Groupe Renault - 2020 Universal Registration Document

GROUPE RENAULT: A COMPANY THAT ACTS RESPONSIBLY

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF RENAULT ON APRIL 23, 2021

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

RENAULT AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

GROUPE RENAULT

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENT

With a measured noise level of between 68 and 70.5 dBA according to the old measurement standard and less than 68 dBA according to the new standard, Renault electric vehicles meet the external noise limits applicable starting in 2026 ten years in advance, thus contributing to the reduction of ambient noise and the quality of life in urban areas. In addition, they produce a net improvement in users’ acoustic comfort: the noise inside an electric vehicle is approximately 10 dBA lower than that of an internal combustion engine vehicle.

At the international level, the standards applicable to external noise of vehicles are most often inspired by European standards and adopted a few years later. The vehicles marketed by Groupe Renault outside Europe, which have noise levels comparable to their European versions, therefore often anticipate locally applicable noise standards by several years.

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Water consumption and quality EFPD8a EFPD11a D.

Objective

Status as of year-end 2020 New environmental objectives

Environmental objectives

set Deadline

Group

Reduce by 20% between 2013 and 2020 the Group’s external water supply per vehicle produced (1)

2016

2020

+4% (compared to 2013)

Reduce by 15% between 2013 and 2023 the Group’s external water supply per vehicle produced (1)

Manufacturing Reduce by 30% between 2016 and 2020 the quantity of toxic metals (metox) in the liquid effluents of the Group’s plants (2) per vehicle produced Reduce by 35% between 2013 and 2023 the quantity of toxic metals (nickel and zinc) in the liquid effluents of the Group’s plants (2) per vehicle produced Scope: all manufacturing sites and main Groupe Renault tertiary, logistics and engineering sites (reporting scope described in section 2.6.1.2), excluding RRG Commercial (1) Network and excluding AVTOVAZ, which is currently being integrated into the environmental reporting scope. Manufacturing sites in the consolidated scope excluding AVTOVAZ, see definition and calculation method in the methodology comments on liquid discharges in section (2) 2.6.1.2. 2016 2020 -33% (compared to 2016)

control the risk of accidental pollution of surface water by P installing the means needed to confine water from accidental spillages and that used for firefighting. Since late 2015, the Tangiers plant, designed not to discharge any industrial waste, has accordingly had a basin that enables it to confine any accidental pollution and avoid its discharge into the environment, and to purify rainwater drained on the site by decantation. Reducing industrial effluents Among measures used to meet its objectives of reducing water abstraction and the discharge of pollutants into the environment, Renault places a particularly strong emphasis on the recycling of industrial effluents: the wastewater generated by the manufacturing process is treated in a manner that allows this same water to be transformed into a resource of sufficient quality to be re-used in the same process. In the powertrain plants, the recycling of industrial effluents consists in separating the distillate (treated water) that can then be reintroduced into the process, from the concentrate (oily residue from evaporation) that will be directed to the appropriate waste treatment channel. In the body assembly plants, the recycling technology is more complex because the water used in the manufacturing process (surface treatment and electrocoating) must be of very high quality. The treated waste is subjected to a reverse osmosis process (a purification process using a membrane), then an evapo-concentration process (extreme concentration of waste through different evaporation stages), that enables the re-use of the majority of the water contained therein, in a purified form, within the industrial processes and minimizes the quantities of waste generated.

Preserving water resources is an ongoing concern for Renault, both to ensure long term supply and to reduce its impact on ecosystems. For this reason, the Group has set a goal of minimizing the impact of its activities on this precious resource through the implementation of the following five objectives: reduce water consumption at source P

WATER

as well as the quantities of wastewater through well-designed processes and optimized management. For example, vehicle surface treatment is one of the major causes of water consumption in an automotive plant. The cascade filling of baths (water from one bath is redirected to another that requires a lower level of purity, etc. ), stopping the rinse water flow between each body, and the presence of rinse manifolds between stages (which prevents the contamination of baths with impurities from the body) enable a reduction at source of the quantities of water used as well as the waste to be treated; reuse water where possible for the same use: cooling in a closed P circuit, increasing the lifespan of baths, etc. ; recycle water for other compatible uses, with or without P additional treatment. For example, the Sofasa plant (Colombia) recycles saline concentrates from reverse osmosis (purified) water to the flushing of toilets and the water curtains (air cleaners) of paint pits, which facilitates the reduction of the quantity of water consumed as well as that of waste discharged; minimize the impact of residual waste on the environment P through efficient and strictly controlled treatment processes;

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