PRACTICES

THE GROUP SIGNS THE RESPONSIBLE DIGITAL CHARTER Groupe BPCE is committed to reducing its digital environmental footprint and developing services that are accessible to all, inclusive, and sustainable. This signature, which took place on October 8, 2020, is an extension of the actions already initiated by the Group to limit the impact of technology on the environment and act in favor of a more inclusive digital approach. There are several goals: optimizing digital tools to limit their environmental impact and consumption;developing services that are accessible to all, inclusive, and sustainable; disseminatingethical and responsible purchasing and digital practices; helping make digital technology measurable, transparent, and readable; and encouragingthe emergence of new behaviors and values. The Charter was drawn up by the Institut du Numérique Responsable (French institute for responsible digital technology), in partnership with the General Commission for Sustainable Development under the French Ministry for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, WWF, ADEME, and Fing (a leading think tank on digital transformations). Launched in June 2019, its signatories include companies and associations as well as VSEs/SMEs or public stakeholders.

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Datacenters At the two Albireo sites: In 2020, the following initiativeswere • put in place: change of a next-generationhumidifier being tested at a cold – production at Saphir [sic]; optimization of ventilation by managing the temperature of – the bays as closely as possible using mobile sensors; At the two Antarès sites: Initiatives were delayed in 2020 by • the health crisis; certain initiatives are still in development. Changes to the air recovery systems in server rooms to avoid hot aisle/cold aisle air recycling: currently in testing in IT Rooms SIR 12 – SIR 14 at the SIRIUS site were ongoing. As a result of all the steps taken to optimize energy consumption, in 2020, the average PUE at the Sirius site was 1.71 and the average PUE (after resale) at the Vega site was 1.70. For all datacenters, employees are encouraged to limit energy use at the main regional locations: information on environmentally friendlypractices, dedicated Intranet site, etc. study of solar production in self-consumption. – Albireo’s PUE was stabilized at an average of 1.58.

There are various best practices for reducing emissions, some of which are described below. Energy consumption The Group’s energy consumption amounted to 168 kW/h in 2020 per m 2 in 2020 versus 180 kW/h per m 2 in 2019. A series of measures were taken to reduce our energy consumption in 2020: better energy-use management, in particular with the • installation of automated controllers in branches: since 2016, an energy-savingsolution has been available to the companies in the Group. The software identifies energy savings and implements energy reduction initiatives with the assistance of energy manager; launch of an IOT solution to collect information about • temperatures in our branches, replacing the previous “plugged-in” solution; launch of the Group’s energy assessment; • continued replacement of incandescent light bulbs with LED • bulbs and installation of motion detectors in most head office buildings; less use of heating oil (-21% from 2019 to 2020) in our • networks. This decline reflects the gradual replacement of heating oil by low carbon energy sources.

FOCUS ON PPA At the end of 2019, Albiant-IT, which manages the four data centers, signed a PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) with ENGIE with effect from January 1, 2020. It covers 44%of the electricity needs of the datacenters, i.e. in 2020, 32,259,755 kWh. The signing of this contract made it possible to avoid 1,342 tCO 2 eq, which represents 32% of the emissions currently calculated, which do not take into account the PPA (CO 2 emission = 4,186 tCO 2 eq). Taking this contract into account, Albiant-IT’s CO 2 emissions in 2020 were 2,845 tCO 2 eq.

ENERGY CONSUMPTION

Change 2019-2020

Indicator

2020

2019

2018

2017

Total energy consumption per m 2 (in kWh/m 2 ) Total final energy consumption (in MWh) (1)

168

180

164

172

(6%) (7%) 16% 42%

501,301

540,693

575,138

547,846

o/w data centers (in kWh)

15%

13%

12%

12%

Share of renewable energy in total final energy consumption (in MWh)

149,080

104,726

112,589

179,405

Sum of: (kWh electricity + kWh HHV of gas/1.11 + liters heating oil x 9.86 + kWh steam + kWh cold)/total m 2 . (1)

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