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Multichannel Customer-supplier relationship using at least two channels such as physical points of contact (stores, advice centers, exhibition venues, etc.), the web, email, or mobile platforms.

assesses and approves corporate targets to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy. Scope This term refers to the three main families of an organization’s greenhouse gas emissions, as defined by the international standard of the Greenhouse Gaz Protocol. “Scope 1” corresponds to direct emissions; “Scope 2” corresponds to emissions related to the production of the energy used; “Scope 3” corresponds to the direct but also indirect emissions of the organization’s various stakeholders - suppliers, service providers, customers - in its value chain upstream and downstream of its activity. SMAT or Safety Management Tool Methodology used for safety inspections. Solutions for growth Program that consists of analyzing all the products and services offered by Saint-Gobain and quantifying their ability to provide its customers with performance benefits and to contribute to sustainable development. Stakeholders A company's stakeholders include all the individuals and organizations that participate in its economic life, observe it, influence it, or that it influences in a more or less direct manner. They are grouped into two main categories, internal stakeholders and external stakeholders. Working Group on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures, which aims to improve corporate climate-related financial transparency. The TCFD encourages economic players to publish information on how climate-related opportunities and risks are taken into account in governance, strategy, risk management and indicators and metrics used. Transform & Grow Saint-Gobain Group transformation plan, launched in January 2019 and completed at the end of 2020. Organization dependent on the United Nations, created in 1972, with the aim of coordinating the activities of the United Nations in the field of the environment and assisting countries in the implementation of environmental policies. V Value chain A chain of interconnected activities that each develop a more or less strategic and important value for the company by integrating upstream (suppliers) and downstream (customers and other stakeholders). Value creation model Georaphical representation of the way in which a company creates value for itself and for all its stakeholders, using resources and relationships, integrating its mission, vision, strategy and approach to the allocation of resources. T TCFD or Task Force on Financial Disclosures U UNEP or United Nations Environment Program

N Net Zero Carbon

Balancing between CO 2 emissions and absorption. At company level, the carbon neutrality standard covers its emissions across its entire value chain (see “scopes” below). O OPEN or Our People in an Empowering Network: Saint-Gobain’s human resources program. P Principles of Conduct and Action These nine principles constitute the Saint-Gobain's Code of Ethics. They refer explicitly to the applicable conventions of the International Labor Organization (ILO), the International Charter on Human Rights and the Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises with regard to the fight against corruption of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). PEE (Plan d’Epargne Entreprise) Company Savings Plan PEG ( Plan d’Epargne Groupe ) Group Savings Plan R R&D : Research and Development REACH or Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of CHemicals European regulation that provides for public access to information on the substances to which they may be exposed. The corresponding database is managed by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). SDGs are the 17 interconnected priorities set by the United Nations to promote economic and social development with respect for people and the planet. They were adopted in September 2015 by the UN as part of the 2030 Agenda. They address challenges related to poverty, inequality, climate, environmental degradation, prosperity, peace and justice. SBTi or Science-Based Targets initiative The result of a collaboration between CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, the World Resource Institute (WRI), the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and one of the commitments of the We Mean Business coalition, the Science-Based Targets initiative defines and promotes best practices in science target setting and independently S SDGs or Sustainable Development goals

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