Orano - Annual Activity Report 2024 242 4 SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT Governance information Objective 2025 Indicators (GRI 205-2) ESRS Reference 2019 2022 2023 2024 Progress 100% of employees trained in ethics Percentage of employees made aware of ethics via e-learning (%) G1-1>10 n/o 66% 81% 75% n/o: not obtainable. The indicator has been published since 2022. Methodological precision: This indicator covers the entire scope of consolidation. It includes data from McClean (Canada). Calculations are based on human resources training files. It is calculated as the ratio of employees who have completed the “our code of ethics” e-learning module to the total number of permanent employees. 4.4.1.4 Political influence and lobbying activities A framework for the representation of interests The representation of interests to public authorities, commonly referred to as lobbying, is governed by laws and regulations which are specific to different countries and international organizations. In France, it is necessary to comply with the law relating to the representation of interests and the procedure in force applicable to any employee or corporate officer who contacts a person in authority in order to attempt to influence a decision. In France, the representation of interests is governed by the 2016 Sapin II law (law on transparency, the fight against corruption, and the modernization of economic life), which requires full transparency of actions carried out under certain conditions. Orano lists the actions carried out with the relevant public officials and declares them annually in the register of the High authority for transparency in public life (HATVP). Orano representatives falling within the scope of the regulations are regularly reminded of the rules and made aware of regulatory changes by the Public Affairs Department. In France, the activities involving the representation of interests carried out by Orano are subject to a declaration to the HATVP (https:// www.hatvp.fr/fiche-organisation/?organisation=330956871##). In Europe, the Orano office in Brussels is registered in the EU Transparency Register under number 348369030395-22. It operates with one FTE representing the group. In the USA, activities involving the representation of interests are also reported quarterly to the House of Representatives and the Senate, in accordance with the Lobby Disclosure Act (Senate ID # 401104355-12; House ID # 435500001). At the end of September 2024, the actions carried out in the USA focused on discussions on regulatory changes on nuclear operations and were carried out with the Senate, the House of Representatives, the DOE (Department of Energy) and the NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission). The terms of office of the members of the Board of Directors ongoing or having expired in the last five years in any organization (including public administration) are specified in Chapter 5 (Section 5.1.1.2). No political funding as a conduct guideline Regarding the funding of political parties, no group company funds or provides services to a political party, a public servant or candidate for such a post. Notwithstanding this, in OECD member countries, where such corporate contributions are legal, contributions to election campaigns could be made in accordance with current legislation in the State concerned. Such contributions should be subject to the written consent of the corporate officer of the subsidiary concerned, who will make a point of minimizing them. In 2024, no group entity made a political contribution. Public positions taken in France on the circular economy In 2024, the Orano group defended its interests with the French government agencies, both in terms of its fuel cycle activities and the development of its new activities in nuclear medicine and electric battery value chain. As an introduction, the Orano group defends the proper inclusion of nuclear energy and the challenges of the fuel cycle in the lowcarbon transition and the achievement of our collective energy transition objectives to government agencies. On fuel cycle activities, the Orano group has raised awareness among government agencies, parliamentarians, administrations and ministerial cabinets, on the need to perpetuate the strategy for processing and recycling used nuclear fuel after 2040 and to define its industrial and financing methods. With this increased visibility on the future of back end of the cycle activities, the corresponding investments for future plants can be made, for the benefit of energy sovereignty, the circular economy and the environment and economic development. Concerning the group’s nuclear medicine activities with Orano Med, Orano asked the government agencies to set out the conditions for its investments and industrial facilities in France for its drugs under development. At the same time, Orano promoted its activities in the recycling of electric batteries and the manufacture of active cathode materials (CAM) and their precursors (P-CAM) as well as their industrial deployment in the Dunkerque region, by requesting financial support from the French State.
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