NATIXIS - Universal registration document and financial report 2019

6 NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT Managing our direct environmental impact

Since 2019, all Natixis employees can track their printouts and the associated greenhouse gas emissions. Other indicators regarding e-mail use, business travel and energy use will soon be added to raise employees’ awareness of the environmental impact of their professional activity.

Digital serving ESR (Tech for Good) This last component of Natixis’ digital sustainability policy seeks to provide solutions for measuring the digital impact of Natixis’ business lines and its employees’ environmental footprint.

Developing green spaces 6.5.7

sharing its knowledge of the subject with other partner companies, V employees and project stakeholders. In June 2018, Natixis inaugurated the first shared kitchen garden run by its employees on a patio of one of its Parisian buildings. The kitchen garden was designed to take a circular, sustainable approach by using some of the biodegradable waste generated by the adjacent company canteen to make compost, planting organic plants, and excluding agrochemicals. Gardening workshops allow novices to learn new skills so that they can manage the garden, which improves employees’ quality of life at work and urban biodiversity in the neighborhood.

Consistent with the "Objectif 100 hectares" charter signed in 2017, Natixis committed to: developing urban farming and landscaping projects for both V existing and future Natixis buildings in Paris; promoting eco-friendly green spaces in built-up areas, contributing V to biodiversity and water management in Paris by banning the use of pesticides and saving water;

2019 KEY EVENT Developing new green spaces

In response to a request by employees, two new shared kitchen gardens were created in Natixis’ buildings in 2019 — one in Porto and one at the Liberté 2 building in Charenton. Employees were involved in designing the garden in partnership with a specialized firm, and were taught the basics of gardening and informed about the impact it would have on biodiversity.

In Frankfurt, for the past several years, Natixis has financed the planting of an orchard near the city which is home to many animals and plants. The fruit grown in the orchard feeds birds, insects and endangered wild bees, helping to preserve biodiversity in the region.

Lastly, several conferences around biodiversity were organized to raise employee awareness.

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