ENGAGEMENT BEYOND FRONTIERS and Corporate Social Responsibility

CONTENT

LEADERSHIP MESSAGE 4

SES ENGAGEMENT IN NUMBERS 5

OUR PLANET 6 Environmental Impact 7 - Our sites 7 - Princess Elisabeth Antarctica 8

Disaster Response 9 - emergency.lu 9 - International Organization for Migration (IOM) 10 - SES & Project Loon 11 - Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV) 12

Economic and Social Development 13 - e-Health (SATMED) 14 - e-Learning 15 - e-Elections 16 - e-Banking 16 - e-Agriculture 17

Education 18 - Academic Partnerships 19 - Elevate 20

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) 21 - Hello Future 21 - Engineering Trainee Days 21

Reusable Technology 22

Space Debris 23

Asteroid Day 24

OUR PEOPLE 25 Diversity and Inclusion 27

Giving Back 28

ENGAGEMENT BEYOND FRONTIERS 3 LEADERSHIP MESSAGE

By Karim Michel Sabbagh, President and CEO

A key opportunity of our times is to We are the world’s leading satellite- experience of our people, our partners connect everyone on the planet. enabled solutions provider. Our global and financial resources to make network is built on a foundation a difference in the world. At SES, Optimizing the use of digital skills and of a growing fleet of more than 60 we’re committed to operating our technologies could generate $2 trillion satellites and an expansive ground business in a social and responsible of additional global economic output infrastructure. Our network reaches way. We go above and beyond what by 2020 and generate significant almost 100% of the world's population: is compulsory, and set our own social benefits. Universal connection we connect and enable broadcast, targets for how we approach the offers us a chance of dealing with telecom, corporate and government environmental and ecological profile key global challenges: reducing customers, powering the development of the business, our educational poverty, protecting the environment, of connectivity across the world. Our contributions, charitable activities, conserving energy and building network bridges the digital divide human capital and corporate strategy. access to social justice, education and by delivering connectivity to people health for people everywhere. and businesses across the planet, Our goal is to create a universal digital wherever they are. highway that is reliable, scalable, Connectivity can in fact fuel life sustainable, flexible and ecological. changing applications such as We continually support new and Our mission is to connect, enable, and e-emergency, e-health, e-learning, innovative technologies, such as enrich. We reach beyond frontiers. e-elections and e-banking. The reach reusable launchers, satellite refueling of satellites then offers the power and in-orbit satellite payload to bring these resources to people exchange and technology innovation. anywhere in the world, even in the most remote areas. This is what we at We play a leading role in the SES do. communities where we live and work. We harness the skills and Karim Michel Sabbagh SES ENGAGEMENT SES in numbers

ENGAGEMENT OUR PEOPLE >20 2K 65 Corporate sites employees nationalities worldwide represented at SES OUR SATELLITES 54 12 33 15 satellites in satellites in orbital satellites Geosynchronous Medium Earth locations under Orbit (GEO) Orbit (MEO) procurement

DISASTER RESPONSE Participant in DEPLOYMENTS >5 PPP's * • GovSat • European 5G PPP • Electra emergency.lu 50% SES >50 50% uembourg • emergency.lu overnment • SATMED

28 countries 24 Europe 13 US served by SES GS** 10 SATMED 12 Africa 4 Middle East Connecting the unconnected 62 4 Other government SES Networks provides entities 3 Asia more than 10 Gbps 2 UN to remote islands around the globe * Public Private Partnership ** SES Government Solutions EDUCATION 1K 5K >15 knowledge networking satellite technicians academic communities at SES trained since 2012 collaborations

ENGAGEMENT BEYOND FRONTIERS 5 OUR PLANET ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

OUR SITES

We apply best practices in minimizing refrigerant leakage, car fleet) Betzdorf site in Luxembourg. These the environmental impact of our sites • Scope 2: Indirect Energy servers emit a lot of heat and need to across the world and outsourced consumption (purchased electricity be constantly cooled. activities, such as the manufacturing or heat) and launching of spacecraft. Our • Scope 3: Other Emissions (business Since 2010, our headquarters in compliance is checked through yearly travel, commuting, waste, water Betzdorf, Luxembourg, have been using audits that are conducted both by consumption). electricity sourced from hydropower. internal and by third-party accredited The same technology was applied to organisations that specialise in the field In the context of the legal framework our operations in Sweden. of industrial safety. in Europe , we started to analyse the energy efficiency of the main facilities Through these and other initiatives, Since 2008, we have officially reported in accordance to EN 16247. SES has thus implemented a the CO2 emissions of our operations substantial and ongoing carbon through participation in the Carbon This audit was first performed at the reduction plan in its sites across the Disclosure Project (CDP), which SES's site in Munich, Germany, and world. collects the data of all our business in 2016 at the head quarter site in activities and locations. Betzdorf, Luxembourg.

The data collection for CDP covers We are particularly focused on carbon three scopes: reduction initiatives. In fact, billions of items of data exchanged by satellite • Scope 1: Direct Combustibles through teleports are analysed in (such as chemical fuels and gas, computer servers located on the

ENGAGEMENT BEYOND FRONTIERS 7 PRINCESS ELISABETH ANTARCTICA

Antarctica is the most remote continent Polar Foundation and thus enable station’s design and construction on Earth. The “Drake passage”, between the foundation's Princess Elisabeth seamlessly integrate passive building Antarctica and the nearest populated research station in Antarctica to technologies, renewable wind and continent, South-America, is around communicate via satellite. We provide solar energy, water treatment facilities, 1,000km wide. There are no undersea satellite capacity, and also designed monitored power demand, and a smart telecommunications cables connecting and implemented the satellite grid for maximizing energy efficiency. the continent. communications infrastructure, as well as a counter hub station in the UK. The success of Princess Elisabeth International interest in the Antarctic, Antarctica demonstrates how climate which is larger in surface than Princess Elisabeth Antarctica was challenges can be tackled through Europe and Australia combined, is designed as a “zero emission” facility, goodwill and collaboration between growing quite considerably. Each year, requiring the use of sustainable civil society, business and governments. Antarctica is visited by a few thousand technologies and services, yet explorers, adventurers and scientists, functional in the challenging who look to share their discoveries natural habitat of Antarctica. The instantly with their home base. Antarctic operator for the station, the International Polar Foundation In a multi-year plan, we donate (IPF) uses satellite technology for its bandwidth to the International communications infrastructure. The DISASTER RESPONSE

Enabling communications at the Telecommunications Cluster to earliest possible time can be a matter provide emergency.lu, a satellite based of life and death in disaster areas, communication platform to deliver as intelligence and coordination are connectivity during disaster response. critical to bring aid to the survivors. That’s why we collaborated with others The satellite communications kit for to develop a satellite service based on emergency.lu includes a lightweight a balloon antenna, making it possible to antenna that is easy to assemble, be transported and deployed anywhere extremely robust – and small enough in the world, even in crisis areas, and be to fit in an Air Ambulance jet plane. operational that much faster. The kit has been widely used since 2012, at one point in South Sudan This project was the first in what is now to help coordinate aid efforts for a broad range of short and long-term those displaced by ethnic violence. solutions to support humanitarian and Currently it is deployed by the disaster relief efforts across the globe. Luxembourg government at the request of humanitarian organisations, for example the lead agency for the emergency.lu Emergency Telecommunications Cluster of the World Food Programme. Effective disaster response offers a solution to economic disruption. Emergency.lu is offered by Luxembourg When disaster strikes, one of the top to the global humanitarian community concerns is establishing fast and and to date it has been deployed reliable means of communication. dozens of times in countries such as First responders, government services Haiti, Nepal, Vanuatu, the Philippines, and humanitarian organisations Nigeria, Sierra Leone and most rely on their link to the world to recently in the Caribbean following a coordinate effective relief efforts and series of devastating hurricanes. Each satellites technology, immediately deployment contributed to restore deployable, can provide the answer. connectivity, saving thousands of SES collaborates with the Luxembourg lives and ensuring the continuity of government, HITEC Luxembourg, businesses and institutions. Luxembourg Air Ambulance, the World Food Programme and the Emergency

ENGAGEMENT BEYOND FRONTIERS 9 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION (IOM)

In November 2016, we were selected We were chosen to create the digital by the International Organization for platform for the emergency manual due Migration (IOM) to create a digital to our expertise in delivering similar emergency manual, in a project funded emergency manual digital platforms by the Luxembourg Government. for crisis response and humanitarian operations. IOM, which carries out humanitarian operations globally to address the most The manual is now accessible through urgent needs of displaced populations, a website or mobile application, in updated its emergency manual in 2016 both an online and an offline mode, to further support its crisis response ensuring emergency staff has access operations. To ensure this information to the latest information and guidance, can be regularly updated and shared wherever they are in the world. effectively with field staff, IOM has also created an electronic platform which can share information with all stakeholders in real-time. SES & PROJECT LOON

SES Networks' high throughput and Loon balloons float in the stratosphere fibre-like satellite connectivity service, at an altitude of 20km, and can the stratospheric balloons operated by get connectivity where it’s needed X, Alphabet’s self-described “moonshot regardless of the situation on the factory”, and local telecommunications ground. expertise played a key role in restoring 4G/LTE connectivity in disaster- Via our Medium Earth Orbit satellite affected Puerto Rico in October 2017. network we were able to provide fiber- like throughput and latency to support In May 2017, we collaborated with 4G/LTE connectivity Project Loon and local technology restoration efforts. partners to provide connectivity to communities recovering from floods Each deployment contributes to caused by ‘El Nino’. restore connectivity, saving thousands This weather produced nearly 10 times of lives and ensuring the continuity of the typical rainfall, causing widespread businesses and institutions. flooding and heavy damage to telecommunications infrastructure.

ENGAGEMENT BEYOND FRONTIERS 11 RAPID RESPONSE VEHICLE (RRV)

In March 2017, we unveiled our new disasters or humanitarian operations, SATCOM-enabled rapid response the SES RRV platform can provide connectivity platform, Rapid Response tailored connectivity to support virtually Vehicle (RRV). any situation imaginable, anywhere in the world. Using a combination of GEO (Geostationary Earth Orbit) and SES’s plug-and-play modular RRV MEO (Medium Earth Orbit) satellite solution can easily integrate and connectivity, the RRV can enable deploy an array of communications wireless internet access for refugee technologies and devices aboard camps and communities, reinforce its mobile vehicle, including the downed public infrastructure, and emergency.lu disaster recovery provide IP backhaul for mobile platform, SES persistent surveillance networks and long-term connectivity aerostat, or the SATMED telemedicine for agencies on the ground. service.

Whether these are aid missions in response to natural or technological ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Satellite technology is critical to the The key to success in the digitalisation The innovative solution we are deploying creation of new applications and process is cooperation between under a muti-phased project, integrates e-inclusion activities. governments, regulators, society, and wireless terrestrial communications private and public sectors. Satellites and available fibreoptic networks into With the ability to beam reliable and offer solutions to many of these a satellite-enabled infrastructure. It flexible bandwidth anywhere on earth, challenges. will connect over 880 sites across satellites help progress initiatives the country. Furthermore, we are also across geographical barriers to far flung We provide underserved populations helping to develop local expertise to communities, bringing infrastructure with inclusive connectivity – from support the project, and created several to fragile economies and isolated critical satellite capacity to the jobs. Local Burkinabe engineers based in communities, or aiding humanitarian deployment of platforms and Ouagadougou are now part of our SES efforts in disaster-hit areas. applications. Our capabilities allow team. us to improve ICT infrastructure on a The digitisation of businesses is fast country-wide scale. Supporting the information, technology becoming a necessity for surviving and communications sectors provides in competitive environments and One such example is our effort in a major boost to economic growth, satellites play a key role in providing the Burkina Faso. Supported by the productivity and employment. The infrastructure needed to accomplish this. Government of Luxembourg under technology can also support other the development cooperation infrastructures providing for hybrid Each country has unique challenges project, we devised a viable, future- solutions. For example, this flexibility and opportunities around the move proof infrastructure to deliver high- is a key enabler of the digitalisation towards digital. speed communications to connect journey in Africa. government entities of Burkina Faso, enabling better coordination and quality services to the residents.

ENGAGEMENT BEYOND FRONTIERS 13 E-HEALTH - SATMED

For medical professionals working in Once deployed, the platform delivers remote areas, connectivity can make a fully-managed service that includes a real difference in their patients’ a helpdesk, maintenance of terminals, care. Satellites can offer the solution. and continuous user training. With the valuable cooperation of e-Medical Communication (eMC), One SATMED success story can and funding from the Luxembourg be found in the Bangladesh delta, Government, SES was able to go where local people make their homes beyond connectivity and create on small remote islands in order to the SATMED, an innovative cloud- farm fertile land. The only way to computing based e-health platform. reach these isolated communities SATMED was developed with the is by ship; which is why a local NGO, support of innovative technologies Friendship, operates three floating established by leading universities and hospitals. As they cruise along the IT companies, and in close cooperation rivers these ship board hospitals enable with five NGOs: Friendship, ArcheMed, approximately 80 medical specialists Fondation Follereau Luxembourg, to provide permanent healthcare for German Doctors and CURE. up to 200,000 patients per year. In the spring of 2016, the Friendship SATMED enables communication staffs’ challenging working conditions between medical professionals, changed dramatically once we installed thus propagating the transfer and maritime VSATs on their ships to exchange of medical knowledge, as provide connectivity, and enable them well as providing support tools for to use the STAMED e-health platform. medical e-learning and e-teaching. An IT cloud infrastructure, accessible SATMED has been successfully around the globe, further facilitates the deployed in Sierra Leone, Benin, Niger, data exchange between professionals the Philippines, and Bangladesh where and supports the setup of a medical it has improved the health and quality infrastructure such as electronic of life of thousands of people. medical records and tele-radiology systems. SATMED is also aimed at In September 2016, SATMED won the supporting regional development “Changing Lives Award” at the VSAT programmes and humanitarian Global Event held in London. operations in cooperation with both governmental and non-governmental www.satmed.com organisations. E-LEARNING

Being able to access online teaching and isolated areas. We have therefore Technology (ICT) projects, we are material is a vital part of modern worked with governments and public bridging the digital and information education. As the world’s leading institutions in Africa to encourage gap that exists in rural areas and satellite-enabled solutions provider, them to embrace satellite technology providing more e-learning facilities to we are the ideal partner to empower to accelerate education development underserved communities. communities and people everywhere program. on the planet. Our e-learning initiatives e-learning can mean that students bring education and knowledge- This has initiated broadband policies around the world can access courses sharing solutions, as well as provide that address digital inequality, promote in any field, and governments or Internet connectivity that works investment in infrastructure, and institutions can generate programmes to bridge the digital divide, fuel encourage economic and social aimed at specific learning goals. The economic growth and foster societal development. recent e-agriculture deployment development. in the Netherlands is a particularly In Nigeria, we’ve leveraged our satellite good example of the latter. There we Whilst our e-learning programmes are technology and infrastructure to supported farming communities with deployed across the world, in the last run e-learning programmes since broadband Internet and up-to-date few years we have focused our efforts 2015. By partnering with the Nigerian information about their industry and in the African continent, where satellite Government to implement a number operations. technology is best placed to reach rural of Information and Communications

ENGAGEMENT BEYOND FRONTIERS 15 E-ELECTIONS

Large scale events that require a electoral data from isolated regions ensured transparency, enabling the tremendous spike in stable bandwidth and enhance the transparency of rapid delivery and dissemination of and gathering votes and interacting its elections. The challenge was to election results, and reduced the risk of with polling stations can be difficult use cost effective digital technology political unrest. with limited communications access. to transfer data and biometric voter validation on a short timeline and in a Two ballots were organised to select In such situations, satellite technology way that showed clear benefits for the candidates for 127 National Assembly has the potential to transform whole population. seats and 18,698 local government the election process. By securely posts. The central collection centre in transmitting information from polling This engagement was repeated the capital Ouagadougou was set up offices and displaying provisional during the Burkina-Faso presidential as a hub for the 368 polling stations results online in almost real time, elections in 2015. We provided satellite across the nation, all enabled with elections can become transparent and broadband to the 45 electoral offices VSAT terminals. Citizens could access efficient. over six weeks, and connected them to provisional results on the Internet and the CENI central office in Ougadougou. over public TV broadcast, allowing In 2012, at the request of the Burkina Each office was outfitted with a satellite them to follow the election as it Faso Commission Electorale Nationale terminal and dish, with a modem unfolded, with the numbers published Indépendante (CENI), we worked with connected to a standard PC or local the day after the election ended – a local partners to deliver an e-election network to provide voice-over-IP first in Africa and the benchmark for solution for their municipal elections. (VOIP) and videoconferencing, as future elections. With no rural terrestrial connections, well as providing for quick, secure Burkina Faso needed to collect transmission of electoral data. This

E-BANKING

Our satellite connectivity is providing Machines (ATMs) in remote areas were fast and reliable e-banking and connected through SES bandwidth. facilitating microfinancing services in The Astra Connect service was remote and isolated areas in developing adapted by SatADSL to grant a reliable countries, making improved financial and secured communication system to services available. Whilst the market for money transfer companies or ATMs. microfinance is growing fast, remote sites often lack vital telecommunication After the successful completion of services. The local mobile network SatFinAfrica, in 2014 the project team is not suitable for business-critical launched SatCorpAfrica project. transactions as it is usually congested SatCorpAfrica is aimed at providing and the quality of service is poor. dedicated satellite services to Oil & Gas operators, the Mining and Banking SatFinAfrica project was run in industries, and more generally to Larger collaboration with ESA, supported and Medium-Sized African companies byNewtec, and led by pan-African ISP with multiple sites located in remote SatADSL. In this framework, money areas of West Africa. transfer offices and Automatic Teller E-AGRICULTURE

Over the last decade, the European Through e-Agriculture applications, Union has contributed to the some African farmers even in the development agenda in Africa with €32 most remote areas are now able to get billion, and another €82 billion have information about market prices and come directly from the member states. thus increase their revenue by up to 20%. Moving the development agenda towards digital is essential. In fact, In under-served and remote agricultural beyond finance, digital technologies environments, our satellite technology also have the potential to transform is thus the ideal solution. SES agriculture and contribute to economic addresses this demand by establishing and social development. broadband internet connectivity via GEO and MEO satellites, wherever it is Agricultural and rural development needed. can be enhanced through improved information and communication; yet this requires connectivity to ensure that farmers can benefit from useful applications and information related to their agricultural business.

ENGAGEMENT BEYOND FRONTIERS 17 EDUCATION ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS

Our education initiatives entail collaborations and partnerships across The agreement involves cooperation Our cooperation agreement with the world. through our international network Sacred Heart University Luxembourg of research partners with unique covers both educational services for We partner with universities to foster expertise in satellite communications SES employees and student visits. technological innovation, contribute (SatCom), to transform basic research to the development of mission critical into innovative space applications. LIST We also provide ongoing funding technical capabilities, advance satellite- has therefore become another close for a scholarship programme at the based business solutions, develop technology partner in the development International Space University (ISU) in engineering talent, and support PhD of pioneering SatCom commercial Strasbourg, France, to support students research. products and services. studying advanced space applications.

Our academic partners include: In addition, this new partnership In Benin, we fund scholarships for agreement further enhances students from the African School of • Luxembourg Institute of Science Luxembourg’s technology ecosystem Economics (ASE) to attend Princeton and Technology (LIST) by attracting start-ups to develop University, another of our partners in • Center for Security, Reliability and their businesses in Luxembourg, the US. Trust (SnT) at the University of and will facilitate the transfer of Luxembourg new technologies stemming from In the US, we also support the Master’s • The Faculty of Law, Economics national public and private research. Programme at the Stevens Institute of and Finance (FDEF) at the Those activities will be done in close Technology, a coeducational research University of Luxembourg coordination with the existing national university located in Hoboken, New • Jack Welch College of Business, funding initiatives, such as the Digital Jersey. Sacred Heart University, Tech Fund, of which we are a key Luxembourg stakeholder. • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) The current focus of research is • The Lycée Technique d’Esch, the ‘Smart Space’ initiative, which Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg includes research and development • The International Space University, of applications in the context of High Strasbourg France Performance Computing (HPC), aiming • The University Politechnica, to establish a unique space ecosystem Bucharest Romania by building on Luxembourg’s • The Stevens Institute of Technology, competitive advantages, including New Jersey US global satellite communications and • Princeton University, Princeton US telecommunications networks, data • The African School of Economics centers and connectivity, and existing (ASE), Abomey-Calavi Benin service providers.

In March 2017, we signed a partnership The parties will develop a European agreement with the Luxembourg Centre of Excellence to address Institute of Science and Technology societal challenges such as climate (LIST). The new cooperation change, environment, green mobility, framework with LIST complemented security and healthcare. SES and our existing partnership agreement LIST will also work on developing with the Interdisciplinary Center for commercial applications in the areas Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) of Internet of Things (IoT), e-platform at the Luxembourg University, where solutions and optical communications. we also finance a chair in Satellite, In addition, we will jointly assess the Telecommunications and Media Law development of competences in other within the Faculty of Law, Economics satellite-related application areas, such and Finance. as connected cars.

ENGAGEMENT BEYOND FRONTIERS 19 ELEVATE

The development of business and development programme, Elevate helps have completed the training to further industrial skills is key to economic graduates set-up their businesses strengthen their skills, give them and social development. Therefore, within the direct-to-home (DTH) the opportunity to target additional education and training should evolve satellite industry. Launched in 2012, the revenue streams, and get more at the right pace to support demand programme includes an impressive set involved in the industry. through the right technology and of vital business and marketing skills, as infrastructure. well as health and safety precautions To date, the programme has trained and competencies. The two-day course over 5,000 installers across the African The establishment of our Elevate requires trainees to perform practice continent, including the Democratic training in Africa is another example scenarios on the second day. The Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Ghana, of what satellite technology can do to practical modules are about setting up Nigeria, Dote D’Ivoire, Uganda, Kenya, support economic development. Our an installation, or engaging in dialogue Mail, Senegal, Malawi, Tanzania and aim is to impart as much knowledge as with a customer. South Africa. possible to our trainees to open up job opportunities and help them develop Given how governments throughout small businesses. Africa are targeting female learners to join ICT programmes, ELEVATE Evolving from simple technical fits perfectly within that strategy. In training to an advancement and self- fact, many local female entrepreneurs SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM)

We recognize that we must inspire the new generations towards Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and we invest in considerable resources to get involved in local and global activities in this field.

HELLO FUTURE ENGINEERING TRAINEE DAYS

In Luxembourg, we support Hello Every year we participate in the During the "Engineering Trainee Days" Future, an initiative launched in 2017 "Engineering Trainee Days" project, the the student accompanies the engineer by the Luxembourg Government via result of a collaboration between the da in his daily work for two days. This the Fedil (Federation Des Industriels Vinci Association and Jonk is followed by an event in which the Luxembourgeois). Entrepreneuren Luxembourg. students receive a certificate.

The aim of this collaboration is to The initiative aims to promote the promote scientific subject studies profession of engineer and scientist by and inspire careers in the industry allowing students (16 to 19 years old) to students at high school age. As to experience their daily work and their part of this initiative, we participate in professional, linguistic and relational roadshows in schools and institutions requirements. and we have so far engaged with over 1,000 students.

ENGAGEMENT BEYOND FRONTIERS 21 REUSABLE TECHNOLOGY

For over 60 years, the design of rockets has associated spaceflight with high costs. Rockets cost tens to hundreds of millions to be built and launched, and traditionally were only flown once and would fall into the ocean, never to be used again.

In March 2017 we turned the page on the history of the space industry with the successful launch of SES-10 satellite from a flight-proven SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

SES-10 is the first ever geostationary commercial satellite to ever launch on a flight-proven first-stage rocket booster. Our partnership with SpaceX on this journey of innovating and using reusable rockets will make access to space more efficient in terms of cost and manifest management. SPACE DEBRIS

Protecting the environment on Earth is International space agencies are SDA has a legal structure and important and, as a satellite operator, trying to reduce or remove space junk agreements that provide protections we understand that protecting the completely and several states are and enforcement mechanisms to environment beyond our planet is developing space debris protocols. ensure data is only used for intended equally important. As the world-leading satellite service purposes and it relies on the Space operator, we are involved in such Data Center (SDC) operated by AGI The United Nations General Assembly activities at institutional and industry for flight safety data exchange and has recognized “that space debris is levels in trying to minimize this issue. processing. an issue of concern to all nations”, and that the likelihood of future accidental We are among the founders of the SDA includes 33 participating operators collisions is “expected to increase as Space Data Association (SDA), a and monitors 614 satellites, of which more objects are placed into orbit”. formal nonprofit association of civil, 279 are GEO satellites, which is about commercial, and military spacecraft 70% of all active GEO satellites. Space debris can be defined as “all operators that support the controlled, manmade objects including fragments reliable and efficient sharing of data and elements thereof, in Earth orbit that is critical to the safety and integrity or re-entering the atmosphere, that of satellite operations. are non-functional.” When they are launched, satellites can experience explosions and collisions that result in space debris. Launch vehicles also end up breaking up into tens of thousands of small fragments as they re-enter the atmosphere.

ENGAGEMENT BEYOND FRONTIERS 23 ASTEROID DAY

As part of our support in monitoring In April 2017, the Government space debris and contributing to of Luxembourg and executives finding solutions, we have engaged of Asteroid Day announced the with the B612 Foundation, a non-profit selection of Luxembourg as the formed for planetary defense against official headquarters for the Asteroid asteroid and other near-Earth object Day organization. This resulted in (NEO) impacts. The B612 Foundation Luxembourg hosting Asteroid Day is named for the asteroid home of the 2017, which was broadcast across the eponymous hero of Antoine de Saint- world via our global satellite fleet and Exupéry's The Little Prince. over streaming platforms.

In 2015, the B612 Foundation In preparation for this event 187 contributed to the launch of Asteroid regional coordinators worked across Day, an annual event sanctioned by the 114 countries involving almost 500,000 United Nations under the leadership participants. Beyond Luxembourg, of Dr. Brian May, astrophysicist and key events were held at Imperial lead guitarist of QUEEN. The event is College London, The National Science dedicated to education and awareness Center in South Korea, the Copernicus about asteroids, and in particular the Museum in Warsaw, and the University protection of Earth from dangerous of Arizona, USA, among 16 premier impacts. Annual activities are focused events across the globe. around the June 30 anniversary of the 1908 Tunguska asteroid impact, the largest in recorded history. OUR PEOPLE

ENGAGEMENT BEYOND FRONTIERS 25 At SES, we believe that people are our In 2017 we have introduced flexible most important asset and we take pride working. Employees can now enter into in implementing initiatives that foster a formal telecommuting arrangement diversity, development, wellbeing, and where they may work from another compliance to ethics and regulations. SES office, from home or from another location for up to a max 20% of the Our Code of Conduct is designed to contractually agreed working time. ensure that SES’s suppliers, agents, consultants and other representatives Further options for flexible working take a consistent approach to integrity today include job sharing, part-time issues and provide an explanation of work, phased return from leave and applicable laws, regulations and SES reduction in work time. policies relating to SES suppliers’ conduct and ethics. The code is signed and endorsed by 100% of SES employees. DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

At SES, we pride ourselves on bringing Also, whilst currently 9% of our the best to our customers, wherever executives are female, more than 40% they are and whatever their needs of our employees below 30 years are and challenges. To do this we are female, representing more than one committed to bringing together an third of the executive succession plan SES team of diverse individuals with and 25% of the participants in our High different life experiences, different Potential Program. backgrounds, and from different geographies and cultures. This Our goal is to continue to increase approach is paramount to serving number of women in areas where they our customers today and helping us are underrepresented and we have decipher the world’s communication committed to increase the number of needs of tomorrow. female executives by 2020. In order to achieve this goal we will need to By actively nurturing an inclusive introduce systematic and supportive company culture, and appreciating why practices in building a female talent it’s so important to create a fair and pipeline that will sustain long-term supportive work environment for our gender inclusion. people, we hope to continue attracting and retaining the very best talent. As of 31 December 2017, the SES group employed 2,033 individuals worldwide. We also acknowledge that there is This breaks down to 533 in our much work still to be done, as indeed Luxembourg headquarters, 554 in the there is in the technology sector as rest of Europe, 555 in the US, and 388 a whole. As an industry leader, we in the rest of the world. are fully committed to increasing the number of colleagues from We are a truly international company underrepresented groups and to represented by 68 different creating a more diverse SES for the nationalities. Our leadership team future. We have begun by analyzing consists of 26 different nationalities and addressing drivers for female at the executive level, with employees inclusion, which is an approach that from 24 different nationalities in our is also be used to maximize the high potential programme. commitment of all diverse groups in our workforce. The top five nationalities by number of employees are the US (546 Currently our workforce consists of 23% employees), Germany (319), Israel women, a figure that has been stable (230), the UK (179) and France (113). over the last four years but that we expect to grow as part of our diversity strategy.

ENGAGEMENT BEYOND FRONTIERS 27 GIVING BACK

Our entire team focuses on charitable Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts work, including charitable activities that and Télécoms Sans Frontières. (RADA). And in 2017 our employees’ benefit from our donation-matching independent initiatives took a more programme, SES social clubs, and In addition, we are proud to see our formal shape with a ‘1 charity per charity projects endorsed by our HR employees take on independent month’ programme. This gives a Learning and Development team. initiatives to give back to society. In platform where employees can join 2015, our teams volunteered their time forces in support of particular charities We make annual contributions to or donated funds, clothing and food and disaster relief activities. charities, one-off contributions to to the Singapore Cancer Society, the disaster-stricken areas in the context of Leukemia and Lymphoma Society the ‘SES Gives Back!’ programme, and a and Martha’s Table in the US, a site-based charity run. These activities clothing donation drive, dragon boat engage and motivate our colleagues, racing for breast cancer research, who then inspire each other to give the construction of the Green Village back to the community where they in Manila, building a primary school work. in Tanzania, helping Syrian refugees relocate to Germany, a scholarship In 2017, we matched employee for Burkina Faso kids, the Fondation donations to charitable organisations Lëtzebuerger Kannerduerf/ SOS including - the Red Cross, the Red Village d’Enfants/SOS Children’s Crescent, Oxfam, Unicef, Médecins San Village, Fondation JED Belgique, and IMPRESSUM

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