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6 SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIETAL INFORMATION Sustainable and responsible value creation

In Phase 1, Group companies were evaluated for their level of responsibleprocurementand the Group’s CSR risks and opportunities were identified by procurement category. A panel of suppliers was also surveyed and asked to adopt a stance on Corporate Social Responsibility. Based on this preliminary diagnostic phase,a responsible procurement policy was developedby a workinggroup formed by the Real Estate & Services, SustainableDevelopmentand Human Resourcesdivisions of Groupe BPCE and the Advisory and Member Services, Real Estate Procurement& General Resources and Legal Services departmentsof BPCE Procurement. Engaging stakeholders with the responsible procurement policy This policy defines the Group’s responsibleprocurementapproachand the commitmentsof the procurementfunction,businessdivisionsand suppliers of Groupe BPCE. It was ratified in April 2013 after ordinary consultation of thecompaniesaffiliatedwith BPCEProcurement. BPCE Procurement Released This policy to its entire procurement function and business lines within the Group. National suppliers used by BPCE Procurementwere informed of Groupe BPCE’s expectations in terms of CSR commitmentsand performanceand these criteria are included innew calls for tenders. Applying the responsible procurement policy in daily procurement activities The Group’s procurement managers were instructed to apply and circulate this policy within their companiesand among their supplier panels with respectto the following areas: procurement process: the application of the responsible ● procurement policy was formalized in the various procurement processing tools through the adaptation or creation of new documentation (tender documentation, specifications, supplier

questionnaire with CSR self-assessment tool, bid response grid, price grid, bid selectionand evaluationgrid); procurement performance plan: the implementation of the ● responsible procurement policy is transposed into national and local procurement action plans (“Procurement Performance Plan”) and is based on four drivers: updating the statement of needs and its environmental impact, - guaranteeing optimaltotal cost, - expanding cooperation with suppliers, - working with stakeholders in the social and solidarity-based - economy. The objective is to integrate these drivers with initiatives on the national, regional and local levels based on the procurement performance plans developed by the procurement function (BPCE Procurement buyers and Group companies); supplier relations: BPCE Procurement evaluates its suppliers on ● their CSR performance using national listings. New suppliers are required to outline their CSR commitmentsusing a self-assessment questionnaireaccompanyingtheir tender documentation.National suppliers that are already listed are required to complete the self-assessment questionnaire and add it to the regulatory documentation database managed by BPCE Procurement. Procurementmanagers from the Group’s companies are instructed to distributethis questionnaireamong theirown supplier panel. For the purposes of the “developingresponsibleprocurement”project under the group’s CSR approach, a working group comprising Procurement and CSR managers defined an action plan with three priority objectives:optimizingthe environmentaland social impact of purchases, contributing to the economic and social development of the regions, and promoting best business practices. An extensive analysis was also conducted to determine a simple, measurableway to assess the CSR performance of suppliers in order to identify CSR risk and opportunities and to incorporate this performance into the overall assessmentof suppliers.

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Registration document 2017