2019 - 2020 edition

Our social Employees of McClean Lake at the adjacent and environmental commitments Pat Lake after completing their shift at the site, Orano Canada CONTENTS Editorial by Philippe Knoche CEO of Orano Orano in brief 04 Key figures for 2019 Our activities and locations In 2020, Orano is a group now transformed group. We have redefined our corporate PROFILE Our value creation model and with the solidity it needs as a key mission and updated our priorities. We Our vision for 2025 contributor to the production of low- have broken down the main challenges A step further towards a stronger commitment carbon electricity. In 2019, the into strategic goals which contribute to commitment of each and every one of our meeting the UN's Sustainable 16,000 employees worldwide enabled us to Development Goals. maintain a high level of safety at our 20 22 44 nuclear facilities while delivering The fight against climate change is of expected economic results. In the context course one of our leading priorities. OUR COMMITMENTS A governance Tend towards of a major health crisis due to Covid-19, Starting from this year, we are going to leveraging carbon neutrality this commitment shown by our teams has work at an increasingly fast rate to also enabled us, whilst continuing to make optimize the contribution we can make in the best standards the health and safety of our employees our this area: ranging from our own carbon absolute priority, to maintain business neutrality and the reduction of our continuity in our activities contributing to emissions to those of our customers. We the production of electricity: conversion will also continue to operate safely and and enrichment of uranium, fabrication of competitively with a reduced 50 60 fuel from recycled uranium, shipments of environmental footprint while nuclear materials and support services for contributing to development in the the nuclear fleet and fuel cycle facilities. territories where we operate. Last but least, Operate efficiently Proud and our business plan puts innovation at the while reducing committed The group has demonstrated the resilience heart of our strategic choices to preserve our footprint employees of its industrial model, it is now committed natural resources and to develop solutions to being even more proactive in looking for in the area of healthcare. solutions to protect the climate and the environment and to foster economic The success of this policy of commitment development. Indeed, with the growing within the Company will be measured in number of crises now being faced, I am terms of impact. It will rely on the 70 76 convinced that companies have a central mobilization and the competence of role to play. They must make fundamental Orano's people. Every day, they continue to Innovate to preserve Engaged and social, societal and environmental operate cutting-edge industrial facilities resources and protect responsible commitments, and they must contribute to and invent the nuclear technologies of the protection of natural and human tomorrow. Every day, they work alongside health locally in our resources which are increasingly under our stakeholders to identify and environment threat. Orano is ready to do this. Orano is implement internationally recognized committed to doing this. solutions. I am particularly proud to work 86 alongside them and am confident in the It is in this spirit that we have been future of our group, which is now entering OUR RESULTS Indicators working together for the past 18 months a new chapter in the industrial history of GRI content with the Executive Committee, the Board Orano. Reporting parameters of Directors and all the managers of the

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04 05 PROFILE Orano in brief Key figures for 2019

Orano transforms nuclear materials so that they can be used to support the € 3,787 M € 29.9 Bn Revenue Order book, equivalent to development of society not almost 8 years of revenue only in the field of energy but 33% Mining 48% France also in research into nuclear 24% Front End 10% Europe excl. France medicine. 42% Back End 26% Asia-Pacific 1% Other 15% North & South America TOP 3 1% Africa and Middle East Globally The group offers products and services with in our key activities high added value throughout the entire nuclear Our values fuel cycle, from raw materials to waste treatment. 16,000 employees active worldwide Safety Its activities, from mining to dismantling, as well Declaration of events as in conversion, enrichment, recycling, logistics Safety classified on the INES scale and engineering, contribute to the production of

low-carbon electricity. Orano is also developing 7 – Major accident With off-site risk activities in the medical field to help in the 1,264 6 – Serious accident development of cancer treatments. 5 – Accident Without Recruitments on permanent significant off-site Leading by example, integrity, contracts including 1,082 in 4 – Accident risk responsibility Events declared by France Orano 3 – Serious incident 0 2 – Accident Of no significance 7 1 – Anomaly from the point Our ambition 132 of view 22% 0 - Deviation of safety Continuous improvement of women among staff (compared to 19% for the industry) Make nuclear an ever more reliable and competitive source of energy.

Transform nuclear materials so that they can be Customer satisfaction used to support the development of society, 1.8 0.84 mSv particularly by way of recycling. Frequency rate Average dose over 12-month for occupational accidents 2019 period Remain the world's leading player for the for employees of Orano Cohesion and team spirit production and recycling of nuclear materials, (0.5 mSv for sub-contractors) waste management and dismantling.

Continue to reduce our carbon footprint and CO2e pursue a policy of being a responsible industrial Respect and people development 450 kt -61% player. Direct and indirect Greenhouse Gas reduction in direct and indirect (GHG) emissions (Scope 1 and 2) (Scope 1 and 2) Greenhouse Gas emissions since 2004

06 07 Our activities and locations Orano and its 16,000 employees bring to bear their expertise and their mastery of cutting-edge technology, as well as their permanent search for innovation and CONVERSION AND RECYCLING OF unwavering dedication to safety, to serve MINING their customers in France and abroad. ENRICHMENT OF USED NUCLEAR URANIUM Our mining activities cover the FUEL Countries in which Orano is present On the strength of its unique integrated exploration, production and France (Headquarters) industrial platform and some of the Thanks to the performance of its La commercialization of uranium Germany most modern facilities in the world, Hague and Melox plants, the only ones worldwide, as well as the remediation United Kingdom with the Philippe Coste conversion of their kind to operate on an industrial USA of former mining sites. Orano is one of plant and the Georges Besse II scale, Orano is able to position itself as Canada the world’s leading producers of enrichment plant, Orano is recognized key international player in the Niger uranium. Gabon across its entire market for its technical processing and recycling of used Namibia skills and its processes at the cutting nuclear fuels. Kazakhstan Katco (Kazakhstan), Orano Canada (Canada), edge of innovation. Mongolia Uzbekistan Somaïr (Niger), Cominak (Niger), Badrakh Japan Energy (Mongolia), Comuf (Gabon), Bessines Orano Tricastin (France), Lea (France), Orano La Hague (France), Temis (France) China (France), Orano Namibia (Namibia), Nurlikum Orano Malvési (France) Orano Melox (France) South Korea Mining (Uzbekistan)

ORANO MED NUCLEAR DISMANTLING ENGINEERING PACKAGES AND AND SERVICES SERVICES Orano Med, a subsidiary of Orano, is a Right across the nuclear fuel cycle, With 50 years of experience, Orano is a Engineering activities are focused on company that combines biotechnologies Orano provides its unique expertise in leading supplier of operations support markets in engineering consulting, project and nuclear technology to develop new the design, approval and services for nuclear sites (on-site owner or prime contractor assistance, therapies in the fight against cancer. manufacturing of casks, as well as the logistics, specialized maintenance, design and execution engineering, startup conducting of transport operations, radiological safety), radioactive waste and operations support for plants. They whether over land, by sea or by rail, management, and the dismantling of serve both the group's own activities, as coupled with the very highest level of nuclear equipment and facilities at the well as external customers, in France and risk management. end of their lifetime. abroad.

Saint-Quentin (France), Triade (France), Trihom (France), Bessines-sur-Gartempe (France), Orano TN, Orano LMC (France), Equeurdreville (France), Marcoule (France) Plano (Texas – USA), TN Americas & TNF (USA) Bagnols-sur-Cèze (France), Orano Projects (UK) 08 09 PROFILE Our value creation model Orano has genuine assets to meet all these challenges:

• an uncompromising safety culture, Orano transforms nuclear materials so that they • a customer portfolio that is unique in the nuclear sector, can be used to support the development of society • recognized industrial expertise and modernized facilities, not only in the field of energy but also in research • leading technologies and expertise that is unique in the world, into nuclear medicine. • people who are recognized for their skills and their commitment, and their ability to overcome challenges.

ASSETS AND RESOURCES ACHIEVEMENTS AND RESULTS

HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL • 16,000 employees active worldwide, 22 % • 1,264 permanent appointments in 2019 of whom are women • 733 work/study trainees in 2019 • 5.4 % of employees are persons with disabilities • 37 hrs training per employee per year in France • 4 training schools: the “École des Métiers”, • Workplace equality index of 84/100 in 2019 the Management Institute, the Mining College and Trihom 1st step 2nd step of conversion INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL of conversion Enrichment • 1116 employees trained in ethics and compliance Orano Malvési Orano Tricastin • More than 20 innovative technological solutions at the end 2019 deployed on sites Storage of recyclable materials • Depleted uranium, More than 30 POCs (Proofs of Concept) underway INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL reprocessed uranium, etc. • 20 business innovation explorations in progress • • Approx. € 100 Bn invested globally in R&D Mining – Processing More than 170 collaborations with start-ups to meet • More than 40 years of collaboration with the CEA Natural uranium concentrate the energy challenges of tomorrow Orano Mining • 10 partnerships with universities, with the integration of new skills such as Design INDUSTRIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL • 470 recognized multidisciplinary experts CAPITAL Fuel • 10 % of French nuclear-generated electricity fabrication comes from the recycling of used fuel INDUSTRIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL • A major player in the low-carbon transition making CAPITAL it possible to offer, thanks to its contribution, one of the technologies with the lowest carbon • A local presence on 4 continents emissions (12 g CO /KWh) • 3 major industrial platforms in France (La Hague, 2 Tricastin, Melox) SOCIETAL CAPITAL • € 550 M of industrial investment on average per year Recycling – MOX fuel fabrication Nuclear power plants • € 4.5 M of investment in communities by the Mining Electricity production Orano Melox activity in 2019 in the areas of health, access to water, training and economic development SOCIETAL CAPITAL • 1,122 jobs created as the community revitalization • More than 50 years presence in our countries of plan in France between 2017 and 2019 operation : as close an involvement as possible over time ECONOMIC & SHAREHOLDER CAPITAL ECONOMIC & SHAREHOLDER CAPITAL • 8 years worth of revenue as order backlog • More than 3/4 of capital held by the French State • Responsible management of activities: € 8 Bn of guaranteeing stability of governance Processing of used assets dedicated to covering the entirety of our • A clear governance structure with 4 specialized fuels Cigéo project obligations relating to the future dismantling of our committees made up of recognized experts in Orano La Hague Intermediate-level long-lived / nuclear sites their area high-level waste

10 11 PROFILE For our Listen to expectations, risks stakeholders and opportunities A group committed to Discussing our goals with our stakeholders is At the start of 2020, the group decided to do one of commitments as part of being a contributing to its first materiality analysis. Nearly 160 "A big thank you responsible industrial player. Orano takes managers and 130 external stakeholders to our stakeholders advantage of various opportunities created to its ecosystem were interviewed to identify expectations, listen to and learn from the dialogue. risks and opportunities. The lessons learned for their confidence.” from this exercise have been taken into account in thinking about the group's future SHARED VALUE Orano is committed in its governance to commitments, and are anchored in its 130 55 respecting the principles of bodies of which it is strategy. not necessarily a member or to which it is not a stakeholders Internal direct signatory. interviewed interviewers OUR APPROACH TO Orano is a member of: • The World Nuclear Association (WNA), MATERIALITY ANALYSIS Customers & Partners • The French Nuclear Industry Association (GIFEN), Materiality (a specialist term which can also be TESTIMONIALS • FORATOM, understood as "relevance") defines what can • The French Nuclear Energy Society (SFEN), have a significant impact on a company, its • The World Association Of Nuclear activities and its capacity to create financial Maryline BRETON Employees & Representatives and non-financial value for itself and its Operators (WANO), Officer for CSR and Local Economic • stakeholders. France Chimie, Development • France Industrie, Orano La Hague • The International Council on Mining and The Orano materiality analysis was conducted in several phases between January and Government & Authorities Metals (ICMM) via its subsidiary Orano "CSR means thinking outside the usual Mining. September 2020: • Consolidation of issues, boundaries as an "extended enterprise". It is • Identification of stakeholders, then essential to listen to your stakeholders to • Internal consultation, understand their expectations and the • Consultation with our stakeholders, associated issues. In practice, between May and Shareholders & Investors • Analysis and sharing of results. July 2020 for the La Hague site, we interviewed 24 of our stakeholders including This is a first for Orano, the results of which are representatives of the State, local authorities, shown in detail on the next page. Above all, it associations and suppliers, as well as elected provided an opportunity, which was much representatives: an approach demonstrating Sub-contractors & Suppliers appreciated both internally and externally, for greater openness which was very much constructive and caring dialogue with our appreciated and which was extremely valuable Orano supports: ecosystem. not only in terms of the information it provided • the principles of the UN Global Compact, on areas for improvement but also in terms of • the OECD Guidelines for Multinational sharing information that was useful to both Elected & State Representatives Enterprises, parties. • the fundamental conventions of the International Labor Organization (ILO), • the Extractive Industries Transparency Gilles RECOCHE Initiative (EITI), VP, Responsibility, Engagement • the principles of the Global Reporting & Communication Public & Communities Orano Mining Initiative (GRI). Local residents & communities "Having a dialogue with stakeholders Those playing a role in creating jobs means knowing who they are, recognizing and local development them, and building and maintaining a Relations with schools & young people FIND OUT MORE relationship of trust between us." Find the complete analysis Relations with the media & associations on our website 12 13 PROFILE Our materiality matrix SHARED PRIORITIES The safety and security of operations and transportation is a priority that the organization and external stakeholders have in common and this is something over which it is perceived to have good control. Transparency, information and ethics are The proper management of "Health, safety and also shared priorities. There is deemed to be radiation protection" is also a priority shared by IMPORTANT PRIORITY room for improvement on transparency, external stakeholders and by the organization. ISSUES ISSUES particularly concerning the ease with which This is understood to apply not only to our employees, but also to our sub-contractors and Safety and Security of operations, information can be found in reports published including transportation by the group. suppliers, and to local residents,

Reduction and recovery of waste Transparency and information STRONG EXTERNAL EXPECTATIONS Economic development of territories where we operate Occupational In the environmental domain, even though our In the societal domain, the "economic health and safety, stakeholders recognize the contribution that development of the territories in which we radiation protection nuclear makes to the fight against climate operate", the "support for local training and Environmental performance and End-of-life Business ethics and change, they place the emphasis on "the employment" and "dialogue and consensus- eco-design of projects management behaviors reduction and recovery of waste", "the end- building" are deemed to be important issues for Support for training of sites of-life management of sites" and "the and local employment our stakeholders and ones on which there is room environmental performance and eco-design for improvement, in this way expressing a desire of projects", thus expressing a desire to see for Orano to have more of a role in communities Industrial and managerial the question of processed final waste, in terms of development of skills and Dialogue and innovations, R&D Consensus Building responsible behavior in the closure of sites, as employment, Health and respect Contribution to the fight against well as an overall concern to save resources Operational climate change for local performance and limit the impact of operations and of new "Technological and managerial innovations" communities projects. There is thus deemed to be room for are the issue which is most frequently cited Social Risk management improvement in the way these topics are taken externally, in particular as an element contributing dialogue Continuity of into account by Orano. to sustainability of activity. operations Well-being of employees and Responsible Quality of Life purchasing at Work

Diversity

Importance for Stakeholders for Importance and INTERNAL SENSITIVE ISSUES inclusion The "contribution to the fight against climate change" and the "well-being of employees and Reduction in water quality of life at work" are ranked as more Preserving consumption biodiversity important internally than externally. Energy performance of operations This is also the case for all of the economic and governance issues (except for Reduction of GHG emissions from Transparency). operations

A STARTING POINT

The results of the materiality analysis have Importance for Orano been shared with the Executive Committee and managers of the group in order to be fully taken into account in the new roadmap for Fundamentals Social Governance societal and environmental commitment. Environment Societal Economic 14 15 PROFILE

Work commenced on the assessment of Scope 3 A step further Greenhouse Gas emissions at the end of 2019 and is continuing into 2020 in order to identify towards a stronger commitment areas for reduction. This exercise provides the opportunity to gain an understanding of the mechanisms of climate change and the levers that we can work on through our actions and our An approach supported by the Executive decisions. Co-construction workshop, Orano Projets (France) Committee and co-constructed with teams and Katco (Kazakhstan)

The CSR Engagement Department, reporting to the Senior Executive Vice President, Health, Safety and the Environment (HSE), a member of 1,300 the Executive Committee, is piloting a year of co- Managers given awareness training These sessions in particular were an opportunity construction with managers of the group to and mobilized in less than 6 months to assert the group's desire to contribute to the define the group's future societal and UN's 2030 agenda for sustainable development. environmental commitments anchored in its strategy. They also mobilized the internal community of "Change Masters". MOBILIZING TO DEFINE OUR FUTURE COMMITMENTS FOCUS ON CHANGE MAKERS At the end of 2019, the Executive Committee and The criteria for assessment of projects and 200 managers from all entities of the group took AND CHANGE MASTERS investments have also been reworked to take part in a process to raise their awareness of the In order to assist with its transformation, Orano societal and environmental impacts into account new strategic, societal and environmental goals for has trained 300 managers in the best change in line with our strategic goals. These are Orano between now and 2025. management techniques. These agents of gradually going to come into more widespread change, referred to as "Change Makers" and use. The process of co-construction continued into 2020 with 1,300 managers taking part in digital "Change Masters" are mobilized on cross- company projects, the purpose of which is to All of these projects will make it possible to workshops, held in parallel to the materiality formulate a corporate mission and updated analysis and despite the exceptional situation in write a new page in the group's societal and environmental commitments. societal and environmental commitments at the order to gain an understanding of external trends, start of 2021. the group's societal and environmental goals and the state of progress to date, and to think about the group's corporate mission and actions to be TESTIMONIALS taken for the years to come.

Carine PIQUET David OHAYON Vice President, China Business Operations Senior Vice President, Fuel Cycle Business Line Orano Projets Orano Nuclear Packages and Services

"Within Orano Projects, we organized co- "Taking part in this project as a Change Master construction workshops to put our roadmap from the very outset through to the group's together with our managers. These workshops were corporate mission and ambition being made held during the lockdown period, with good clear was an enthralling adventure. My mobilization among managers under the leadership involvement in the application workshops within of the Management Committee. We saw strong my Business Unit allowed me to emphasize an commitment to the approach which made it possible in-the-field aspect of the approach by bringing to look to the future and involve everyone's in the each and every one's efforts and initiatives into business plan. In the specific context of lockdown, line to form a collective project." this approach also enabled us to take a very major step forward in our digital transformation."

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Through its strategic goals, the group intends to structure its contribution and its actions, with a Our vision for 2025 societal and environmental ambition that is commensurate with the challenges and expectations to be met, without forgetting about the fundamentals of performance and development. Our significant contribution … Taken into account in our 5 strategic goals to key global challenges …

Develop The IPCC scenarios confirm that in order to limit global competitive and low-carbon warming to 1.5°C and continue to live in a viable world, Communities access to electricity for all in a without being the only solution, nuclear power is a vital By being engaged and responsible locally in our environment world fighting against climate component. The Paris agreement on climate change envisages a sharp reduction in the CO2 emissions and the change European Union has set itself a target of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 and Orano intends to play a part in this collective mobilization. Climate +1° By tending towards carbon neutrality increase in temperatures on average Electricity is an essential commodity, the cost of which has (Source: IPCC) to remain affordable, and this is something of that is of major societal importance for all countries and to assist with electrification of the economy. Orano is convinced that nuclear energy is a competitive form of energy which has its Competences place in the ecological transition. By mobilizing proud and committed employees

Protect resources via Natural resources are not available in infinite supply. Orano is convinced that the recycling of nuclear materials is a Customer growth recycling responsible and sustainable approach as part of the circular economy. The French nuclear industry was one of the first to By innovating to preserve resources and protect health recycle using spent fuel reprocessing, which reduces the volume of waste and saves materials. This know-how could be extended to the recycling of other strategic resources. Cash By operating efficiently and reducing our footprint Contribute to the fight against Materials are a source of energy that has the capacity to save cancer thanks to nuclear lives. Orano is contributing to the development of alpha medicine therapy treatments for use in the fight against cancer.

Our contribution to the 6 Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are goals defined by the United Nations to create a better future and express a collective awareness of the need for a sustainable society.

At the end of 2019, Orano's managers made the group's contribution to the 6 goals a matter of priority and over the years to come this will be translated into concrete actions to be taken as part of our new roadmap.

18 19 OUR COMMITMENTS

20 21 A governance Our 2019 results leveraging Governance 13 25% Administrators including 4 Women in Orano ExCo on independent administrators January 1, 2020 the best and 2 employee representatives standards Nuclear and industrial safety 139 100,000 Nuclear safety and radiation Environmental samples Claude Imauven’s protection events on the INES scale taken every year INES 2: 0 INES 1: 7 vision INES 0: 132 Chairman of the Board of Directors Health, radiation protection, & occupational safety “The Board of Directors works closely with Orano’s Management to build the energy of the future: low carbon, competitive, and 1.8 0.84 mSv respecting people and the environment. Frequency of occupational Average dose over 12 months This entails a commitment to leverage the accidents in 2019 for Orano employees (0.5 mSv for subcontractors) best standards on what we could call our fundamental values behind our daily Ethics and compliance actions : operating nuclear facilities with the highest safety standards while monitoring impacts on the environment 1,116 107 and health, making sure Orano manages Employees trained in compliance Incidents escalated by the ethical reporting process its risks and acts ethically and in 2018 and 2019, including 843 in 2019 transparently.” Transparency & information 27 4,000 Public meetings in which Orano participated Visitors at our main French sites regarding the French plan for the management of radioactive materials and waste (PNGMDR) 22 23 FUNDAMENTALS Executive Governance Committee

Left to right: Cécile Sellier Administrator named at the proposal of the The objective of Orano’s ExCo is to chart the David Claverie Philippe Knoche French government company’s course and ensure consistency in Finance Chief Executive Officer implementing decisions under the authority Laurence Gazagnes Guillaume Dureau Marie-Solange Tissier of the Chief Executive Officer. The ExCo Health, Safety, & Projects BU Administrator named at the proposal of the provides the CEO with support for managing Environment French government the company and implementing the strategy Frédéric de Agostini and general policy defined by the Board of Nuclear Packages & Directors. Jacques Peythieu Philippe Braidy Chemistry-Enrichment BU Services BU Administrator named at the proposal of the French government Alain Vandercruyssen Hélène Derrien Decommissioning & People & Communications Anne-Sophie Le Lay Services BU Independent administrator 25% Nicolas Maes Women in Orano ExCo on Patrick Champalaune Mining BU Board Patrick Pelata January 1, 2020 Commercial & Marketing Independent administrator Pascal Aubret of Directors Corinne Spilios Recycling BU As of November 1st, 2020 Marie-Hélène Sartorius Performance Independent administrator Bernard Bastide MEMBERS Administrator representing employees OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Alexia Dravet The Board of Directors guides and controls the Administrator representing employees company’s actions and results and deliberates on strategic and financial decisions

Claude Imauven 4 Specialized committees dealing with Chairman and independent administrator each of the non-financial subjects within their field of responsibility Philippe Knoche Chief Executive Officer, administrator ADVISORY COMMITTEES French government represented by To exercise its duties, the Board of Directors is Bruno Vincent supported by four specialized committees, Administrator which give opinions and make recommendations to the Board of Directors. François Delattre Administrator named at the proposal of the French Strategic and Investment Committee government Audit and Ethics Committee François Jacq Administrator named at the proposal of the French Nominating and Compensation government Committee Committee for Monitoring 13 End-of-Cycle Obligations Administrators include 4 independent administrators and 2 employee representatives FOR MORE INFORMATION Orano’s governance 24 25 FUNDAMENTALS INTERVIEW Making nuclear and industrial WITH PASCAL WILZ, INSPECTOR-GENERAL “Examining the main lessons learned from inspections and safety a priority various findings shows that nuclear safety is satisfactory.” 2019 TAKE-AWAYS What are the key actions of the General You publish an opinion on the nuclear Inspectorate? safety of the facilities every year. What 139 P.W.: An inspection program is drawn up are the results for 2019? Nuclear safety and radiation protection events on the INES scale annually by Executive Management on the proposal P.W.: The results are satisfactory. Action plans are INES 2: 0 of the Inspector-General. The program enables underway to address points requiring vigilance and INES 1: 7 correct application of nuclear safety principles, early attention, identified in the 2017 and 2018 reports. A INES 0: 132 detection of a potential deterioration in nuclear safety dynamic must be maintained for implementing the and radiation protection performance, and independent safety field and subcontractor 59 identification of improvements needed to ensure management and for upholding high levels of safety Internal inspections with 86 recommendations complete control of safety and radiation protection. culture. Operational documentation remains an Management can also decide to perform situation- important issue. specific inspections. For 2019, we also need to pay attention to certain Orano has made the nuclear and conventional In addition to these three levels of defense, taken points: controlling the chemical risk in non-process safety of its operations and transportation a into account from the facility design phase, we facilities, controlling the fire risk, and mastering priority. Safety is specifically based on the have undertaken the following: safety pillars. defense in depth principle which results in a • organizational measures and allocation of succession of measures (“lines of defense”) resources for controlling emergency situations aimed at mitigating technical or human failures. and protecting the public, • improvement actions following the operating feedback from the Fukushima accident. NUCLEAR SAFETY/ENVIRONMENT Within the framework of Orano’s transformation, WHAT IS NUCLEAR SAFETY? CHARTER AND POLICY based on operational excellence, the objectives of this policy are: • that a high level of nuclear safety is sustainably Nuclear safety refers to all the technical and FOCUS ON TRANSPORTATION The Nuclear Safety Charter states the Executive ensured for our facilities, our products, and our organizational measures concerning design, Management's priority commitment to risk SAFETY services, construction, or operation, decommissioning and management and establishes the appropriate • that strengthened operational discipline is a Transportation safety also rests on 4 lines of dismantling of basic nuclear facilities, and principles of organization and action. It calls for daily concern for operational management and defense: transportation of radioactive substances. These implementing a continuous improvement approach all those involved in conducting operations and • the package containing radioactive materials and measures are undertaken to prevent accidents and based on operating feedback. maintenance, its cask, which must protect operators, the public, mitigate their effects. • that the priority given to risk prevention and and the environment, The 2017–2020 Nuclear Safety/Environment environmental protection is taken into account • transportation modes (rail, road, sea, or air) and The measures involve 3 levels: Policy, validated by the ExCo, which monitors by each of the processes that make up our • the reliability of associated operations, prevention by a high level of design, progress on the policy, formally identifies nuclear activities. construction, and operational quality, • response measures implemented in case of safety, industrial safety, and environmental • incident or accident to mitigate consequences, permanent monitoring to detect operating protection priorities. This policy is applied by all the entities in the form • protection of transported material and deviations and correct them by automatic of action plans that are monitored at the packages. systems or operator action, corporate level. It is also applicable to external • mitigating consequences to prevent the contractors and is appended to the corresponding Test conditions for accident situations are worsening of any incidents or accidents. contracts. extremely stringent with regard to cask design. To ~130 receive the approval necessary for their use, the Inspections of Its application is internally controlled by the casks transporting radioactive materials, for the French General Inspectorate which reports to the example, must undergo a series of tests: Nuclear Safety Executive Management on the compliance of DID YOU KNOW? • free fall from a height of 9 meters (30 feet) on an Authority on operations. Orano joined the World Association of undeformable surface, Orano’s Nuclear Operators (WANO) in 2012. • drop from a height of 1 meter (3 feet) on a steel nuclear WANO’s mission is to give the highest punch, facilities priority to nuclear safety and reliability • direct exposure to a fully engulfing fire generating FOR MORE INFORMATION in nuclear facilities throughout the a minimum average ambient temperature of 800°C Available documents world. for 30 minutes, 2019 General Inspectorate Annual Report • immersion in water for 8 hours. 2017‒2020 Nuclear Safety/Environment Policy 2018 Nuclear Safety Charter Informational reports on nuclear facilities 26 27 The following themes are monitored: To promote “weak signal” escalation and • compliance with the requirements of the safety experience sharing, at the end of 2011 Orano set authorities and internal requirements, up an indicator calculated from a ratio between Spotlight on… • periodic review of the main nuclear safety issues, the number of level 0 events and the total number • changes to organization and specific situations, of significant events. Detecting weak signals and • consideration of nuclear and conventional safety reporting and handling significant events is one of … SUPPLEMENTARY SAFETY OUR ACTIONS: in ongoing activities, Orano’s major objectives. • nuclear safety management. ASSESSMENTS In 2019, Orano’s event prevention rate (EPR) met €300M invested in: Furthermore, specific themes can be monitored, the objective, reaching its lowest level at 0.05. The French Nuclear Safety Authority, in charge of such as incorporating human and organizational monitoring French nuclear facilities, asked • Supplementary equipment that resists the most factors (HOFs) and performing periodic inspections operators on May 5, 2011, to start supplementary extreme hazards or enables taking action after and tests. safety assessments (SSA) of their facilities the fact following the accident in Japan on March 11, 2011. • New emergency centers at our Basic Nuclear As part of this effort, Orano conducted in-depth Facilities DID YOU KNOW? FOCUS ON THE EARTHQUAKE ON examinations of its facilities and organizations and made investments totaling 300 million euros. A response force for providing additional All the opinions of the French NOVEMBER 11, 2019 support to a site Nuclear Safety Authority concerning On November 11, 2019, an earthquake occurred Orano are publicly available on its near the city of Teil (southeastern France). The Internet site. shaking was slightly felt at the Orano Tricastin site, http://www.french-nuclear-safety.fr/ 23 km (14 miles) from the epicenter. This earthquake had no impact on the nuclear safety of … SAFETY REVIEWS OUR ACTIONS: the site’s industrial facilities, which are compliant with the latest safety standards and the requirements of the post-Fukushima They regularly re-evaluate the level of nuclear Setting up a dedicated EVENTS CONCERNING NUCLEAR supplementary safety assessments. The observed safety in a facility by considering the latest organization for safety reviews SAFETY AND OPERATING intensity of the shaking was far below the trip regulatory changes and using the best available FEEDBACK values of the site’s safety systems. techniques. The purpose of this exercise is also to obtain the necessary validations from the competent authority to continue operating a facility The nuclear industry is one of the most closely MANAGEMENT OF DEGRADED for the next 10 years. These reviews are a monitored industries in the world. Anomalies and SITUATIONS incidents lead to notification of administrative regulatory obligation for Basic Nuclear Facilities. authorities and reports made available to the public. Subject to the approval of the French Nuclear Orano also has a robust emergency management As part of continuously improving nuclear and Safety Authority, each review file contains 12 system to handle emergency situations that could industrial risk control, Orano systematically documents and a summary report, also submitted impact nuclear safety in its facilities, employee analyzes the technical, human, and organizational to the French Minister of Ecological and Inclusive and public health, and the environment. Nearly causes of all these events and takes action to avoid Transition. 100 exercises are organized each year, including recurrence. some with government and public authorities. Our nuclear sites have dedicated H24 response The 7 events classified as INES level 1 in 2019 teams. concern: . . . HUMAN AND ORGANIZATIONAL • four deviations in waste management at OUR ACTIONS: Marcoule and Tricastin, FACTORS • a delay in performing periodic inspections on Internal requirements on several facilities at the La Hague site, Human and organizational factors (HOFs) are an incorporating HOFs in projects • a small robot that fell into the vessel of a important component of nuclear safety because (design, facility changes, or shutdown reactor while the pool was being they influence human responses (actions, cleaned, dismantling) inspections, monitoring). They can lead to • and failure of automatic power interruption equipment to start in a facility at Tricastin. deviations compared to expected behavior (operating procedures, instructions, etc.), but also Systematizing the use of reliability serve as factors for correcting deviations affecting enhancement practices (REP) nuclear safety. These factors are based on people interacting with their environment, systems, HOF inspection at La Hague in 2019 processes, and organizations.

Response team. McClean, Orano Canada 28 29 FUNDAMENTALS

Measure and reduce impacts FOCUS ON KEY ANNUAL RADIOLOGICAL IMPACT ~100,000 RESULTS AT OUR MAIN SITES Samples taken each year for environmental monitoring Abdominal scanner

In France, the measurement results are regularly 10 mSv Sampling in the environment. Orano La Hague, France. submitted to the competent authorities (Nuclear Safety Authority, regional departments for the Natural radioactivity (annual environment, planning, and housing, etc.). average dose in France) HANDLING IMPACTS GLOBALLY At old mining sites, in addition to rigorous water AND OVER TIME quality monitoring, regular studies prove that the 2.9 mSv ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING quantity and quality of aquatic ecosystems are Limiting impacts also encompasses the following not affected by Orano’s activities. areas: PRINCIPLES Regulatory limit • Bacteriological impact, • Visual impact, Orano devotes significant resources to reducing and DID YOU KNOW? 1 mSv • Impact on biodiversity, controlling chemical and radioactive releases. In To monitor the flow rate and level • Noise pollution, parallel, it ensures permanent environmental parameters of the waterway that crosses • Disturbance of road and rail traffic, monitoring. the Tricastin site, called La Gaffière, an • Olfactive impacts, vibration, dust, etc. IIOT (industrial internet of things) Lung X-ray • Impact from light emissions, electromagnetic Liquid and gaseous releases are monitored solution was adopted. The monitoring fields, etc. continuously, to enable rapid corrective actions if sensors are connected to a computerized 0.1 mSv needed. And to check there is no real impact on the and digitized monitoring application. Orano’s nuclear safety/environment policy also environment, deferred monitoring (based on This wireless, low-consumption system aims to reduce and control all of our sampling) is performed in the various ecosystems all directly sends the information collected Orano Malvési (facility classified for environmental protection) environmental liabilities with an approach in along the radionuclide transfer chains leading to to teams in charge of environmental proportion to the issues. This strategy is people. monitoring. This saves times for the motivated by the desire to give the lands where operators and secures the data. 0.025 mSv sites are located a second life. Deployment of this IIOT solution started at the end of 2019 throughout the Orano In compliance with its commitment to the French Tricastin site for other uses (piezometric FOCUS ON MONITORING Orano La Hague government, Orano manages nearly all old height, water and electricity meters, etc.). uranium mining sites in France (236 of 247 in RADIOACTIVITY IN THE total), in addition to the sites Orano and its ENVIRONMENT 0.0142 mSv subsidiaries have operated for almost 60 years. In Terrestrial environmental monitoring focuses on 2009, the French government entrusted Orano the possible routes by which radioactivity is Orano Tricastin with the public service mission of a survey transferred to people: followed by a treatment plan for the waste rock LIMIT IMPACTS ON THE from mining in France in the public domain, • atmospheric route (air), ENVIRONMENT AND THE 0.000076 mSv whether or not the former mining sites were operated by Orano. Currently, 95% of these • deposits (plants, soil), POPULATION • water (rain, drinking water, streams, Orano Melox liabilities have been handled, with work to be groundwater), finished by the end of 2020. Radioactivity in the environment (sea water, • food (milk, vegetables, meat, etc.). fauna, flora, air, soil, etc.) is assessed based on the mSv activity released in liquid and gaseous effluents < 0.0000001 Periodic measurements are taken in the FOR MORE INFORMATION and their dispersion. Then the dosimetric impact is environment. The type, location, and frequency of Available documents calculated by considering all routes by which the samples are chosen to make them The annual impact of our nuclear sites in France is 2019 General Inspectorate Annual Report radioactivity can affect people. This assessment 2017‒2020 Nuclear Safety/Environment Policy representative of the monitored environment. A nearly 100 times less than natural radioactivity. involves population groups identified as being the 2018 Nuclear Safety Charter specific investigation is used for radionuclides. Informational reports on nuclear facilities most exposed locally to the impact of releases. Orano Mining CSR report Post-Mining Report for France (in French) 30 31 FUNDAMENTALS

PREVENTION BASED ON RISK DID YOU KNOW? Health, radiation protection, ASSESSMENT As part of preventing psychosocial risks (PSR), Orano has set up a counseling and and occupational safety Prevention entails identifying hazards and support structure open to all employees assessing risks according to occupational in France. A specific structure was set 2019 TAKE-AWAYS situations. This analysis leads to a risk map for the up for expatriated personnel and their site per work unit (included in the risk assessment families, in coordination with the file known as the “document unique” in France). Insurance Department. 1.8 Action plans for the personnel are developed and Organizational changes are preceded by Frequency rate monitored based on this mapping and address for occupational accidents in 2019 a preliminary assessment of the training, career paths, protection, awareness- psychosocial risks, which is shared with building, monitoring, ergonomics, etc. employee representatives. Based on the “document unique,” an individual 0.84 mSv occupational risk sheet (ORS) is prepared and used Average dose over 12 months for Orano to determine appropriate medical monitoring for employees (0.5 mSv for subcontractors) the employee. OPERATIONS IN RADIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS Any person working in the facilities, whether they Protecting the physical and mental health of our are an employee or a subcontractor, is informed of employees is a daily concern. FOCUS ON the inherent risks of their activity and the measures Radiation protection is defined as the set of rules, taken to prevent them. procedures, and means of prevention and In 2019, Orano initiated a multi-year prevention monitoring to avoid or mitigate the potentially The 2017‒2020 health, safety, and radiation plan called “Santé Attitude” (Health Focus). At harmful effects of ionizing radiation, its direct protection policy applies to all Orano entities and most of Orano’s sites, dynamic, hands-on events impact on people or its indirect impact, including targets 3 priorities: have been held alongside stands featuring damage done to the environment. • develop primary prevention in health, safety, and prevention specialists and healthcare radiation protection, FOCUS ON HSE NETWORKS professionals. Vision was the first theme. These Radiation protection corresponds to 3 principles of • manage our operations with commitment and The activities of the safety networks and radiation actions will continue into 2020, with a focus on prevention: justification, optimization, and responsibility, protection networks lead to sharing and exchange the skin, our protective envelope. limitation. • strengthen feedback and sharing of experience. on methods for applying regulations, best practices, and research into the causes of safety and radiation The operations in radiological environments A ROBUST OCCUPATIONAL protection events. They also provide cross- involve dosimetric evaluations, for which the functional responses, in view of improving HEALTH ORGANIZATION preparation is indispensable for reducing worker prevention. exposure to ionizing radiation to levels that are “as DID YOU KNOW? low as reasonably possible” (ALARA principle). For French entities, occupational health is With the support of its insurance coordinated in a corporate health service with partners, Orano offers all its Employees exposed to ionizing radiation benefit national reach to make it more effective. The employees and their families a from monitoring suitable for the level of exposure. corporate occupational health department is system of remote medical MEDICAL MONITORING mature, and the operating feedback makes it possible to adjust the monitoring conditions for consultation available 24/7, including employees. during work travel or vacations. A monitoring program has been developed by Any changes are officially made by the governing healthcare professionals in the department using bodies for occupational health in France (standing scientific and regulatory principles. This program national committee on occupational health and the includes screening for occupational illnesses and national commission of monitoring and control). preventing them. Prevention information is These bodies include and have ties to labor and provided to employees on an individualized basis. management representatives. Medical monitoring tracks occupational exposure throughout employees’ careers. It relies on an expanded technical platform offering supplemental 60% biological and radiotoxicological examinations. of Orano employees are monitored by an internal occupational health department. Inter-company 13 departments offer medical monitoring Santé Attitude sessions in 2019 to other employees. over a total of 18 days

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Strict compliance with the pillars will prevent A proactive approach to developing Orano’s Health, radiation protection, employees from being exposed to severe or fatal occupational safety culture, in place since 2019, hazards. consists in assessing the potential seriousness of and occupational safety The standards are simple, common-sense rules that safety events (including near-misses and weak must become reflexes for everyone, at all levels. They signals) that, depending on context, could have call for individuals to take care of their own safety as become fatal accidents or caused irreversible and well as that of others. lasting damage. Orano then takes action to prevent FOCUS ON DOSIMETRY these events from recurring. The amount of ionizing radiation absorbed by a worker is expressed in dose or dose equivalent. For 5 Orano takes care to provide continuing education of exposed workers, this entails: Pillars and 7 standards make up the employees and subcontractors on health and Orano occupational safety policy safety. • dosimetry obtained by reading the operational dosimeter that informs the exposed worker in a controlled area in real time and enables managing and monitoring doses by the radiation protection DID YOU KNOW? entity, “SAFETY DAY” is a yearly event. • passive dosimetry obtained by laboratory Organized in June in each entity measurement of delayed dosimetry, which takes and focused on issues related to The actions to maximally reduce the dose received account of the doses received by the personnel occupational safety, this event is an by workers in controlled areas are as follows: during regulatory periods (month or quarter). The opportunity for all employees of a - Occupational ergonomics and collective results are sent by the measurement laboratory to protections are considered from the facility a national central file (SISERI), archived, and site to share best practices and design phase provided to the occupational health physician. participate in demonstrations and - Work conditions are studied in depth and Passive dosimetry is the standard dosimetry to activities around the theme of provisional dose is assessed before operation demonstrate regulatory compliance as defined in safety, such as: - Exposure duration is limited the French Labor Code (worker exposure limit • 3D virtual reality in workshops on - The principle of dosimetric equity is applied value for the whole body of 20 mSv per year). movements and risk hunting, - Protective screens are used • Santé Attitude (Health Focus) - The work environment and the physiological The individual doses of each Orano employee with themes such as screening constraint of PPE usage are incorporated contribute to the results presented in this report for eye disease, workstation - Medical monitoring is adapted according to the (average dose of 0.84 mSv over 12 months for posture, and eye yoga, risks (external exposure or contamination risk) Orano employees). - Individual dose histories are kept. • French Highway Code, including regulations, penalties, and prevention of traffic risks and A CORPORATE POLICY OF ACCIDENT driver distractions, INTERVIEW PREVENTION • lock-out, illustrated by reliability WITH PIERRE LAROCHE, enhancement practices, DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, SAFETY, • protective equipment AND RADIATION PROTECTION As part of its occupational accident prevention policy, (radiological risk, chemical risk, Orano has used accidentology to define required FOCUS ON THE PPE WORKGROUP “Orano employee pillars and safety standards applicable on its etc.), For operations with radiological risks, the number and subcontractor teams show platforms and by all its personnel and • first aid, with an emphasis on and type of work clothes are adapted according to total commitment.” subcontractors. recovery position, hemorrhage, the risk and level of exposure, in view of avoiding and burns, internal and external contamination of the worker. • work at heights, A multidisciplinary effort was led by prevention • same-level falls, GATOME carried out toxin measurements in the specialists and healthcare professionals, with In 2019, what were the initiatives • and a focus on Orano’s guiding deployed in your department to improve workplace to determine the respiratory exposure of guidance from the corporate health, safety, and employees. work conditions committee, to prepare a guide principles of safety pillars and the health and safety of employees? defining the most effective clothing associations, standards in all its professional P.L.: Concerning health, we have set up And for radiation protection? actual wear times, and maximum daily wear times, activities. telemedicine, which facilitates employee access to the based on the physical workload and ambient occupational health physician when they are on a P.L.: In partnership with IRSN, we have developed temperature. different site. software, MIODOSE, that can estimate doses caused The progressive deployment of this guide in 2019 by internal contamination of employees exposed to In terms of safety, we have created GATOME, the is an example of safety and health prevention ionizing radiation. This entails whole-body or toxicology and metrology support group. In 2019, applied to all Orano employees. FOR MORE INFORMATION radiotoxicological measurements. Available documents 2017‒2020 Health, Safety, & Radiological Protection Policy 34 35 FUNDAMENTALS Manage risks and ensure the continuity and resilience of our operations

INTERVIEW OUR MAIN RISKS IN WITH OLIVIER THOUMYRE, STRENGTHS WE BRING TO DIRECTOR OF RISKS AND A CHANGING WORLD OPPORTUNITIES INTERNAL AUDITS

“It is essential for us to be a External risks A diversified portfolio to support the reliable partner for our Geopolitics, regulations, conservation of resources and the fight customers.” cybersecurity, and climate change against global warming

How does the internal audit contribute to Operational risks related A level of excellence in nuclear safety, Orano’s committed approach? to facilities, materials, environment, health, conventional safety, O.T.: The internal audit serves specifically to and skills and skill development assess risk control, including the risk of not Orano has set up a risk management system in Nuclear safety, environment, recognized outside Orano complying with our social commitments. So the keeping with the recommendations of the French health, conventional safety, and skills internal audit process is aimed at providing financial markets authority (AMF), professional reasonable assurance of compliance with our standards, and regulatory changes regarding due commitments. In this way, it participates in Orano Financial risks A long-term partner, long diligence and reporting non-financial attaining its objectives. industrial cycles, and economic performance. resilience So you see the social and environmental commitment as a risk? RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY O.T.: It is neither a risk nor a supplemental Commercial and legal risks, Adhering to an uncompromising AND INTERNAL CONTROL obligation, but rather the natural extension of the bribery, and influence and ambitious compliance policy, company’s reason for being in all aspects of its peddling along with sharing a set of values A risk assessment campaign is carried out annually business. This new dimension proceeds from to weigh the effect of potential events on Orano awareness that the positive results of a company are with local authorities reaching its strategic and operational objectives. Its not limited to its financial earnings, but also include main goals are to: its impact on society and the environment. I would • identify formally risks of all types, even say that in the long term, social impact gives a • characterize these risks to classify them, company sustainability and resilience, themselves a FOCUS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE COVID-19 SITUATION • define and implement action plans aimed at source of lasting financial results. So the two are not Guaranteeing everyone’s safety in the workplace and Orano also took actions for its stakeholders. Masks controlling these risks. opposed, they must support each other. In this way, Orano’s committed approach is a real opportunity. the continuity of energy supply has been a guiding and equipment (food kits, health and first aid kits, and The role of the internal audit is to ensure this principle for Orano’s emergency management. equipment such as ventilators, test equipment, etc.) opportunity. were donated to hospitals throughout the countries DID YOU KNOW? In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Orano Orano works in. We also set up new payment options The risks and litigation Orano is very early on understood the gravity of this health for our suppliers requesting them in order to secure involved in are published in the crisis. Its first response was to protect the health of its the future. annual report. employees. By the end of January 2020, Orano had informed them of the precautions to be taken in Finally, during these difficult times, Orano maintained Orano is committed to becoming a preferred relation to the epidemic in China. As it developed, its committed approach and remotely conducted partner for its customers. To build its resilience, it Orano focused on a doctrine of public health and various projects, while remaining in close contact with Orano also has an internal control system organized took concrete steps in 2019 on a process to business continuity to manage all dimensions of this its employees. according to 3 areas: create formal business continuity plans for its exceptional situation, drawing on its experience with, • Control by the entities themselves, entities. and training for emergency situations. Orano raised • Control by the Financial Department in awareness of barrier behaviors among its personnel collaboration with the Risk and Internal Audit These plans were used to manage the COVID-19 very regularly, but also among its service providers, Department, situation in early 2020. In-depth operating and put a set of necessary measures in place, • Control by the Risk and Internal Audit experience will be gathered to learn all relevant collaborating with personnel representatives every Department. lessons and continue making progress. step of the way.

36 37 FUNDAMENTALS Ethics and compliance EMPLOYEE TRAINING To ensure employees understand Orano’s ethical rules, an e-learning program is required in all DID YOU KNOW? entities. All executives and nearly half of the other The Orano Code of Ethics is employees have completed the module. Furthermore, concerning bribery prevention, an e- available in 8 languages on our learning program and a virtual or in-person class Internet site. are also offered to those concerned. If needed, Each employee is asked to confirm “focus” sessions are also organized. their commitment to comply with this Code of Ethics every year during their annual assessment.

Miners. Cominak, Niger. + 5,000 Employees trained in GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND HUMAN ethics and compliance at the end of 2019 RIGHTS via the e-learning module Orano strives to be exemplary in terms of ethics DUE DILIGENCE and compliance. As a responsible company, Orano conducts its business in compliance with From its inception, Orano has made it a core Orano acts in accordance with two priority the fundamental texts aimed at protecting human principles: rights, namely: priority to ensure on a daily basis the prevention, identification, and management of risks related to • complying with the most stringent • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights the fuel cycle and the use of nuclear energy. FOCUS ON THE OBLIGATORY requirements suitable for nuclear and adopted by the UN in 1948, ETHICS E-LEARNING MODULE conventional safety issues in order to conduct In keeping with this approach, Orano undertook to establish a vigilance plan, in compliance with the The themes covered in this module are: our business and protect health and the • The fundamental conventions of the French law of March 27, 2017, in view of • Protection of people and property: environment, International Labour Organization (ILO), and o identifying risks, preventing serious violations of Harassment, discrimination, and sexist behavior, • complying with the strictest integrity human rights and fundamental liberties, ensuring • OECD Guidelines for Multinational Companies. o Human rights, standards and unswerving commitment in the the health and safety of people, and protecting the o Data protection and confidentiality, fight against bribery, fraud, and environment. Orano’s application of these reference texts o Protection of image and reputation, anticompetitive practices. reflects its commitment to eliminating all forms of All of these risks and measures are compiled and o Health, quality, safety, and forced, imposed, or child labor and protecting free incorporated in a dedicated part of Orano’s annual environmental protection policies, association, privacy, and the right to collective • OUR COMPASS: COMPLIANCE activity report. Competition, bargaining. • Export control and non-proliferation, CHARTER AND CODE OF ETHICS Orano is also actively committed to making its • Conflicts of interest, Compliance is the measure for ensuring that the Beyond these fundamental texts, Orano supports value chain accountable and is particularly involved • Gifts and invitations, concrete initiatives to promote socially responsible company controls the following risks: in the assessment of its subcontractors and • Payments and intermediaries, attitudes and environmental protection and to suppliers. • Lobbying, • violation of laws and regulations, measure its actions in compliance with: • Sponsoring, donations, and humanitarian work. They must agree to comply with Orano’s Ethics • non-compliance with industry standards, • The principles of the UN Global Compact, Code and its General Purchasing Conditions, which impose strict compliance with human rights, • • non-compliance with the Orano Code of Ethics The Extractive Industries Transparency under penalty of termination of the contractual Initiative (EITI), and and compliance policies and procedures. relationship. • Orano’s Code of Ethics sets forth these principles The principles of the Global Reporting Initiative and the associated rules of conduct, demonstrating (GRI). our awareness of our priorities, our values, and our DID YOU KNOW? reputation on a daily basis. It applies to our In 2019, Orano included its subcontractors and suppliers who must sign a consolidated vigilance plan in a specific sustainable development commitment. dedicated chapter in its annual activity report.

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“FOLLOWING Ethics and compliance FOCUS ON THE COMPETITION LAW WHISTLEBLOWER SYSTEM Orano undertakes to conduct its business in the This system is supervised by the Compliance market in compliance with the rules of fair Committee, itself led by the Compliance Director, 2019 TAKE-AWAYS competition. It pays particular attention to who is the whistleblower coordinator. Intermediary adhering to rules on arrangements and the coordinators for each complaint category also exchange of sensitive information. Regular contribute to ensuring correct handling of training sessions are organized to remind 1,116 complaints reported on the platform, in compliance Employees trained in compliance in 2018 and everyone—purchasers as well as sales and with Orano’s procedure. 2019, including 843 in 2019 strategy teams—of the guiding principles of This system covers the following 10 complaint competition law and its daily application, notably categories: for invitations to tender and partnerships with 1. Human rights, discrimination, bullying, sexual competitors. 107 harassment, sexist behaviors or actions, and Incidents escalated by the ethical reporting verbal or physical aggression, To date, Orano is not aware of any injunctions or process 2. Serious failure to protect people and property, financial penalties for anticompetitive practices 3. Serious breach of conventional and nuclear being pursued against it. This program is part of a continuous safety and environment rules, A PROGRAM TO PREVENT BRIBERY 4. Serious breach of rules concerning intellectual AND INFLUENCE PEDDLING improvement approach regarding assessment of identified risks, changes in indicators, and the property, personal data, or confidential results of controls. It is supported by a network of information, Orano’s directors, specifically the CEO and all some 30 compliance representatives covering all 5. Violation of export control rules or non- members of the Executive Committee, propel and Orano’s activities and by regular communication compliance with international sanctions, guarantee the application of Orano’s Compliance with operating personnel. 6. Irregularities, quality fraud, falsification of 6 Charter and the program to prevent bribery and documents, or serious breach of quality rules, Interest representation actions reported to influence peddling. 7. Financial fraud, misrepresentation, theft, the French High Authority for Transparency misappropriation of corporate assets, or insider in Public Life in 2019 This program is organized around 8 pillars: trading, • Anti-bribery code of conduct, and the 32 8. Bribery, influence peddling, conflicts of interest, documentation for the associated policies and maps of bribery risks created by Orano special privileges, money laundering, and the procedures, entities funding of terrorism, • Risk mapping for bribery and influence peddling, 9. Anticompetitive practices, updated yearly, 10. Other serious breaches of the Orano Ethics • General awareness-building among the Code LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR personnel and targeted training for those most AN OPERATIONAL AND ETHICAL INTEREST REPRESENTATION concerned, • Compliance assessment of third parties in WHISTLEBLOWER SYSTEM direct relation with Orano, Interest representation activities are now covered • Accounting controls and an environment of As part of its ethical commitment, Orano has under the French law Sapin 2 (relating to internal control, deployed an internal system for receiving and transparency, the fight against bribery, and • Whistle-blower system, making it possible to handling whistleblower complaints. This system is MONITORING ETHICAL INCIDENTS modernization of economic life), which requires report alleged bribery, for example, or influence intended for all its employees. The confidentiality perfect transparency for actions conducted under peddling, of complaints is a fundamental legal requirement Every year, the Executive Management asks the certain conditions. Orano thus documents actions • Disciplinary regime, with a principle of zero Orano pays close attention to, together with the managers of its units and subsidiaries in France involving the concerned public authorities and tolerance in case of proven bribery by Orano protection of whistleblowers acting in good faith. and abroad to prepare an ethics report reports them to the French High Authority for employees, documenting after the fact the unethical events Transparency in Public Life. A specific training • Assessment and control plan for the entire In case of a characterized problem, failure to fulfill and vigilance points they are aware of that course was provided to Orano representatives program, aimed at identifying deviations and a legal or regulatory obligation, or violation of the occurred over the past year. For 2019, 107 who are within the scope of the regulations. taking corrective actions. Ethics Code or compliance policies, an employee unethical incidents were reported through this Political contributions are prohibited by principle, may choose to either alert their managers, use process (versus 114 in 2018). They are being except in OCED countries where they are legal. other internal channels, or use the secure handled appropriately. There were 8 events in DID YOU KNOW? whistleblower platform. It is planned to open this category 8: bribery, influence peddling, conflicts of Orano performs compliance reviews of platform to commercial partners in 2021. They interest, etc. The themes with the most incidents the third-parties it deals with to already have a contact person to whom they can were: 1-Discrimination and Harassment,” “3- FOR MORE INFORMATION Safety,” “2-Protection,” and “Quality Fraud.” A establish sustainable and upstanding address complaints. The whistleblower platform Available documents partnerships has automatic translation capabilities and can summary is presented every year to the bodies of Our Code of Ethics receive messages in most languages. governance. Vigilance plan in the 2019 Annual Activity Report, page 59 40 41 FUNDAMENTALS SHARING AND PROVIDING Transparency and information FOCUS ON GLOBAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES TO CONFERENCE ON THE THE PUBLIC 2019 TAKE-AWAYS EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES Throughout its sites and for many years, Orano TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE has been committed to open and transparent 4,000 (EITI) dialogue. The goal is to give the public opportunities to learn about our activities and visitors at our main French sites On June 19, 2019, in Paris, Nicolas Maes, CEO of challenges and to answer their questions as well Orano Mining, confirmed his support for making as those of our stakeholders. This approach is the payment disclosure standard defined by the illustrated through site visits for our customers EITI the worldwide voluntary and regulatory 27 and for industrial partners, local and national Public meetings in which Orano standard to avoid the publication of different elected officials, journalists, etc. participated (PNGMDR) numbers on the same subject, depending on variable baselines or regulatory frameworks. Orano publishes a summary of Orano Mining’s disclosures according to the various reporting Transparency, i.e. public access to reliable modes: French law, EITI, or ESTMA (Extractive information, is inherent in our nuclear, industrial, Every year, the French Nuclear Safety Authority Sector Transparency Measures Act). and mining activities. Orano is strongly also publishes an opinion on the state of nuclear committed to transparency. safety in Orano facilities.

RELIABLE AND REGULAR Since 2017, these publications have included a DID YOU KNOW? REPORTING ON OUR ACTIVITIES report on payments to foreign governments and, Orano Mining teams have developed a more recently, the list of retention structures in Orano publishes all information on its activities on new application for accessing complete storage facilities for tailings left over from its Internet site. For example: data on old uranium mines in France, • Each Basic Nuclear Facility publishes an uranium ore processing (Orano Mining). their environmental monitoring, and informational annual report as required by In 2019, partnering with the institute BVA, Orano Article L 125-15 of the French Environment their redevelopment: CartOmines. The site is currently organized around conducted a study on French public perceptions Code. This report presents any events that of nuclear energy. This study shows that nuclear two informational tools: occurred along with details on environmental FOCUS ON TAILINGS RETENTION energy is still perceived as positive by most • a general map of old mine sites with a management, waste management, and STRUCTURES French citizens and as part of the electricity mix of transparency and public information actions, series of indicators such as production, In August 2019, following exceptional rains, an the future, despite the persistence of numerous • Orano’s General Inspectorate also publishes a volume of stored tailings, and accumulation of water in the SOMAÏR mine tailings misconceptions. This study led to a brand report on the safety status of its facilities, pile led to the rupture of a small section (10 linear redevelopment data, campaign in the last quarter of 2019. • Orano Mining and its production subsidiaries meters) of its dike. This resulted in spillage of a • a map tool indicating all the regulatory publish a social responsibility report. mixture of rainwater, rocky materials, and sampling points (air, water, bio- DIALOGUE AND LEARNING production liquor into the plant area. The indicators) located near the sites. OPPORTUNITIES DID YOU KNOW? emergency response from the start of the incident Orano developed two themes as part of an Link to CartOmines Since 2010, under the auspices of the made it possible to limit the impacted surface area, approach targeting young people on one of their French Nuclear Safety Authority and the to deal with the dike rupture very rapidly, and to preferred media outlets, YouTube. To this end, in French Institute for Radiological Protection recover the spilled substances. This incident did not February 2019 the Communications Department and Nuclear Safety, the national network lead to any injuries or contamination for the site set up a partnership with the “Trash” group, for measuring radioactivity in the personnel, or any water infiltration in the soil, or INFORMING AUTHORITIES, THE which produced 2 videos on nuclear activities: environment (https://www.mesure- any pollution outside the site. PUBLIC, AND STAKEHOLDERS IN “5 secrets sur la radioactivité” (5 secrets about radioactivite.fr/en#/expert) has been radioactivity) (1.4M views, 50,000 likes, 600 centralizing all environmental Following the Brumadinho disaster, the mining CASE OF AN EVENT comments) and “Comment faire de l’uranium radioactivity monitoring data in France. industry worked with ICMM, of which Orano is a radioactif” (How to make radioactive uranium) One of its strengths is its varied sources member, to publish the list and characteristics of all All anomalies and incidents on a nuclear site must (163,000 views, 7800 likes, 400 comments). (French government and its public its tailings retention and storage structures. be reported to the authorities using the institutions, nuclear operators, and other International Nuclear Event Scale (INES) which FOR MORE INFORMATION List of retention structures in storage facilities for public or private entities or associations). goes from 1 to 7. Once a simple anomaly is For Orano’s latest news: https://www.orano.group/en All of Orano’s Basic Nuclear Facilities tailings left over from uranium ore processing reported (INES scale level 1), Orano releases a or our Twitter accounts: @Oranogroup, contribute to this network. (Orano Mining). press release, also available on its website. This @Oranomalvesi, @OranoTricastin, @OranolaHague, For more information: @oranocanada https://www.mesure-radioactivite.fr/en#/expert / information is also widely shared with the external https://www.irsn.fr/EN/Pages/home.aspx stakeholders for the concerned site. Orano’s reference publications Link to our site on preconceived ideas (in French) 42 43 Tend towards Our 2019 results

carbon neutrality Contributing to the fight against global warming Laurence Gazagnes’s vision 450 ktCO2e 119 tCO e/€M HSE Director of direct and indirect emissions 2 (Scopes 1 and 2) of greenhouse GHG intensity (Scopes 1 and 2) gases (GHG) -61% -33% for direct and indirect emissions for direct and indirect emissions (Scopes 1 and 2) of greenhouse (Scopes 1 and 2) of greenhouse gases since 2004 gases since 2015 Scope 3 Assessment initiated end 2019

Improving our energy performance “Orano intrinsically contributes to low-carbon electricity production and is proud to be part of the effort to reach the goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. 1.905 TWh -91% As early as 2004, Orano set up a program to reduce its of energy consumption for energy consumption environmental footprint on all Orano industrial sites. since 2004 The results speak for themselves in terms of reduced greenhouse gases and the fight against climate change. All our activities contribute to this goal, from Adapting our operations to global warming mining to recycling to chemistry-environment. Because it is urgent to take action, Orano employees are committed more than ever and motivated to go even further and faster.”

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Changes in Orano Scope 1 and 2 Reduce our carbon footprint greenhouse gas emissions 1400 000 1 154 000 1 166 000 2019 TAKE-AWAYS 1200 000 969 000 658 000 1000 000 825 000 587 000 -61% 808 000 675 000 450 792 Scopes 1 and 2 450 ktCO e 800 000 600 000 599 000 590 000 453 729 since 2004 554 000 2 530 000 of direct and indirect 600 000 425 580 (Scopes 1 and 2) greenhouse gas emissions 268 ktCO2e, direct (Scope 1) 400 000 183 ktCO2e, indirect (Scope 2) 200 000 -33% - Scopes 1 and 2 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 since 2015 119 tCO2e/€M GHG intensity (Scopes 1 and 2) Scope 1 Scope 2 Scopes 1 and 2 In addition to being convinced of the role nuclear *Scope adjusted for data before 2017 energy can play in the energy transition to low- carbon electricity, Orano has been implementing Greenhouse gas emission scopes (GHG protocol a program since 2004 to reduce its own definition) emissions in view of contributing to the FOCUS ON PUBLIC collective effort. MISPERCEPTIONS OF LOW- Scope 1: direct emissions resulting from the combustion of fossil fuels (gas, oil, coal), direct emissions of CARBON refrigerant gases, and direct CO2 emissions not involving 61% DECREASE IN GHG EMISSIONS In 2019, Orano carried out a study in partnership combustion SINCE 2004 with BVA on public perceptions in France, “French Scope 2: indirect emissions related to consumption people and nuclear energy.” of electricity, heat, or steam necessary for industrial Orano made the commitment to reduce its activities greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50% between The fact that nuclear energy emits little CO2 is not Scope 3: emissions other than those described above 2004 and 2020. This goal was surpassed with a widely known by French people, a large majority 61% reduction thanks to the efforts made in all of which (69%) believe that the nuclear industry business areas: contributes to climate change. The industry regularly performs lifecycle analyses. Emissions associated with the fuel cycle have the DID YOU KNOW? • biggest carbon impact. Decarbonization of cycle In mining: a reduction of 26% of GHG emissions 54% of the French public think the energy mix of The IPCC used 12 g CO e / kWh in its per metric ton of uranium produced with the use activities is thus a major challenge, and an 2 the future will include nuclear and renewable study for the nuclear industry, which of new industrial processes, sources. opportunity for Orano to set an example. At the end of 2019, Orano launched an assessment of its is 68 times lower than for carbon and • At the Malvési uranium conversion site: an 80% Scope 3 footprint. 40 times lower than for gas. reduction in GHG emissions linked to the commissioning of its new Comurhex II facility, • COMMITTING TO CARBON the most modern conversion plant in the world, In the Tricastin uranium conversion and equipped with new production workshops with a enrichment plants: beyond the 98% reduction NEUTRALITY BY 2050 reduced environmental footprint. in electricity consumption thanks to new enrichment technology, an 85% reduction in To build on these results, Orano plans to commit to GHG emissions has been achieved, notably carbon neutrality with a new objective of reducing through changes to the fluorine production its GHG emissions by 2025 and 2030. It is facilities and the commissioning of the new currently studying 14 internal decarbonization Philippe Coste conversion plant. In total, DID YOU KNOW? projects for a total of 150 ktCO2e. Orano is a signatory to the French between 2004 and 2018, energy consumption Business Climate Pledge, launched by was reduced by 96%. the MEDEF employers’ union and • In the La Hague spent fuel recycling plant: a signed in 2019 by 99 French companies Objective: -30% 42% reduction in CO2 emissions has been on Orano Scopes 1 and 2 by 2025 to comply wishing to align themselves with the achieved, thanks notably to preferred use of with the Paris Agreement and the National Paris Agreement. electricity over heavy fuel oil in the production Low-Carbon Strategy of steam for the needs of the site. FOR MORE INFORMATION Orano and preconceived ideas (in French) 46 47 CLIMATE Improve our And adapt our operations to energy performance global warming 2019 TAKE-AWAYS +1.5° Possible temperature increase 1.905 TWh around our operations by 2050 of energy consumption

The challenges around energy performance are Regarding facility vulnerability, climate events an inevitable driver for Orano’s performance plan and other hazards such as earthquake are FOCUS ON CLIMATE FORECASTS and decarbonization ambitions. In 2019, Orano -91% integrated into the design of facilities, in addition launched a systemic cross-functional action in Reduction in the consumption of to measures taken to manage severe accidents. AROUND OUR OPERATIONS energy since 2004 the area of energy, notably by reactivating the However, climate change does not simply mean energy coordinator network. the occurrence of extreme events that might The study of rainfall around our sites showed no jeopardize the nuclear safety of our facilities. clear trend for the coming decades, but already Such change is in fact associated with shows greater variability, with some particularly disturbances of various kinds, more or less These actions include replacing equipment that wet years potentially following much drier years. DRIVING ENERGY PERFORMANCE gradual, which may impair our ability to operate uses combustible energies with electric Episodes of drought may become increasingly our sites in compliance with the current equipment, deploying LED lighting, optimizing long, causing reduced flow rate and slower Energy consumption is a significant item in Orano’s operating standards. expenses and is also one of the vectors of fluid production machinery, and possibly recharge of bodies of both surface and greenhouse gas emissions. Since 2019, an “Energy deploying renewable means of production. groundwater. Performance” workgroup has brought together all A more detailed analysis of the average and Orano entities around this theme. On the basis of ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF energy audits and the direct and indirect carbon maximum temperatures near our sites shows a CLIMATE CHANGE ON OUR slight overall increase (between + 0.2°C and + footprint measurements in place since 2004, an DID YOU KNOW? action plan was defined to reduce energy FACILITIES 1.3°C) over the last 20 years compared with the The share of electricity consumed standard reference temperature (excluding 2019). expenditure and carbon emissions in the years to from renewable sources is negligible come. In order to assess regional trends for the This increase is more significant for sites in the in Orano’s overall energy balance. forthcoming decades, Orano has carried out an south of France. internal study of expected future rainfall and temperatures, based on the available climate An analysis of the regional climate forecasts for Meeting of energy coordinators models. Meteorological data from our sites has also the next few decades shows that irrespective of been analyzed, in order to assess the observed the scenarios chosen, the trend will continue. The trend over the last 20 years. temperature rise may reach between + 0.9°C and FOCUS ON ENERGY + 1.5°C by 2050 (compared with the reference standard). The main risk is an increase in the COORDINATORS Orano has begun to weigh incorporating these changes in future periodic safety reviews of its number and intensity of heat waves. Cold spells, facilities and including them in the design of future on the other hand, will become milder and less The energy coordinators of each entity meet facilities. Orano will need to sharpen its analyses in and less frequent. every 3 months on an Orano site to share best coming years to incorporate all physical and energy performance practices and to review transitional risks as recommended by international cross-functional projects: eliminating wastage, standards. load management, funding, etc. FOR MORE INFORMATION Available documents 2019 General Inspectorate Annual Report Informational reports on nuclear facilities 48 49 Operate efficiently Our 2019 results while reducing Modernized facilities that are effective and competitive our footprint €250M of savings during the last Corinne Spillios’s competitiveness plan (2018‒2019) vision Performance Director Quality and operational excellence every day 100% ISO 140001 certified operations

Our footprint reduced from the design phase

“Orano performance is measured according to 3 areas: our economic performance which enables us to be competitive over the long term and thus sustainable, our social 10.3M m3 -93% consumption of water for water consumption performance which promotes our values while enhancing since 2004 the motivation and skills of our employees, our collective intelligence which always keeps us agile, and our social and environmental performance by which we reduce our footprint and improve our local involvement. 21,704 metric tons of conventional waste To achieve these performance levels, Orano relies daily on operational excellence in all its activities, projects, and services, in order to improve customer satisfaction, “do it right the first time,” and improve quality in the extended Reduced and recycled waste plant, including its suppliers. It also uses industrial master plans to have a clear medium-term trajectory, notably for our carbon footprint and our performance plan, supported by the company’s digital transformation.”

0250 51 FOOTPRINT Modernized, effective, Spotlight on… and competitive facilities … GEORGES BESSE II MEASURABLE IMPACTS: DID YOU KNOW? Beyond investing in its conversion and enrichment plants, Orano’s Tricastin Orano has invested massively these past 15 years in the -98% for electrical consumption Tricastin industrial platform to modernize its production platform spent more than 500 million machinery, starting with the George Besse II enrichment ‒ euros in 2012 2018 to modernize plant, replacing the old Georges Besse (EURODIF) plant -100% for water consumption certain older workshops of the whose commercial production ended in June 2012, with through technological Tricastin-Malvési industrial platform. decommissioning of its equipment in 2016. The Georges breakthroughs Besse II plant, commissioned in 2010, uses centrifugation technology to enrich uranium, a proven, effective technology meeting stricter safety and environmental In recent years, Orano modernized part of its protection requirements. production capacities and now operates the world’s most modern plants in their category. Affordable electricity is a social issue. Orano is This modernization also enabled spectacular committed to creating value for its customers by nuclear safety and environmental improvements offering them competitive products, through the best technology available. … PHILIPPE COSTE MEASURABLE IMPACTS: technologies, and services that meet their Orano chose to modernize its industrial conversion current and future needs. Oranofacilities has: with investedthe new PhilippemassivelyCoste theseplant, whosepast 15 years in the Tricastin equipment was commissioned in 2018. The highest level -80% for its greenhouse gas Control room of the Georges Besse II (GB industrialof nuclear safety platformand a reduced environmental footprint emissions since 2004 II) enrichment plant. Orano Tricastin, COMPETITIVENESS AND France. towere modernizethe major prioritiesits in the design of this facility, MODERNIZATION productionclassified for facilities:environmental theprotection in the Seveso A targeted reduction of 60% in upper tier. It began its production ramp-up in 2019 and the consumption of potash and is targeting an installed capacity of 15,000 metric tons Orano presents its performance culture as a core by the end of 2020, with the commissioning of the 2nd process residues (fluorine) value. This culture is based on a global, structured Philippefluorine production Coste conversionbuilding. In this way,plantthe 2019inaugurated‒2021 in 2018 and the Georges approach with several pillars: ambitious long-term period has been dedicated to pursuing the program for Reduced water consumption by industrial and supply chain policies, and a program Bessecommissioning II enrichmentequipment andplantenhancing inauguratedits reliability .in 2010. of operational excellence deployed directly in the using a closed loop field and supported by coherent digital transformation and innovation plans. … REVAMPING MALVESI MEASURABLE IMPACTS: 20% At the Malvési site, 500 million euros were invested in 10 years to modernize the industrial equipment and reduce -80% for greenhouse gases of the fuel cycle in the kWh cost the site’s environmental footprint. The new facilities, part (LCOE) of the Comurhex II project and commissioned on the since 2004 industrial scale during summer 2016, offer a major Philippe Coste plant (Comurhex II). innovation: Isoflash, or thermal denitration, which reduces Between 2007 and 2015: Orano Tricastin, France. consumption of chemical reagents. -63% for nitrates, These commitments are ongoing, with investments and -70% for fluorides, facility modernization continuing until 2025. They are worth an additional 300 million euros, one of the -98% for uranium, €250M beneficiaries of which is the local economy. Several major -78% for ammoniums, of savings during the projects are also being conducted in parallel: the nitrate -42% of nitrogen oxide emissions last competitiveness plan processing project (TDN), projects to improve solid (2018‒2020) -30% for volatile organic residue management (ECRIN), the PERLE and CERS compounds (VOCs) projects, the project to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions and uranium oxide production, modernization of current FOR MORE INFORMATION facilities, and so forth. Available documents Informational reports on nuclear facilities Orano Mining CSR report 52 53 FOOTPRINT Quality and operational DRIVING THE DIGITAL 10 TRANSFORMATION Industrial and specialty excellence every day networks coordinated for Orano has launched SHIFT, a digital internal exchange transformation plan whose objective is to support nuclear safety in facilities. Performance and DID YOU KNOW? development of activities are enhanced through The quality management system A STRUCTURED SYSTEM AND A the design and deployment of secure digital controls Orano’s certifications. In NETWORK SUPPORTING solutions (cybersecurity) adapted to specialty 2019, 100% of its industrial operations fields (user experience or UX), developed were certified ISO 14001 and OHSAS OPERATIONAL EXCELLECE according to agile methodology, and based on 18001. Of its nuclear facilities, 100% data with fluid access and management. As part are certified ISO 9001. For several years, Orano has deployed a structured of SHIFT, digital standards (infrastructures, system of operational excellence in charge of machinery, methods, applications) will be coordinating projects to transform the company implemented to maximize the operational and increase skills in its teams. This system is synergies between Orano’s entities. The digital supported by a network of operational excellence transformation in the work culture will be guided coordinators in all entities. by an active Orano digital community and by sharing best practices related to digital applications and data manipulation. One of Orano’s priorities is to make operational The Quality Department promotes a quality excellence a core part of everyday management. culture, uses the quality management system, and coordinates certification procedures. Quality improvement also entails setting up indicators for This priority is managed by the Performance Digital for Department whose objectives are to define and measuring non-quality costs and analyzing major performance implement frameworks and standards for and/or recurrent elements of these costs, with an continuous improvement of performance in existing objective of reducing the backlog of events and and future activities. This entails: their processing time. • Improving the quality of products and services to improve the perception of customers and regulatory bodies, • Making progress on supplier quality, • Anchoring the fundamentals of operational excellence in the field and eliminating wastage and "irritants", • Identifying strategic areas of operational excellence to work toward an ever more global system. Internal and external sharing is one of the drivers DRIVING INDUSTRIAL QUALITY used to accelerate the transformation. To this end, Orano organizes two “Plant Managers Networking” sessions per year, bringing together Orano Projets, France. The quality of products and services constitutes a the top operational managers from around the key factor in nuclear safety and success. Striving to world (60 people) at one of its sites to share best For 2020‒2023, SHIFT programs will concretely remain a major player in the nuclear industry, Orano practices and find synergies. Orano also supports tackle modernizing infrastructures (network, tolerates no compromises with the expected 10 industrial and specialty networks for cross- datacenter), deploying Microsoft 365, and quality. In its quality policy, Orano is committed to: pollination of knowledge and peer exchange • developing a digital twin program for fuel cycle developing a strong quality culture for the long (energy, maintenance, operation, operational plants, industrial performance projects based on term, excellence, laboratories, etc.) • improving the satisfaction of customers and data use, and digitization of machinery for our operators on site. other interested parties and inspiring their trust, Orano is involved in various business associations • driving continuous improvement on a daily basis. (RNC, ESSEC, etc.) to actively monitor new tools and effective methods used in other industries. Several “Learning Expedition” immersions are planned with the target manager populations at FOR MORE INFORMATION external sites to create enthusiasm and to think Available documents Visual inspection of a MOX fuel rod. Orano Melox, ISO 9001 – 14001 – 18001 – 45001 certificates France. outside the box. 54 55 FOOTPRINT

Concerning biodiversity, Orano is attentive to Reducing our footprint, conservation, and considers it indispensable for FOCUS ON THE OVERALL WATER keeping its activities compatible with the from the design phase RISK environment. Overall, aspects related to the flora and fauna are taken into account from the design 2019 TAKE-AWAYS phases of new projects, then throughout the The overall water risk combines 3 risks: facility operating phases, and finally during site • The physical quantity risk, which is evaluated rehabilitation. using these eight indicators: water stress, water 10.3M m3 depletion, inter-annual variability, seasonal Due to the location of mine sites and their of water consumption, including 74% for our variability, groundwater table decline, riverine footprint on the ground, conserving and mining activities and 19% for our chemistry- flood risk, coastal flood risk, and drought risk, protecting biodiversity is a more significant issue • The physical quality risk, which assesses the enrichment activities for them, whether during exploration, operation, risk of using water not fit for use, combining 2 or in a “post-mine” context. That is why Orano is indicators: existence (or absence) of wastewater committed to carrying out prevention and 21.7 kt management and the potential eutrophication of compensation actions. For example, in 2019, a coastal waters. compensation project specific to saxauls of conventional waste • The regulatory and reputational risk, which (endemic tree species in the region) was includes the risk related to water management launched in Mongolia with the assistance of Orano has set the following objectives for itself: The environmental approach takes concrete form in by local organizations (drinking water, specialists and local herders. In France, all monitor and assess quality of air, water, soils and targeted actions to reduce sampling in the natural sanitation), but also potential conflicts with the redeveloped sites are monitored by an ecologist. the food chain, and optimize consumption of environment and consumption of materials and public concerning access to water. resources (water, energy, etc.) and raw materials energy. It also involves a constant search for new (reagents, etc.) while reducing waste. ways of recycling waste. In Namibia, which has high water stress and extremely high overall risk, Orano built a sea water WATER AND BIODIVERSITY, KEY desalination plant to avoid having to pump water A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL up from underground water tables. The water ISSUES APPROACH produced is used to supply local industries and populations in the region of Erongo. Water is a rare natural resource, and management of With monitoring at our industrial platforms, the water is one of Orano's core environmental and objective to minimize our environmental footprint is social concerns. Its main consumers are mining based on a structure and on organizations at all activities (74%) and chemistry-enrichment activities levels, which work together in the following areas: (19%). Production plants for the latter were DID YOU KNOW? • Respecting regulatory provisions while preparing modernized, allowing a 93% reduction of Orano’s The report on the aquatic environment to incorporate new requirements, water footprint since 2004. of Tricastin waterways was updated in • Preventing and controlling risks, May 2019. • Continuously reducing impact factors The following was sampled on ten (consumption of natural resources, releases, etc.), points: • Identifying and measuring the impacts of our -93% Katco, Kazakhstan. activities on the environment, • sediment, Reduction in the consumption of • fish, • Seeking out and developing new solutions to water since 2004 limit impacts. • macroinvertebrate organisms, • phytoplankton, OPTIMIZATION OF MANAGEMENT This approach applies to operations in use, but also • diatoms, SOLUTIONS FOR HAZARDOUS to new projects. • aquatic and riverside plants. WASTE In 2019, Orano Mining assessed the level of water The results of this study confirmed that Conventional waste is classified into two stress on all of its ten sites worldwide using the the activities of Orano Tricastin have no categories: non-hazardous waste (NHW) and "Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas" tool from the World impact on the aquatic ecosystem in the hazardous waste (HW). Resources Institute (WRI). Orano Mining also surrounding waterways. FOCUS ON IMPACT STUDIES Orano has undertaken actions to optimize waste assessed the overall water risk for each site. This risk solutions for hazardous waste, a large part of has 3 components: Environmental Impact Studies (EISs) are performed which was stored on the sites until now, or • Physical quantity risk, for each new project or when a major change to our directed toward nuclear waste disposal facilities. • Physical quality risk, facilities is under consideration. They include an These various actions aim notably to limit the • Regulatory risk. avoid – reduce – compensate (ARC) analysis of waste quantities directed toward nuclear waste biodiversity. FOR MORE INFORMATION solutions to what is strictly necessary, and thus This level of overall risk per country, as well as all Available documents to optimize the capacity of Andra’s disposal water sources and consumption for its activities, are Informational reports on nuclear facilities centers. detailed in the Orano Mining CSR report. Orano Mining CSR report 56 57 FOOTPRINT 2019: A KEY YEAR FOR THE This debate resulted in more information provided NATIONAL PLAN FOR to the public, through 22 public meetings that Reduce and recycle waste brought together a total of 3400 participants MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE throughout France, and through the publication of MATERIALS AND WASTE 68,250 informational documents. The guiding principles for implementing (PNGMDR) management solutions at the various Orano sites, Following the publication on September 25, 2019, which comply with its objectives and The French policy concerning radioactive materials of the assessment and report for this debate, the commitments in terms of nuclear safety, cost, and waste aims to ensure their sustainable French Ministry for an Ecological and Inclusive timeframe, and quality, are as follows: management, in compliance with protecting Transition and the French Nuclear Safety Authority • waste reduction at the source by aiming for health, safety, and the environment. This policy is made public their decision concerning the next “zero waste,” during design as well as notably based on establishing a national plan for PNGMDR. operation, waste likely to be radioactive is the management of radioactive materials and separated from conventional waste, notably waste (PNGMDR), transparency measures, using a facility “zoning” policy. This policy is keeping the public informed, democracy, and permanently optimized to minimize the quantity securing funding for dismantling nuclear facilities DID YOU KNOW? of radioactive waste, and managing radioactive waste. Information on waste flows and volumes • the radiological characterization and the The PNGMDR is a document that assesses stored at Orano nuclear facilities is radioactivity assessment needed for optimal Orano chooses radioactive waste management existing methods of managing radioactive waste conditioning, submitted to the competent authorities methods in compliance with fundamental and materials, identifies foreseeable storage and • volume reduction through cutting, assembly, as annual reports and published yearly principles: disposal facility requirements, and indicates the and compacting processes, by Andra in the National Inventory. • protect human health, safety, and the capacities needed for those facilities and the • conditioning that immobilizes waste in a https://inventaire.andra.fr/inventaire. environment, duration of storage. container suitable for its radioactivity and half- • prevent and limit the burden left to future life, after processing or using a matrix material generations, The frequency with which the PNGMDR is (e.g. cement). • reduce the quantity and harmfulness of updated will decrease from three to five years radioactive waste, notably by appropriate starting with the 5th plan (2019‒2023). A public processing and conditioning methods, debate was held between April and September FOR MORE INFORMATION • organize waste transportation and limit the 2019 regarding the 5th edition of the national plan Available documents distance and volume, 2 kg/yr/inhabitant for the management of radioactive materials and Orano file on PNGMDR Andra inventory • ensure that the public is informed of how of radioactive waste in France, of which 5g is waste. waste production and management operations highly radioactive affect the environment and public health, and INTERVIEW which measures are planned to prevent or WITH JEAN-MICHEL ROMARY, compensate for adverse effects, provided that DIRECTOR OF DISMANTLING AND NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT the legal guarantees of confidentiality are respected. FOCUS ON RECYCLING VLLW “Waste management is a key challenge for Orano, as a structural part of managing our fuel cycle activities on our behalf and on behalf of our customers.” Most European countries, such as Germany and UNDERSTANDING RADIOACTIVE Sweden, recycle their very low-level waste WASTE (VLLW). French regulations, based on the What are the main conclusions of the What are the main challenges facing principle of zoning, do not at this time authorize PNGMDR public debate in 2019? Orano in terms of waste management? There are 2 categories of waste: conventional this kind of recycling. This leads to sending J-M.R.: The conclusions of the public debate J-M.R.: Managing waste is a key challenge for waste and radioactive waste. Radioactive waste is significant quantities of inactive waste to Andra involve various subjects. Concerning organization and Orano, as a structural part of managing our fuel cycle defined as “radioactive substances for which no disposal facilities, which has resulted in premature governance, it was shown there is a need to activities on our behalf and on behalf of our further use is planned or considered, or which have saturation of the Andra VLLW disposal site strengthen the governance of radioactive materials customers. The conclusions of the public debate can been qualified as such by the administrative (CIRES). Orano’s dismantling operations have and waste management and to better coordinate guide the future waste management plan, authority” (Article L. 542-1-1, French Environment produced significant quantities of VLLW, waste management policy with energy policy. indispensable for the sustainability of our activities. Code). particularly the Georges Besse plant which has Several areas of action were set: strengthening the In particular, examples include implementing the Radioactive waste is managed based on 2 alone generated 136,000 metric tons of recyclable control of the recyclability of radioactive materials, metal recycling solution and eventually the solutions parameters: activity and half-life. This gives the metals. Following the PNGMDR public debate in responding to the need for new spent fuel storage for other low-level waste, as well as studies on following classification: 2019, the French government committed to capacities, recycling VLL metallic waste, and defining setting up waste disposal facilities on site. • VLLW (very low-level waste), changing the regulatory framework for managing the conditions for implementing the CIGEO project. • LILW-SL (low- and intermediate-level short- very low-level waste, with the possibility of lived waste), recycling VLLW on a case-by-case basis. Finally, more consideration should be given to the impact of management choices on localities and on • LLW-LL (low-level long-lived waste), economic, health, and environmental issues. • ILW-LL (intermediate-level long-lived waste), • HLW (high-level waste). 58 59 Proud and Our results for 2019 committed Our working conditions and the pay policy employees Dialogue and labor relations 49 100% agreements and addenda of employees covered by collective The vision of completed in 2019 agreements Hélène Derrien Making the most of talents and skills Director for People & Communication 16,000 1,264 active employees across the permanent appointments, world including 1,082 in France

“Employees’ pride in belonging and 85% 66% commitment to the company are of staff took a training of courses were non- built on strong foundations. One of course (France) mandatory (France) them is the implementation of human-resources polices that develop high-flyers, promote 22% diversity, establish working 5.8% of staff are women conditions that improve well- of working employees were work/study trainees (as opposed to 19% in the being, and promote productive and industry) mutually-respectful social dialogue. All these strengths All together: diversity and inclusivity enable us to contribute to the business’s performance.” 84/100 5.41% Professional equality index Percentage of employed people with a disability Diversity Label renewed

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RECOGNITION OF PERFORMANCE In the United States, the “All Employee Incentive Our working conditions and the A variable portion of an individual’s pay rewards Plan” collectively remunerates employees not personal and collective performance, based on the individually eligible for the variable portion. job and the level of responsibility. pay policy SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLANS In France, the budgets for salary progression are The rules are gradually being harmonized between In France, the Orano Group Savings Plan (Plan negotiated each year with the social partners. In our different entities across the world, in d’Épargne Groupe - PEG) replaced the Areva 2019, we allocated an additional 2.2% of the gross compliance with local regulation and practice. The 2005 PEG in 2019. It comprises seven mutual payroll. amounts are apportioned using an HR computer investment funds with different investment system common to all Orano establishments horizons. HARDSHIP AT WORK AND OTHER worldwide, thus ensuring a transparent and CONSTRAINTS equitable process. Group employees also have access to a Group Staff who are required to work shifts or wear retirement savings plan (Plan d’Épargne pour la specific clothing to carry out their work are Retraite Collectif - PERCO). The money is invested systematically paid hardship allowances in the seven PEG mutual investment funds (with depending on their post. independent management), and in three investment schemes (with discretionary management). The funds in the PERCO are available on retirement as an annuity or as a lump Our salary policy is based on three FOCUS ON THE THREE PILLARS sum. At the end of December 2019, the balance pillars: Orano’s attractiveness, rewarding of funds in the Orano PEG/PERCO was over 423 performance, and internal equity. The business’s FOR WORK / LIFE BALANCE million euros. economic situation is also considered. REMOTE WORKING In the United States, under the “401(K)” The QVT agreement “pushes the boundaries” by retirement savings plan, Orano contributes 3% of introducing remote-working options for everyone WORKING CONDITIONS each person’s salary. It also pays in an additional (as far as the job allows). amount equal to the first 5% of an employee’s By the end of 2019, these options had been taken contribution. The year 2019 was marked by three key up by 670 people, not counting occasional remote Orano Mongolia. achievements: workers Our “latest generation” Head-Office facilities at COLLECTIVE ADVANTAGES • The agreement on the quality of working life Châtillon allow staff to work remotely up to two In France, optional and mandatory profit-sharing FOCUS ON ORANO VOX (Qualité de Vie au Travail - QVT) signed by all the days a week. 60% of Head-Office staff work agreements are negotiated with the social union organizations on 1 April 2019 (France), remotely at least one day a week. partners. In addition, between 2017 and 2019, This is a survey carried out each year since 2017 there was an additional profit-sharing scheme by a reputable external service provider who • An average increase of 5 points in overall staff PART-TIME WORKING known as the “better fortunes clause” that ensures that the responses are confidential. satisfaction (OranoVox opinion survey), The QVT and Professional-Equality agreements redistributed to employees a portion of any also make it easier to work part time. positive net cash flow that was above the The 2019 version approached almost all the • A reduction of 20% (from 3.6% to 2.9%) in the By the end of 2019, over 17% (women) and almost budgeted amount. Group’s working employees, or 15,000 staff in 13 resignation rate of engineers and managerial 3% (men) of permanent working employees were countries. staff (France). part time (worldwide, 15% and 2%). In 2019, the following amounts were redistributed in respect of 2018: The 2019 survey showed in particular: The QVT agreement in 2019 also: PARENTHOOD • Over 14 million euros under the optional profit- • overall satisfaction up by 5 percentage points • Affirms the right to disconnect In France, Orano extended its arrangements to sharing scheme, from 2018, • Requires the implementation of a counseling and support parenthood in 2019. They included: • Almost 40 million euros under the mandatory • significant progress in loyalty and commitment support service • Adapting the job where necessary during profit-sharing scheme and the “better fortunes to supporting the Group’s objectives (up 16% pregnancy, clause”. and 11% compared with 2017), and similarly • Extending paternity leave from 11 to 15 days, • a larger proportion of staff each year (up 19% in SALARY POLICY • Making it easier to take either full or part time DID YOU KNOW? two years) prepared to recommend Orano to parental leave. At the start of 2019, and as authorized their family or friends, and greater recognition of Our salary policy is based on three pillars: Orano’s During leave, there are arrangements to maintain under the French Social-Emergency the ability of management to support staff social-security retirement and insurance development (up 14% in two years). attractiveness, reward for performance, and strict Law of December 2018, Orano paid contributions. In other countries, Orano is working insistence on internal equity. The business’s exceptional allowances to 9,156 economic situation is also considered. with the arrangements for parental leave provided at national level. In all cases, the Group ensures that eligible employees (earning up to three times the annual minimum FIXED REMUNERATION parental leave does not lead to discrimination on This includes the basic salary, spread over 12 or 13 return to work, and has systems to avoid staff wage (SMIC)), totaling €4,765,300, or TO FIND OUT MORE months, and various other items such as seniority falling behind professionally or in terms of salary. 0.40% of personnel costs. Documents available allowance. Recruitment at Orano 62 63 SKILLS Dialogue Spotlight on…

and labor relations … THE PROFESSIONAL OUR ACTIONS: KEY FIGURES FROM 2019 EQUALITY AGREEMENT Develop professional equality, Orano’s aim is to provide the long-term conditions for • Guarantee equal salaries for men and women, true professional equality in all jobs and at all levels of • Promote the access of women to posts of responsibility. responsibility, 49 The agreement, for a four-year period from 2019 to • Include the needs of day-to-day parenting in agreements and addenda concluded in 2019 2022, aims to strengthen the policies for gender professional life, balance and professional equity by means of practical • Improve working conditions and look for a measures. better balance between professional activity Action plans are based on the objectives for action and personal life, 100% • of union representatives have signed the defined in the agreement. So that local conditions Take steps to prevent and counter sexual professional-equality agreement were properly considered, they were defined at harassment and sexist attitudes and behavior. establishment level, in liaison with staff representatives. The practical implementation of the agreement will be Orano favors social dialogue and conducts it The Orano Group believes that a business monitored annually, both at national and sincerely and in good faith. The Group considers should reflect the diversity both of its workforce establishment level. that to be productive, social dialogue must take and of the society in which it is evolving. Orano place in a climate of mutual trust and respect. is a committed and socially-responsible Group, and the parties’ aim is to establish a long-term … THE AGREEMENT ON OUR ACTIONS: policy of inclusion, gender equality and The main topics covered relate to: LABOR RELATIONS professional diversity in all jobs and at all levels DEVELOPING THE QUALITY OF • The content and significance of the work with of responsibility. The agreements were WORKING LIFE a good match between tasks and resources, The year 2019 was marked by four key negotiated at Group level in order to drive The quality of working life is an on-going concern and autonomy, and participation in decision- achievements (France): through a comprehensive policy common to the a priority for action in the Group’s social policy. making, entire Group. The Group has had an agreement in place since 2012 • Working together, listening and the right to • We entered into a binding agreement on on developing the quality of working life, and in 2019, speak, professional equality between women and men, the parties undertook to re-open negotiations in • Preventing harassment and a whistle-blowing DID YOU KNOW? 2020. system, • We defined our long-term commitment to the In 2019, Orano did not suffer any • The working environment, quality of working life for all Group employees, significant break in production • Retirement arrangements and the recognition related to an industrial dispute of employees’ difficult working conditions, • We defined an agreement on managing skills • The recognition and management of and career paths. One key aim was to ensure organizational change, that employees are fully engaged in their • The balance between personal and approach to personal development and career professional life, and in particular remote path, and that the approach is based on how working and the right to disconnect. they wish to progress, FOCUS ON PREVENTING • We finished setting up Social and Economic PSYCHOSOCIAL RISKS DURING … THE AGREEMENT ON OUR ACTIONS: Committees (Conseil Social et Economique - REORGANIZATIONS DISABILITY The main actions in the agreement are: CSE) within the different Group entities. • If an organization changes significantly, a table The Group first made a commitment to employ Improve colleagues’ awareness of disability at analyzing the human impact of the change is disabled people in 2007. In 2018 it signed its fifth work, • drawn up for the psychosocial risk factors, disability agreement, proof of its continuing firm Support line managers, • 5 together with the associated action plans. The commitment. During that period, its efforts doubled Inform those employees affected by the trade-union organizations represented at plans include collecting feedback 6 - 18 months the percentage of disabled people employed, from Group’s disability policy, particularly of the Group level have Group union coordinators after the reorganization actually takes place. 2.7% to 5.41%. measures available to them under the agreement, • Support professional transitions and maintain people in jobs, making the best use we can of digital tools, 25 • CSEs in the Orano group Strengthen the role of the Disability Leader TO FIND OUT MORE and improve local relationships. (including central CSEs) About what Orano Mining has done Orano Mining CSR report 64 65 SKILLS Making the most of talent A PROACTIVE TRAINING POLICY 37 Orano runs four training schools: training hours on average for each and skills • The Ecole des Métiers (for technical training), employee in France, 66% for non- • The Management School mandatory training KEY FIGURES FROM 2019 • The Mining College, and • Trihom, an external leader in nuclear training. THE PACE OF RECRUITMENT 1,264 The training catalog lists 3,300 courses, constantly permanent appointments, including 1,082 in enhanced to reflect current needs, and almost 85% In 2019, Orano recruited 1,264 new permanent staff France of staff took a training course in 2019. Each throughout the world, including 1,082 in France, to employee in France received on average 37 hours meet its needs across all Business Units. The overall of training, a total of more than 480,000 hours. Of number of staff in the Group increased as a result. 85% those hours, 66% were spent on non-mandatory of staff took a training course (France) training. Almost one third were engineers and managerial staff, 40% of whom were starting their careers or Orano takes a proactive approach to improving its had had just one previous job. Orano also took on employees’ skills and employability, guided by the 733 work/study trainees, 450 of whom joined the The Group is entering a new phase in the Annual Skills Review. The topic is, in particular, Group in 2019. We achieved this by working closely transformation, with the aim of improving discussed formally during the annual appraisal with 26 target schools and universities, with whom Orano’s attractiveness. It is working on FOCUS ON COOPERATION interviews. we run a joint network of almost 80 ambassadors, developing skills and career paths, on individual WITHIN THE NUCLEAR and participate in around fifty forums commitment and on new ways of working. INDUSTRY IN FRANCE Orano works with the French Atomic Energy Job forum at Orano La Hague, France. Commission (Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique - 3,300 The years 2018 and 2019 were marked by three training courses in the Orano catalog key achievements: CEA), EDF, Framatome and many businesses in the • Over 1000 permanent recruitments each year, sector as a member of the French Nuclear Industry • Training offer for France rationalized and put on Association (Groupement des Industriels Français line, de l’Energie Nucléaire – GIFEN) (formerly PFN) in • Roll-out of the first stages of the French “Avenir” mapping skills in the industry, carrying out DID YOU KNOW? (Future) Law of September 5, 2018 for the assessments and defining action plans with the professions concerned. Orano produces its own e-learning freedom to choose a future career. modules, written with experts in the different jobs in the sector. RIGOROUS MANAGEMENT OF SKILLS The MOOC* “The nuclear fuel cycle” will ultimately have around forty We now have an action plan to monitor current and ATTRACTIVENESS AND WORKING modules, half of which are already in future skills more closely. It is being tracked by the ENVIRONMENT use. ExCo, and includes, for instance: • Organizing and managing a network of trans- Orano is a young business, recognized for its discipline leaders, highly-technical nature, its innovation culture, its * Massive Open Online Course: on-line training open to all • An annual skills review (Revue Annuelle de international base and the diversity of its jobs. To Compétences - RAC) included in the annual join the Group is to enter an organization DID YOU KNOW? managerial cycle, recognized worldwide for its excellence, one that, Orano’s recruitment process is • Within France, an analysis and cross-cutting by contributing to the production of safe, low- available on the internet site action plans for each family of disciplines, in order carbon, future-proofed energy, is involved in the FOCUS ON THE MANAGEMENT https://orano.group/fr/carrieres/le-recrutement-chez- to: energy transition and climate change. orano • Reduce staff stress SCHOOL • Manage the match of experience and skills The use of new ways of working has been to the business needs, strengthened by the facilities at the Group’s new The Management School has for the last three • Anticipate demographic risks and the age head office, the Prisme building at Châtillon. The years created and offered strategic training pyramid, site favors open spaces, digitized systems, and programs to develop and support managers in the • Make jobs more attractive, flexible working to encourage more crossover, Group’s transformation. It aims to direct • Incorporate technological advances, interaction and responsiveness. Every aspect of management towards the managerial values and • Set up a biennial review of high-flyers and the design is intended to foster friendly and fluent behaviors that the Group expects, in line with the TO FIND OUT MORE identify possible ways they can develop exchange. Orano also promotes remote working, business project. Documents available within the organization. in response to the wishes of many of its staff. Recruitment at Orano • 66 67 SKILLS

ACT TO INTEGRATE PEOPLE WITH RECRUITING LOCALLY Standing together DISABILITIES for diversity and inclusion In all “significant” countries (those in which Orano Orano’s disability policy goes back to 2006. It is and its subsidiaries employ at least 100 people), the great majority (approximately 98%) of those KEY FIGURES FROM 2019 implemented by a network of Diversity/Disability Leaders in each establishment. At the end of 2019 employed are recruited locally. The renewal of the Diversity Label in France, the teams included 625 disabled Orano also pays particular attention to local employees, 5.4% of all those employed. communities and indigenous peoples, making it easier for them to access its job offers. 22% In Canada, for instance, the collaboration of staff are women agreements signed between 2012 and 2016 with (as opposed to 19% in the industry) the indigenous peoples in northern Saskatchewan DID YOU KNOW? develop human resources based on a long-term On September 17, 2019, the partnership. They are structured round five pillars: 5.41% the development of a workforce and of percentage of employed people with a disability cyclist pack for the parasport “Tour de l’Aude” made a stop at businesses, community involvement, the management of the environment, and investment the site. The 60 para-athletes in in the community. Orano aims to be an inclusive employer that ACTION FOR GENDER EQUALITY the pack paused for supplies at encourages diverse profiles, by including the Orano Malvési site: an disabled people within our disciplines. At the end of 2019, 22% of Orano’s workforce opportunity to talk to staff there. were women, as were 28% of its managerial The cyclists covered 250 km in 4 staff. The aim is to increase the proportion of days to raise awareness of FOCUS ON ORANO MINING AN ACTIVE PRO-DIVERSITY POLICY women recruited in France by 1 percent per year. disability. Over 98% of Orano Mining employees are from Already at the end of 2019, 24% of all new staff the same country as their site. The breakdown by At top level, the Board of Directors and the and 35% of new managers were women. country is published in the Orano Mining CSR Nominations and Remuneration Committee are Women also account for 31% of the high-flyers report. promoting a growth scheme to promote diversity. and 18% of the experts. An initial Group agreement (covering Areva) was concluded with the union organizations in 2012. COUNTERING DISCRIMINATION FOCUS ON THE PROFESSIONAL EQUALITY INDEX (French Law of As a committed and socially-responsible business, Orano attaches particular importance to countering DID YOU KNOW? September 5, 2018) any form of discrimination and to developing an Orano has certification! The eight French companies in the Group have inclusive policy. The French State created scores ranging between 75 and 94 points out of the Diversity Label in 100. If Orano were a single company, its index Orano has therefore mapped the risks by looking at 2008, to recognize would be 84. (It “loses” 10 points because there the 24 discrimination factors defined in French law are still not enough women (25%) sitting on commitment to diversity as regards the four main areas of HR: senior management committees). recruitment/integration, career development, and action to counter In 2019, the company spent 260,000 euros to discrimination. training and remuneration, and also the social compensate for 177 unjustified differences in pay, climate within the business. of which 85% benefitted women. Orano has held the title since 2010! In France, Orano has for several years had a whistleblowing and complaints system open to all In the United States, Orano is staff, with special measures to ensure registered as an Equal Opportunity In its publicity, the Group systematically promotes confidentiality. It is linked to the Ethical Code, and Employer (EOE) with the US Equal female profiles in technical jobs. extends beyond the usual means of redress Employment Opportunity (manager, RH manager, occupational health Orano is keen to promote technical trades with service, etc.). In 2019, the whistleblowing and Commission, a federal agency. women students, and uses a network of 80 Orano is also a member of Direct complaints system was incorporated into the more engineer ambassadors, 40% of whom are general Orano internal ethics alert procedure. Employer (a recruitment body women. 38% of work-study students are women, TO FIND OUT MORE specifically for minorities, women, ex- and the objective is to increase the proportion by These mechanisms were used to report 6 alerts in service personnel and the disabled). one percent each year, in particular in the Documents available 2019 (compared with 10 in 2018), two of which Brochure on the Disability Agreement (in French) technical trades. proved well founded. Brochure on the Professional Equality Agreement (in French) Orano Mining CSR report 68 69 Innovate to Our results for 2019

Technological innovation as a performance preserve resources lever and protect health 14 470 patents lodged in 2019 experts 18% of whom are women

The vision of €103 M 2.7% Guillaume Dureau invested in R&D in 2019 of turnover Director of Orano Projects Director of R&D, Innovation & Orano Business innovation to Med accelerate the Group’s growth

“At Orano, we believe in the power of innovation. Innovation to improve how the Group performs its activities, of course, and to develop new 1,500 15 growth opportunities in our traditional industry start-ups in the Orano million euros invested by Orano sectors: but also to develop in other sectors, ecosystem Med in 2019 and 2020 in France mindful of sustainable-development issues, and and in the United States to always in the service of society. These new increase the lead-212 activities support the energy and industrial production capacity transition with services that are innovative, circular and sustainable, and with products that respond to urgent societal challenges (in Recycle nuclear materials medicine and space, recycling of strategic materials, and tomorrow’s nuclear industry). Innovation is one of the Group’s growth accelerators: it is a new way of creating, delivering and adding value, aligned with the Group’s CSR commitments”

0270 71 INNOVATION Technological innovation Spotlight on… as a performance lever

KEY FIGURES FROM 2019 … NANOPIX, THE SMALLEST THE VALUE IT CREATES: GAMMA CAMERA IN THE 14 WORLD, patents lodged in 2019 Operator dose reduced Nanopix, developed by Orano in partnership with the CEA and prize winner at the WNE Costs of job reduced 2018, is the world’s smallest gamma camera. It €103 M was invented for mounting on different carriers Time saved during investigations invested in R&D in 2019 (pole, robot, robot arm or drone etc.) in order to (2.7% of turnover) overcome the access constraints at work sites Work scenarios optimized when locating radioactive hot spots. It is used in areas that are difficult to access, where the Orano uses an innovation approach to enhance ADOPT THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES gamma imagers on the market are unsuitable the Group’s performance, but also to re-design its activities and to explore new growth FOR PERFORMANCE AND SAFETY because of their size and mass. opportunities. It can thus provide its customers with new services and innovative solutions, while Innovation at Orano is firstly a matter of adopting serving society and preserving resources and the new Industry 4.0 technologies to improve … ORANEF, A FOLDING INSPECTION THE VALUE IT CREATES: health. productivity at our plants, the competitiveness of DRONE our services and the safety of our operators. The INNOVATION, ORANO’S PRIORITY Group is basing its industrial innovation program on ten key technologies for the future: Oranef is a folding mini-drone with a wireless Operator dose reduced communication system, a control station and a Orano has made innovation one of its three 01 Smart sensors camera. It was developed to carry out Time saved priorities, together with operational excellence and 02 The IoT and secure communication networks inspections in all types of cubicles that value creation for its customers. The innovation 03 Instrumentation, characterization and nuclear conventional inspection tools cannot access Costs reduced approach has three facets: measurement (including zone 4) and is part of the move to 04 3D Modeling & simulation maintain the plant in operational condition over • Investigations more exhaustive industrial innovation, 05 Additive manufacture the long term. The folding zone can be inserted 06 Data analysis and artificial intelligence via borescope holes 80mm in diameter. • business innovation, and 07 Immersive technologies including virtual reality 08 Autonomous and remotely-operated robots & • innovative thinking from the women and men drones, cobotics at Orano, which makes this transformation 09 Mobile & collaborative systems including possible. augmented reality … A CONNECTED ROD TO THE VALUE IT CREATES: 10 New materials and advanced coatings HELP GEOLOGISTS

Exploration geologists can use a newly Reduces awkward positions and A FLEXIBLE AND RECEPTIVE FOCUS ON ORANO INNOVATION developed connected device now under test to doses SME INNOVATION STRATEGY measure the exact grade of ore and compare it in real time with the digital model. The Orano encourages collaborative innovation with Reduces quality defects and mining enhancement means that the ore loaded into start-ups by launching open-innovation costs challenges relating to the needs in the field, and trucks will be more homogeneous. It will also 1,500 help improve working conditions, as the inviting start-ups to present their innovative start-ups in the Orano ecosystem, Optimizes the load in the trucks operator’s posture is less awkward and the solutions. Since 2019, a total of 49 challenges including 300 qualified have been issued and 28 implementations are in distance between the operator and the ore is progress. greater, reducing exposure to gamma radiation. Link to the Orano Innovation SME More about innovation at Orano I4.0

72 73 INNOVATION Business innovation to PUSHING BACK THE FRONTIERS Our skills in radiation protection, nuclear-powered travel and long-term accelerate the Group’s growth energy systems such as the RTG (Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator) will be vital for the space industry.

INVENTING THE MODELS TO CREATE FUTURE VALUE COMPETITION FOR DEEP-TECH START- Orano’s Innovation Business strategy explores models that will create value UPS in the future, by enhancing the use of its skills, expertise, assets, leading- As part of the competition to develop new growth edge technologies and nuclear materials. A portfolio of new potential opportunities organized in collaboration with Hello activities is being developed, focusing on: Tomorrow for deep-tech start-ups, we proposed five • Services, rather than product sales, challenges: Enhancing remote expertise, Using any • The circular economy, as an extension to its strategy for recycling, eco- isotope, Using uranium properties, Environmental design and the rehabilitation of mining ecosystems, monitoring and industrial site upcycling, and Using • DeepTech, with projects addressing key societal issues. nuclear expertise and technology.

We are thinking of the Group’s future today, so that it will be built tomorrow The competition attracted 57 international entries, 14 of following a strategy of sustainable economic development. which drew Orano’s interest.

OXILIO

Orano has just launched a new service, INTERVIEW Oxilio, for use by those not involved in WITH NATHALIE COLLIGNON nuclear power generation to manage INNOVATION DIRECTOR nuclear materials (for instance, by hospitals “The nuclear industry is a sector for to manage spent radioactive sources). ORANO MED, A NEW Rolling out this new service will help us to the future, serving society by PLAYER IN NUCLEAR promoting sustainable development.” identify others that we might develop in the MEDICINE health sector.

Orano Med, Orano’s medical What practical steps were taken to • And every two years, the Orano Awards subsidiary, has developed a new instill an innovation culture? honor the most innovative projects carried and very promising process to extract and purify lead-212 for NC: Practical steps have been taken to develop an out within the Group, irrespective of their targeted alpha therapy, a new innovation culture within the Group: transformative nature. The idea of “learning form of cancer radiotherapy that • Orano managers are now trained in innovation through mistakes” has been introduced with reduces the impact on healthy and there are effective and dynamic communities the “Best Failed Idea” category. cells. that meet regularly to share good practices and construct together road maps for the Group, Do you act alone or is there a Link to the Orano Med site • An interactive and recreational module capitalizes network? on and highlights the Group’s achievements NC: One of the Group’s main challenges is to linked to the Industry 4.0 technologies speed up its innovation cycles. Orano has • FabLabs accessible to staff at sites offer tools and implemented a flexible and open strategy by support to leaders of innovative projects, bringing in new skills (such as design) from €15 M The Orano Med laboratory (Maurice Tubiana laboratory) • An “Exploration Factory” provides resources to specifically for producing lead-212. Bessines sur Gartempe, leading partners in ultra-innovative and invested in extending France. speed up research into opportunities to grow the dynamic ecosystems such as that for the I4.0 production capacity in France portfolio, start-ups, and services from recognized and in the United States Innovation Business partners. It is doing so in TO FIND OUT MORE conjunction with the Circular Economy (BMI Documents available Lab, Univ St Gallen, AKTAN and Strategyzer). Orano innovation Orano Innovation SME Orano Med site 74 75 FOOTPRINT

The proportion of nuclear electricity generated using recycled materials could increase to up to 25% with Recycle nuclear materials the recycling of the uranium in spent fuel (MOX). The figure could, in theory, reach 30% with MOX 2, a new type of fuel that allows nuclear fuel to be recycled KEY FIGURES FROM 2019 several times.

1,213 EXPORT EXPERTISE tonnes of spent fuel Orano is internationally recognized for its expertise in processed at La Hague in 2019 the safe recycling of spent fuel. By the end of 2019, 44 commercial reactors across the world had been loaded with MOX fuel since the start of the seventies: 10% 38 in Europe (22 in France, 10 in Germany, 3 in of French electricity production comes from Switzerland, 2 in Belgium 1 in the Netherlands), 5 in recycled materials Japan and 1 in the United States.

Orano is a world leader in reprocessing and recycling, and relies on its recognized expertise DID YOU KNOW? to provide its customers with efficient, safe and 2% responsible management of spent nuclear fuel. It cost of recycling in the electricity THE 3 VIRTUES OF RECYCLING bill does so by recovering usable material (uranium and plutonium) from spent fuel and re-cycling it to manufacture new fuels, such as MOX, for nuclear reactors. FOCUS ON THE PROCESSING OF SPENT FUEL 96% of spent Natural The volume of MOX fuel assembly. Orano Melox, France. nuclear fuel can resources the most be recycled, are saved radioactive PRESERVE RESOURCES BY leaving 4% of waste is final waste reduced by a RECYCLING SPENT FUEL The processing takes place at the Orano La factor of five Hague plant, in 4 stages and remotely: FOCUS ON MOX, THE RECYCLED • The fuel is received and stored safely before Recycling can recover and re-use up to 96% of the FUEL processing: the fuel is taken from its MOX fuel is manufactured in five stages in Orano’s material in spent fuel (1% from plutonium, and 95% packaging and remains in a pool under 9m of Melox plant: from uranium). The remaining 4% (comprising water, for an average of five years. During this • A powder is produced from plutonium and fission products) is final waste that cannot be time, the temperature of the fuel reduces and depleted uranium mixed in the proportions reused. The first recovery stage is carried out at its radioactivity decays naturally, required by customers, Orano’s La Hague plant. • The components are separated and re-usable • The powder is compressed into pellets, materials recovered: a chemical workshop • The pellets are sintered in high-temperature In the second stage, Orano produces MOX, a separates the recyclable material (plutonium ovens, recycled fuel. MOX fuel is used to supply nuclear and uranium) from the final, non-usable waste • The pellets are ground to the required diameter power plants in France, Japan and Germany. (fission products), (to the nearest micron), Depending on customer requirements, a fuel • The final waste (4%) is encapsulated safely • The pellets are inserted into sheaths, or metal assembly containing a mix of plutonium and and securely: This comprises fission products tubes. The “rods” are 4 meters long and contain depleted uranium contains between 3 and 12% and the remains of metallic structures (hulls approximately 320 pellets, depending on plutonium. In France, 10% of nuclear electricity is and end pieces), customer requirements, now produced using MOX fuel, representing almost • The waste is stored safely for an indefinite • The rods are inserted into a fuel assembly. This 8% of electricity from all sources. period awaiting final storage: French waste is is the end product from Melox for delivery to stored at the La Hague site in dedicated halls, the customer. until it is transferred to the deep geological storage facility (the deliverable from the CIGEO DID YOU KNOW? project). Waste from foreign customers is sent back to its country of origin, as required under Training in remote operation. Orano La Hague, France. 1 gram of plutonium can produce the French law. same amount of energy as 1 tonne of TO FIND OUT MORE oil. Documents available Link to our popular-beliefs site (in French) 84 85 Engaged Our results for 2019 and responsible Communicate and participate locally in our 1 +100 Local Commission (CLI or CSS) meetings organized with the for each industrial site stakeholders near our mining sites in France and abroad

environment Buy and subcontract in a responsible way The vision of 100% Nicolas Maes of contracts include sustainable-development undertakings Director, Mining BU 90% 73% “The business is an economic player, but it is also a of purchases by French entities are of purchases by foreign entities are player in the regions where it operates. This from suppliers established in made in the local country applies particularly to our mining and nuclear France activities. We need to commit ourselves early on to manage the challenges throughout our operational cycle. This means setting up programs to identify Help to develop the regions around our and then to control and reduce potentially negative impacts, committing to plans with the local and operations national stakeholders, and carrying out development work in the regions so that our activity affects them in a positive way. Redevelop old sites for new uses Our approach to communities is therefore very proactive. It is integral to our activities, and relies on constant, constructive and on-going dialogue € 7 688 M 63% with our stakeholders.” end-of-cycle provisions to finance rehabilitated former French mining sites the end of life of nuclear housing an industrial establishment, installations, covered by dedicated agricultural activities assets or photovoltaic plants

0276 77 REGIONS INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITY Communicate and participate WHAT THEY SAY PROJECTS Orano is involved in various aspects of the life of the communities near its operations in France and KEY FIGURES FROM 2019 Jean-Christophe VARIN abroad. Deputy Site Director 1 Orano La Hague In France Local Commission (CLI - site One example is the framework agreement for information, or CSS - site monitoring) “The Local Information Commission for collaboration between Orano Melox and the for each industrial site Orano La Hague and the site have been in University of Nîmes. This has strengthened the continuous dialogue for almost forty years, existing cooperation between the two since the La Hague CLI was the first created establishments over the last few years, +100 in France, in 1981. Although the three particularly during the Festival of Science. The general meetings each year are the key ones, collaboration allows us to develop methods of meetings organized with the stakeholders education, visits, courses, work/study placements, near our mining sites in France and abroad discussion also continues within specialist working parties. Members of the CLI or its and research & development work. It brings Chairman are also informed regularly, in line research and industry together as they confront Discussing the issues with our stakeholders is the major energy challenges such as countering AN EQUIVALENT SYSTEM FOR with the Orano Group’s commitment to part of our undertaking as a responsible global warming, nuclear safety, the energy OUR MINING FACILITIES transparency." manufacturer. transition, and public acceptance. In each country where Orano Mining is present, TRANSPARENCY AND DIALOGUE organizations are systematically established and WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS IN managed to provide information, dialogue and consultation about the sites. They may be Local ~60% FRANCE Information Commissions (Commission Locale Nathalie BONNEFOY of those living near our French sites think d’Informations - CLI), Site Monitoring Communication Director that the nuclear industry is good for the Orano participates in discussion groups and Commissions (Commission de Suivi des Sites - Orano CE region (BVA study, 2019) committees with its stakeholders. In France for CSS), visits or web applications providing the example, the Group is a member of the French High public with information on the monitoring of “The Local Information Commissions play an Committee for Transparency and Information on remediated former sites (CartOmines). essential role in the process of dialog and Nuclear Security (Haut Comité pour la consultation with local inhabitants. They are At mining sites Transparence et l’Information sur la Sûreté independently financed and report to the Badrakh Energy, the Orano Mining subsidiary in Nucléaire - HCTISN) and contributes actively to its French Nuclear Safety Authority (Autorité de Mongolia, created a scholarship program in 2010 work. Via its sites, the Group is also a stakeholder Sûreté Nucléaire - ASN). They have a variety to train the workforce, support education and give in the Local Information Commissions FOCUS ON THE BILATERAL of members, including institutional players, young people in the region access to university (Commissions Locales d'Information - CLIs). The STEERING COMMITTEE (CBO) IN environmental associations, State-funded studies. It covers the entire three years required to task of these commissions is to ensure information chambers of commerce, union organizations complete a bachelor degree. In 2019, 39 students is conveyed to people living near nuclear sites. NIGER and government authorities. Operators are from Ulaanbadrakh and Sainshand in Dornogobi The Committee was created in May 2006 to help also members, and report periodically on their province received scholarships, bringing the total The CLIs meet several times a year and are strengthen local governance of community work in nuclear safety, radiation protection number of beneficiaries to 81 since it started. important bodies providing information about the projects for local people. Together with Orano and the environment. They provide an site’s activities. A number of presentations are Mining, the CBO brings together local opportunity for completely transparent and made during the meetings, which are attended by representatives, the authorities involved and civil unrestricted open discussion and debate on the media (press, radio etc.). The CLIs also meet society. It defines the local development policy, current topics relating to our activities. They €4.5 M during public inquiries to give an opinion on the identifies priority areas for action, gives an opinion play a key role in informing local residents. invested in health, access to water, projects presented. on each project, and ensures its financing. They challenge us and force us to reconsider education and economic development to meet the expectations of our stakeholders Every industrial chemical facility classified as our way of thinking, so that the general public “Seveso upper tier” has an equivalent body, a Site is better informed and has better access to in countries where Orano Mining has a Monitoring Commission (Commission de Suivi de DID YOU KNOW? information. site. Site - CSS) which replaces the Local Information All the undertakings agreed with the There are plenary sessions, but the most important thing is the on-going relationship and Consultation Committee (Comité Local French Nuclear Safety Authority are between the members to whom we talk and d’Information et de Concertation - CLIC), and has presented regularly at CLI meetings. TO FIND OUT MORE report as events require." the role of informing the public about the facility’s Documents available activities. Information reports on nuclear facilities Orano Mining CSR report 78 79 REGIONS Buy and subcontract And help to develop the regions in a responsible way near our operations KEY FIGURES FROM 2019

Orano is fulfilling its commitment to community involvement by work to improve the attractive- FOCUS ON CIME, THE NEW 100% ness and aid the economic development of the of contracts include sustainable- regions in which it has sites. INNOVATION CENTER FOR development undertakings EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY

On September 10, 2019 we laid the foundation 90% DEVELOPMENT, SKILLS AND LOCAL stone for the new innovation center for extractive of purchases by French entities are from EMPLOYMENT metallurgy (Centre d’Innovation en Métallurgie suppliers established in France Extractive - CIME) at the French site of Bessines- In line with the values of the business, Orano relies sur-Gartempe. The CIME develops scientific and The Group’s procurement is governed by its Classification is based on a risk analysis carried on its knowledge of regions and of those with a technical solutions to meet the needs of its Procurement and Supply Chain process. out before the requirements specification. It takes role in local economic development to run projects customers in the areas of energy, the Suppliers are assessed and monitored based on the form of a risk table covering around twenty that address the priorities and the specific needs of environment, industrial recycling, health, ore the criteria of nuclear safety, quality, key points (e.g. nuclear safety and the each employment pool. The Group supports trades treatment and engineering. The investment of conformance, finance, competitiveness, health, environment). under stress and projects led by SME/SMIs in the over 30 million euro underlines the Group’s desire industrial safety and the environment, and on industrial sector and in services to industry, to innovate and modernize, and to remain in the their ability to supply products and services that particularly in the nuclear industry, it sees the long- Limousin over the long term. meet the needs and specified requirements. FOCUS ON REPORT ON term future of the activity generated by such projects as particularly important. Action to SUBCONTRACTING IN FRANCE develop the local economy also covers finance for INTEGRATING SOCIAL AND The legal and regulatory framework for projects in the social economy, and support for jobs ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA INTO subcontracting nuclear activities and for activities and training. THE PROCUREMENT POLICY within nuclear facilities in France has been extended since 2012. Orano is scrupulous in respecting the rules and in its reporting. 73% The Group has a formal Procurement Policy, which DID YOU KNOW? of purchases by foreign entities are made Orano is involved in local initiatives was revised in 2018. Orano’s reference Every two years, the Group publishes a report of in the local country documentation on the use of subcontracting and its practices as regards the use of subcontractors to develop skills and jobs. Examples on procurement includes the following documents: for all Orano roles in France, including nuclear in France are CCI, UIMM, • an Industrial Policy, operator, industrial operator and supplier of NuclearValley, Nucleopolis, Alize, • a Procurement Policy and an Intra-Group services and works. and CleanTech Valley etc. Procurement Policy, PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL BODIES • a Supply Chain manual covering all procurement processes and procedures, Orano’s principal industrial sites work proactively • Group procedures that define how HSE is INVOLVE THE VALUE CHAIN for their region and its industrial fabric. Their incorporated into the procurement process, 1,122 JOBS CREATED IN FRANCE BY senior management are active members of the • General Terms & Conditions of Purchase region’s economic and administrative bodies Orano wants its suppliers to commit to REVITALIZATION INITIATIVES (Conditions Générales d’Achats - CGA). (they hold office or have representatives in their sustainable development. For several years, all offices). Orano contracts and General Terms & Conditions Between 2016 and 2019, as part of the Orano’s contracts are divided into 3 classes of Purchase have included provisions on transformation plan and the regeneration depending on the level of risk. Class 1 includes Such bodies allow fruitful discussion with the compliance by suppliers with such a commitment. commitment in its plan for voluntary departures in those with a high HSE risk, Class 2, those with a France, the Orano Group undertook to support the region’s economic players, and enable issues and significant HSE risk, and Class 3, those with a low news to be shared throughout the year. The procurement manager and the requisitioner regions via an economic revitalization plan and risk or with no particular HSE requirement. must take into account economic and ethical initiatives designed to promote the emergence of aspects and fair competitive practices, and look new activities and the creation of new jobs. more favorably on the suppliers and tenders that DID YOU KNOW? best fit with the organization. When determining By the end of 2019, Orano had met its TO FIND OUT MORE Orano applies the principles in the the needs, they must consider the local context, commitments under the revitalization agreements, Documents available Social Specifications. the impact on employment and the local and had supported the creation of 1,122 jobs (23% Sustainable Development Obligations applicable to Suppliers Report on subcontracting 2018 (in French) economy. higher than the initial target). 80 81 REGIONS Redevelop Spotlight on… old sites for new uses

… SICN VEUREY VOROIZE OUR ACTIONS: FOCUS ON DISASSEMBLY OF THE The two BNIs 65 and 90 have been decommissioned and Buildings demolished OLD FACILITIES AT MALVÉSI public-utility easements created, allowing the site’s re- The industrial plant at the Malvési site has been industrialization to be finalized. This will be done in undergoing renovation and modernization since partnership with the industries already present on over half Soil remediated 2016, at the same time, a major program is being the area. Under the decommissioning procedure, the dossier rolled out at the site to dismantle and remediate was validated by the ASN and examined by the local BNIs decommissioned facilities that are now closed. On average, over 70 authorities, via a Prefectorial Order defining the boundary Group employees, specialists in dismantling and and the public-utility easements (Servitudes d’Utilité remediation, are currently working on site to Publique - SUP) on the plots making up the site of the two Land currently being sold dismantle the old, now unused, workshops in a BNIs. The Order was published on October 1, 2019, and responsible way so that new industrial activities following its publication, the College of the French Nuclear The Group’s experience means it takes its can start. A total of around ten facilities will be Safety Authority (ASN) published the decommissioning responsibilities seriously, including the dismantled by 2025. The program started in 2018 decisions for BNIs 65 and 90 on October 29, 2019 proportionate remediation of liabilities. This (Decisions DC 0680 and DC 0681). equitable societal transition can, when the site is and represents a total investment of €70 M. It has suitable, give its assets a second life. allowed a new workshop (the UO2 workshop) to … THE DISMANTLING OF EURODIF OUR ACTIONS: be built so that an intermediate product from the site’s main process can be re-used and marketed. THINK AHEAD FOR A NEW LIFE FOR The Georges Besse II enrichment plants have replaced the Facilities flushed out OUR SITES AND OUR CUSTOMER Eurodif manufacturing plant, which until June 2012 SITES produced uranium enriched by gaseous diffusion. The plant Decree authorizing OLD MINING SITES CONVERTED was finally shut down in 2016. The Decree authorizing it to be dismantled was obtained at the start of 2020 and disassembly obtained on As activities develop, so do facilities: and some defines the necessary stages in its disassembly. The work February 7, 2020 close down. Orano prefers to dismantle facilities at Orano has developed expertise in remediating and must be completed at the latest by December 31, 2051. the time activities cease. This means the managing former mining sites. Their re-use forms Dismantling Eurodif involves over 130,000 tonnes of metal, management of liabilities is not deferred and the an integral part of the mining cycle. The main or the weight of nineteen Eiffel Towers. areas can be converted to another use. objectives of a remediation plan are to:

• Ensure stability for public health and safety over DID YOU KNOW? the long term, and reduce the residual impact of The cost incurred at the end of a nuclear the previous activities, … PRODUCTION CLOSE-DOWN AND OUR ACTIONS: facility’s life is provided for following a REMEDIATION OF THE COMINAK process defined in French law. At the end • Limit the area of the site subject to restrictions of 2019, the end-of-cycle provision for of use and ensure the landscaping aims to MINE A three-pronged remediation financing these operations amounted to preserve the local biodiversity and allows plan (technical, social, and €7,688 M. The provisions are matched by possible reuse of the site, depending on the In 2019, Cominak’s Board of Directors decided to stop societal): earmarked assets. easement restrictions, production at the Akouta site on March 31, 2021. This was a difficult decision that will have significant consequences, but • Remediation and environmental • Enable good social and community was prompted by the mine’s diminishing reserves. Orano, monitoring work management after use, and encourage site Orano also carries out remediation and dismantling with its wide experience in post-mining management, conversion. undertook with the Nigerian authorities and Cominak’s for other operators. Its expertise in all areas allows • Support for employees it to offer its customers either a complete package shareholders to remediate the industrial site in a responsible or a bespoke service, from the initial studies up to way, in compliance with the Nigerian regulation and with • Societal transition completion. international recommendations, and to define the social Over 63% of remediated former French mining transition plan for the Arlit - Akokan community as regards sites today house industrial premises, agricultural access to healthcare and water, maintenance of the urban activities or solar power plants. Four solar power Work on a continuity plan for infrastructures, and support for entrepreneurship and local activities in North Niger TO FIND OUT MORE plants have been installed, enough to supply economic activity. Documents available 12,000 homes. Eleven projects are under study. Dossier for post-mining management, France (in French) 82 83 OUR RESULTS

86 87 RESULTS Tending towards carbon neutrality Target for Performance indicators 2017 2018 2019 2020 GreenHouse Gas Emissions (1) Direct GHG emissions scope 1 (tCO2e)  294 832 260 687 267 872 ↘ (1) Indirect GHG emissions scope 2 (tCO2e)  157 424 163 893 182 921 ↘

GHG emissions scope 1+2 (tCO2e) 453 729 425 580 450 792 ↘ Variation compared with previous year -6% +6% GHG reduction (Scope 1 and 2) since 2004 -63% -61% GHG reduction (Scope 1 and 2) since 2015 -37% -33% Detail of GHG emissions scope 1+2 (tCO2e) Mining 293 896 Front-End 50 345 Back-End 105 367 Corporate 1 185 GHG emissions (Scope 1+2) per unit revenue (tCO2e / €M) 118 117 119 = Energy Quantity of energy consumed (MWh) 2 080 917 1 869 557 1 905 131 ↘ 2017 2018 2019 Target for 2020 Variation compared with previous year -10% +2% Reduction in the consumption of energy since 2004 -91% Reference revenue (in €M) 3 848 3 623 3 787 ↗ Detail of quantities of energy consumed (MWh) Mining 652 768 Front-End 517 405 Governance mobilized to achieve the highest standards Back-End 729 895 Corporate 5 063 Target for Energy consumption per unit revenue (MWh / €M) 541 516 503 ↘ Governance 2017 2018 2019 2020 Governance Number of directors - 13 13 Operating efficiently and reduce our footprint Target for Independent directors 4 4 2017 2018 2019 2020 Directors representing employees 2 2 Number of ISO 14 0001 certified sites 100% 100% Women on governance bodies 46% > 40% Water Women among directors representing employees 41% Quantity of water consumed (m3) 12 026 198 10 856 726 10 294 639 ↘ Proportion of women on the Executive Committee 9% 25% Variation compared with previous year -10% -5% Ethics, compliance, risk Reduction in the consumption of water since 2004 -93% Employees trained in compliance 273 843 Detail of quantities of water consumed (m3) Incidents escalated by the Ethical Reporting process 107 Mining 7 669 436 Interest representation actions reported to the French High 5 1 6 Authority for Transparency in Public Life Front-End 2 006 084 Back-End 614 558 Corporate 4 561 Water consumption per unit revenue (m3 / €M) 3 125 ↘ Number of events classified on the INES scale in nuclear 2 997 2 718 2017 2018 2019 Target for 2020 entities Conventional waste

INES Level 2 0 0 0 = 0 Global tonnage of conventional waste (normal and 26 686 19 909 21 704 ↘ exceptional activity) INES Level 1 12 8 7 Quantity of hazardous waste (t) linked to a normal activity 9 490 6 690 5 267 ↘ INES Level 0 105 121 132 Quantity of non-hazardous waste (t) linked to a normal Incident Prevention Rate 6 796 6 760 6 786 = ↘ activity (IPR: INES 1 / (INES 0 + INES 1)) 0.11 0.07 0.05 < 0.1 Radioactive waste https://inventaire.andra.fr/inventaire Internal inspections carried out by the General Inspectorate 39 44 59 88 89 Proud and committed employees

Target for Target for Health, safety, radiation protection 2017 2018 2019 Employee engagement 2017 2018 2019 2020 2020

Occupational safety Recruitment and Turnover France Frequency rate for lost-time occupational accidents Attrition rate (turnover)* 5.0% 6.0% ↗ 2.4 1.5 1.8 ↗ 1.4 (excl. commuting accidents) of which individual redundancies 37 46 ↗ Severity rate for occupational accidents 0.07 0.03 0.08 ↗ Permanent contract hires 951 1 082 ↗ (accidents declared in the year excl. commuting accidents) of which Engineer and Manager categories 41% 32% ↗ Number of fatal accidents 1 0 0 = 0 Health Target for Occupational illnesses 10 16 23 ↗ Breakdown of employees 2017 2018 2019 2020 Radiation protection Personnel breakdown by activity* Average exposure dose of employees to ionizing radiation over 0.8 0.86 0.84 ↘ 12 consecutive months (mSv) Mining 3 179 2 819 2 754 Total individual external doses over 12 consecutive months for 8 016 8 360 8 300 = Front-End (Chemistry-Enrichment) 2 693 2 550 2 371 Orano employees (H.mSv) Back-End (Recycling, Decommissioning & Services, Logistics, Total individual internal doses over 12 consecutive months for 12 212 12 388 12 490 3 259 3 374 2 934 ↘ Projects) Orano employees (H.mSv) Average exposure dose over 12 consecutive months Corporate and other (incl. Medical) 1 061 1 036 989 0.5 0.47 0.50 ↗ of subcontractors to ionizing radiation (mSv) Total 19 145 18 793 18 604 ↘ ↘ Orano employees above 14 mSv (internal Orano threshold) 18 46 40 Breakdown of workforce by region* Subcontractors above 14 mSv (internal Orano threshold) 1 3 3 = France 78.4 % 79.8 % 81.4 % Maximum dose (mSv) 16.1 16.6 15.9 ↘ Asia-Pacific 8.0 % 7.9 % 7.6 % Americas 6.7 % 6.5 % 5.2 % Africa and Middle East 6.0 % 4.9 % 4.9 % Target for Breakdown of registered staff 2017 2018 2019 corresponding to scope of consolidation of the Group 2020 Europe (outside France) 0.9 % 0.9 % 0.9 % Breakdown of workforce by type of contract* Breakdown of the workforce by socio-professional category Active permanent contracts 15 846 15 921 15 913 Engineer and manager categories 29.2 % 30.0 % 30.1 % Fixed-term contracts 367 404 389 Technical and administrative staff 52.1 % 51.9 % 52.0 % Work-study 643 694 733 Workers 18.6 % 18.2 % 17.9 % Non-active permanent contracts (early retirees, employees on Breakdown of employees by gender* parental leave, incapacitated employees) 2 133 1 802 1 595 Women (worldwide) 20.9 % 21.5 % 21.7 % Total 18 989 18 821 18 630 Men (worldwide) 79.1 % 78.5 % 78.3 % * Scope: workforce managed excluding Cominak, Sovagic and Macrocyclics, mining JVs counted at 100% if majority stake and 0% otherwise Women in manager categories 27.2 % 27.7 % 28.3 % Target for Women in non-manager categories 18.2 % 18.9 % 18.9 % Employee engagement 2017 2018 2019 2020 Breakdown of employees by age bracket* Employee engagement rate 36% 45% 55% ↗ Under 21 yrs 0.04 % 0.1 % 0.1 % Trend in employee engagement rate measured by OranoVox +9% +10% 21 to 30 yrs 12.0 % 13.6 % 13.6 % Recruitment and turnover World 31 to 40 yrs 29.8 % 29.6 % 30.2 % Employment rotation rate: 7.3% 8.3% ↗ 41 to 50 yrs 26.3 % 26.1 % 25.4 % Average entries / initial headcount 28.7 % Attrition rate (turnover): 51 to 60 yrs 29.8 % 28.8 % 6.4% 7.3% ↗ departures incl. retirements / initial headcount Over 60 yrs 2.0 % 1.9 % 2.0 % of which individual redundancies 64 72 ↗ * % calculated on the basis of active employees on permanent contracts Permanent contract hires 1174 1 264 ↗

of which Engineer and Manager categories 41% 34% ↗

* Resignations, dismissals, deaths, retirements

90 91 Collective bargaining agreements and notice Target for France Kazakhstan Niger USA Canada France indicators 2017 2018 2019 periods for organizational change 2020 Collective agreements Yes Yes Yes No Yes Gender equality Including notice periods for consultation and Yes Yes No N/A No % of women in permanent contract hires 29 % 27 % 24 % ↘ 29% negotiation of which Engineer & Manager categories 39 % 35 % 35 % = 37% 1-3 months Proportion of women on Executive Committees 25 % 25 % 25 % = 25% 4 months if 60 days Effective notice period in the event of a significant exercise of right Proportion of women among work-study hires 36% 38% ↗ 40% 1 month No (WARN No limit change in the organization to an expert act) opinion by trade Proportion of women among experts 16% - 18% ↗ - unions Score on the gender equality in the workplace index (Group ↘ estimate*) - 89/100 84/100 > 75/100 Number of pay gaps addressed 209 141 177 ↗ * Estimate taking Group companies as a single entity Summary of employee benefits reserved for France Kazakhstan Niger USA Canada permanent contract employees * Providence x x x x x Parenting W M Overall Medical insurance x x x x x Employees eligible to apply for parental leave (under Disability pension x x x x x 318 691 1009 local laws and agreements) in 2019 Parental leave x x - - x Employees who actually began parental leave in 2019 73 26 99 Retirement savings plan x x x x x Employees on PL who returned to work in 2019 54 15 69 Employees on PL having returned to work in 2018, and Employee shareholder scheme na na na na na 21 9 30 still present 12 months after their return to work Rate of return (those who returned vs. those who should * Significant countries: in which Orano and subsidiaries employ at least 100 staff 96% 100% 97% have returned) Retention rate (above vs. all those who returned to work 81% 100% 86% Target for in 2018) France indicators 2017 2018 2019 2020 Compensation Salary review envelopes (incl. gen. raise for non-managerial staff categories, seniority, promotions/mobility, etc.) 1.6% 2% 2.2% Innovating to preserve resources and protect health Industrial relations

Percentage of employees covered by a collective agreement - - 100% Target for 2017 2018 2019 Number of agreements signed in the year - - 49 2020 - Number of agreements signed unanimously - - 4 Number of patents filed in the year 18 14 ↘ - Competency development R&D budget (€M) 101 103 ↗ - Level of access to training in France - 84% 85% ↗ R&D budget as % of revenue (%) 2.79% 2.72% = Estimation of training volume (h) - 482 000 482 727 = Experts within the Group - - 470 Proportion of compulsory courses (%) - 42% 34% ↘ Proportion of non-compulsory courses (%) - 58% 66% ↗ Estimation of mean training hours per employee (h/employee) - 35.4 37 ↗ Work-study trainees in the personnel (as % of active permanent ↗ contracts) - 5.6% 5.8% Being engaged and responsible locally Quality of life at work Number of employees benefiting from the implementation of 385 671 931 ↗ telework Target for 2017 2018 2019 Percentage of employees benefiting from the implementation of 2020 telework vs eligible population 8% 12% - Contracts including sustainable-development undertakings - - 100% 100% Employment rate of persons with disabilities 5.12% 5.58% 5.41% ↘ Purchases by French entities made from suppliers established in - - 90% > 80% Number of employees with disabilities in France 599 625 645 ↗ France Number of ethical alerts linked to non-discrimination reported 10 4 6 ↗ Purchases by foreign entities made in the local country - - 73% Instances of implementation of counseling and support service - 35 35 =

92 93 RESULTS Description Description Source Omission Identifying and managing economic, Identification et gestion des impacts économiques, GRI 102-29 Page 14 - 15 environmental, and social impacts environnementaux et sociaux Effectiveness of risk management GRI Index GRI 102-30 Efficacité des procédures de gestion des risques Page 36 - 37 processes Examen des enjeux économiques, Review of economic, environmental, and GRI 102-31 environnementaux Page 36 - 37 social topics Description Description Source Omission et sociaux Highest governance body’s role in Rôle de l’organe de gouvernance le plus élevé dans GRI 101 - 2016 Foundation Principes généraux GRI 102-32 Page 99 sustainability reporting le reporting de développement durable GRI 102 - 2016 General disclosures Eléments généraux d’information GRI 102-33 Communicating critical concerns Communication des préoccupations majeures Page 15 Organization profile Profil de l’organisation Nature and total number of critical GRI 102-34 Nature et nombre total de préoccupations majeures Page 15 concerns GRI 102-1 Name of the organization Nom de l’organisation Page 6 GRI 102-35 Remuneration policies Politiques de rémunération Page 62 - 63 Activities, brands, products, and GRI 102-2 Activités, marques, produits et services Pages 8 - 9 services GRI 102-36 Process for determining remuneration Procédure de détermination de la rémunération Page 62 - 63 GRI 102-3 Location of headquarters Lieu géographique du siège Page 8 Implication des parties prenantes dans la GRI 102-37 Stakeholders’ involvement in remuneration Page 62 - 63 rémunération GRI 102-4 Location of operations Lieu géographique des sites d’activité Pages 8 - 9 GRI 102-38 Annual total compensation ratio Ratio de rémunération totale annuelle X GRI 102-5 Ownership and legal form Capital et forme juridique Dernière page Percentage increase in annual total Pourcentage d’augmentation du ratio de GRI 102-39 Page 92 GRI 102-6 Markets served Marchés desservis Page 7 compensation ratio rémunération totale annuelle

GRI 102-7 Scale of the organization Taille de l’organisation Page 7 Stakeholder engagement Implication des parties prenantes Information on employees and other Informations concernant les employés et les GRI 102-40 List of stakeholder groups Liste des groupes de parties prenantes Page 12 GRI 102-8 Pag 91 workers autres travailleurs GRI 102-41 Collective bargaining agreements Accords de négociation collective Page 64 - 65 GRI 102-9 Supply chain Chaîne d’approvisionnement Page 80 Critères retenus pour l’identification et la sélection Significant changes to the organization Modifications significatives de l’organisation et de GRI 102-42 Identifying and selecting stakeholders Page 13 GRI 102-10 Page 80 des parties prenantes and its supply chain sa chaîne d’approvisionnement Page 42 – 43 GRI 102-43 Approach to stakeholder engagement Implication des parties prenantes GRI 102-11 Precautionary Principle or approach Principe de précaution ou approche préventive Page 26 - 27 Page 80 -81 Thèmes et préoccupations soulevés par l’implication GRI 102-12 External initiatives Initiatives externes Page 12 GRI 102-44 Key topics and concerns raised Page 14 - 15 des parties prenantes GRI 102-13 Membership of associations Adhésion à des associations Page 12 Reporting practice Pratique de reporting Strategy Stratégie Entities included in the consolidated Annual report 2019 GRI 102-45 Entités incluses dans les états financiers consolidés financial statements page 220 GRI 102-14 Statement from senior decision-maker Déclaration du décideur le plus haut placé Page 2 Defining report content and topic Définition du contenu du rapport et des périmètres GRI 102-46 Page 99 Page 14 – 15 Boundaries de l’enjeu GRI 102-15 Key impacts, risks, and opportunities Principaux impacts, risques et opportunités Page 36 - 37 Page 22 – 23, Ethics and integrity Éthique des affaires et des comportements Page 44 – 45, Page 50 – 51, Values, principles, standards, and norms GRI 102-47 List of material topics Liste des enjeux pertinents GRI 102-16 Valeurs, principes, normes et règles de conduite Page 38 - 39 Page 60 – 61, of behavior Page 70 – 71, Mechanisms for advice and concerns GRI 102-17 Conseils et préoccupations concernant l’éthique Page 38 - 39 Page 78 - 79 about ethics GRI 102-48 Restatements of information Réaffirmation des informations Page 88 Governance Gouvernance GRI 102-49 Changes in reporting Modifications relatives au reporting Page 99 GRI 102-18 Governance structure Structure de gouvernance Page 24 - 25 GRI 102-50 Reporting period Période de reporting Page 99 GRI 102-19 Delegating authority Délégation de l’autorité x Executive-level responsibility for Responsabilité de la direction en lien avec les GRI 102-51 Date of most recent report Date du rapport le plus récent Page 99 GRI 102-20 economic, environmental, and social enjeux économiques, environnementaux et Page 16 GRI 102-52 Reporting cycle Cycle de reporting Page 99 topics sociaux Consultation des parties prenantes au sujet des Contact point for questions regarding the Point de contact pour les questions relatives au Consulting stakeholders on economic, GRI 102-53 Page 99 GRI 102-21 enjeux économiques, environnementaux et Page 13 - 15 report rapport environmental, and social topics Claims of reporting in accordance with the Déclarations de reporting en conformité avec les sociaux GRI 102-54 Page 99 Composition of the highest governance Composition de l’organe de gouvernance le plus GRI Standards normes GRI GRI 102-22 Page 24 body and its committees élevé et de ses comités GRI 102-55 GRI content index Index du contenu GRI Page 94 Présidence de l’organe de gouvernance le plus GRI 102-23 Chair of the highest governance body Page 24 GRI 102-56 External assurance Vérification externe Page 99 élevé Annual report Nominating and selecting the highest Nomination et sélection des membres de l’organe GRI 103 - 2016 Management approach Approche managériale GRI 102-24 2019 governance body de gouvernance le plus élevé Explanation of the material topic and its page 100 GRI 103-1 Explication de l’enjeu pertinent et de son périmètre Page 16 - 17 Annual report Boundary GRI 102-25 Conflicts of interest Conflits d’intérêts The management approach and its 2019 page 108 GRI 103-2 L’approche managériale et ses composantes Page 22 - 23 Rôle de l’organe de gouvernance le plus élevé dans components Role of highest governance body in setting Annual report 2019 GRI 102-26 la définition de l’objet social, des valeurs et de la purpose, values, and strategy page 97 GRI 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach Evaluation de l’approche managériale X stratégie Collective knowledge of highest Connaissance partagée de l’organe de Economic Economie GRI 102-27 Page 24 governance body gouvernance le plus élevé GRI 201 - 2016 Economic performance Performance économique Evaluating the highest governance body’s Évaluation de la performance de l’organe de Annual report 2019 GRI 102-28 Direct economic value generated and performance gouvernance le plus élevé page 101 GRI 201-1 Valeur économique directe générée et distribuée Page 10 - 11 94 distributed 95 Description Description Source Omission Description Description Source Omission Implications financières et autres Financial implications and other risks and Annual report 2019 GRI 303 - 2018 Water and effluents Effluents et déchets GRI 201-2 risques et opportunités dus au opportunities due to climate change page 53 Interactions with water as a shared Interactions avec l’eau en tant que changement climatique GRI 303-1 Page 52 - 53 resource ressource partagée Obligations liées au régime à Defined benefit plan obligations and other Annual report 2019 Management of water discharge- GRI 201-3 prestations déterminées et autres GRI 303-2 Gestion des impacts liés au rejet d’eau Page 52 - 53 retirement plans page 69, page 145 related impacts régimes de retraite See specific reports Financial assistance received from GRI 303-3 Water withdrawal Prélèvement d’eau GRI 201-4 Aides publiques reçues X from entities government See specific reports GRI 303-4 Water discharge Rejet d’eau GRI 202 - 2016 Market presence Présence sur le marché from entities Ratios entre le salaire au premier GRI 303-5 Water consumption Consommation d’eau Page 52 - 53 Ratios of standard entry level wage by GRI 202-1 échelon standard par genre comparé au X gender compared to local minimum wage GRI 304 - 2016 Biodiversity Biodiversité salaire minimum local Sites d’activité détenus, loués ou gérés, Proportion of senior management hired Part de cadres supérieurs recrutés Operational sites owned, leased, GRI 202-2 Page 69 situés dans from the local community dans la communauté locale managed in, or adjacent to, ou bordant des aires protégées et des See specific reports GRI 203 - 2016 Indirect economic impacts Impacts économiques indirects GRI 304-1 protected areas and areas of high zones riches from entities biodiversity value outside protected Infrastructure investments and services Investissements dans les en biodiversité à l’extérieur des aires GRI 203-1 Page 81 areas supported infrastructures et mécénat protégées Impacts économiques indirects Significant impacts of activities, Impacts significatifs des activités, GRI 203-2 Significant indirect economic impacts Page 10 - 11 significatifs GRI 304-2 products, and services on produits et services Page 52 - 53 GRI 204 - 2016 Procurement practices Pratiques d’achats biodiversity sur la biodiversité See specific reports Part de dépenses auprès de GRI 304-3 Habitats protected or restored Habitats protégés ou restaurés GRI 204-1 Proportion of spending on local suppliers Page 82 - 83 from entities fournisseurs locaux IUCN Red List species and national Espèces sur la liste rouge de l’UICN et GRI 205 - 2016 Anti corruption Lutte contre la corruption conservation list species with sur la liste de conservation nationale See specific reports GRI 304-4 Operations assessed for risks Activités évaluées en termes de risque habitats in areas affected by dont les habitats sont situés dans des from entities GRI 205-1 Page 40 - 41 related to corruption lié à la corruption operations zones affectées par les opérations Communication and training Communication et formation relatives GRI 305 - 2016 Emissions Emissions GRI 205-2 about anti-corruption policies aux politiques et procédures de lutte Page 40 - 41 Émissions directes de GES (champ GRI 305-1 Direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions Page 44 - 45 and procedures contre la corruption d’application 1) Confirmed incidents of corruption and Cas avérés de corruption et mesures Energy indirect (Scope 2) GHG Émissions indirectes de GES (champ GRI 205-3 X GRI 305-2 Page 44 - 45 actions taken prises emissions d’application 2) GRI 206 - 2016 Anti-competitive behavior Comportement anticoncurrentiel Other indirect (Scope 3) GHG Autres émissions indirectes de GES GRI 305-3 Page 44 - 45 Actions en justice contre le emissions (champ d’application 3) Legal actions for anti-competitive behavior, GRI 206-1 comportement anticoncurrentiel et les Page 41 GRI 305-4 GHG emissions intensity Intensité des émissions de GES Page 44 - 45 anti-trust, and monopoly practices pratiques antitrust GRI 305-5 Reduction of GHG emissions Réduction des émissions de GES Page 89 GRI 207 - 2019 Tax Politique fiscale Émissions de substances Annual report 2019 Emissions of ozone-depleting See specific reports GRI 207 - 1 Approach to tax Approche de la politique fiscale GRI 305-6 appauvrissant la couche d’ozone page 58 et 204 substances (ODS) from entities (SACO) Tax governance, control, and risk Gouvernance fiscale, contrôle et Annual report 2019 Nitrogen oxides (NOX), sulfur Émissions d’oxydes d’azote (NOX), GRI 207 - 2 See specific reports management gestion des risques page 58 et 204 GRI 305-7 oxides (SOX), and other significant d’oxydes de souffre (SOX) et autres from entities Implication des parties prenantes et Stakeholder engagement and management air emissions émissions atmosphériques significatives GRI 207 - 3 gestion des questions liées à la X of concerns related to tax politique fiscale GRI 306 - 2016 Effluents and waste Effluents et déchets

GRI 207 - 4 Country-by-country reporting Reporting pays par pays Lien Waste by type and disposal See specific reports GRI 306 - 2 Déchets par type et filière method from entities Environment Environnement GRI 306 - 3 Significant spills Pollutions significatives Page 40 - 41 GRI 301 - 2016 Materials Matières Matières utilisées par poids ou par See specific reports GRI 301-1 Materials used by weight or volume X GRI 306 - 4 Transport of hazardous waste Transport de déchets dangereux volume from entities GRI 301-2 Recycled input materials used Matières recyclées utilisées X GRI 307 - 2016 Environmental compliance Conformité environnementale

Reclaimed products and their packaging Produits et matériaux d’emballage Rapport Annuel GRI 301-3 X Non-compliance with Non-conformité à la législation et à la materials valorisés GRI 307 - 1 d’Activité 2019 page environmental laws and regulations réglementation environnementales GRI 302 - 2016 Energy Energie 192 Supplier environmental Évaluation environnementale des Energy consumption within the Consommation énergétique au sein de GRI 308 - 2016 GRI 302-1 Page 48 assessment fournisseurs organization l’organisation New suppliers that were screened Nouveaux fournisseurs analysés à Energy consumption outside of the Consommation énergétique en dehors GRI 308 - 1 Page 38 GRI 302-2 X using environmental criteria l’aide de critères environnementaux organization de l’organisation Impacts environnementaux négatifs sur Negative environmental impacts in GRI 302-3 Energy intensity Intensité énergétique Page 89 GRI 308 - 2 la chaîne d’approvisionnement et X the supply chain and actions taken Réduction de la consommation mesures prises GRI 302-4 Reduction of energy consumption Page 89 énergétique

96 97 Description Description Source Omission GRI 414 - 2016 Supplier social assessment Évaluation sociale des fournisseurs Nouveaux fournisseurs analysés à Social Social New suppliers that were screened GRI 414-1 l’aide Page 82 - 83 using social criteria GRI 401 - 2016 Employment Emploi de critères sociaux New employee hires and employee Recrutement de nouveaux employés et Negative social impacts in the Impacts sociaux négatifs sur la chaîne GRI 401-1 Page 90 - 91 GRI 414-2 X turnover rotation du personnel supply chain and actions taken d’approvisionnement et mesures prises Benefits provided to full-time Avantages accordés aux salariés à GRI 415 - 2016 Public policy Politiques publiques GRI 401-2 employees that are not provided to temps plein et non aux employés Page 92 temporary or part-time employees temporaires ou à temps partiel GRI 415-1 Political contributions Contributions politiques Page 41 GRI 401-3 Parental leave Congé parental Page 93 GRI 416 - 2016 Customer health and safety Santé et sécurité des consommateurs

GRI 402 - 2016 Labor management relations Relations employés/direction Assessment of the health and Évaluation des impacts des catégories GRI 416-1 safety impacts of product de produits et de services sur la santé Page 26 - 31 Minimum notice periods regarding Périodes minimales de préavis pour les GRI 402-1 Page 92 and service categories et la sécurité operational changes modifications opérationnelles GRI 403 - 2018 Occupational heath and safety Santé et sécurité au travail The 2019 "Our societal and environmental commitments" Report has been drafted in accordance with the GRI Occupational health and safety Système de management de la santé et Standards guidelines. Certain non-core categories have not been addressed. Certain information contained in the GRI 403-1 Page 32 - 35 management system de la sécurité au travail 2019 Annual Activity Report has not been included in this document. Hazard identification, risk Identification des dangers, évaluation GRI 403-2 assessment, and incident des risques et investigation des Page 32 - 35 investigation événements indésirables FIND OUT MORE GRI 403-3 Occupational health services Services de santé au travail Page 32 - 35 Available documents Worker participation, consultation, Participation et consultation des 2019 Annual Activity Report GRI 403-4 and communication on occupational travailleurs et communication relative à Page 32 - 35 health and safety la santé et à la sécurité au travail Worker training on occupational Formation des travailleurs à la santé et GRI 403-5 Page 32 - 35 health and safety à la sécurité au travail GRI 403-6 Promotion of worker health Promotion de la santé des travailleurs Page 30 - 31 Report Parameters Prevention and mitigation of Prévention et réduction des impacts occupational health and safety GRI 403-7 sur la santé et la sécurité au travail Page 32 - 35 impacts directly linked by business directement liés aux relations d’affaires relationships REPORTING SCOPE Travailleurs couverts par un système Workers covered by an de In application of Orano's strategy and policies and the orientations provided by our 2020 materiality matrix, this report GRI 403-8 occupational health and safety Page 32 - 35 management de la santé et de la aims to present the performance linked to the main CSR challenges of Orano's activities. management system sécurité au travail GRI 403-9 Work-related injuries Accidents du travail Page 32 - 35 The 2019 Report "Our Social and Environmental Commitments" presents the following specificities: • It covers the performance of our responsible commitments over the year 2019, the reporting period for the GRI 403-10 Work-related ill health Maladies professionnelles Page 90 information included in this report is the period ending December 31, 2019, GRI 404 - 2016 Training and education Formation et éducation • This is the first edition of the report, Average hours of training per year Nombre moyen d’heures de formation • It is based on the guidelines of the materiality exercise carried out in 2020, GRI 404-1 Page 66 - 67 per employee par an par employé • It covers the so-called "core" criteria as defined in the GRI Standards version, Programs for upgrading employee Programmes de mise à niveau des • The data given covers the assets for which Orano acts as operator, GRI 404-2 skills and transition assistance compétences des employés et Page 66 - 67 • When the scope only covers one given country, this is indicated. programs programmes d’aide à la transition Percentage of employees receiving Pourcentage d’employés bénéficiant de GRI 404-3 regular performance and career revues de performance et d’évolution X REPORTING PROTOCOL, GRI AND THIRD PARTY VERIFICATION development reviews de carrière GRI 405 - 2016 Diversity and equal opportunity Diversité et égalité des chances For environmental, social, economic and ethical topics, internal technical protocols have been developed over several years. They enable us to answer to several indicators proposed in the GRI guidelines. Diversity of governance bodies and Diversité des organes de gouvernance GRI 405-1 Page 93 employees et des employés Ratio du salaire de base et de la This process is being carried out in accordance with the non-financial performance statement (DPEF - Déclaration de Ratio of basic salary and GRI 405-2 rémunération des femmes et des X Performance Extra-financière), which provides statutory guidelines with regard to the topics to be covered by companies remuneration of women to men hommes in non-financial reporting. French regulatory constraints do not allow us to report on categories of indicators relating to diversity which are covered by other national regulations. GRI 406 - 2016 Non discrimination Lutte contre la discrimination Incidents of discrimination and Cas de discrimination et mesures GRI 406-1 Page 68 - 69 Each year the Orano group conducts an audit on a sample of extra-financial indicators as part of the independent corrective actions taken correctives prises verification of the Annual Activity Report. The audit report is available in the latter report. GRI 413 - 2016 Local communities Communautés locales Operations with local community Activités impliquant la communauté Page 30 - 31 The results are also signed off by Senior Management. GRI 413-1 engagement, impact assessments, locale, évaluation des impacts et Page 81 and development programs programmes de développement Operations with significant actual Activités générant des impacts CONTACT Refer to specific GRI 413-2 and potential negative impacts on négatifs substantiels, réels ou Corporate Engagement Department: [email protected] reports of the entities local communities potentiels sur les communautés locales

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