Universal Registration Document 2020

The workforce in France

In France, the Group companies had 131,621 employees on 31 December 2020, a very slight increase on the figures for 2019 (+0.4%). This evolution reflects contrasting trends among EDF group companies in France. Nuclear service and supply companies are experiencing strong growth to keep pace with the expansion of their business (+9% for EDF Renewables, 22% for EDF ENR, 3% for Dalkia, 5% for Framatome and 33% for Cyclife in France (decommissioning)).

EDF remains committed to its transformation and to adapting its business model(new nuclear power, development of renewable energies, development of new commercial offers, including digital offers, electric mobility, optimisation of support functions, digitalisation of internal tertiary processes, targeted international development, etc.). These changes are gradually resulting in a decrease in the workforce since the end of 2019 (-1%). In this respect, a voluntary early redundancy plan was proposed to employees in 2019 in departments with declining activity: almost 676 employees therefore left EDF in 2020. Prospective studies have been conducted at the Group level with all subsidiaries in order to anticipate the transformation of its staffing needs and certain key professions to allow it to adapt the workforce and skills in the short, medium and long term, and develop intra-group career paths.

International Group workforces⁽¹⁾ : 96% of the international workforce is European

25.5% of the workforce is located outside France. This figure remains stable, reflecting the decision to reposition Dalkia and Citelum in Europe with a shift away from the Americas and a reverse trend at EDF Renewables, whose workforce has grown by 13% in the rest of the world. The workforce of the Group outside Europe is mainly located in America (5,273), Asia (821) and to a lesser extent in Africa (213).

Detailed geographic breakdown of the workforce as of 31 December 2020