Groupe La Poste // CSR REPORT 2022

Structured governance 1 LA POSTE GROUPE PROFILE AND STRATEGY ■

1.3.7 Strengthened ethical principles In a context of increased demand from society for more transparency, responsibility and proximity, La Poste Groupe operates on competitive markets everywhere in Europe and worldwide. The group places respect for ethics at the heart of all its activities. When joining the Company, each La Poste employee takes an oath to “fulfil the duties entrusted to him or her with awareness, honesty and integrity”.

Responsibility for the corruption prevention plan has been entrusted to the Ethics Department, with the support of La Poste Solutions Juridiques. The ethics and professional conduct system is based on an approach backed by a set of internal and external standards. It is described in Section 1.3.3.2 “Areas of compliance” in La Poste Groupe’s 2022 Universal Registration Document, on page 89 et seq .

Group internal guidelines

Entity internal guidelines

External guidelines

■ United Nations Global Compact ■ Sustainable development goals of the United Nations ■ Universal Declaration of Human Rights ■ OECD Guidelines ■ Conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO) ■ Recommendations from the Recommendations of the French Anticorruption Agency ( Agence française anticorruption - AFA)

■ Oath taken by all group employees (a) ■ Code of Ethics and Anti-corruption (a) ■ Internal regulations ■ Gifts and invitations policy (a) ■ Conflicts of interest policy (a) ■ Representation of Interests Charter (a) ■ Ethics guide for employees elected to perform a representative role (a) ■ Ethical and Responsible Purchasing Charter (a) ■ Financial Ethics Charter (insider trading) ■ Data Charter (a)

■ GeoPost/DPDgroup Code of Business Conduct (a) ■ La Banque Postale Code of Ethics ■ La Poste Immobilier Ethics Charter (a) ■ La Banque Postale’s Responsible Financing and Investment Charter

(a) Documents marked with an asterisk can be consulted on the website www.lapostegroupe.com

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Whistleblowing procedure Since 2011, a whistleblowing system has enabled employees to ask questions about ethics or professional conduct or to report breaches of the Code of Ethics and Anti-corruption or breaches of the group’s Charters (Purchasing, Representation of Interests, etc.). Annual ethics climate survey La Poste Groupe is one of very few companies in France to measure employees’ awareness levels in terms of ethics and professional conduct.

See Section 1.3.3.2 “Ethics and professional conduct, the cornerstone of compliance” of La Poste Groupe’s URD (p. 89) See Section 1.3.3.2 “Ethics and professional conduct, the cornerstone of compliance” of La Poste Groupe’s URD (p. 89) See Section 1.3.3.2 “Areas of compliance / Anti corruption” of La Poste See Section 2.1.4 “Risks related to non-compliance with laws and regulations” of La Banque Postale’s URD See Section 8.1 “Duty of care plan” of La Poste Groupe’s URD (p. 454) See Section 1.3.3.3 “Combatting tax evasion” of La Poste Groupe’s URD (p. 92) Groupe” of La Poste Groupe’s URD (p. 90)

Corruption and influence-peddling prevention programme The group maintains and coordinates a corruption risk prevention plan in accordance with the Sapin 2 Act of 9 December 2016.

Fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism La Poste SA is not subject to AML/CFT regulations due to its status. However, two of its subsidiaries are subject to them: La Banque Postale group as a bank, on the one hand, and La Poste Immobilier for its property development activities for customers outside La Poste Groupe and for its property leasing and real estate transactions for third parties, on the other hand. Vigilance plan La Poste Groupe has updated its vigilance plan, in accordance with the law on the duty of vigilance of parent companies and contractors. Tackling tax evasion La Poste Groupe recognises the important role of tax compliance in its strategy and is committed to applying a tax transparency policy.

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