Orano - Annual Activity Report 2025 168 4 SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT Environmental information For the CCM7.7 activity, only buildings subject to RE2020 regulations are considered by Orano as aligned. Orano has developed a climate change adaptation plan to ensure that it remains able to operate and maintain the group’s activities within their current safety, security, and environmental benchmarks. All hazards relevant to the group’s activities have been analyzed. Climate projections and impact assessments were based on best practices and guidance available in scientific publications using DRIAS models and IPCC RCP (Representative Concentration Pathway) 4.5 and 8.5 scenarios (see Section 4.2.1). Other Taxonomy-related measures monitored by Orano Orano’s commitments, its Nuclear and industrial safety, Health, Occupational Safety, Radiation Protection, and Environment policy, and the environmental management systems of its entities aim to prevent any significant risk of harm to the environmental objectives of the Taxonomy, namely mitigation, climate change adaptation, sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources, pollution prevention, and protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems. Since 2004, the group has been committed to a program to reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions, thereby contributing to the global objective of climate change mitigation. A precious natural resource, water management is at the heart of Orano’s environmental and societal concerns. Since 2004, the group has been committed to continuing to reduce its water consumption (see Section 4.2.2.). Rigorous monitoring of water quality and regular studies are carried out internally and by specialized design firms to demonstrate that the quantity and quality of aquatic ecosystems are not impacted by its activities. These challenges are anticipated from the design stage through impact studies. Orano uses various chemical substances for its activities, the use of which it undertakes to limit. Orano is also committed to limiting environmental discharges and preventing uncontrolled spills into the natural environment. Orano uses substances that meet the criteria of Article 57 of the REACH Regulation, some of which are identified as SVHC (Substance of Very High Concern according to article 59.1 of REACh), and certain articles containing substances subject to required authorization in its production processes. Orano is studying alternative products, including in new programs. The group does not manufacture or market substances subject to authorization under REACH. Orano has registered three substances as a producer under the REACH regulation: nitric acid, hydrofluoric acid and hydrazinium nitrate. The group does not manufacture, market or use persistent organic pollutants (POPs) listed in Annex 1 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 or mercury. Orano does not manufacture the substances listed in Annex 2 of Regulation (EC) No. 1005/2009. The group redevelops mining sites at the end of their operation, cleans up and decommissions end-of-life nuclear sites in order to declassify them. The policies and actions related to these topics are described in Section 4.2.4.2. The protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems is an important issue for Orano described in its Biodiversity Strategy structured around three areas: ● preserving nature by reducing our sources of pressure; ● living alongside the biodiversity present on our sites and nearby; and ● promoting local biodiversity and reporting on our actions on the subject (see Section 4.2.3.3). Each new project or major modification of industrial facilities is subject to an environmental impact study that includes an “avoidreduce-offset” type analysis on biodiversity. The group considers that it does not harm the six environmental objectives. Minimum safeguards Compliance with the minimum safeguards criterion is based on the group’s commitment to protect human rights (as described in Section 4.3.1.6), to fight against corruption, influence-peddling, fraud (including tax fraud), and anti-competitive practices. Orano has implemented a vigilance plan (Section 3.4) and a Human Rights policy, disseminated the Code of ethics and business conduct, and has implemented controls to ensure their proper application. Orano monitors and publishes the vigilance plan measures and an assessment of their effectiveness (Section 3.4). Orano’s Human Rights policy, which complements the Code of Ethics, defines the group’s commitments in terms of respect for the fundamental rights and individual freedoms of its employees, the application of the highest standards in terms of health and safety, managing resources responsibly, and preventing any negative impact its activities may have on the rights of local communities living near its sites. Orano trains all its employees in its Code of ethics and business conduct, which sets out the principles and rules to be followed on a daily basis in its relations with its stakeholders, in terms of protection of people, the environment and assets, as well as in the conduct of business. The group also has an anti-corruption and prevention of influencepeddling program described in Section 3.3.5.1 and Section 4.4.1. This program includes a whistleblowing mechanism made available on the group’s website to report any breach of regulations or internal rules of conduct. With regard to taxation, Orano scrupulously complies with the laws and rules in force in the countries where it operates. A Tax Department establishes and monitors the group’s tax policy. The group’s tax issues are presented in Section 3.3.5.3 Tax issues. Orano operates in compliance with minimum safeguards.
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