Compagnie des Alpes // 2020 Universal Registration Document

4 STATEMENT OF NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE Environmental challenges

ORIGIN OF ENERGY CONSUMED (MWH) 35 %

The sites have launched many activity-specific initiatives to reduce their energy consumption. These include: l the regrouping of the Paris and Chambéry offices at energy- efficient sites in each of the two cities; l the rationalisation of the ski lifts by covering the same ski area with fewer devices, and the replacement (ski lifts, snow-making machines, etc.) by more efficient devices with new engines. For example, the replacement of 27 snow-making machines in Les Ménuires will generate savings of 205 MWh per year; l the general installation of LEDs during renovations ( e.g. outside car park at Bellewaerde and video projectors at the Musée Grévin), the purchase of energy-efficient equipment and better temperature monitoring and control: installation of presence-sensing devices, turning down heating and shutting off equipment at night and the installation of sensors on some of the workshop doors which cut off the heating when opened; l installing heat recovery devices in the machinery and transformer to heat the industrial premises (for example, in the new Eychauda chairlift at Serre Chevalier), and at the other end of the scale, free cooling, whereby low night temperatures are used to cool some of our premises (Chaplin’s World); l regulating the speed of ski lifts depending on the traffic. We are running trials which scan the queue and adjust the speed automatically, as well as conducting centralised monitoring; l install ing frequency drives for snow-making (pumps and compressors), the gradual removal of air heaters from the stations, rolling out sub-meters and reducing the circuits followed by vehicles; l energy renovation of buildings (in particular, the Musée Grévin in Paris allocated a budget of €200 thousand in 2018 to replace openings and improve the thermal insulation of the building, while France Miniature invested €20 thousand to change its heating system in the offices) and the renovation of lodges in Ski areas (preparation of specifications); l in 2015, the Futuroscope park commissioned a cogeneration plant within the park. This cogeneration allows the combined production of electricity, fed back into the electricity grid, and heat from natural gas. The heat produced is notably fed into the park’s heating systems and the Futuroscope hotel, while some is resold to a secondary school and other companies in the science park. 4.3.2.2.2 Supporting the transition to renewable energies At Group level, l energy from renewable sources represents 58% of energy consumed, almost entirely from electricity; l “green” electricity from renewable sources represents 90% of electricity consumed:

Non-renewable energy: fossil fuels and gases (MWh LHV)

58 %

Renewable energy (mainly electricity) (MWh)

7 % Non-renewable electricity and municipal systems (MWh)

ORIGIN OF ELECTRICITY CONSUMED (MWH)

10 % Electricity from non-renewable sources

90 % Electricity guaranteed from renewable sources or produced on site

Use of “green” electricity with guarantees of origin Following on from the approach taken by the Ski areas since 2011, the Group’s French Leisure parks (Parc Astérix, Walibi Rhône-Alpes, Musée Grévin Paris and France Miniature) have purchased electricity certified from renewable sources since 1 January 2018. This means that our suppliers purchase certificates of guarantee of origin from renewable energy producer. This European system ensures that the electricity grid receives as much electricity from renewable sources as there are certificates sold. Through this system the Group is supporting the energy transition by furthering the demand for renewable energy on the grids. l With a so-called market-based measurement approach which takes into account the purchasing approach implemented by the Group, the use of renewable electricity, amounting to 90%, allows Compagnie des Alpes to control its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with 7.3 Kteq. of CO 2 emissions avoided, i.e. a reduction of 22% compared to the Group’s total GHG emissions before taking into account guarantees of origin on electricity. l With a so-called location-based measurement approach which only takes into account the emissions of the national electricity mix, and not the Group’s purchasing initiatives, the GHG emissions related to the use of electricity amounted to 10.9 Kteq. CO 2 . Emissions related to electricity consumption with Market-based and Location-based measurement

Emissions related to electricity consumption (teq. CO 2 by country)

Total 3,576

France

Belgium Netherlands

Austria Switzerland

57

2,048 2,093

1,462 1,462

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9 9

Market based Location based

7,075

283

10,921

103

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