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ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIETAL INFORMATION – HUMAN RESOURCES EDF's Corporate Social Responsibility Goals

Regarding the blue belt France

At Group level, the level of ecological awareness of the land was 69% [*] at the end of 2018 (68% at the end of 2017). This is an indicator based on field surveys. In 2018, the scope of this indicator spanned EDF (metropolitan France) and EDF Energy, and will be gradually extended to all the Group entities (1) . Preparing and implementing initiatives 3.2.6.3.2 depending on the issues as part of a positive approach to biodiversity. EDF is developing and implementing biodiversity management plans at suitable sites according to their industrial capability. Its plans include reducing the use of plant protection products; developing alternative techniques for their use; increasing knowledge and management of invasive alien species; integrating the issues of ecological continuity under various belts (green, blue, black, etc.); and, implementing actions in favour of the water resource and the conservation of the environment. Regarding biodiversity management plans In France, a portion of land is managed in partnership with local environmental associations for protecting the environment and promoting natural heritage. In this context, management recommendations make it possible to resort to agro-environmental practices such as late mowing or eco-grazing, two examples of measures deployed at the sites as part of positive biodiversity management. Regarding phytosanitary products In France, Enedis aims to reach the “zero phytosanitary products” status in 2020 to maintain green spaces adjoining service sites and from 2024 for industrial (source substations) sites. It is also setting-up facilities to promote biodiversity. EDF aims to make its main service sites “zero phytosanitary products” (see section 3.3.2.4.2 “Optimising soil use”). In 2018, Framatome drew up an inventory of the quantities of phytosanitary products used (2) . Regarding invasive exotic species In the UK EDF Energy is attempting to identify the invasive exotic species on all its nuclear sites, to inspect and implement eradication measures whenever possible; France Invasive alien species are systematically detected in ecological diagnostics and ■ pre-diagnostics of EDF's land. This makes it possible for EDF to have a global vision of this issue, to integrate this issue into the projects, and to carry out management actions with partners at the local level (local authorities, river contracts, etc.). Thus, on each nuclear and thermal site, an inventory of invasive exotic species has been conducted, with a set of related management recommendations being issued; EDF is a partner in the FUI PARIS project, which aims to develop a new process ■ for treating soils containing invasive alien species (the consortium contract was signed in January 2016). In 2017, the first tests started with a prototype on a construction site to fight Japanese Knotweed. The innovative treatment process is compared to a more usual method by sheeting; EDF is also a partner of the “Local vegetation” programme organised by the ■ Federation of French Botanical Conservation Bodies. The aim of this programme is to promote the systematic use of local wild plants in development works, the re-naturation of areas, the upkeep of green spaces etc. The use of local species enables a natural barrier to be created which protects these spaces from invasive exotic species and increases the ecological functionalities of the local environment. In 2018, EDF made a promotional video of the “local vegetation” initiative available on Internet.

For hydroelectric activities: between 2013 and end-2017, almost 120 fish and/or ■ sediment diagnostic projects were conducted to identify ecological continuity challenges site by site. With regard to fish, between 2013 and 2018, 41 fish passes or ladders were implemented on the sites at risk (classification List 2 (3) , Rhine, etc.). 210 fish passes (upstream/downstream migration) are now functional at EDF hydro. On the sediment side, we can mention a national approach to finding ways of recovering sediments stored in the reservoirs, with, among other things, the implementation of a full scale agronomic experiment in connection with the ten-year emptying of Mont-Cenis reservoirs, still underway in 2018. A recovery operation to improve agricultural soils started in 2018; in 2018, the Prefect of Haute Loire and EDF Hydro signed the addendum to the ■ concession on the emblematic site of Poutès, after a renewed consultation process. The work execution file is under review to begin emptying the reservoir on 1 May 2019. The optimised project allows for an output equivalent to the initial project while minimising investment and presenting a significant ecological gain. In Belgium EDF Luminus has started an ambitious programme aiming to measure and reduce the mortality of migratory fish due to hydropower turbines. Supported by the European Life Programme and with an overall budget of €4.2 million, the objective of the programme is to model migratory routes, putting in place repelling systems such as electrical barriers or bubble curtains and specially-adapted systems to make fish passage easier. At the same time, the programme plans to install a new, very low impact turbine for migrating fish, with a test at the Monsin site, which will be renovated in 2019. Regarding the green belt France The hydraulic generation sites at Kembs and Romanche-Gavet have undergone ■ major ecological restoration operations that have contributed to the reconstruction and reinforcement of terrestrial ecological continuities, in keeping with nearby natural habitats (e.g.: Alsatian Petite Camargue); in order to understand the inclusion of sites in the green networks at the local ■ and regional levels, the business units analysed the SRCE (Regional Schemes for Ecological Coherence) and, in particular, the cartographic atlases, which notably identify the selected Green and Blue belt elements and their related targets. This work makes it possible to identify the potential constraints of the management and planning choices as well as potential opportunities, particularly in the context of restoration and offsetting operations; EDF's R&D department, which has been interested in the subject for several ■ years, has tested various tools for numerical modelling of ecological continuities on site. The results were shared with the French Natural History Museum (MNHN). A study of the Ile-de-France region is currently under way in order to develop a territorial approach characterising the integration, in particular, of sites with regard to green belts; since 2016-2017, forests on hydropower land have been monitored through the ■ setting-up of a sentinel network of plots across various sites and monitored and integrated into their networks of sites by the partners of RNF and CEN. Regarding the black belt In Reunion, EDF, in partnership with the SEOR and the National Park, is continuing the night-without-light experiment (25 nights) during the petrel breeding season (modification of the spectra and direction of the lights from the Port East power station and public buildings of the neighbouring municipalities, planned outages at night, etc.).

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See section 3.9.3.1 “Group Indicators of the Sustainable Development policy and CSRG”. (1) Regarding the use of phytosanitary products, also see section 3.3.2.4.2 “Optimising soil use”. (2)

Classification List 2: Article L. 214-17 of the French Environment Code introduces two lists of watercourses ranked in terms of ecological continuity. List 2 includes all the (3) watercourses in respect of which it is necessary, in terms of all structures impeding continuity, to ensure or re-establish the free movement of migratory fish and the transit of sediment in accordance with an imposed regulatory deadline. [*] IND Key non-financial performance indicator (see concordance table with the non-financial performance statement in section 8.5.4).

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