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ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIETAL INFORMATION − HUMAN RESOURCES Act positively within communities and strengthen dialogue

3.5.8

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING AND AWARENESS RAISING ACTIVITIES

The assessments made turned out to be “satisfactory” or “acceptable with comments” in more than 80% of cases for audits and in nearly 40% of assessments. CSR audits enabled the detection of deviations on the following points: absence of waste sorting, including on supplier sites located in France; irregularities in the monitoring of workplace accidents, non-observance of working hours and absence of social security contributions (mainly suppliers located in China); absence of measures to reduce gender pay gaps; absence of upstream identification of CSR issues (social, societal, environmental, ethical, health and safety). Furthemore, these audits also made it possible to detect good practices and trends: sending of EDF’s Sustainable Development Charter by the approved supplier to its own suppliers and subcontractors; undertaking and implementation of monitoring and assessment procedures for their suppliers, even if the CSR criteria are still too under-developed. In this respect, for example, HPE, a computer supplier, is a member of the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), which is committed to supporting the rights of workers and communities that are affected by the global electronic supply chain worldwide. Suppliers concerned by “unsatisfactory” or “insufficient” assessments have sent EDF an improvement action plan. They corrected major environmental or social gaps as soon as possible. For suppliers in major risk segments, the results of audits considered as “unsatisfactory” or “insufficient” may lead to the termination of the contract. Supplier CSR scorings carried out show the need to implement wide ranging supplier awareness raising plans to improve skills within the CSR scope. The findings of the CSR audits revealed the main strengths to be in the following areas: setting up of a formal EMS (with certification) for HSE policies on the worker health and safety component, in particular accident prevention; regulatory monitoring; implementation of actions in favour of the disabled; training of employees (technical and CSR). In Group companies that do not use the Acesia platform, various assessment modalities are used. Dalkia periodically assesses suppliers based on an assessment grid including sustainable development issues. The results are shared with suppliers and improvement actions or audits are implemented if required. Edison uses a self-assessment platform that focuses on the ten principles of the Global Compact and is shared with other companies. Coal and uranium supply chain 3.5.7.4 With regard to coal, EDF is a founding member of Bettercoal, an initiative launched in 2011 that brings together energy providers, port institutions and coal-fired terminals. It is a mechanism that aims to promote the corporate responsibility of companies in the coal supply chain, particularly in mining sites, and to ensure that the fundamental rights (human rights, working conditions, worker and community life, protection of the environment) are respected. The operational approach focuses on a guideline that establishes ten corporate, environmental and ethical principles as a basis for supplier self-assessments and audits. Audit results are shared between members, in compliance with anti-trust principles. The bettercoal.org site publishes, in addition to its annual reports, updated information on the approach, particularly the list of companies and mining sites that have carried out self-assessments or been audited, and the list of bettercoal approved audit organisations. In the same logic of disseminating information, the minutes of bettercoal’s Consultative and Technical Committee meetings are circulated, as well as the composition of the Committee, whose members come from NGOs, international trade union federations, mining companies and energy producing companies. This Consultative and Technical Committee met three times in 2017. For uranium, see section 1.4.1.1.4 “The nuclear fuel cycle and related issues – upstream”.

For employees 3.5.8.1 At Group level, sustainable development training courses are primarily related to the environmental aspects of each business activity. They aim at developing the knowledge, skills and expertise of employees with respect to regulatory requirements and standards, to enable the environmental and health impacts of facilities and activities to be kept to a minimum. To this end, specific “environmental” training courses have been integrated into the “business” training syllabus and in the employee induction process. Specific actions to raise awareness about environmental protection are also deployed on sites for service providers and subcontractors. At the Sales and Marketing Department an in the subsidiaries (Dalkia, Citelum, etc.), federated into a Group level Academy of Energy Services since 2016, these courses mainly concern energy efficiency. Within the EDF SA scope, 3,262 employees took “environmental” training courses, representing a total of 31,391 training hours. To create a common platform of knowledge on sustainable development, training courses accessible to all have been included in the “Academy for all”, created in March 2017 to develop skills that are not directly related to the exercise of a specific function. These courses are either classroom based or e-learning based and concern the following themes: human rights, health and environment, protection of biodiversity, waste prevention and management, environmental management, renewable energies, etc. In the chapter on “sustainable development”, the Company training guidelines developed over a three year period by EDF SA, focused primarily on two areas of knowledge and skills: consultation with stakeholders and the taking into account of biodiversity in activities and projects. In these areas, the collective and cross-functional upskilling was organised to meet corporate social responsibility objectives and comply with the latest regulatory trends. These courses are intended for managers, project managers, and all employees concerned in particular by consultation with stakeholders and the preservation of biodiversity. In France, the “Sustainable development training and awareness raising” catalogue for managers and employees, accessible on the sustainable development communities and Functional Academies, groups together courses in themes that cut across all departments and subsidiaries. These include training in the new environmental regulations monitoring tool and the “ISO 14001 standard and its transformation” e-learning tool, designed in 2016, which were deployed in all departments in 2017. The “Responsible Purchasing” course has also been updated to include changes in regulations and standards. It is now intended for all those involved in the purchasing process from all departments and subsidiaries. A similar course has been developed at EDF ENERGY. In the United Kingdom, a new e.learning tool enables the refreshing of the skills of new arrivals and current employees in the area of sustainable development. It explains the advantages that sustainable development can bring to EDF ENERGY by taking into account all the guidelines of the “Better Plan”. The awareness of employees was also raised through communication actions focused on the Group’s six Corporate Social Responsibility Goals (CSRG). They have been distributed to Group managers and employees through media such as the Vivre EDF le Mag, Vivre EDF Group News, the "Vivre EDF On-Line" intranet, and through the sustainable development community. The objective of this community for the last five years has been to inform, raise awareness and discuss the key themes of the CAP 2030 strategy, the CSRGs, and all topics linked to sustainable development with employees. Accessible to all Group employees, since it was opened, the SD community has recorded nearly 1,000 articles/videos published, 235,000 visits, 524,000 pages viewed, for an average reading time per visitor of about 5 minutes. To convey news about sustainable development, the Group’s businesses and divisions, as well as outside news about the subject, a push mail is sent every week to over 2,500 Group employees who have asked to receive this weekly newsletter.

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