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ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIETAL INFORMATION − HUMAN RESOURCES Defining and implementing corporate responsibility

Goal no. 5: to systematically organise a process of transparent and open dialogue and consultation for every new project around the world Industrial projects contribute to the shaping of regions and landscapes and their lasting transformation. These projects create jobs, activity and value. Listening and conducting dialogue upstream of a project provides a better understanding of the issues involved for the region so that the project can be better accommodated. For the EDF group it is ultimately a matter of always moving forward in the way it operates locally and in the way it cooperates over time with the region. EDF’s aim is to renew and make systematic its practice of engaging in dialogue so as to better take into consideration the aspirations of inhabitants and other stakeholders in the different regions. This dialogue is intended to be transparent and two-sided, constructive and open; not to carry out the projects jointly, but to contribute to the sustainable development of the regions. The EDF group undertakes to implement the rules governing dialogue, as prescribed by international standards with regard to stakeholder participation, and to ensure that such consultations are publicly reported. Details of the means deployed to attain this goal are shown in section 3.5 "Act positively within communities and strengthen dialogue". Goal no. 6: to launch a positive approach to biodiversity. Not to confine itself to understanding and reducing the impacts of our activities in the long run, so as to have a positive effect on biodiversity The Group intends to go further in its biodiversity approach and develop a positive approach, by understanding what it can do better and by avoiding as much as possible irreversible damage to the natural environment. EDF does not want to limit itself to a defensive approach to biodiversity, solely focusing on reducing the impacts of its industrial operations on ecosystems. Biodiversity issues concern all the Group’s facilities and projects. In France, EDF is a landowner and a manager of natural resources of great importance. Improving our knowledge of these assets, reducing the impacts of our activities, and even enriching local biodiversity are paths of excellence to be imagined and developed with partners with specialist knowledge of these matters, while at the same time bearing in mind the industrial nature of the sites concerned. This target goes towards attaining SDG no. 14 (life below water) and no. 15 (life on land) set by the UN on 25 September 2015. Details of the means deployed to attain this goal are shown in section 3.4.5 "Management of biodiversity and protection of environmental capital". Integration of the corporate 3.1.2.2 responsibility goals into the Group’s strategic process The six Corporate Social Responsibility Goals (CSRGs) are long term (2030) ambitions, attainment of which requires milestones and monitoring. For each objective, there are roadmaps and, if necessary, qualitative and quantitative monitoring indicators are set. These shared roadmaps are drawn up with the representatives of the various Group business lines, including its various subsidiaries, in order to specify the contribution of each of the Group’s entities and subsidiaries to the achievement of the common objective. Once the specific means of reporting on progress against the Corporate Social Responsibility Goals have been defined, the system is incorporated into the Group’s strategic planning loop. The Medium Term Plan (MTP) actually constitutes the natural vehicle for defining, contractualising and monitoring each of these contributions.

the COP 21 agreement and contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals published by the UN in September 2015. Internally, the Group’s commitments are established in the CAP 2030 strategy and the Sustainable Development Goals. The policy was designed as the common basis for the deployment of Sustainable Development within the Group. It reflects the direction of CAP 2030 and the Corporate Social Responsibility Goals. It is complementary to Group policies that already cover certain aspects of Sustainable Development (HR Policies, Procurement Policy, Ethics and Compliance Policy and Nuclear Security Policy). Its implementation is based on the principle of subsidiarity. The Group’s performance will consist of the positive contributions reported by the Group’s various business lines and subsidiaries in the areas in which they are concerned; the Group Sustainable Development Policy sets out the common principles and the means of achieving consistency. The requirements of the Sustainable Development Policy respond to three priorities: regulatory compliance, the means of implementing the Corporate Social Responsibility Goals, and the control and coverage of other major Sustainable Development issues such as air or water quality. Because Sustainable Development is also a response to the expectations of society, not all of which have yet been reflected in regulatory obligations, the policy also includes some recommendations associated with the anticipation of and preparation for the future (for example, the practical integration of the principles of the circular economy). The policy is set out in four sections covering the main aspects of sustainable development: responding to the challenges of climate change; optimising the use of natural resources and conserving the environment; paying particular attention to people; dialogue with stakeholders and reporting on our activities. 3.1.4 The materiality matrix identifies business ethics as a material issue (see issue no. 3, business ethics). This refers in particular to the Group’s ability to effectively combat active and passive corruption and unfair competition, and to oversee that contracts are complied with and that ethics regarding lobbying is respected. The EDF group’s commitment to ethics 3.1.4.1 and compliance In order to protect its reputation, the EDF group promotes a culture of integrity and, as a matter of principle, promotes a zero tolerance towards fraud and corruption. An ethical conduct in accordance with the law must therefore be the absolute rule for all Group employees, worldwide, at all levels of the organisation, without exception. A Group ethics and compliance programme and a dedicated division In line with this approach, in December 2015, the EDF group’s ethics and compliance plan was strengthened with the creation of a Group Ethics and Compliance Division and the setting up of a group ethics and compliance programme build up to meet the requirements of national and international regulatory authorities as well as market practices. The programme places all EDF executive directors and more generally all employees at the heart of the compliance system. The programme is signed off by the Chairman of EDF. The main missions of the Group Ethics and Compliance Division are to consolidate an analysis of the Group’s ethical and compliance risks, to coordinate the network of Heads of Ethics & Compliance in Group entities, to provide support to executive directors and Heads of Ethics & Compliance for the diffusion of appropriate rules, to develop training and awareness-raising of employees, to oversee the handling of any breach that are detected and produce regular reports for the Group’s governance bodies. A Group ethics and compliance policy in place since 2016 In 2016, the EDF group Executive Committee adopted the EDF group Ethics & Compliance Policy (PECG), which brings together the main rules that executive directors must imperatively know, observe and enforce within their entities, which are strictly aligned with the risks of these entities. ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE

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The EDF group’s new Sustainable Development Policy was published in April 2017 (1) in an external context characterised by expectations as to companies implementing

During the preparation process, this policy was examined by the EDF Sustainable Development Board, meeting jointly with the Sustainable Development Committee, the (1) sustainable development governing body at Group level.

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