Groupe Renault - 2019 Universal Registration Document

RENAULT: A RESPONSIBLE COMPANY

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF RENAULT ON APRIL 24, 2020

GROUPE RENAULT

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

RENAULT AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

ENVIRONMENT

ANNUAL IMPACT OF FLUCTUATIONS IN MATERIAL PRICES ON THE GROUP’S OPERATING PROFIT € million

100 200 300 400

331

02

148

134

86

61

-600 -500 -400 -300 -200 -100 0

-55

-148

-324 -356

-359

-394

-509

2019

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Renault is a partner of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation The Ellen MacArthur Foundation works with businesses, universities and decision-makers to promote circular economic models and develop the scientific and managerial knowledge required for their adoption and to advise on the potential for economic and environmental benefits. A founding partner of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Renault helps to fund it, contributes to the Foundation’s work and events

(annual reports, case studies, Circular Economy 100 business network) and undertakes to develop activities based on the principles of the circular economy. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation supports Renault in raising the awareness of its employees and takes part in in-house studies at both managerial and operational levels, with a view to implementing circular economy in the Group’s business.

For more information about the Ellen MacArthur Foundation: www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org.

The circular economy activities of Groupe Renault and its subsidiary Renault Environnement enabled the creation or preservation of €219.8 million in technical and economic value during the 2019 financial year, up €45.7 million compared to 2016 and in line with the aim of an €100 million increase between 2016 and 2022, of which: €15.6 million in electric vehicle batteries repaired and reused in P vehicles or refurbished and resold for second-life applications, or +€9.8 million vs. 2016; €70.4 million in closed-loop recycled materials reused for the P production of new vehicles: metallic waste from automotive plants and materials extracted from end-of-life vehicles, such as precious metals (platinum, rhodium, palladium) contained in catalytic converters, polypropylene bumpers and copper from electric wiring, as well as textile production scraps (seatbelts and fabric), or +€27.3 million vs. 2016; €133.8 million in automotive parts from the circular economy P (refurbished parts taken from end-of-life vehicles and remanufactured powertrain parts) and second choice new parts (end of series), or +€8.6 million vs. 2016.

TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC VALUE OF PARTS AND MATERIALS PRESERVED IN THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR THROUGH CIRCULAR ECONOMY ACTIVITIES (1) 15.6

5.8

250

15.6

9.0

200

+45.7 M€

43.1 5.8

70.4

78.4

150

100

133.8

125.9

125.2

50

0

2019

2016

2018

Repair, refurbishment and second-life use of electric vehicle batteries Materials closed loop recycling within the automotive sector Automotive parts from the circular economy (remanufacturing, refurbished parts, etc)

The method of calculation of the indicator is presented in Annex 2.6.1.1.C. (1)

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