Compagnie des Alpes // 2021 Universal Registration Document

4 STATEMENT OF NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE Environmental challenges

Note: In the absence of an individual meter, these figures exclude the CDA production site.

Where relevant, the Group’s sites carry out analyses of the water, either before its use in order to check how drinkable it is, or at the time of discharge in order to check its level of pollution.

4.3.5 CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND WASTE The Group is improving its waste sorting and recycling (over 95.5% non-hazardous) and the last stage will be to fully address visitor waste at the Leisure parks. Efforts to systematically use eco-friendly products ( e.g. reduction at source) and combat food waste will also need to be stepped up, building on current initiatives. Waste recycling At the Ski areas and Leisure parks, waste is generated during two types of period and volumes can vary considerably from year to year. l Maintenance period in which renovation, repair and construction work is undertaken: The volume of waste this activity generates varies enormously from one year to the next and from one site to another, especially according to the investment and works programmes in place. At the sites, the waste generated during this period comes from equipment construction/dismantling and maintenance (metal) and work on ski runs and improvements (wood, organic waste and possibly rock and rubble). l The visitor season: The waste generated by Ski areas during the on-season is mainly paper/cardboard, household waste, glass and tyres (grooming machines and other vehicles). Concerning Leisure parks, most waste is generated during the on- season by the restaurants and cafes, shops and visitors (paper/ cardboard, glass, plastic, aluminium and household waste), and also from maintenance of the green spaces (green waste). Today, the Group sites are focussing their efforts on waste sorting, ensuring it is delivered to treatment channels. l 91% of Group sites practice separate waste collection in the administrative offices; l 100% (1) of the sites sort the main types of waste generated from construction work and current operations. It is then taken to specialist recycling channels; l 45% of the Leisure parks have introduced waste sorting and recycling facilities for visitors at some or all of the bins along the paths at the parks. However, where these facilities exist, improving recycling is a work in progress. The first stage will be to improve the recycling rate of the main types of waste and the quality of sorting. Some of the waste from both these activities is not weighed. For example, rock and rubble generated by summer work at the Ski areas is generally re-used, as it can be used to fill in holes on the slopes if necessary. Some sites take their non-hazardous waste to refuse sites or their supplier and do not obtain a slip to confirm receipt.

As a result of their very high variability depending on the work, the Group does not control the volume or weight of waste generated (except for household waste and common industrial waste, in order to manage progress in sorting). Extending the life of the facilities and equipment: what Group technicians do each day The Group’s business activities are extremely capital-intensive. The useful life of our fixed assets can be up to 30 or 40 years for the ski lifts and rides. Each day, the Group’s technical teams maintain and repair them to keep them compliant and in good operating condition for as long as possible. Moving and modifying the ski lifts, work which Ingélo (an engineering subsidiary of the Group) began in 2011, has now become its core activity. 13 chairlifts and 9 drag lifts were moved/modified between 2011 and 2019. Our subsidiary has created – and operates in – a second-hand market in which the equipment manufacturers are not present. As a result, Ingélo has become a player in the circular economy, recycling and making the best possible use of old equipment to reinstall it in place of new equipment in new locations. For many years the Group has been retrofitting grooming machines at an average of two per year. This involves refurbishing a vehicle, by simply replacing old and obsolete components by newer ones. These operations make it possible to increase the useful life of equipment and the know-how of the teams by favouring a repair approach. 2021 was marked by dynamic acceleration, and six machines were reconditioned. Finally, in 2020, these reconditioning operations were extended to snow-making poles. Since 2016, this corresponds to a cumulative amount of nearly 1,200 tonnes of steel reused. Eco-design A key way forward will be for us to gradually turn our thoughts to how we can reduce this waste at source, primarily by working with suppliers and also devising alternative approaches. In practice, this has led to some targeted initiatives, including: l replacement of single-use plastic cups with Eco-cups, discontinuation of plastic straws and their systematic offer in Leisure parks, work upstream with suppliers on reducing the weight of burger boxes or packaging for in-store products ( e.g. mugs); l changeover to returnable glass bottles in the Restaurant du lac, then Le Cirque (2020) at Parc Astérix, distribution of water bottles and water fountains for staff, and to a lesser extent for customers ( e.g. Eau des Arcs, Bellewaerde);

(1) The Paris, Chambéry and Travelfactory group sites are not included because they are not affected by this type of waste.

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