WORLDLINE_REGISTRATION_DOCUMENT_2017

Corporate Social Responsibility report Reducing our environmental footprint through eco-efficient operations [GRI 419-1]

The EU Energy Efficiency Directive (EED – 2012/27/EU) came into force on November 14, 2012 and is being progressively implemented across the European Union Member States. Worldline is following this directive and consequently has performed since 2015 all the energy audits across its major European sites and for business travel every four years in compliance with national registrations. Worldline has applied, as far as possible in the context of its data centers farm, all the recommended actions to improve its energy consumption.

The Book of Internal control (BIC);

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The Legal Risk Mapping.

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It must also be noted that extensive business continuity strategies have been implemented, resulting in the ability to provide services from different locations. These business continuity strategies can minimize the effects of local phenomena and aim to mitigate wider extreme natural events as well as other causes of disruption such as fires or civil disturbances. Under Atos initiatives, an impact valuation analysis of the environmental regulation was carried out in 2017. It has enabled to estimate the potential financial impact of a generalization of carbon taxes. Atos has also acknowledged the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and in particular the scenario analysis, taking into consideration different climate-related scenarios, including at 2 °C scenario. Worldline business activities with environmental impacts include, for example: data centers, offices, payment Terminals, business travel, and the solutions and services offered by the Group. All impacts are considered as challenges and are addressed through the Group's Environmental Program. Based on the detailed risk analysis performed within Worldline, an appropriate mitigation action plan has been designed to protect business activities: Climate change : In case of rising energy prices due to ● climate change, long-term contracts have been signed via the Atos group related to energy supply with a strong control of top management and the procurement department; Regarding natural disasters that can disrupt power supply ● in data centers, Worldline’s data center locations are chosen where there is no major risk of extreme natural events. In addition, data centers count with diesel emergency power tested on a monthly basis with fuel autonomy for some days in accordance with business service level agreements; Regarding changes in environmental regulation , ● Worldline complies with national and local environmental regulations governing energy efficiency. Worldline practices are audited by an outside company as part of ISO 14001 certification.

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Managing risks and opportunities

[GRI 201-2]

Improving the performance of Worldline’s environmental challenges enables concrete benefits and mitigates environmental risks. In particular, the energy efficiency and carbon reduction challenges are clearly seen as opportunities leading to alternative ways of working, improved internal processes, better operating efficiency and potential cost savings. The Company leverages business and environmental opportunities related to its customers’ environmental challenges. This is why Worldline constantly innovates and delivers digital solutions (smart solutions, green data centers and carbon neutral hosting) that help its customers tackle both their business and environmental challenges. In particular, Worldline’s carbon neutral services enable IT intensive customers such as banks to drastically reduce their Scope 3 emissions for the IT solutions they outsource with the Company. Worldline has three external environmental risks: climate change, natural disasters, changes in environmental regulations. The Company monitors them through different tools and processes such as: The Environmental Program action plans; ● The EMS (Environmental Management System); ● The Enterprise risk management Process (monitoring main ● risks that can impair the achievement of the Group’s objectives);

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Worldline 2017 Registration Document