Universal Registration Document 2020

• collective bargaining agreements for employees are agreements involving one or more employees representative organisations or, in the absence of such bodies, the representatives officially elected by the employees and authorised by the employees to represent them, in accordance with national laws and regulations in force.

Through the channel of HR managers, each division or subsidiary reports once a year on the number of employees benefiting from a collective agreement. The indicator is the ratio between these employees and the actual workforce at 31 December. The scope covers the Group.

Issue relating to energy poverty and social innovation

Number of energy support

The indicator takes account of the number of cases of support provided to any customers experiencing difficulties. This support is intended to assess the situation and propose the most appropriate solutions. The scope covers EDF.

Issue relating to dialogue and consultation with stakeholders

Proportion of projects on which there is consultation in accordance with the Equator Principles

The indicator is the percentage of projects worth more than € 50 million, with a significant impact on regions or the environment, examined at Executive Committee Commitment Committee meetings during the fiscal year, and on which there was consultation in accordance with the Equator Principles. The scope covers the Group.

Issue relating to responsible territorial development

Annual rate of procurement from SMEs in France

The indicator is the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the annual volume of procurement by EDF SA and Enedis from SMEs located in France, to the annual volume of total procurement in France by EDF SA and Enedis. SMEs are identified based on INSEE (French National Institute of Statistics & Economic Studies) categories, stipulating that an SME (Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprise) has fewer than 250 staff and annual turnover not exceeding € 50 million. Suppliers are ranked in the SME category by a service provider that EDF tasks with analysing the supplier list, checking that these SMEs are not controlled above 25% by a Big Business or by an MMC. The scope covers France, where the SMEs’ locations are certified based on their French business number (SIREN).

Issue relating to the responsible digital development

Number of customer visits on digital consumption monitoring platforms

This indicator counts the number of customer visits on digital consumption monitoring platforms. The scope covers EDF (excluding overseas departments and Corsica) given that the deployment of digital platforms in those areas has not been finalised.

3.7.2.3 Further details on social, environmental and societal data from the Statement of non-financial performance

The environmental and societal data in the Statement of non-financial performance are based on methodological sheets. This is the Group’s standard for non-financial reporting in force in 2020. All of the indicators relating to consumption and emissions are the electricity and heat generation and marketing data, and to & other processes related to these activities. If data are missing, particularly during the last days of the year, estimates are made on the basis of the best information available at that date. Dalkia’s environmental indicators in relation to energy are consolidated over a sliding year, from 1 December N-1 to 30 November N. Other indicators are reported over year N. 

Details of the Group’s greenhouse gas report

Every year, EDF draws up a GHG report (scopes 1, 2 and 3) covering the Group scope calculated according to the principles of the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard.

• scope 1 covers the direct emissions generated by our assets: CO2, CH4 and N2O emissions from power and heat generation plants, consumption of fossil fuels for heating, fuel consumption of the fleet of vehicles and machinery, fugitive emissions from hydropower plant reservoirs, fugitive emissions of SF6 and refrigerating agents;
• scope 2 covers indirect emissions linked to losses in the electricity networks of our electricity distribution companies and those linked to the purchase of energy for our own needs: electricity consumption of tertiary buildings and data centers, consumption of heating and chilled water networks for our own use;
• scope 3, which comprises 15 categories (GHG Protocol), covers other indirect emissions generated by our suppliers (purchases of goods and services, upstream of fuels including nuclear, leased assets, downstream freight of by-products), and by our customers (upstream and combustion of gas purchased for resale to end customers, production of electricity and heat purchased for resale to end customers) or at our facilities (depreciation of emissions linked to the manufacture of fixed assets, emissions from non-consolidated investments, upstream and losses linked to the transport and distribution of electricity, upstream and losses of electricity, heat and cold consumption for own use, waste management, travels of employees, etc.) ⁽¹⁾.

Due to the complexity of gathering information in January, certain categories of GHG Protocol items are estimated based on the GHG report for the year N-1 (2019) and updated in the current year for the following fiscal year. The total emissions of these estimated items represent 1% of the emissions of the 2020 GHG report.

Further details on the quantity of electricity and heat generated from renewable energies

Regarding Dalkia, the quantity of electricity is measured, and the quantity of heat generated using renewable energies is estimated through benchmark yields based on renewable fuel consumption.

Further details on the indicators relating to water

Indicators on cooling water include water withdrawn and water returned to rivers, the sea and water tables. For nuclear power electricity plants located on coastlines and for thermal power plants, the amounts of cooling water withdrawn and water returned are calculated on the basis of the operating time and nominal debit of pumps.

This indicator does not include data for the MECO company, as water consumption is negligible (open cooling circuit). Furthermore, these indicators are not collected for EDF RE, a subsidiary of EDF Renewables in the United States, as their value is negligible at Group level and for the Edison operating centers managed by Fenice.

Further details on air emissions

Air emissions from thermal power plants of the EDF group are measured or calculated on the basis of analyses of the fuels or based on standard emissions factors.

The Group’s SF₆ emissions are calculated, as a matter of priority, on the basis of a mass balance or, to a lesser extent, using an estimation method approved by Executive Management at the entity in question (for example, application of a leakage rate).

Emissions from certain power plants are not material for the Group and as such are not reported. This is the case for dust emissions from CCGT power plants (excluding EDF), N₂ O and SF₆ emissions from MECO’s CCGT power plant, and emissions from Dalkia Barkantine’s power plant in the United Kingdom.

Further details on conventional waste

The conventional waste data were obtained on the basis of data available on the closing date for the quantities removed and the disposal channels. The reported data are not comprehensive concerning conventional industrial waste from EDF Renewables, as these data cannot, at this stage, be reported within the Group’s reporting deadlines. Dalkia reports on the most significant facilities for year N-1 for France and for international subsidiaries from January N to December N, using an estimate for this final month.