Compagnie des Alpes // 2021 Universal Registration Document

4 STATEMENT OF NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE Environmental challenges

Action taken to tackle the main challenges

2020/2021

Indicators monitored

1,131 – total since 2007 including 46 in 2021*

Taking account of biodiversity, soil and landscape in operations and design

Cumulative number of fauna and flora audits as part of the Ski Area observatories since their creation (Number) Percentage (in purchase value) of purchases based on the “sustainable” criterion Percentage (in value of purchases) of purchases based on the “country” criterion

Catering supplies from more environmentally-friendly sources

Ongoing (not published)

* Excluding the Giffre observatory (Samoëns, Morillon, Sixt Fer à Cheval).

4.3.3.1 Taking account of biodiversity, soil and landscape in operations and design The scope covered by this chapter is limited to the eight Ski areas and the seven Leisure parks, and excludes museums and service sector sites whose impact on biodiversity is not significant.

Ski areas observatories Because they are located in a natural environment, the existence of threatened or protected species is of particular importance to each of the Group’s Ski areas. Following the success of the Flaine Observatory (2007), which is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary this year, the Group has extended the development of Environmental Observatories to each of its Ski areas.

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They allow the Group to monitor the impact of its operations and development on all aspects of the environment, on flora, fauna, landscape and specific biotopes (wetlands and habitats). Depending on the specifics of the site, some supplement the base figures with geology or forest inventories. Using information from external ecological experts, they now compose useful tools to help them understand the area and, through this, biodiversity preservation. For a development project, for example, the Observatory provides environmental data about the area, enabling environmental considerations to be factored in during the draft project phase by, for instance, adapting the scope or periods of work to avoid its impact on certain species or reducing the impact on an area. The Observatory also helps to monitor the compensation and remedial measures put in place for development projects. Between 2007 and 2020, on the basis of fauna and flora data obtained during 1,085 voluntary prospecting visits, the Group’s observatories mapped: l 14,600 GPS coordinates for the stations of 68 species of flora of heritage interest; l 22,800 GPS coordinates of fauna observations, concerning an average of 225 species per ski area, of which 93 are protected species.

The Observatory also provides a forum for discussion and collaboration with many stakeholders on a wide range of projects: l bird display system on cable sections of sensitive ski lifts, zoning for resting and breeding of gallinaceae, species counting, setting up defences to preserve habitats, Birdski research programme on the behaviour of certain species in the ski areas with GPS tracking, protected species tracking, etc.; l revegetation after work with clipping techniques to optimise the recovery, experimentation of seeds adapted to high-altitude environments with the help of a seed company (Phytosem) which offers us diversified mixtures with local species containing a minimum of 20% of seeds labelled Végétal Local, afforestation, reforestation or reopening of environments with the ONF, etc. With regard to land use, the Ski areas use a small surface area of the concession area for ski slopes: the surface area of the slopes represents on average 5% of the total surface area. The rest of the area is left in its natural state or used outside the winter season by farmers (mainly pasture or forest land).

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