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

those of the vehicle body paint workshops (excluding paint for parts such as bumpers made of plastic materials and accessories). COMBUSTION-RELATED EMISSIONS OF SO2 AND NOX Over the past few years Renault has been conducting a large-scale program to replace fuel oil by natural gas at its production plants. The aim is to cut emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), nitrogen oxides (NO x ) and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). Since fuel oil is now almost no longer used at the Group’s facilities, the main focus is now on the modernization of gas boilers and the installation of low NO x emissions burners.

Air quality a) Manufacturing VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC)

Emissions organic compounds are monitored, and an action plan to reduce them is in place. This plan involves: disseminating the Group’s best P practices on the reduction in the consumption of solvent paint products and the associated emissions, led by the Group’s Paint from volatile

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AIR

SO 2 EMISSIONS

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Engineering department; implementing or replacing VOC-processing incineration facilities P where necessary. In 2019, VOC emissions per m 2 of painted assembled bodywork fell by an average of 1.5% (compared to 2018) for the Group as a whole, to 33.5g/m 2 . The actions to reduce VOC emissions during 2019 in the Group’s plants included: installation of new VOC incineration equipment on the P Sandouville, Douai and Valladolid sites; installation of robotic equipment for certain bodywork paint and P coating tasks, which enables much finer optimization of the quantities of products used; the continuation of the deployment of a sealant with very low P solvent content for applications within the vehicle passenger compartment and of the deployment of a new “Alliance” sealant with less solvent for exteriors; continuation of actions undertaken to improve the recovery rate P of used solvents at all sites (cleaning and purging solvents). At end-2019, 81% of vehicles produced were painted using paint with a water-soluble base (i.e., the solvent in the paint is comprised mainly of water).

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g SO 2 / vehicle produced

SO 2 in metric tons

Scope: all manufacturing plants and the main Groupe Renault tertiary, logistics and engineering sites, excluding the RRG Commercial Network (reporting scope described in section 2.6.1.2). Indicator audited by the independent third party at a reasonable level (√) of assurance: total SO 2 emissions for financial year 2019. NO X EMISSIONS (√)

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544

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VOC EMISSIONS

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530

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518

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510

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43.7

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494

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470

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460

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NOx in metric tons

Kg NOx / vehicle produced

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Scope: all manufacturing plants and the main Groupe Renault tertiary, logistics and engineering sites, excluding the RRG Commercial Network (reporting scope described in appendix 2.6.1.2). Indicator audited by the independent third party at a reasonable level (√) of assurance: total NO x emissions for financial year 2019.

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COV g/m 2

Scope: all body assembly and mixed Groupe Renault manufacturing sites (reporting scope described in section 2.6.1.2). The emissions counted are

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