Compagnie des Alpes // 2020 Universal Registration Document

4 STATEMENT OF NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE Environmental challenges

4.3.3.2 Connecting customers with nature by enhancing natural spaces All of the Ski areas and three Leisure parks operate close to protected zones: Natura 2000, ZNIEFF (Natural area of interest for ecology, flora and fauna), National Park, RNN (National Natural Reserve), Regional Natural Park, or Protective Forest or APB (Biotope Protection) zone.

this splendid, but ever so fragile, site. This public-private initiative, devised in close collaboration with the Parc National de la Vanoise, aims to include an environmental dimension in the tourism product to educate as many people as possible. l The new Aiguille Rouge footbridge at Les Arcs is helping our visitors understand the mountains . Looking out onto a magnificent landscape, visitors can read the information boards installed in conjunction with the Hauts de Villaroger nature reserve. l The Ski areas raise their customers’ awareness of biodiversity protection in the following ways: l at Les Ménuires, visitors can discover the rich local fauna and have a walk along the new fun Friendly Natural Park trail to meet some of the many animals who live in the La Vanoise national park; l the Grand Massif offers a fun trail for children to discover fauna, as well as a geological trail, and organises a summer-winter raiding to discover the fauna; l in the summer at La Plagne, SAP provides visitor information about the flora and fauna; l at Tignes, STGM set up an exhibition in conjunction with the Vanoise National Park and took part in the “echo day”, the main objective of which was to raise awareness about the environment and the initiatives in place (landscape integration, introduction to the environmental observatory, green behaviour, etc.); l at Serre Chevalier, the biodiversity issue is mentioned during the visit to the traders at the Ski Area; l we also continue to share the nature data we collect at our environmental observatories. For example, SCV publishes newsletters from the site’s Observatory on Facebook, Sevabel (in Les Ménuires) has shared its data to feed into the Municipal Biodiversity Atlas and Grand Massif Domaines Skiables is continuing the annual public reports of its observatory. On a lesser scale, some Leisure parks also raise visitor awareness with biodiversity teaching material: l at Parc Astérix, hotel guests will be able to discover local flora and fauna on the new “discovery trail” thanks to signs created by the CENP over a 4-km circuit. The site includes, for example, the Morrière forest, which is home to protected plant species such as the marsh Saint John’s wort; l the topic of biodiversity preservation is mentioned at various Futuroscope attractions. For example, the exhibition-event Villes 2050 (Cities 2050), showed the work of an architect who, for the last few years, has been designing extraordinary urbanisation projects which reconcile the city with the environment. 4.3.3.3 Controlling pollution and emissions (soil, air and landscape) Soil and air pollution Most soil contamination is caused by leaks following the accidental rupture of a hydraulic cable on a grooming machine. This type of leak is very localised. Ski areas carry out preventive maintenance and preventive changes on these cables, working in collaboration with suppliers to ensure reliability. They have an emergency procedure in place to treat polluted snow and clean up soil in the summer. In 2020, the Group had to manage the decontamination of contaminated soil, discovered as part of a land survey and whose origin is attributed to a tank buried in an urban area of one of the stations.

Voluntary restoration of natural environments with nature-based solutions

In late 2016, Compagnie des Alpes became a member of the Nature 2050 programme. This voluntary programme, the brainchild of CDC Biodiversité, goes beyond the scope of the mandatory compensatory measures to run nature-based initiatives, with quantifiable results, aimed at adapting the land to climate change and restoring its biodiversity. The impacts of the projects are then measured until 2050 by the project manager based on indicators set by a scientific committee. The Group has been a member of the programme for three years and remains committed to its target of providing some or all of the financial support for a new project related to its activity each year. Offering more than financial contributions and logistics support (provision of vehicles and contribution from employees), the initiative aims to go beyond the action of restoring per se by developing the relationship with stakeholders with a view to taking joint action on biodiversity. Compagnie des Alpes is thus involved in three projects linked to mountain areas and activities: l one project, managed by the Ligue de protection des Oiseaux (League for the Protection of Birds – LPO) in the Provence-Alpes- Côte d’Azur (PACA) region, is adapting a mountain forest to climate change in the Partias Regional Natural Reserve (Briançonnais), which is adjacent to the Serre Chevalier Ski Area, and has planted 3,000 cembra pines; l restoration of the peatland at the body of water at Les Bruyères, at the foot of Les Ménuires, is managed by the Conservatoire des Espaces Naturels de Savoie (Savoy Conservation Trust for Natural Spaces). The aim is to better manage the flash floods and sediment transport in the peatland, while preserving biodiversity to permit continuation of the tourism activity. This project is in progress (works); l the development of quiet areas for the black grouse in winter within the Les Arcs ski area, in collaboration with the Vanoise National Park. The consultation initially scheduled for 2020 has been postponed to 2021, when the work will also take place. Enhancing natural spaces and biodiversity The Ski areas offer leisure opportunities but also safe access to places and landscapes of outstanding natural beauty. To protect these spaces, the Group’s sites must play their part in enhancing them and raising awareness of their fragility and the need to preserve them by reconnecting visitors with nature. l The Altitude Expérience project overseen by the subsidiary STGM, which operates the Tignes ski area, is a perfect example of this. The concept is to attract as many people as possible to the Grande Motte glacier and offer fun ways for them to discover this beautiful and unique national treasure, not only through access to magnificent viewpoints but by providing facts and information about

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