DERICHEBOURG - Universal registration document 2019-2020

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CSR report (serving as statement of extra-financial performance) Reducing the Group's environmental footprint

The change in electricity consumption (up 3.8%) is linked to the change in scope with the integration of the Spanish company Lyrsa (now Derichebourg España) and its 14 GWh of consumption. On a like-for-likebasis, a decreaseof around8%was recordedprimarilydue to the Covid-19pandemic. The decrease in fuel consumptionfor the entire Group (down 9%) is also primarily due to the Covid-19 pandemic. On a like-for-like basis, the decline is even more significant (down 15.4%), as the transport businesswas heavily impactedduring the lockdown. The Group's gas consumption more than doubled compared to the previous year. This change is linked to the acquisition of Lyrsa, which owns two refineries (aluminumand lead) which use gas as an energy source in the refining furnaces. On a like-for-like basis, a decrease of 9.5%was recordeddue to the Covid-19pandemic. With the acquisition of Lyrsa, the Refining activity has now increased gas consumptionto 92% (Refinal Industriesand DerichebourgEspaña), while the Public Sector Servicesbusinessaccountedfor 7% (natural gas vehicles).Other gas consumptionis thereforeentirelymarginal. Managing environmentalrisks 1.5.1.2 Through the rigorous management of incoming waste and daily maintenanceof its facilities, DerichebourgEnvironnementensures the preventionof environmentalrisks and pollutionacross its 224 industrial sites. Investments in environmentalprotection for the 2019/2020 fiscal year amounted to nearly €15,8 million, plus environment-relatedexpenses

of €2.6 million (analysis of waste, environmental discharges, maintenance,etc.), ensuring that the Group’s industrial plants comply with their regulatoryrequirements. Despite Covid-19, the Group's level of investment in environmental protectionis very close to that of the previousfiscal year (€16 million). Work on impermeable areas (concreted areas) and run-off water treatment are two important factors in limiting soil and waterway pollution. The Group pays particular attention to the proper maintenance of its infrastructures and undertakes repairs and restorationof concreteareas deterioratedby the passage of machinery every year. To ensure comprehensive management of environmental risks, the Group’s subsidiaries with industrial sites or specific customer requirements have committed to ISO 14001 certification of their environmental management systems, with the target of 100% of concernedsites certifiedby 2022. Anticipating this objective, several subsidiaries have already obtained triple QSE certificationfor all or part of their operatingsites: AFMRECYCLAGE:38 certifiedsites; ● ESKA: 23 certifiedsites; ● POLY-ENVIRONNEMENT:14 certifiedbranches; ● REVIVAL:19 certifiedsites. ● As a result, the proportion of ISO 14001-certified sites increased significantlyduring the year (up 22 points).

2022 targets

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Proportion of ISO 14001-certified sites (1) 25.5% Calculated with respect to industrial sites, sites for which a customer requirement was expressed or sites for which certification was decided as part of a Company (1) policy. 100% 47.7%

A Group action and investment plan will be rolled out until 2022 to bring the various facilities into compliance where necessary. The €130 million loan granted by the European Investment Bank (see 1.5.1.1)may be used in this context. Site restorations – termination of ongoing activities One of DerichebourgGroup’s strengths is its real estate management. Thus, subsidiaries are subject to an analysis that enables a list to be drawn up of the sites that are liable to cease activity over the more or less long term. Terminations of activity are the subject of management plans, and if applicable,of provisionstaking into account the overall financial cost of site restoration.

Limit pollution fromthe facilities – Complywith BREF (1) Shredder requirements The Group’s various subsidiaries concerned comply with their monitoring obligations regarding atmospheric and water discharges. Monitoringplans have been introducedin each subsidiary. As part of Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and Council of November 24,2010 on industrial emissions, the conclusions on the best available techniques (BAT) for waste treatment were publishedon August 10,2018. As set out in the regulations,the Grouphas filed reviewdocuments“in light of the best availabletechniques”for each of the sites in question.

Best Available Technology REFerence. (1)

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