Engie - 2023 Integrated Report

REDUCING WATER USE

WITH A NEW TARGET

The water challenge is a local issue

closely tied to the availability of fresh

water and the degree of water stress

of the watershed.

For ENGIE, the activities that

consume the most fresh water are

thermal power plants, LNG terminals,

heating / cooling networks and the

creation by dissolution of salt caverns

for gas storage.

In 2022, ENGIE set a new target for

2030: the reduction of the fresh water

consumption rate in relation to the

energy produced (m

/ MWh) for the

consolidated entities of the Group with

the following target: 0.100 m

/ MWh.

This target thus represents a reduction

of 70% in fresh water consumption per

energy produced at the end of 2030

compared with 2019.

REDUCE THE IMPACT OF WIND

FARMS ON BIODIVERSITY

Wind farms are sometimes criticized

for their impact on birds

The impacts can be minimized by

avoiding sites that include the

preferred areas of reproduction and

food of birds or by using wind turbines

that reduce the risk of collision

In 2020 ENGIE launched a research

project with the universities of Aix

Marseille and Groningen to study and

predict the flight behavior of birds

near the turbines and the connection

with the rate of collisions The study

is being conducted at different wind

farms countries and on several species

of birds of prey the red kite the

common buzzard the marsh harrier

the hen harrier and Montegus harrier

Identify the impacts on biodiversity to

target actions

The Group’s impacts and dependencies

on biodiversity are analyzed with

respect to five major pressures*:

changes in land use, overexploitation

of resources, climate change, pollution

and invasive species.

The impacts of the Group’s activities are:

Changes in land use

• Direct land footprint of the sites.

• Extraction of raw materials.

• Indirect impacts from the production

of biogas (utilization of agricultural

or forest waste).

• Air footprint for birds and bats.

• Aquatic footprint (fish).

Overexploitation of resources

• ENGIE has a small impact on

the direct exploitation of resources,

except for some forms of biomass

coming almost exclusively from wood

waste or agricultural waste (bagasse,

straw, etc.).

Climate change

• Greenhouse gas emissions

(CH

, CO

, N

O essentially).

Pollution

• Emissions into the air

(NOx, SO

, particles, etc.),

• Releases into water.

• Waste.

• Light pollution;

Noise

Invasive species

The Group can also generate impacts

on invasive exotic species because

excavation work is potentially a vector

for dissemination

In addition the green spaces around

the sites represent potential habitats

for these undesirable species

Analysis of the impacts throughout the

value chain

The majority of ENGIE’s activities have

been the subject of a life cycle analysis.

Their impacts affect:

Supply

• Dependence of the Group’s

technologies on natural gas, uranium

and biomass resources.

• Use of rare earth metals and critical

materials.

• Exposure to climate events: floods,

drought, storms, heat waves, mild

winters.

Production

• Dependence of electrical and thermal

energy production on the water

resource.

• Ground footprint of the Group’s sites

and strong interaction with the natural

ecosystems of the territory.

End-of-life

• Recycling of the materials used,

particularly for the production of wind

turbines and solar panels.

Multiple dependencies on nature

Raw materials of natural origin

• The Group’s activities depend on raw

materials of natural origin, minerals

(coal, natural gas, metals, rare earth

elements) or vegetation (biomass).

Water cycle

• Dependence of hydroelectric

generation on waterways and their

regulation

Climate regulation

Dependence of solar and wind power

production on climate regulation

Exposure of the Groups activities on

climate events

Soil quality

Dependence of the activities of the

networks transport distribution

heatingcooling on the stability of

the soils provided by the ecosystemic

services of support water filtration

biodiversity of the subsoil etc

IDENTIFY ITS FOOTPRINT

TO LIMIT ITS IMPACT

In constant interaction with biodiversity, the Group’s activities can have indirect impacts on

ecosystems. But they also benefit from services provided by nature, such as the raw material

supply or the regulating cycles.

These pressures are identified by the

Intergovernmental SciencePolicy Platform on

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services IPBES

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