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6 SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIETAL INFORMATION Responsible internal practices

Creation of women’s networks Created in 2012, the women’s network of Groupe BPCE (“ Les Elles de BPCE ”, or “The Women of BPCE”) currently has a membershipof 403 women and 29 local networks, subsequent to mergers of group companies. In line with the HR policy promoting gender equality, these networks are valuable forums for discussion and mutual assistance. The creationof the “Elles de BPCE” blog in 2016 broughtthe networks together in a shared platform, while promotingthe network’sactions and sharing internal and external expertise. More than 15,000 visits have been logged since the blog’s creation. In 2017, the Group continued the mentoring sessions organized by “Les Elles de BPCE”, during which women can meet with a representative of the Group Executive Management Committee and speak with the company Directors Management team. The training program and data collection on female employees holding directorships were also continued. In 2018, the group will consider creating awebsitefor director vacancies. A STRONG COMMITMENT TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES In 2017, Groupe BPCE continued to support the employment of persons with disabilities in accordance with the agreements signed with the Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne professional employee representative networks, which were renewed for the 2017-2019period. It is the leading bank in terms of its overall rate of employmentof personswith disabilities. Groupe BPCE notably developed initiatives designed to encourage direct and indirectemployment, with forexample: sourcing initiatives to help companies with their recruitment ● (participation in the TalentHandicap and Handi2days recruitment fairs in March and October respectively, presence on professional social networks like Talentéo and handicap.fr); the involvementof all business functions with the organizationof ● two regional PHARE (responsible procurement and disabilities) symposiums to identify and select regional service providers that can meet the companies’requirements.A third symposiumwas held in the Alsace Lorraine Champagne region on April 25, 2017. A directory of EAs (adapted companies) promoting the professional integration of disabled persons, and ESATs (establishmentswhere persons with disabilitiescan work in special conditions)specialized in these functionswas drawn up to mark the event and distributed to the Group’s companies. The group also entered into a partnership in 2017 with the UPTIH ● (professional union of independent workers with disabilities), and another with TIH-Business, a platform that matches independent workers with disabilities and companies created by the UPTIH to allow its members to find clients and develop their business. This partnership is helping to increase the indirect employment rate while promotingthe use of independent workers with disabilities.

of Directors, gradually rolling out mentorship programs among companies in the local regions, and holding internal events to encourage new mentors to get involved, etc. Since 2011, a total of 384 sponsors have mentored 1,251 young people, with more than 544 having signed a permanentor fixed-term employmentcontract of more than6 months.

LABOR RELATIONS

Organization of labor dialog at the Groupe BPCE level Dialog with employee representatives at the Groupe BPCE level is carried out throughtwo bodies: the Group Committee, a body for information, discussion and ● dialog, which met three times in 2017. The topics addressed included the economic situation and the financial and social audit of the Group’s accounts, prepared in advance by the economic and employment/trainingcommittees. This year, the Group Committee also specifically examined the presentation of strategic guidelines for 2018-2020, providing an opportunity to share thoughts and ideas with the President of the BPCE Management Board; the Strategic Planning Committee, provided for by the GPEC ● agreement of January 20, 2015, which met three times in 2017 (February, March and July). Much of the Committee’s time was spent on the presentation of the transformationof local banking activities, with the participationof the unions sitting on the joint committees of both branches during the meeting inMarch 2017. Collective bargaining agreements Most of the collective bargaining agreements are the result of negotiations conducted at the local level of the Group’s companies. The agreements signed in 2017 covered the following main topics: employee savings, mandatory annual negotiations, employee representative bodies/trade union law. For the Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne branches, amendmentson the operationof joint committeeswere signed in July to reflect the provisionsof the Act of August 8, 2016 on employment, modernizationof social dialog and career security. Furthermore, the mandatory three-year negotiation on training resulted in the signing of new agreements in September/Octoberin both branches,which incorporatedthe changes brought about by the Act of August 8, 2016, applying in particular to the “compte personnel d’activité” (career development rights). October also saw the second measurement of union representativeness,in accordancewith the Act of August 20, 2008. In the Banque Populaire branch, five unions exceeded the minimum thresholdof 8% to be recognizedas representative(CFDT, CGC, UNSA, CFTC and CGT). In the Caisse d’Epargne branch as well, five unions exceeded the minimum 8% threshold (UNSA, CGC, CFDT, SUD and FO).

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

Since 2010, the Group has worked with the Our NeighborhoodsHave Talent (Nos Quartiers ont des Talents) non-profit to promote the employment of young graduates under the age of 30 who have at least four years’ higher education but come from priority neighborhoodsor disadvantagedsocial backgrounds.The Group takes various initiativesin this area: participatingin the non-profit’sBoard

Improving quality of life in the workplace All Group companieshave set up systems for managing psychosocial risks.

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