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Corporate Social Responsibility report Integrating sustainability inWorldline’s business

This principle applies throughout the organization as Worldline ensures that its employees are trained to adhere to those standards for ethical business practices: to act honestly, fairly and with integrity in their daily work. Moreover, this principle is also endorsed within Worldline’s entire value chain including its supply chain, responsible operations and its involvement in developing local economies. Environmental The IT sector has grown very significantly over the last 10 to 15 years and is still a major energy consumer. Worldline believes that technological progress also brings valuable solutions for the responsible use of resources and more specifically energy. For example, Worldline seeks to improve its environmental performance by working to make its data centers carbon neutral. Worldline acts as a responsible player in terms of resource management and is conscious of its energy consumption and waste production, optimizing its use of resources with a special focus on cost reduction. This enables the Company to be environmentally-friendly by seeking every opportunity to save resources, while improving its bottom line.

financial profitability and value creation for all of its stakeholders while improving its responsible social and environmental footprint. D.1.1.2.2 To achieve its goal of integrating sustainability into its Business Lines and operations, Worldline's Corporate Social Responsibility strategy is based on three strategic focuses: to reinforce IT leadership to promote sustainability 1) Consolidating and improving Worldline's position in recognized sustainability rankings such as EcoVadis, Great Place to Work®, etc., as well as in extra-financial ratings for investors (Gaïa Index, OEKOM, Vigeo, MSCI, Sustainanalytics, etc.) requires constant attention on its part. This enables the Company to take on the non-financial performance challenge and consolidate its credibility in the market. The most recent CSR awards received during past months reflect the growing importance of Worldline’s commitment to sustainability matters worldwide. As a subsidiary of the Atos group, Worldline makes sustainability a component of its DNA through its corporate values, innovation, environmentally-friendly operational excellence, social responsibility and business development. Sustainability is part of Worldline’s innovation process, enabling the creation of new secured solutions in different fields of expertise such as energy and carbon management, social collaboration, public services, etc. By making sustainability part of its business and the IT transformation process, Worldline is convinced that its customers can better improve their organization, create new opportunities, encourage innovation and ensure competitive advantage. Worldline's goal is to gradually embed Corporate Social Responsibility in its employees’ everyday working life regardless of their culture or location. Continual efforts are made to bring all the regions within a consistent approach that strengthens Worldline’s position as a multinational company that takes into account local needs and concerns. Worldline is working in several partnerships and associations to develop its CSR performance. To stay abreast of the latest market trends and industry best practices, Worldline is an active member of three bodies recognized for their expertise in the field of CSR: United Nations Global Compact: Worldline joined the United ● Nations Global Compact, committing to improve human rights, to comply with employment and environmental regulations and fight against corruption. In this regard, Worldline is committed to contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations; Strategy to embed corporate responsibility at the core of 2) Worldline’s business and processes

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Vision, strategy and governance [GRI 102-13] [GRI 102-18] [GRI 102-19] [GRI 102-20] [GRI 102-21] [GRI 102-26] [GRI 102-27] [GRI 102-28] [GRI 102-29] [GRI 102-30] [GRI 102-31] [GRI 102-32] and [GRI 103-2]

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Vision D.1.1.2.1 As part of the Atos group, Worldline shares the same vision, strategy and governance. Nevertheless, strengthened by a long history of shared experience, strong corporate values and a wide footprint in markets, Worldline has developed its own Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) that are reflected in its solutions to its customers' needs. Therefore, Worldline set up its own CSR ambitions and commitments while aligning and remaining consistent with Atos policies. Like the Atos group, Worldline’s goal is to be recognized as a CSR leader in its industry, while being a European leader in the payments and transactional services industry, providing solutions to its customers to reinvent their models of future growth at a time of massive change that affects them financially, technologically, environmentally and socially. Worldline embraces the principle of shared value, which involves creating economic value in a way that also creates value for society by addressing its needs and challenges, in other terms, by connecting the Company success with broader social progress. Worldline’s ultimate mission is the pursuit of

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Worldline 2017 Registration Document

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