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In 2020, the EDF Group developed its ambitions during the five-year signature of the Paris Agreement for Climate... The EDF Group was one of the first to set, right from 2018, the objective to contribute to the achievement of the carbon neutrality by 2050 . In 2020, the EDF Group set new objectives to decrease greenhouse gases by 2030, including at the same time its direct emissions (scope 1) and its indirect emissions (scope 2 and 3).

With this in mind, EDF Group updated its Health and Safety Policy in 2021, and has set itself the overarching goal of eliminating serious accidents and fatalities by the end of 2023 . Deployed locally, this policy is binding on all Group companies and each of its employees and service providers. Energy is our future, save it !.

2018- Creation of ARIC, a subsidiary of Conergies-Group (co- owned by the EDF Group) ,whose objective is to become one of the market leaders in climate engineering and refrigeration. 2016- creation of the Ivorian subsidiary EDF-CI to consolidate the EDF Group's presence in Ivory Coast. 2016- ZOLA Electric (formerly Off Grid Electric), a leading American start-up in solar energy distribution in Africa, joins forces with EDF to create the jointly-owned company ZECI SAS, for the supply of off-grid solar energy.

EDF is one of the few companies that offers PhD students the opportunity to carry out their research and write their thesis gaining experience of the Group's business. EDF believes in academic research and the talent of young researchers .

EDF Group's Duty of. EDF Group's Duty of vigilance... Each year, according to Law N° 2017- 399 of 27 March 2017 on the Duty of care of parent companies and ordering companies, EDF SA draws up" a Duty of Care plan" and a report on the implementation of the previous plan that it publishes in its Universal Registration Document (URD 2020- chapter 3 6) .

The EDF Group received on May 11 2017 a unilateral put option agreement from PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (a company controlled by the Polish State and the main electricity producer in Poland), according to which the latter commits to buy all of EDF Polska assets (cogeneration and electricity generation).

In the Electric Utilities sector, EDF displays the score of 87/100 which reflects the group's performance on economic, social and environmental issues. EDF gets for the first time the top CDP Climate Change score of... EDF gets for the first time the top rating of A from the CDP Climate Change (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project) .

The Group's efforts have once again been celebrated through its inclusion for the fourth time in the Climate Change A list of the CDP, a non- profit making organisation that comprises the best performing companies in the areas of transparency and targets with regard to their carbon approach, as well as their commitment to the fight against climate change.

EDF acknowledges the decision of the Swiss company Centrales Nucléaires en Participations SA (CNP) (1) to terminate the contract whereby it is entitled to a percentage of the energy generated by the Fessenheim nuclear power plant (Haut-Rhin), a measure open to CNP under the contractual documentation.

The EDF Group is active in Cameroon via its participation in the Nachtigal Hydro Power Company (NHPC) project company for the construction of the Nachtigal hydroelectric dam on the Sanaga River, near Yaoundé... The EDF Group is present in Ghana with the company on the off-grid market for the setup and maintenance of solar kits for households living in rural and peri-urban areas.