Euronext - 2020 Universal Registration Document

Euronext, a Sustainable Exchange

Transparency and Reporting

3.2 ESG Governance

initiatives aligned with the Group Strategic Plan, and with the communication and investor relations teams. Moreover, since the introduction of the new Strategic Plan “Let’s Grow Together 2022” (see section 1.2 – “Let’s Grow Together 2022” Strategic Plan) , all ESG initiatives are captured by the Strategic Plan Transformation Office, which monitors the progress of the whole strategic plan of the Group, reports regularly on these progresses to the Managing Board and the Supervisory Board and, in this context, has regular update meetings with the General Counsel and the ESG Task Force. All significant new ESG related projects are submitted for approval to the Managing Board. For more information on the role of the Supervisory Board and the Managing Board, please refer to sections 4.2.2 – Supervisory Board and 4.2.3 – Managing Board of this Universal Registration Document.

The General Counsel, part of the Group’s extended Managing Board, is in charge of coordinating ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) at the Group level, making sure that all relevant departments integrate the ESG objectives into their missions. The General Counsel ensures that ESG initiatives, impacts and challenges are high on the agenda of the Group’s Managing Board and Supervisory Board, and that the Company reports on ESG related topics in a transparent way. The Managing Board and the Supervisory Board have fully endorsed ESG as part of the Euronext strategy going forward. A ESG Task Force has been created to support the General Counsel. The Task Force currently consists of global champions of each of the impact areas (see section 3.4) , which are in their turn supported by local ESG coordinators. The Task Force meet on regular basis and works in close cooperation with the business to develop new

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3.3 Transparency and Reporting

GRI Standards Moreover Euronext decided to follow the standards developed by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). This report has been prepared in accordance with the GRI (core option). The GRI Standards are the most widely used global standards for sustainability reporting. They feature a modular, interrelated structure, and represent the global best practice for reporting on a range of economic, environmental and social impacts. They consist of a set of 36 interrelated standards and are designed for flexibility to meet a range of sustainability reporting needs. A 2020 GRI Index is available on Euronext website. Transparency Benchmark In addition, Euronext, as a Dutch listed company, has closely followed the criteria of the Transparency Benchmark 2020, initiated by the Dutch minister of Economic Affairs and Climate. The Task Force established by the Financial Stability Board (“FSB”), developed voluntary recommendations on climate-related information that companies and organisations should disclose to help investors, lenders, and others make sound financial decisions. Structured around four thematic areas – Governance, Strategy, risk management and Metrics & Targets – the TCFD Recommendations provide a framework for companies to respond to the increasing demand for transparency on climate-related risks and opportunities from investors. Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (“TCFD”)

Creating transparency by businesses on their diversity and sustainability efforts is vital in order to identify sustainability risks, and to enable participants to manage change towards a sustainable global economy by combining long-term profitability with social justice and environmental protection. In this context, disclosure of non-financial information helps the measuring, monitoring and managing of undertakings’ performance and their impact on society. Also, shareholders and other stakeholders are more and more interested in diversity and non-financial information in order to have a meaningful, comprehensive understanding of a Company’s development, performance, position and impact of its activity. They thoroughly analyse this information in their investment-decision process. In this context, disclosure of non-financial information helps increasing investor and consumer trust. European Directive This chapter describes the sustainability vision of Euronext, and how Euronext fulfils the requirements of the European Directive 2014/95/EU dated 22 October 2014 imposing to public-interest entities which are large undertakings withmore than 500 employees to publish non-financial information including information on environmental, social and employee matters, diversity, respect for human rights and on anti-corruption and bribery matters, which has been fully implemented in The Netherlands by the Act implementing the Directive 2014/95/EU dated 28 September 2016, the Decree disclosure of diversity policy dated 31 December 2016 and the Decree on disclosure of non-financial information dated 14 March 2017. A 2020 reference table with the European directive is available on the Euronext website.

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