Groupe La Poste // CSR REPORT 2022

Structured governance 1 LA POSTE GROUPE PROFILE AND STRATEGY ■

Implementation In Europe , since 1993, La Poste has maintained a representative office in Brussels responsible for monitoring issues that concern the European Union, representing the Company and defending its interests with the EU institutions. La Poste is registered on the European Union’s Transparency Register. It is also assisted by a specialised consulting firm. As part of its monitoring and lobbying activities at European level, La Poste closely monitors the initiatives launched by the European Commission as part of the Green deal. In this capacity, in 2022 it worked on issues related to the European taxonomy and the reporting of CO 2 emissions in transport, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, as well as on the study conducted by DG Grow on the impact of the transport and delivery of e-commerce parcels on air pollution and CO 2 emissions. On the Taxonomy, La Poste published a position paper and met with various players involved in the subject in order to have the specificities of the postal sector recognised in terms of sustainability. La Poste also took part in the working group on the transport sector set up by EFRAG to discuss sectoral indicators relevant to its activities. La Poste also participates in the work of various organisations (CEN, IPC, UPU) to define a recognised standard to harmonise the measurement, allocation and reporting of GHG emissions for parcels and mail. La Poste occupies a major ESG role within PostEurop. In 2022, it took part in the activities of PostEurop’s working group on Taxonomy; these exchanges enabled it to have a common understanding between experts on the implementation of the reporting obligations as well as to contribute to the drafting of a common position supported by PostEurop which aims to better recognise the specificities of the postal sector within the taxonomy. PostEurop also enables the European postal sector to promote its ESG best practice. During the organisation’s General Meeting dedicated to ESG in 2022, La Poste testified about its initiatives in favour of digital inclusion before delegates from more than 40 countries. La Poste chairs the PostEurop CSR Circle, which brings together European postal operator ESG specialists and leads a number of working groups on environmental issues, training, occupational health and safety and social dialogue. The main objectives of the Circle are to give PostEurop members a forum for exchanging best practice and be a ESG developments knowledge centre, in particular through projects on specific fields of interest funded by the European Commission. In 2022, PostEurop’s CSR Circle published its tenth annual ESG best practice brochure presenting the initiatives of various European postal services for their employees, society and the environment.

■ participate in the training offered by the employer on the basis of the Code of Ethics and Anti-corruption and this Charter; ■ prevent and reject corruption and influence peddling in all their forms; ■ carry out their duties as an interest representative in a strictly professional context; ■ prohibit the offer of gifts or invitations, benefits in kind or pecuniary benefits to the stakeholders that may cause the beneficiary to feel indebted; ■ propose an annual declaration of the existence or absence of conflicts of interest of interest representatives; ■ guarantee the reliability of the information provided. Base the arguments and positioning representative of the interests of La Poste as a whole on this same information; ■ refrain from any attempt to obtain information or decisions in a dishonest manner; ■ not exclude any stakeholder concerned by the subjects dealt with and who may wish to communicate with La Poste SA; ■ recognise the freedom of opinion and decision-making and the legitimacy of other stakeholders to present complementary or even divergent positions on the issues that concern them. Moreover, as part of its ethical approach, in order to establish a dialogue with the bodies that oversee interest representation, La Poste Groupe has appointed a contact person in accordance with the recommendations of the High Authority for Transparency in Public Life. Every year, La Poste Groupe fulfils its reporting and transparency obligations to the High Authority for Transparency in Public Life. The following persons are in charge of representing interests for La Poste: Philippe Wahl (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer), Yannick Imbert (group Head of Regional and Public Affairs), Rebecca Peres (manager of regional affairs and parliamentarians). The audit for 2017, 2018 and 2019 is closed. The High Authority for Transparency in Public Life believes that the declaration made by La Poste meets the requirements and the spirit of the guidelines it has defined. It is also a recognition of the professionalisation work undertaken by the Parliamentary Monitoring Committee, in conjunction with the Ethics Department. Financing of political parties Under French law, companies are prohibited from participating in political activities. La Poste does not fund any political party in any way whatsoever. It also makes sure that its policy positions take the interests of all stakeholders into account and that the elected representatives of all democratic parties are dealt with respectfully. The group prohibits any financing of political activities, even in countries where such financing is authorised and regulated by law.

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