NATIXIS - 2018 Registration document and annual financial report

6 NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT Strategic outlines and organization of the ESR policy

The ESR team has eight permanent members of staff backed by a network of correspondents and works in coordination with BPCE’s Sustainable Development Department. To further its analysis and oversee the implementation of its ESR strategy, the ESR team regularly holds an ESR Steering Committee, attended by around twenty senior managers from the main business lines and corporate functions. This Committee discusses ESR best practice for the development of products and services and for internal operations. A network of 200 ESR correspondents spans all business lines and corporate functions to apply ESR action on the ground and serve as local ESR representatives. The correspondents from Natixis’ business lines (Corporate & Investment Banking, Asset & Wealth Management, Insurance, Specialized Financial Services) take part in business forums aimed at developing ESR in the business lines, while correspondents from the corporate departments (Real Estate and Logistics, Human Resources, Compliance, etc.) are involved in projects to incorporate sustainable development in the Company’s operations. Natixis’ ESR strategy is based on a set of international agreements and consultations within the banking industry, including: the United Nations Global Compact since 2007; a the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) since 2007; a the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment a (UN-PRI) since 2008; the Equator Principles since 2010; a the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises; a the Green Bond Principles and the Social Bond Principles (ICMA); a the Climate Bonds Initiative; a the Diversity Charter since 2009; a the Responsible Purchasing Charter since 2017. a In 2018, Natixis also decided to involve all its business lines in measures to preserve biodiversity by joining act4nature, an initiative bringing together French businesses from all sectors of activity. Under this initiative, Natixis has undertaken to incorporate nature in its business strategy and to take real action to provide solutions to preserve and restore biodiversity, ensure that natural resources are used sustainably and that the benefits derived from nature are distributed fairly. In 2018, Natixis endorsed the UNEP-FI Principles for Responsible Banking, reflecting its commitment to aligning its strategy with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and the ESR COMMITMENTS 6.1.4

In this context, the Corporate & Investment Banking has established a Green & Sustainable Hub. This operational hub comprises experts who help issuers and investors all around the world by offering them solutions and expertise in green and sustainable financing. Its expertise extends to all asset classes: structuring and origination of loans and investment solutions in partnership with the business lines, which have appointed Green Captains, and in coordination with the ESR Department. ESR correspondents have also been active in Asset Management for several years (for example at Mirova, Ostrum Asset Management, and AEW Europe) as well as in the Insurance business lines (Natixis Assurances, BPCE Assurances), and in the Specialized Financial Services business lines (Natixis Lease, Natixis Interépargne). ESR correspondents have been appointed in the overseas offices in 2018 to apply the ESR policy in all geographies.

Paris Agreement on climate change. This is a natural extension of its pledge to make a real positive contribution to the environment and to society more broadly. Natixis is also a member of the French Observatory for Corporate social responsibility (ORSE) and of Finance for Tomorrow (Paris Europlace) and as such participates in work to promote responsible finance. Internationally, Natixis actively contributes to industry-wide green finance initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region through the Hong Kong Green Finance Association.

Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The 193 member states of the United Nations adopted the SDGs at the Sustainable Development Summit in New York in 2015. The SDGs form the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, a set of 17 global targets aimed at combating inequality, exclusion and injustice, fighting climate change, protecting biodiversity and ending extreme poverty. Mindful of its role in achieving these goals, Natixis has identified 11 SDGs to which it already makes a material contribution that is set to expand in the years to come, through financing and

investments or in its own daily operations. The following table provides some examples.

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