Orano - Annual Activity Report 2024 153 SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT 4 Environmental information 2024 IN ACTION: GHG emissions at the la Hague site down by 40% since 2019 On the Orano la Hague site, numerous actions have been carried out to considerably reduce the site’s scopes 1 and 2 carbon footprint, in particular through the implementation of an Energy Performance Program (EPP) including the replacement of fuel oil boilers with electric boilers, thus reducing GHG emissions (scopes 1 and 2) from 93,000 metric tons in 2019 to 58,000 metric tons in 2024. To go further, in 2024 the site began actions to stop the centralized production of superheated water, which will ultimately reduce the site’s energy consumption by 5%. The replacement of the fourth and last boiler is also planned in the coming years. Mobilization to reduce scope 3 in partnership with the suppliers This work continued in 2024 with concrete action on: ● the collection and analysis of the decarbonization ambitions of more than 100 of the group’s suppliers, representing 50% of the footprint of purchases of goods and services; ● the study of “low-carbon” calls for proposals on certain strategic projects; ● specific support for 10 targeted SMEs. The Responsible Purchasing policy, finalized in 2024, specifies the actions implemented and their monitoring. The “Reducing the environmental impact of our purchases through the commitment of suppliers and the circular economy” pillar aims to extend Orano’s commitment to the environment to its Upstream value chain. For 2025, continued work is planned to pursue the eco-design of future projects, in particular by making better use of “low-carbon” calls for proposals and continuing to collect specific information from our suppliers. Specific actions for the decarbonization of transport The “Logistics” items account for 5% of the group’s scope 3 emissions, including 3% for the transport of goods and 2% for business and home-work travel. Although not very significant, Orano is committed to the decarbonization of its logistics operations as a player in nuclear logistics, as a contractor and as an employer. Since 2021, the Nuclear Packages and Services Business Unit, a nuclear materials transport operator, has been offering its customers the carbon footprint of its transport services as well as low-carbon alternatives when possible. Orano NPS acquired STSI, acquiring rail resources as well as new operational platforms in France and Belgium. This acquisition allows the development of the road and rail transport of nuclear materials. It offers customers in France and Europe an optimized, broader and more integrated range of transport services. Orano NPS is also working on extending the life of its packaging in order to reduce the need for resources and the carbon impact. The DPS2D (Decommissioning and Waste Strategic Planning) Department includes the carbon criterion in the study of the mode of transport of radioactive waste as part of the CIGEO project. Discussions are underway to extend it to the management of the group’s nuclear waste. A working group on the eco-mobility of business and homework travel has proposed a strategy adopted by the Executive Committee. This approach is based on three areas: the electrification of the Orano vehicle fleet, business travel and employee mobility. Since 2021, the group’s company vehicles have been systematically replaced with electric or hybrid vehicles. At the end of 2023, nearly half of the Company car fleet fell into this category. Regarding the fleet of service vehicles, the rate of electric vehicles meeting the Taxonomy criteria increased from 3% at the end of 2022 to 13% at the end of 2023 with the continued replacement of the fleet and the electrification of vehicles at the Orano la Hague site. This rate did not increase in 2024. The group’s objective is to reach 100% by 2030 for the light vehicle fleet in France. The evolution of the fleet is accompanied by a plan to roll out electric charging stations at the group’s sites in France. With regard to the mobility of its employees, measures have already been implemented in several group entities, such as the provision of public transport for employees of the la Hague site, and incentives for the use of public transport at its head office via more employer-paid transport passes or promotion of local car-sharing applications. In 2024, the group worked with its social partners to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from homework transport for its employees. Greenhouse gas emissions targets The group’s targets are presented in Section 4.2.1.4 A continuous and renewed effort on our carbon footprint . The group took into account the expectations of its stakeholders in their development. The reference year, 2019, was chosen when the first greenhouse gas emissions reduction target was set for 2020. It is not fully representative of the group’s activities because the Tricastin and Malvési sites were operating at a slower pace due to the renewal of production plants. Gross scopes 1, 2, 3 and Total GHG emissions Results in line with the objective In 2024, Orano’s scopes 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions amounted to 333 ktCO2e (location-based) and 289 ktCO2e (marketbased), split approximately 50% between scope 1 and scope 2. 63% of the impact is related to mining activities.
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