EDF / 2019 Universal registration document

3. Non-financial performance

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In 2018, continuing the initiatives started in 2015, the Group focused on 10 key rules, which were adopted following an analysis of deadly accidents in the EDF group over the last 30 years, which everyone must follow as they go about their work in order to avoid serious accidents and protect both themselves and those around them. To continue developing the safety culture and risk awareness, other initiatives are being implemented such as the collection of High Potential Events (HPE), more than half of which are near-accidents or dangerous situations and sharing at Group level of Experience Feedback on the elements resulting from the analysis of these events, in particular those related to the 10 key rules of the Group. Despite the improvements witnessed in 2018, the number of fatal accidents rose in 2019, mainly during loading and unloading operations, but also during work at heights and electrical work. Accordingly, the Executive Committee decided to ask all entities to organise a “time out” on 3 October 2019 to discuss this situation in all teams and define local actions to improve the level of prevention. This initiative was led by the Group’s executives but it also involved a large number of providers. Developing a strong safety culture is key to making progress in the area of prevention. Employees are encouraged to follow e-learning courses developed by the Safety Academy. In 2019, 15,816 EDF employees completed a training module on this topic. These efforts supplemented the “Shared Vigilance” training course launched in 2018, which was taken by 26,476 employees in 2018 and 2019. One of the main areas of focus in 2019 was the position of the employees of providers. A partnership agreement was signed with the MASE association in May 2019, during the Preventica trade fair, to encourage providers to implement a recognised, simple and operational health and safety management system. EDF, a company with a responsible attitude to its employees and service providers

disclosed starting in 2019. The 2020 objectives of the new health and safety policy are now expressed on the basis of this new indicator (EDF LTIR below 1.4 and overall LTIR: EDF + service providers below 1.8). Combating absenteeism, preventing psycho-social risks and improving well-being at work 2019 2018 2017 Number of days of absence per employee per year 9.1 9.1 9.2 Among the crucial areas for improvement, prevention of anxiety- and depression-related disorders, stress and musculoskeletal disorders (MSD), the three main causes of absenteeism, are regularly targeted by prevention initiatives. An analysis of the annual My EDF group survey, completed by more than 75% of the Group’s employees (see section 3.3.3.1.8: “Employees’ view: My EDF group engagement survey”), is used to assess psycho-social risks according to the determinative factors of the Gollac report and identify areas of weakness and also areas of protection for working groups and therefore to take appropriate preventive action. The development of team empowerment projects should lead to a drop in absenteeism among the employees of the teams involved (more than 500 teams involved at the end of 2019), due to the positive health impacts of the improved quality of life in the Groups and the increased levels of commitment and meaningfulness of work. One of the main areas of focus in 2019 was the importance of back-to-work medical visits with occupational physicians and the organisation of back-to-work meetings with managers to ensure a successful return to work. EDF employees were invited, through the employee profit-sharing agreement, to take an e-learning course to find out more about the tools available in the Company. 17,886 employees took the course in 2019. Health in the workplace and general health issues The EDF group employs staff specialised in health at work. The Group also employs physicians who are experts in toxicology, ergonomics, epidemiology, first aid, and radiation protection. In addition to medical monitoring of employees, these healthcare workers are involved in setting up primary prevention programmes and are stakeholders on all the social dialogue bodies in the field of health at work, thus reducing absenteeism and occupational illnesses. With the support of its medical teams and the safety officers at its entities, the EDF group is also committed to public health issues such as addiction and cardiovascular risk prevention. Health and safety in the workplace as a subject of social dialogue In France, 2019 was marked by a far-reaching reform of social dialogue, leading to the creation of the Social and Economic Committees, a new type of representative body tasked to handle health and safety issues (see section 3.3.3.1.7 “A renewed social dialogue”). In addition to these new bodies, which have been set up under agreements signed within the various Group companies in France, there are two other levels of Group social dialogue on health in the workplace: i) at European level, as the action taken during the year is presented to the European Works Council’s health & safety workgroup, and ii) at Group level in France, as the year’s key issues and figures are presented to the France Group Committee. A progress report on the strategic health and safety objectives is regularly communicated to these bodies.

Overall LTIR (employees and service providers)

2.4

2.5

<1.8

2.0

1.5

1.0

0.5

ND

ND

0.0

Target 2020

2019

2018

2017

Key non-financial performance indicator (see concordance table with the non-financial performance statement in section 8.5.4). The scope and methodology of this indicator are set out in section 3.4 "Indicators and methodology". This indicator refers to key stake no. 17 "Health and safety of employees and stakeholders" described in section 3.6.2 "Description of key stakes in the materiality matrix ". In order to have comparable data between Group entities and measure accident rates directly related to the performance of activities, EDF uses a new “LTIR” indicator corresponding to the calculation of the frequency rate according to Anglo-Saxon standards. This indicator has been monitored since 2017 and will be

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