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Additional information and cross-reference tables CSR Information

Continuous improvement 2.1.2.3 The Saint-Gobain Group has taken a voluntary and progressive approach to enhancing the reliability of its social data, through: continuous exchanges of information with the human ■ resources managers in each country and of the activities in France and also with the reporting contributors to ensure proper understanding and application of the rules for calculating the social indicators defined in the Group’s doctrine, available in French and in English. the choice of indicators, in the interests of stability to ■ ensure the reliability of comparisons over time, as far as possible; the annual submission of a selection of social data for ■ external assessment; strengthening of the controls implemented at each ■ collection and consolidation level; automation of collection, by a growing number of ■ interfaces between Shared Service Centers (SSC) and Smart’R, to ensure reliability and continuous improvement in data quality. Smart’R’s purpose is to collect data from payment systems at the end of each month. Since the closing payment dates are different depending on the countries, some indicators are solely calculated over 12 rolling months in order to accommodate the potential discrepancies emerging from these different closing dates. Data consolidation 2.1.2.4 The reporting process is organized into four stages: monthly incorporation into Smart’R of interface files ■ originating from Shared Service Centers and questionnaire for non-interfaced entities; collection of the annual social data in questionnaires, ■ performed by contributors at company level. This represents additional data not present in Smart’R, such as indicators regarding social relations ( e.g. number of agreements signed); verification and consolidation within the Group’s Social ■ Affairs Department; the reporting allows spreadsheets to be generated as ■ management tools for the Group’s Human Resources Department and at all levels of the structure, both at company and regional levels. Absenteeism and temporary indicators 2.1.2.5 Absence or temporary employment data of certain entities are sometimes difficult to collect in view of local contexts. Absenteeism rate is therefore calculated over a more limited scope than that of the annual social reporting campaign.

Absenteeism rate is expressed as a percentage and corresponds to the total number of hours of absence over the total number of theoretical hours worked. The reasons for absence taken into account in this indicator are absences for illness, absences relating to occupational accidents (or travel), absences due to strike and unjustified absences. Authorized or anticipated absences ( e.g. leave, family events) are not included in this indicator. In some countries, entities have been excluded from the indicator’s calculation because of the lack of data explained by a variety of reasons (no interfaces, local regulation, etc.). The following countries are concerned by this exclusion: United States, Canada, Colombia, Ireland and Switzerland, as well as non-interfaced entities with less than 500 employees. The temporary employment rate is expressed as a percentage and corresponds to the total number of hours worked by temporary employees out of the total number of hours worked for the Group. Temporary employment does not include subcontractors and service providers. In several countries, entities were excluded from the calculation of the indicator due to lack of data for various reasons (local regulations, accounting difficulties, etc.). This year, one entity in Norway, one in France and one in the Netherlands were excluded from the temporay employment rate. Training indicators 2.1.2.6 The scope is that of the Smart’R entities interfaced with payroll, i.e . 94.6% of the total workforce. Difficulties and restrictions 2.1.2.7 The main difficulty lies in the variety of countries in which the Group is active. The guidelines for the calculation of social reporting indicators are distributed each year to contributors, but the indicators are sometimes interpreted according to local contexts (national laws or practices).

EHS reporting 2.1.3 Basis 2.1.3.1 Scope of reporting

The EHS reporting covers 1,369 entities corresponding to all the Group’s facilities. All entities belonging to consolidated companies in which Saint-Gobain held a stake of 50% or more at balance sheet date are monitored. This includes, where possible, facilities that came on-stream or were acquired during the year, excluding facilities that were closed or sold. The entities are defined by the type of establishment according to the following categories: factory, sales branch or group of stores, office, warehouse, Research and Development Center, mines and quarries, building site.

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