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Acting according to a responsible Governance

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Corporate and CSR Governance

  • ENGIE’s Governance

Because the energy transition and digital transformation are revolutionizing today's world, ENGIE believes that its business model must adapt to these new challenges, shared with all stakeholders. ENGIE's Board of Directors defines the Group's business orientations and the Executive Committee implements the Group's strategy to meet tomorrow's energy challenges.

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  • ESG Governance

The Ethics, Environment and Sustainable Development Committee (EESDC), which performs its tasks under the responsibility of the Board of Directors and reports to it, meets quarterly to examine, among other things, ESG-related topics.

The Group’s various Departments put the EESDSC’s work in practice. The Environment Social and Governance (ESG) Department is organized as a filière; in it, the Sustainability Officers (GBU SOs or Country SOs) are responsible for the implementation of the Group’s ESG policies.

ENGIE relies on specific governance for climate issues, illustrated in the Universal Registration Document. 
Governance for nature-related topics (pollution, water, biodiversity, circular economy and natural resources) is presented in a dedicated section of the Universal Registration Document.

  • A remuneration policy to support sustainable performance

The Group offers everyone an individualized, fair and competitive remuneration package that reflects individual performance and levels of responsibility.
Each year, the remuneration of executive directors is reviewed by the Board of Directors, on the recommendation of the Appointments, Remuneration and Governance Committee. It is submitted to the Annual General Meeting for approval. 

It is determined on the basis of both financial and extra-financial criteria, which reflects the Group’s commitment towards sustainability. The compensation criteria for the Chief Executive Officer, the executive committee members and the senior executives of ENGIE for 2024 are presented in a diagram published in the Universal Registration Document.

The individual and collective criteria most relevant to their activity have been determined and will serve as the basis for the annual bonus of the Group's senior executives. In the event of behavior that is incompatible with the Group's values – in terms of ethics, deontology and safety – they will be awarded a malus.

The remuneration structures for the annual variable and long-term incentive components for 2025 for the Managing Director, other COMEX members and Group executives are illustrated in a diagram published in the Universal Registration Document.

The financial and non-financial criteria adopted for 2025 are similar to those for 2024 for the annual variable compensation of the Managing Director, the Executive Committee and senior executives.
In addition to the Group’s senior managers, 5,200 other employees are beneficiaries of the Group’s performance share plan.
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Ethics and respect for human rights

In line with its values and commitments, ENGIE operates worldwide in compliance with laws, regulations and business ethics, in all circumstances.

To uphold its values and commitments, the Group has put in place an ethics policy that guides the day-to-day strategic decisions, management and professional practices of all Group employees.

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The Group also adopts a human rights vigilance approach to prevent and manage human rights risks.

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This approach is based on a Human Rights Vigilance Policy, which represents ENGIE's ethical commitment to respecting human rights.

Human Rights Vigilance Policy

Sustainable Procurement 

The mission of Procurement is to contribute to ENGIE’s ambition to be the world leader in the transition to zero-carbon for our clients, in particular the companies and territorial authorities. With a spend of 19 billion euro in 2024 (excluding energy), ENGIE develops and maintains sustainable performance with about 80,000 active suppliers.
In particular, ENGIE has set itself the target of 100% of its top 250 preferred suppliers (excluding energy) being SBT certified or aligned by 2030. By 2024, this ratio had risen to 44%.

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Green Finance and green bonds

Focusing on the development of low carbon energy and energy services that enable its customers to reduce their carbon footprint, the Group is firmly committed to contributing to the emergence of the green bond market, which is proving to be one of the most promising investment options to finance the energy transition.

View our Green Bonds’ emissions

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Tax Policy

In accordance with its ESG Policies, ENGIE has defined in its Tax Policy the rules and principles followed in this matter and publishes the amounts of corporate taxes paid in the most important countries for the Group.
These amounts are presented in the “ESG at ENGIE” document.

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IT and digital responsibility 

ENGIE's purpose places the transition to a carbon-neutral economy at the heart of our strategy. This ambition obviously trickles down to all parts of the company, starting with our digital infrastructures and practices. In a word, we are fully committed to a responsible digital approach. Our digital strategy paves the way for more sustainable digital consumption.

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Cyber security and personal data protection

The growing digitalization of its activities and the world around it induces ENGIE to strengthen the IT security levels of all its businesses.

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The Group's reinforced obligations to respect personal data, particularly that of its customers, has led it to strengthen its processes and rules in this area.

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Influence and responsible lobbying

In line with its ESG Policies, the Group contributes to debates in society, public decision-making, and regulations, as part of a constructive dialogue with public authorities and in partnership with its peers.

In addition, the Group ensures that its participation in trade associations is consistent with its climate policy and in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement. The assessment of its participations is the subject of a report:

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