NATIXIS // 2021 Universal Registration Document

ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 2021 Business line contributions to green and sustainable growth

2021 KEY EVENTS Natixis leads the arrangement of a green loan for the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the United States As part of the Vineyard Wind 1 project, which provides Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, will consist of a for the construction of the first large-scale offshore network of 62 wind turbines spaced one mile apart and wind farm in the United States, with an installed will generate 800 MWof electricity per year, enough to capacity of 800 MW, Natixis acted as the green loan power more than 400,000 homes. The fleet must arranger to finance the project amounting to reduce CO 2 emissions of more than 1.6 million tons per $2.3 billion. The wind farm, located 15 miles south of year.

Portfolio exposure to renewable and non-renewable energies per year in billions of euros

€ 4.42 bn

€ 2.48 bn

€ 2.52 bn

€ 1.35 bn

€ 1.07 bn

€ 0.89 bn

2021

2019

2020

Renewable energy: solar, wind, biomass, hydroelectric Non-renewable energy: coal, oil, gas, nuclear

The portfolio breaks down as follows:

Regional breakdown of the renewable energy portfolio (% of outstandings)

Sector breakdown of the renewable energy portfolio (% of outstandings)

3 % Other items (biomass, geothermal, etc.)

4 % France

2 % Hydroelectric

22 % Offshore wind

36 % Europe (excl. France)

46 % North & South America

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54 % Solar

20 % Onshore wind

13 % Asia, Middle East, Australia

2021 KEY EVENT Solek Group and Natixis close a financing for a portfolio of solar photovoltaic plants in Chile In March 2021, Solek Group and Natixis successfully schemecreated in 2005 to encouragebetter distributed concluded a loan of $85.2 million to finance a portfolio and more sustainable electricity production. This of solar power plants in Chile totaling 110 MW. Natixis project is part of the country’s objective to achieve an acted as sole lead arranger, hedging provider, bank installed electricity productioncapacity from solar and issuing LC and administrativeagent. These solar plants wind energy of 20% by 2025, and to strive for carbon will be operated under Chile’s special scheme for neutrality in the long term. small-scale distributed generation (PGMD) plants, a

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