NATIXIS -2020 Universal Registration Document

6 2020 NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT

Business line contributions to green and sustainable growth

Exclusion policies Societal exclusion policies: Natixis has adopted exclusion policies for sectors and issuers that do not respect certain human rights and fundamental principles of corporate responsibility. DNCA, Ostrum AM, Mirova, Seeyond, Thematics AM, Ossiam and Natixis Assurances apply these commitments to their investments, in full compliance with their fiduciary duties towards their customers. The following sectors and issuers are excluded: controversial weapons; V tobacco (1) ; V companies deemed the worst offenders (which do not observe the V principles of the United Nations Global Compact or the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises) (2) ; blacklisted countries (those on the FATF list or under US or V European embargo).

Voting and engagement policies Ostrum AM, Mirova, Seeyond, DNCA, Thematics AM, Dorval and Ossiam place shareholder engagement at the center of their responsible investor approach. Ongoing constructive dialog is established with the companies in which the fund managers invest to encourage them to take better account of environmental, social and governance issues in their strategic planning. The voting and engagement policies are based on two complementary principles: individual ongoing engagement by using voting rights and V maintaining dialog with issuers; collaborative engagement alongside other investors aimed at V raising awareness of the importance of ESG among issuers, government authorities and regulators. In 2020, DNCA supported two new commitmentsrelated to climate change (CA100+ and the CDP SBTi campaign), while Ostrum supported several new commitments on the traceability of livestock supply chains (3) .

2020 KEY EVENT Mirova and Ostrum call for a gender equality action plan Mirova, OstrumAM, Amundi, AXA IM, La Banque Postale AM and SycomoreAM, representingnearly €3,000 billion supports a voluntary

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November 2020 the “30% Club France Investor Group” in order to promote greater gender diversitywithin the governingbodies of SBF 120 companies.The objective is

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to increasethe representationof womenon the SBF 120 are deemed insufficient). governing bodies to reach at least 30% by 2025. The

After performing preinvestment ESG audits, Naxicap Partners systematically includes an ESG clause in its shareholders’ agreements. This clause includes a commitment to implement a detailed action plan and provide regular information and responses to ESG questionnaires(120 indicators). In addition, Naxicap Partners works with the management of the companies in its portfolio to establish a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change. In 2020, Naxicap set up a ESR Committee to assess the degree of progress of the ESG action plans and the support needs of portfolio companies. This systematic and regular review of the portfolio aims to better target short- and long-term equities and to provide investment teams with an ESG mappingof the companies in the portfolio. Dependingon the results and where applicable,more

operational support is offered to these companies, whether conducted by the Naxicap ESG team or by external servicperoviders. In terms of voting policy, the Asset Manager regularly participates in General Meetings of companies in which the investment vehicles under management have holdings. Failing this, Naxicap Partners grants powers to other shareholdersof the Company for the purpose of representing it. When monitoring investments, Alliance Entreprendre is committed to supporting and advancing investments on ESG topics through regular discussions with senior executives, particularly within governancebodies (Supervisory Board, Board of Directors, etc.).

Solidarity investment 6.4.1.4

Natixis offers a range of SRI and solidarity-basedemployee savings plans via Natixis Interépargne, a pioneer in responsible, solidarity-basedemployee savings. Natixis Interépargnewas the first company to offer its customers responsible and solidarity employee share ownership plans (SRI and Finansol certified respectively), even before it was legally required to do so.

Natixis Interépargne(NIE) is committed to sustainabilityas a pioneer in employee and retirement savings in France with over €35 billion in assets under custody. Amounts managed by Natixis (via Natixis InvestmentManagers)alone account for nearly 25% of this market in France, which is estimated to be worth €136.6 billion at June 30, 2020 by the French Asset Management Association (AFG).

Except at Seeyond, and only for certified funds at DNCA. (1) Except at Thematics AM, and only for index funds at Seeyond. (2) /https://www.fairr.org/article/global-investor-engagement-on-meat-sourcing/ (3)

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