Groupe La Poste // CSR REPORT 2022

Improving climate resilience 5 WORKING TO ACCELERATE ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSITION FOR ALL ■

Regarding long-distance transport:

The fleet is evolving towards larger volumes, adapted to the delivery of parcels and longer rounds. A fleet of cargo bikes is also being deployed in city centres to meet urban logistics needs. Optimisation of vehicle age and Euro standards also contribute to the reduction of GHG emissions. Véhiposte (1) ensures that its fleet is renewed according to demanding engine criteria. GeoPost/ DPDgroup operates the largest road network in Europe. This enables it to transport almost all parcels by truck rather than by air, with a lower environmental impact. To benefit from more efficient engine technologies, GeoPost/DPDgroup strives to constantly renew its fleet of heavy goods vehicles in order to reduce its CO 2 emissions and pollutants. The business unit has committed to ensuring that its truck fleet will be less than five years old on average by 2025. In 2022, Véhiposte invested €230 million in the group’s electric fleet, which includes 150 cargo bikes, 8,800 electric three-wheelers and 1,100 quadricycles, 7,800 light commercial vehicles and 25 electric service and company vehicles. The fleet’s electrification rate reached 29%, an increase of three points. It is expected to accelerate in 2023 under the effect of massive orders placed in 2022 and facing significant delivery delays. These investments aim to cover low-emission areas from 2025 and continue greening to eventually build a 100% decarbonised fleet. Several innovations were launched in 2022 at Véhiposte, including: ■ airless tires (Uptis) , tested with Michelin to resolve the recurring issues of under-inflation, a source of insecurity and excessive fuel consumption; ■ transformation of internal combustion vehicles into electric vehicles , to accelerate electrification and promote the reuse of internal combustion vehicles; ■ optimisation of vehicle battery sizes for postal needs and uses, which do not always require an increase in the range of vehicles. Natural gas vehicles (NGVs) reduce GHG emissions, by 50% for NOx and by up to 95% for particulate emissions compared with a standard diesel engine. NGV vehicles are also quieter than diesel vehicles. The group aims to develop in this segment and to install around ten NGV stations to facilitate supply in the region: ■ in 2017, La Poste Groupe introduced NGV vehicles in the 10 and 11 cubic metres utility segments for delivery, segments for which electricity is still underdeveloped; ■ the potential for the development of gas engines resides mainly in heavy vehicles, for medium- or long-distance routes; ■ to facilitate the supply of fuel, in March 2021 La Poste inaugurated a NGV filling station in Chelles, in partnership with Engie. This station, open 24 hours a day, is used to supply La Poste’s lorries dedicated to press links running on NGV. La Poste has also voluntarily chosen to make it a public station accessible to all for a positive societal impact.

■ La Poste has committed to carry out 50% of its heavy goods vehicle transport kilometres using low-carbon energy by 2030. It is therefore diversifying the fleet of long-distance transport vehicles operating on its behalf to include vehicles adapted to alternative energies such as biogas, biofuel, electricity and hydrogen. The strategy adopted is a multi-energy approach with the adoption of transition energies (biogas and biofuels) and trials of target energies (electricity and green hydrogen) over the 2022-2035 period, then a gradual switch to these two target energies over the 2035-2050 period. ■ GeoPost has joined the international EV100+ initiative, which brings together companies committed to converting their entire truck fleet to electric vehicles by 2030. GeoPost seeks to reduce its carbon emissions by developing the use of biogas fuels and/ or hydrogen. As regards the first and last mile, the reduction targets are based on the deployment of low-emission delivery vehicles, recharging points and urban depots in the targeted cities. In France, this will be reflected in the doubling of the number of electric utility vehicles by 2025 (15,000 light utility vehicles). The Services-Mail-Parcels business unit has launched LOG’ISSIMO, which provides high-performance, carbon-neutral first and last mile logistics services. By 2024, LOG’ISSIMO plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by pooling its logistics flows and decarbonising its vehicle fleet. In 2021, La Poste Groupe became the first logistics operator to sign a cooperation agreement with WWF France, in line with the Climate and Resilience Act promulgated in August 2021 and in a context of an explosion in parcel volumes from e-commerce. La Poste has set itself a strong ambition: to strive for 100% carbon free delivery and has called on the expertise of WWF France to achieve this. The WWF supports La Poste in its approach, in particular with regard to sustainable mobility and the development of an environmental score. The fleet of vehicles owned by La Poste Groupe is evolving to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, atmospheric pollutant emissions and noise pollution. Electric vehicles are gradually replacing internal combustion vehicles, making a significant contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, atmospheric pollutant emissions and noise pollution. Charging electric vehicles from a guaranteed renewable energy source further increases their environmental benefits. La Poste operates one of the leading fleets of electric vehicles in the world. Due to the size of its installed base, La Poste has participated in the deployment of a French ecosystem of electric vehicles and remains a source of proposals for its development (see the group’s participation in AVERE).

(1) Véhiposte is the group subsidiary that manages the vehicle fleet of the Services-Mail-Parcels business unit and part of that of GeoPost/DPDgroup.

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