Exclusive Networks // Sustainability Report 2022

Environmental footprint Other environmental indicators

5.3

Other environmental indicators

5.3.1 Water consumption On the scope of consolidation defined for the year 2022, the total water consumption of the Exclusive Networks Group is estimated at 22,153 m 3 . Since the Group rents all the sites from which it operates, for the vast majority of countries it was not possible to collect the exact water consumption, as this information was not made available by the lessors. This is due to the nature of the leases which, in some countries, may consist of a rental price per sq. meter including energy, water, as well as services such as cleaning, waste collection, etc. As a result an estimate of consumption has been calculated on the basis of an average of 50 litres of water consumed per employee per day, multiplied by the number of days worked in the 23 countries. It should be noted that this estimate is probably over-estimated, given the large number of countries where employees are allowed to work remote several days a week. [GRI 303-5-a/303-5-d]

5.3.2 Waste Description of waste generated by the company’s activity and/or in its value chain Since the Group rents all the sites from which it operates, in most countries it was not possible to determine the precise volume of tertiary waste. In fact, this information is often not known by the lessors, because household waste is collected by municipal services who do not weigh it or give a breakdown by occupant. Furthermore, in some countries, leases consist of a rental price per sq. meter including energy, water, as well as services such as cleaning, waste collection, etc. As a result an estimate was calculated based on an average of 120 kilograms of tertiary waste per employee per year, half of which is paper or cardboard (1) , multiplied by the average workforce in the 23 countries. It is also not possible to identify the nature of the Group’s downstream waste treatment, which is managed either by municipalities or by private service providers, which in both cases don’t disclose information per occupant. The Exclusive Networks Group takes all the necessary steps to ensure that the waste generated by its activities is sorted so that it can be recycled or recovered, as far as local waste treatment structures allow. [GRI 306-1/306-3-b]/SDG 12.4 & 12.5

Action

2022 results

Identify and measure waste related to the company’s direct activity [GRI 306-3-a]

110t:household waste 110t: paper and cardboard 224.4t: Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)

(1) Source: ADEME guide to workplace eco-responsibility (“Écoresponsable au bureau”), September 2022.

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