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ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIETAL INFORMATION − HUMAN RESOURCES Optimising the use of natural resources and preserving the environment

Certain sites of the Group present bigger challenges in terms of biodiversity, including (1) : its sites situated in or near (less than 5km) a protected area or an area rich in biodiversity (indicator G4 EN 11); ■ G4-EN 11: NUMBER OF SITES SITUATED IN OR NEAR A PROTECTED AREA OR AN AREA RICH IN BIODIVERSITY (2016 TABLE).

France

UK

Mainland (incl. Corsica)

Overseas dept.

Protected area category according to the IUCN

I

34 18

8

0 0 1 2 0 5 5

II

16

3.

III

190

3

IV

79

16

10

V

142

4 0 0

VI

0

Natura 2000

310 532

Areas rich in biodiversity

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its sites hosting species threatened by extinction (indicator G4 EN 14) (2) ■ G4-EN14: NUMBER OF THREATENED SPECIES SITUATED IN MUNICIPALITIES WHERE EDF IS LOCATED IUCN categories of threatened species Global red list Regional red list CR EN VU CR EN VU Mainland France 5 24 53 32 93 253 Overseas Departments & French Islands 18 23 47 45 102 179

Impact management and impact 3.4.5.3 management (indicator G4 EN 12 – Disclosure 304-2) In general, the potential impacts of the EDF group’s generation activities mainly concern: water and aquatic biodiversity, largely as a result of: ■ hydraulic generation structures (close to 450 power plants and 900 dams and ■ water intakes), which bring about modifications of the biodiversity upstream of the structures in the event of flood defence, and downstream, due to the fragmentation of areas and flow limitations or variations; thermal structures, to a lesser extent. ■ to address the degradation and fragmentation of natural terrestrial habitats, due ■ to the land occupied by the existing sites or projects, as well as part of new projects, EDF seeks to reduce the footprint to the minimum and in the case of decommissioning to restore the natural environment. For DPIT, the systematically mapped natural spaces are an input for new projects. Avoidance and compactness are systematically sought when installing facilities. When the facilities are decommissioned, the spaces released are subject to a management plan adapted according to their end use; the fauna, flora and natural habitats which are particularly impacted by building ■ sites or maintenance work; overhead transmission systems and wind turbines, which pose a threat to birds ■ and bats. Impact studies enabling the effects on biodiversity to be measured are conducted and documented for projects fulfilling the criteria set out in Article R. 122-2 of the French Environment Code. This involves the fragmentation of ecosystems due to infrastructures, impacts on population dynamics, soil erosion, etc. In order to better assess the threats and opportunities related to the impacts and dependency of the

Company’s activity on ecosystems, EDF is trialling, in each line of business, the Ecosystem Services Review (ESR) method (3) . Similar processes are also performed at facilities in operation. Their impacts on the environment and biodiversity are the subject of monitoring conducted by public bodies (Ifremer, IRSN, Irstea, AFB/Onema). The results are published and are accessible. By way of example: in hydroelectric activities in France: between 2013 and end 2017, almost 120 ■ fish and/or sediment diagnostic projects were conducted to identify the continuity challenges site by site. With regard to fish, 36 fish passes or levelings have been implemented on the sites at risk (classification List 2 (4) , Rhine, etc.). In 2017, 5 sites were adapted, and other sites are in the process of being commissioned in 2018, including the Gerstheim-sur-le-Rhin fish pass. On the sediment side, we can mention a national approach to find ways of recovering sediments stored in the reservoirs, with, among other things, the implementation of a full scale agronomic experiment in connection with the emptying of Mont-Cenis. As far as the terrestrial environment is concerned, since 2016-2017, forests are being 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; EDF Luminus has started an ambitious programme aiming to reduce 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 aims to design turbines which have very low impact on migratory fish, with a test on the Monsin site;

EN 14 was the scope of activity of EDF SA. (1) EN 11 was the scope of activity of EDF SA and EDF Energy. (2) Method developed by the World Resource Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). (3)

Classification of 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 (4) 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 period of time.

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