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4 STATEMENT OF NON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE Societal challenges

4.4.2.4 Involvement with local communities This chapter provides a few examples of the many initiatives taken by the sites to demonstrate their involvement with local communities. Local dialogue Regular meetings are held with the di ff erent stakeholders to take account of their needs and expectations, improve dialogue and collaborate on collective solutions or actions as needed: public partners, socio-professional partners and associations. Group subsidiaries are present or active in local associations, both those related to the environment, and owner and neighbour associations. On this last point, most Leisure parks organise events with people living in the neighbourhood ( e.g. neighbourhood gatherings and open days such as Fête des Voisins , and Journée des voisins ) which o ff er a great opportunity for discussion and the exchange of views. A site priority is to study and reduce the noise pollution that may be generated by its activities. All Group sites regularly measure noise, and speci fi c measures are taken: the grooming schedule adapted according to time of day and by route, quieter snow-making machines and rollers near housing, the ski lift drive station located uphill, equipment buried below ground, show sound volume varied according to wind direction, appropriate event (festival) measures, roo fi ng on entertainment areas, layout of the rides, informing local residents about events, taking part in conciliation Committees, etc. Involvement in education l Parc Astérix collaborates with the ENVA (Maisons-Alfort veterinary school) on matters relating to its Delphinarium and welcomes young people from the Sport dans la ville [Sport in the city] association to introduce them to the business segments at the park. l Futuroscope is expanding its range of edutainment activities with special interactive workshops for school children (approx. 150,000 school children visit each year). The most recent workshop was the “Labo du Jeu Vidéo” (video game workshop), an introduction to creating an imaginary video game at LP2I, the nearby secondary school which is also a partner of Futuroscope. In 2019 we signed an agreement with the Rectorate of Poitiers Academy whereby both parties share their thoughts on the park’s education and teaching innovation choices and guidelines: developing links with schools programmes, designing new teaching scenarios, design and creation of educational tools, etc. l The Ski areas promote their business segments among school children and apprentices in local industries, and support the research programmes of IRSTEA in Grenoble, primarily by providing ground data or backing research topics such as the monitoring of the Deux Alpes glacier. l Many Group site managers are involved in professional training courses. Promoting heritage l ADS supports the Les Arcs Film Festival and Music Festival fi nancially and Serre Chevalier supports the organisation of the Jazz Festival.

l Origine Grand Massif is a quality label supported by our GMDS subsidiary. Driven by a desire to protect local values, this initiative o ff ers local producers the opportunity to obtain an “appellation” in the farming, crafts, culture and food and drink sectors. The main objective is to bring visitors and local producers together to share special moments. Support and solidarity Lastly, Group companies support local aid operations and social and sports partnerships: l the Group’s ski lift companies contribute €2.2 million to the French Ski Federation (FFS), regional Committees and sports clubs. This money comes from the sale of CarréNeige insurance and additional patronage funding. For example, our ski areas in Savoie contributed €1.9 million, €0.62 million of which in patronage funding to the Comité de Ski de Savoie (Savoie Ski Committee). In addition to this fi nancial support, the clubs receive technical and logistics assistance for the preparation (snow provision, grooming machine hours, maintenance) and organisation of training and competitions (planned openings, private events). The clubs work to promote leisure skiing and identify young talents in the club, then o ff er them high-level training in alpine, nordic and freestyle skiing, snowboarding and telemark skiing; l some examples of support for the sick: Petits Princes initiative in the French parks in collaboration with the SNELAC on Solidarity Day, visit to Parc Astérix of 30 families of sick children and volunteers, Téléthon, Chaplin’s World participation in the Swiss Solidarity and cœur-à-cœur initiatives; l some examples of support for disadvantaged young people: Deux Alpes and Serre Chevalier support the 82-4000 association which introduces young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to the mountains; collection of work clothes for the Cravate Solidaire initiative at Parc Astérix; 10,000 children and families from the Secours Populaire du Nord visited Parc Astérix as part of Journée des Oubliés des Vacances initiative for children who don’t have the chance to go on a summer holiday; 2,500 disadvantaged youngsters visited Walibi Belgium through Arc-en-Ciel, the umbrella organisation for almost 370 youth work associations. l Serre Chevalier helped to fund the renovation of the A&E Department at the Briançon hospital complex; Grévin Montréal donated almost 500 tickets to 52 Quebec-based social purpose organisations; 14 young people were hired for a day by Bellewaerde and Bellewaerde Aquapark: their pay will be donated to a charity initiative in Guinea and several Belgian projects. l Deux Alpes and Les Arcs each signed a partnership agreement to support two resorts which are experiencing di ffi culties, Col de Porte and Col de Granier. The teams at the CDA subsidiaries will provide fi nancial support and sponsor skills development or equipment. For example, when Deux Alpes Loisirs gets rid of a piece of equipment, Col de Porte is given fi rst refusal to buy it and Deux Alpes Loisirs provides a technical expert as a point of contact for each area. The sponsorship and donations over the year totalled almost €1 million.

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