ENGIE’S IMPACTS AND

DEPENDENCIES ON NATURE

Like any human activity, the businesses

of the ENGIE group constantly interact

with biodiversity and nature.

This interaction takes two directions:

• the activities have an impact

on biodiversity, mainly habitat

disturbance caused by the land

footprint of the Group’s industrial

sites, the soil sealing and the

disruption of ecological continuity;

• the Group’s activities are, in turn,

partly dependent on nature through

the services rendered by the ecosystems

such as biomass resources water

regulation and climate

The main potential impacts identified

are the following

The change in land use related to

the land footprint of the industrial

sites and the extraction of raw

materials and also the change in use

of the air spaces for birds and bats

facing wind turbine blades or marine

spaces for the fish disturbed by

offshore wind projects

The overexploitation of resources

limited to certain forms of biomass ie

the forest waste and agricultural waste

used in the production of biogas

• The contribution to climate change

through the greenhouse gas emissions

of the coal and gas power plants,

primarily CH

4

, CO

2

and N

2

O;

• The contribution to air pollution

from discharges of NOx, SOx and fine

particles from the coal and gas-fired

power plants, the discharges of hot

water from the plants into aquatic

environments, the waste and the light

or sound pollution of certain facilities;

• The spread of invasive species tied to

excavation work and the management

of the project land for sites under

construction

The main areas in which ENGIEs activities

depends on nature are the following

Natural raw materials such as uranium

natural gas biomass the rare materials

used in the manufacture of solar

panels and batteries are all services

used in the production of energy

and the sale of natural gas

Water enables hydro electricity

production through its natural

cycle precipitation evaporation

condensation contributes to the

correct operation of the thermal

power plants through its qualities as

a cooling fluid and forms the basic

elements for the production of steam

for the heating networks

• The sun and wind are the sources

that enable production of renewable

electricity;

• The soil quality contributed to the

protection and stability of the gas,

heating and cooling networks and,

more generally, to all of the Group’s

buried networks.

Detailed knowledge of these impacts

and dependencies can limit the risks

involved, better apply the “avoid,

reduce, offset” approach, continually

improve dialog with stakeholders

and provide the reliable information

demanded by the market

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