SOMFY - Annual Financial Report 2020

03 NON-FINANCIAL STATEMENT

Below is the breakdown, by main sources of emission, on which the implemented action plans are based:

A second priority is the integration of the circular economy: through eco-design – which aims to make the products more – energy efficient, through the use of raw materials – by promoting the use of recycled materials and by improving their sustainability. These aspects make up the criteria for awarding eco-design certification to the Group’s products – Act for Green; in the factories, through initiatives aimed at reducing rejects and – at collecting and recycling waste; in Europe, end-of-life products are collected and processed – under the WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Directive. These collection and processing initiatives are organised by environmental organisations with which Somfy has contracts in different countries of the European Union. In general, Somfy contributes to the implementation of the circular economy through its involvement in professional organisations such as the FIEEC (1) , IGNES (2) and the Technical Committee 111 (3) .

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Direct purchases Product use Transportation Mobility Other Energy Indirect purchases

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Somfy Activités SA’s environmental policy and governance are derived from the Group’s policy. The impacts and risks are identical to the Group’s.

In addition, the emissions of the Somfy Activités SA’s sites account for 14% of the total emissions of the sites.

II. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF OPERATIONS

1. Description of the risk

The operations at the Group’s industrial sites involve assembling metal and plastic parts to create finished products. These assembled products use processes such as embedding, screwing and clipping. These operations do not use water or effluents, or products likely to cause discharges into the air, soil or collection network. Similarly, these assembly operations are unlikely to generate noise in the vicinity or use water. The volumes of water reported are therefore exclusively related to the daily non-industrial consumption of the sites. This explains the relatively low volumes used and retreated. As a result, the impacts of Somfy’s industrial operations identified are as follows: global warming; – depletion of natural resources and the impact on biodiversity; – environmental pollution by the sites (water, air, soil, waste, noise). – On this last point, given the nature of the Group’s industrial assembly activities and the associated risks, the issue is marginal and does not require any specific measures.

FIEEC: French Federation of Electric, Electronic and Communication Industries. (1) IGNES: French Association of Digital Power and Security Engineering Industries. (2) INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION Technical Committee 111: Environmental standard for electrical and electronic products and systems. (3)

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SOMFY – ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT 2020

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