NATIXIS - Universal registration document and financial report 2019

NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT Managing our direct environmental impact

Business travel data (in km)

2018

2017

2019

Train (total)

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

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

11,849,431 34,037,268 45,886,699

Total travel by air

Total travel

In 2019, business travel has decreased significantly, particularly given the change in scope (SFS subsidiaries which are no longer taken into account) For urgent courier services in the Paris region, the Real Estate and Logistics Department offers access to a bicycle courier service for Digital sustainability 6.5.6 Given the high level of digitization throughout Natixis’ business lines, digital sustainability is a key challenge for Natixis. The information system has a very high environmental and social impact throughout the life cycle of its IT hardware: consumption of energy and natural resources, greenhouse gas emissions, waste management, and service accessibility.

distances of less than 3 km. In 2019, 49% of courier services were provided by bicycle couriers, representing a total distance of over 11,418 km traveled (compared to 4,000 km in 2017). Abroad, Natixis in Milan has also implemented a bicycle courier service.

Following an initial review in the Green IT report organized by WWF France and the Green IT Club, Natixis decided to implement a structured Digital Sustainability policy with announced aims, dedicated governance and a comprehensive action plan.

2019 KEY EVENT Natixis signed the Institut Numérique Responsable (Institute for Digital Sustainability) charter By signing this charter on June 4, 2019, Natixis confirmed its commitment to digital sustainability within its organization, with five fundamental principles:

to optimize digital tools to limit their impact and consumption; V to develop inclusive, sustainable services that are accessible to all; V to foster ethical, responsible digital practice; V to make digital measurable, transparent and clear; V to facilitate the emergence of new behaviors and values. V

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As part of the optimization of its IT equipment, Natixis enabled the re-use of nearly 7,000 office devices with organizations specialized in the re-use of IT equipment and donated over 1,500 mobile phones, tables and laptops to charities and hospitals. Natixis has been taking steps to keep its IT-related power consumption in check and thanks to more responsible purchasing, its new equipment uses less energy. The implementation of extended workstation standby settings, which began in 2019 with the aim of reducing user electricity consumption by 40%, is continuing in all buildings in France and around the world. Responsible eco-design (Green by Design) The IT Department aims to be able to offer digital services that fulfil Natixis’ social and environmental commitments while meeting its business lines’ requirements. For example, this involves designing infrastructure responsibly without compromising security, or ensuring we retain only the required data, without losing sight of our regulatory obligations. To find the right balance combining efficiency and simplicity, Natixis’ IT teams will have to be innovative, unassuming and agile.

In 2019, the IT Department focused its digital sustainability policy on reducing its direct impacts, ensuring responsible design for its digital services, and promoting new, clear, innovative solutions to address Natixis’ social and environmental challenges. Reducing the impact of digital (Green for IT) This first pillar of the digital sustainability policy aims to reduce the impact of digital with more responsible purchasing, optimized life cycles for IT equipment and reduced energy consumption. Managing and containing growth in Natixis’ stock of IT equipment has been one of the key challenges facing the Infrastructures Department in recent years. This has meant focusing on reducing the number of devices in stock and using equipment to its full potential. The use of technology such as virtual servers, resource overallocation and data compression means that infrastructure growth can now be absorbed without significantly increasing the number of devices required. The number of applications used by the bank has increased 2.5-fold since 2015, while the quantity of data center equipment has shrunk by 5%. In 2019, the IT Department extended the length of use of employees’ business smartphones by at least one year, which will generate savings of 58 tons of CO 2 equivalent in 2020.

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