NATIXIS - Universal registration document and financial report 2019

6 NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT

Business line contributions to green and sustainable growth

2019 KEY EVENT Thematics AM launches a water strategy

The Thematics AM water strategy invests in companies in the water sector that are addressing the global imbalance between supply and demand for this essential resource. The fund primarily invests in listed companies whose growth is linked to protecting water resources, improving water use efficiency and developing infrastructure (drinking water supply, waste water collection and treatment, rainwater management). The fund’s assets under management amounted to $148 million at year-end 2019.

Development of natural capital structured products 6.3.3.4

reduce pressure on water resources; V manage water pollution risks. V

Natixis worked with Euronext to create the Euronext ® Water & Ocean Europe 40 EW index. This index, which is based on a holistic methodology, has a balanced sector allocation in order to better meet the challenges related to water. An impact report comparing performance with the benchmark will be produced each year.

In 2019, Natixis developed a range of Water and Ocean indices that encompass the challenges and risks relating to water resources and the preservation of marine ecosystems. This methodology addresses both consumption and pollution in sectors in which these issues are material. The impact of companies’ activities is analyzed in terms of their efforts to: solve water-related problems with equipment or services; V

Development of the circular economy 6.3.3.5

Several working groups have been created, including one to estimate the goodwill in buildings that are part of the circular economy, during their construction or renovation. Work has also been completed to share best practice for buildings in use and to factor reuse into Building Information Modeling (BIM).

AEW chairs the Circolab non-profit created in February 2018 to promote the circular economy in the construction and real estate sector and in particular to encourage the reuse of materials via various initiatives: publication of reuse guidelines, promotion of best practices, development of shared tools, creation of an ecosystem of real estate sector players. Circolab currently has around sixty members (public and private sector contracting authorities, construction firms, building materials manufacturers, project managers, and associations).

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