NATIXIS -2020 Universal Registration Document

6 2020 NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT Managing our direct environmental impact

Support the use of public transport or soft transport Natixis encourages its employees to use public transport, which is well established near its Île-de-France sites, and reimburses up to 60% of transport costs. Since 2018, Natixis has also reimbursedemployee subscriptions to public bike-sharing services in full.

2020 KEY EVENT Employee survey on mobility and transport

In 2020, Natixis launched a survey of all its employees in France. The survey recorded a high participationrate (45%) with more than 5,500 respondents. This survey aimed to better understand employees’ habits and expectations in terms of home-workand inter-sitetravel. The resultswill be used to prepareNatixis’ futuremobilityplan as well as for discussions on the developmentof its buildings while meeting the new Mobility Guidance Act. The survey’sdiagnosishas already revealedseveral action levers that could be applied to encouragethe use of modes of transport with lower impacts on the environment, in particular the bicycle (conventional and electric) with the development of parking infrastructure and implementation oaf financial incentive.

Vehicle fleet Natixis has 325 company and service vehicles which traveled 4.4 millionkm in 2020 compared to 6.5 millionkm traveled in 2019, a decrease of 32%. Under its Car Policy, Natixis selects more eco-friendly vehicles – in terms of both CO2 and particulate emissions.

Thus, the share of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in the car fleet continued to increase in 2020 with a total of 65 vehicles, i.e. 20% in 2020 compared to 15% in 2019. In 2020, more than half of the cars renewed were replaced by electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles. These new vehicles meet an average CO2 emissions rate of 41.5 g/km. The average CO2 emissions rate for the Natixis vehicle fleet was 102 g/km in 2020.

Business travel policy In 2020, business travel by plane (-73%) and train (-84%) fesllharply compared to 2019, drastically impacted by the health crisis.

Business travel data (in km)

2019

2018

2020

Train (total)

2,157,105 4,302,819 6,459,924

7,853,749 27,441,201 35,294,950

12,053,828 33,790,223 45,844,051

Travel by air (total)

Travel (total)

economy class is compulsory for domestic flights, flights between V European countries and intercontinental flights of less than four hours; the use of taxis and the reimbursement of mileage expenses are V governed by rules on specific use (approval by manager, exceptionalcircumstances).Natixis also prefers that its employees use green taxis (hybrid vehicles) for business travel.

Natixis’ business travel policy has set out rules ensuring the safety and comfort of employees during business trips, while contributing to the policy of optimizing costs and managing the environmental impact of these trips. This policy applies to Natixis and its subsidiaries, excluding Financial investments in France. The subsidiaries and branches abroad establish travel rules that are consistent with the Group’s Worldwide Travel policy. This notably includes rules on business travel that has an environmental impact: when a destination can be reached by both rail and air, trains are V now compulsory for a number of destinations in France and Europe (depending on journey time);

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