SOMFY // 2022 Annual Report

03 NON-FINANCIAL STATEMENT

BECOMING A CITIZEN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

ENCOURAGING SOCIETAL COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT

SOMFY encourages local initiatives in terms ofsocietal commitment to environmental issues, both through itsteams and its Foundation.

Focus on SOMFY ACTIVITÉS SA In 2022, SOMFY ACTIVITÉS SA renewed its support for the EcoTremplin competition, organised by the Alpine radio station “Radio Mont Blanc”, as a partner in the social and solidarity category, which rewards the region’s most virtuous company in this area. SOMFY supports the winner with the development of their project and the radio station finances a communication campaign to raise awareness of it. SOMFY is also a founding member of the Green association, which works with industrialists in the Arve Valley to encourage local economic players to act rather than just pay taxes. SOMFY finances 40% of the association’s budget, for educational initiatives and spin-off and prototyping projects on environmental issues. For its part, the SOMFY Foundation is working to build a better world for future generations. A world where everyone has access to healthy and sustainable living spaces that respect people and the environment. Its scope was extended in 2021 to include the environmental aspect, enabling it to take part in public interest projectsbenefiting the environment. Its first major environmental initiative is the restoration of 10 of the 70 hectares of Magland’s communal woods ravaged by a storm in 2019. 60 employees in the Arve Valley participated in the planting of 1.7 hectares over two days in November 2022 and SOMFY is committed to maintaining this young forest for five years alongside the ONF - Agir pour la Forêt fund. In the subsidiaries, this commitment to the environment is implemented locally. For example, in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, 23 employees were involved in cleaning up a park near the subsidiary and planting trees. In Poland, 11 employees took part in a tree-planting operation. In Mexico, 10 employees participated in a sustainability day. These projects are often carried out with the support of the SOMFY Foundation, with 21.7% of solidarity days dedicated to environmentalinitiatives in 2022.

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SOMFY – ANNUAL REPORT 2022

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