EDF / 2018 Reference document

ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIETAL INFORMATION – HUMAN RESOURCES Other areas of the sustainable development policy

simplified the general terms and conditions of purchase and created special terms ■ and conditions for “small orders”; a simplified capacity questionnaire for new suppliers, for tenders with amounts ■ lower than the thresholds of European Directive 2014/25/EU; and, for innovative start-ups and SMEs, a tailored purchasing process and ■ standard agreements. Three key figures of innovation procurement: 40 test cases, €45,000 budget on average, 100 potential contracts each year; a dedicated space on the edf.fr institutional site (single point of access for SMEs). ■ Overall, purchases from SMEs represent 25% of purchases made by the Group's Purchasing Department (1) .

Communities neighbouring our 3.3.3.3 facilities

The EDF group is present in many countries and contributes to the sustainable development of the regions where it operates. Its activities provide tax revenue to the territories, and contribute to economic development and employment. Contribution to economic development 3.3.3.3.1 The Group's Procurement Department continues to interact with suppliers – including SMEs, VSEs and start-ups – with the operational implementation of a process adapted for innovative purchasing and to make it easier for SMEs to access EDF's markets. To facilitate the access of SMEs to its markets, EDF has:

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Share of purchases from SMEs

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2017

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SMEs MSEs

23.7% 23.5% 26.0% 23.5% 25.0% 24.8%

EDF Norte Fluminense supports NGOs working to protect the environment (Associação Mico Leão Dourado), promote sport and quality of life in local communities (Fondation Macaé Basquete, Guanabara Rugby et Gol de Letra), and cultural projects (making use of a federal law on tax incentives). In Vietnam, MECO has CSR programmes in the south of the country, developing concrete actions in favour of local communities: renovating toilet blocks for students and men and women’s bathrooms; building a new classroom and library dedicated to ethnic minorities; assisting disadvantaged children from minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and orphans. These actions aim to eradicate childhood illiteracy within ethnic minorities and help new communities to settle, thrive and grow. For NTPC, the company that operates the Nam Theun dam, 2018 was marked by the closing of RIP (Resettlement Implementation Period) by the World Bank. This decision brings an end to the relocation of communities and the creation of new economic activities. This enables NTPC to implement its decision to create an $800 million fund to support local economic development under its corporate responsibility commitment. Contribution to local tax revenue 3.3.3.3.2 see section 3.5.2.2 “Taxes paid by the Group”. Contribution to the creation or protection 3.3.3.3.3 of jobs Wherever it operates, the EDF group's impact on employment is substantial, whether in relation to direct (2) or indirect jobs. As part of the major "Grand Carénage" industrial programme, EDF has invested €4 billion each year for all of its facilities. Nuclear generation accounts for the most projects contracted with French industrial players, and is the third biggest industrial sector in France, creating over 25,000 direct jobs at EDF and 33,000 indirect jobs, across some 2,500 companies (SMEs, ISEs, start-ups, etc.). According to a third study on the employment impact of energy generation activities, the effect on national employment in terms of the number of jobs by type of impact for nuclear engineering represents 6,349 direct jobs, including 1,470 study-work and vocational training contracts, for a total of 70,070 jobs including tier-one indirect jobs, indirect jobs in the rest of the supply chain, jobs created by household consumption and jobs created by government spending. The economic flows studied and injected into the French economy represented €2,864 million in direct purchases (3) . In the United Kingdom, EDF Energy will create 25,000 jobs at the Hinkley Point site during the construction phase.

The Thermal Expertise and Multi-Sector Industrail Support Division (DTEAM, formerly DPIT) is committed to decommissioning programme to support sites at the end of their operating life with work forecast up to around 2030. This programme is part of consultations with local authorities and is carried out in accordance with Decommissioning Log Books prepared by the DTEAM. Following the closure of the Aramon thermal power plant, and after a joint regional assessment, a partnership development charter was signed with all stakeholders: Technical And Development Committee meetings were held under the aegis of the prefecture, resulting in the Cleantech Vallée project under joint governance. An ecological transition contract (ETC) was signed on 14 December by the State with the municipalities of the Pont du Gard region and the Agglomeration du Gard Rhodanien (one of the four experimental CTEs). In the Romanche Valley, the Company approached its partner, the Conservatoire Botanique Alpin, to restore banks stripped back by the works. This proactive approach benefits the regional economy, promoting the development of seedling and plant species producers. In Corsica, SEI has set up a “Smart Pyse” agreement with SITEC university for the Colzanno village. The goal is to provide a set of tools, objects and technological solutions (sensors – communication – optimisation tools) making it possible to implement strategies to promote the ecological and sustainable development of a municipality. Priority is given to environmental monitoring, energy efficiency, water and waste management and the development of digital applications, for citizens and rural activities. The Customer Division supports rural areas through energy saving programmes in positive energy regions that promote green growth (CEE TEPCV). It develops energy strategy research services, in particular for positive energy regions located in rural areas: the Energy Outline makes it possible to identify ways to decarbonise the region and helps define concrete actions to be implemented. In Chile, EDF Renewables was awarded third prize in the “good environmental practices” awards by the Electricity Producers Association (“Generadoras”). As part of the Santiago Solar photovoltaic plant project, a community programme has been set up, including a public transport solution to help open up the local community, the installation of solar panels to help save money, and a flagship 150ha reforestation project in cooperation with a nursery that employs women in the community.

Purchases made by the Group Procurement Division for EDF and Enedis during the reference period. (1) See section 3.4 "Further Human Resources considerations". (2) Nuclear and thermal employment footprint 2017. (3)

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