NATIXIS - Universal registration document and financial report 2019

6 NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT Managing our direct environmental impact

Promoting sustainable mobility 6.5.5

revised since 2018: in the event of a peak in pollution involving restrictions on car usage, additional telecommuting days are granted, as are work-from-home authorizations for employees with the means to work remotely. The use of teleconferencing and videoconferencing has been rising steadily, notably with the roll-out of Easy workstations. Expanding bicycle infrastructure: Natixis has 650 indoor and outdoor bike parking spaces at its offices in Greater Paris. In addition, 15 of its 26 sites in Greater Paris have changing rooms with showers and lockers. Facilitating the use of electric vehicles: Parking spaces fitted with charging sockets have been installed, with 117 spaces available at the end of 2019 (an increase of 40 spaces since 2018). Encouraging the use of public transport and green modes of transport: Natixis encourages its employees to use public transport systems, which are widely available close to its offices. It reimburses 60% of employee travel costs. Since 2018, Natixis has also been reimbursing employee subscriptions to public bike-sharing services in full.

Mobility plan Since 2018, Natixis has stepped up its efforts to promote clean mobility, in accordance with the French Energy Transition for Green Growth Act of 2015, with the publication of an inter-company mobility plan for the Greater Paris region. Five other plans were also drawn up for the main French regions in which Natixis has offices. The inter-company mobility plan for the Greater Paris region involves more than 20 Group companies and 26 different office buildings, or some 18,000 employees. It enabled Natixis to take fresh steps to reduce the need for employees to travel and to support more environmentally-friendly forms of transport. Facilitating telecommuting and remote working to reduce business travel: Telecommuting is being rolled out gradually. As of the end of 2019, 5,478 members of staff telecommute, representing 54% of the Natixis scope in France. The telecommuting agreement has been

2019 KEY EVENT 2019 European Mobility Week

To mark European Mobility Week, Natixis hosted a conference on “The future of green mobility in the Deux Rives neighborhood”. The conference brought together stakeholders from the public and private sectors and addressed cycling, non-polluting means of transport and solutions planned in the 12th and 13th districts of Paris.

Car fleet management The environmental impact of the company car fleet is significant. Natixis and its subsidiaries have 321 company vehicles, which travelled over 6.5 million km in 2019. Natixis is therefore selecting more eco-friendly vehicles — in terms of both CO 2 and particulate emissions — under its car policy. The share of electric and hybrid engine vehicles in the bank’s car fleet increased substantially in 2019, to 96 vehicles, or 14% of the total fleet, compared to 9% in 2017. Under its car policy, Natixis only provides Senior Management Committee members with rechargeable hybrid vehicles respecting average CO 2 emission rates of 41.5 g/km. The average CO 2 emission rate of the fleet has stabilized at 115 g/km with the implementation of the new WLTP standard, under which car manufacturers are obliged to lower their vehicles’ CO 2 emissions. The fleet only has one diesel car, which will be returned in 2020.

Business travel policy Since 2011, Natixis’ business travel and expenses 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); 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, exceptional circumstances). Natixis also prefers that its employees use green taxis (hybrid vehicles) for business travel.

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