Euronext - 2020 Universal Registration Document

Euronext, a Sustainable Exchange

Euronext’s Five ESG Impact Areas and the Sustainable Development Goals

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OUR ENVIRONMENT

Financial Literacy As a financial infrastructure provider, Euronext is at the centre of financial markets and communities. Gathering together a broad range of stakeholders, Euronext is committed to improving the broader understanding of how Euronext and other financial institutions, work together and have beneficial impact on the world around them, enabling sustainable global economic growth and increased welfare. Euronext strives to improve financial knowledge, skills and attitudes far beyond its own company, seeking to reach employees in its broad community of companies, as well as teachers, students, and other members of the general public in the countries where Euronext operates. Euronext partners with several international organizations. Activities include the celebration of Global Money Week, Global Entrepreneurship Week and Financial Literacy Week, with events and bell ceremonies across all its locations. Blue Economy All Euronext countries are adjacent to the ocean and have rich fishing, shipping and seafaring traditions and Euronext is a leading listing venue for companies that operate in the ocean industries and other businesses related to the Blue Economy There is increasing evidence that losses in the ocean’s natural capital resulting from unsustainable economic activity is eroding the resource base on which growth depends. Given its global reach and local presence, Euronext’s goal is to take on a leadership position in the Blue Economy in order to mitigate this development, address the threats to the oceans and contribute to enhanced ocean and coastal resilience. In 2020, community initiatives in Euronext’s different locations focused on activities to support the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development as set out in the Sustainable Development Goal 14 “Life Below Water”. Euronext’s community activities are organised under the umbrella of the Euronext Foundation, The Group has established a Governance Committee that prioritises and decides on which proposed community initiatives to support financially. Community activities related to Financial Literacy and the Blue Economy are organised by each local exchange, under the management of the local CEOs and ESG coordinators. More details on what has been done in 2020 in terms of volunteering and donations may be found in section 3.6 – ESG Dashboard.

Key Issue: n reduce our own carbon footprint and contribute to the protection of the environment;

n take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. n As a company, Euronext can contribute to the global and national challenges of climate change.

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Reduce our own carbon footprint and contribute to the protection of the environment Convinced that climate change will have material impact on the economy as a whole and thus also on Euronext, conscious of the challenges linked to climate change, to the need to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and to manage natural resources prudently and sparingly, Euronext has fully integrated environmental issues into its activities and strategy. In 2019, Euronext partnered with Carbone 4 in order to clearly identify and assess its potential climate-related risks and opportunities in addition to calculating its carbon footprint. In 2020, Euronext has again carried out an analysis of its carbon footprint and report fully on it in its Universal Registration document, including scope 3 emission. n Scope 1 representing direct emission from buildings and other assets; n Scope 2 representing the electricity consumption; n Scope 3 representing all the purchases, travels, commuting, ... The 2020 figures (compared to the ones of 2019) may be found in the ESG Dashboard. Euronext’s carbon footprint is relatively low. However Euronext seeks to further reduce its carbon emissions notably via the analysis of the environmental impact of its third party providers, and technology usage. Euronext promotes IT solution that reduce the consumption of natural resources, the use of communication tools over international travel, reducing the footprint of physical platforms to virtual environments and reduction of hardware consumption Euronext will focus in the coming years on reducing its carbon footprint and will define clear targets. Euronext is also fully committed to use only renewable energy in the years to come. For several years, Euronext has taken care, at Group level, to reduce its consumption of paper and of energy in its offices and data centres as well as reduce its waste to minimize its ecological footprint. Indeed, Euronext is committed to continue taking environmental impacts into account when conducting its business. Euronext is willing to do more and has the ambition to become a “plastic-ban exchange”.

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