Universal Registration Document 2020

6. Financial statements

Biodiversity

The table below presents the main monitoring indicators associated with biodiversity projects that have received financing through Green Bond financing. All of these projects were supported by EDF Hydro.

Year(s)Amount financed
(in million of euros)
Category of green
 bond framework
Type de projetNumber of projects
considered
IndicatorIndicator value

2020

2020

Amount financed


(in million of euros)

12

2020

Category of green


 bond framework

a. Projects and/or facilities 


that integrate the principles


 of the avoid reduce compensate” 


approach (mitigation hierarchy) related to the mitigation of the impact of the Group’s activities on biodiversity.

2020

Type de projet

 Bringing reserved flows into compliance

(2)

2020

Number of projects


considered

4

2020

Indicator

Number of protected wildlife species benefiting from the project

2020

Indicator value

6

Year(s)

Ecological continuity (sediments, fish, semi-aquatic mammals) (2)

Amount financed


(in million of euros)

17

Category of green


 bond framework

17

Year(s)

b. Restoration and/or “re-naturalising” of sites

Amount financed


(in million of euros)

Biodiversity partnerships

Category of green


 bond framework

 

Type de projet

Number of species targeted by partnerships

Number of projects


considered

20

Year(s)

Decommissioning of facilities

Amount financed


(in million of euros)

3

Category of green


 bond framework

Number of protected wildlife species benefiting from the project

Type de projet

3

 

2017-2019 (Look Back financing)

16a. Projects and/or facilities that integrate the principles of the “avoid-reduce compensate” approach (mitigation hierarchy) related to the mitigation of the impact of the Group’s activities on biodiversity. Bringing reserved flows into compliance(2)4Number of protected wildlife species benefiting from the project6
Ecological continuity (sediments, fish, semi-aquatic mammals)(2)1717
b. Restoration and/or 
“re-naturalising” of sites
Re-naturalising/ restoration of which ecosystem services Area concerned (ha)20
Decommissioning of facilities3Number of protected wildlife species benefiting from the project3

(1)19 projets figurent à la fois dans le reporting d'impact du look back et dans celui de l'exercice 2020.

(2)Un projet au barrage d'Esterre dispose des éléments de la mise en conformité des débits réservés et de la continuité écologique ; il est donc compté pour le calcul des indicateurs de ces deux types de projets.

 
The impacts presented above are established on the basis of the following methodological principles:
  • The indicator “number of protected wildlife species benefiting from the project” is established on the basis of the lists of target species of the works attached to their execution files or the watercourse classification decrees, and the analysis of EDF naturalist experts. As these operations mainly concern aquatic environments, only aquatic and semi-aquatic species are counted, although these projects generally benefit a wider range of animal and plant species. If a species benefits several projects, it is counted only once.
  • The indicator “number of species targeted by partnerships” refers to species named in partnership agreements or activity reports (families of species are therefore not counted). Biodiversity partnerships cover a wide range of activities, from raising awareness to land management or carrying out naturalist inventories or ecological status diagnoses.
  • The “area concerned” indicator is measured in hectares (ha). It corresponds to the surface area of projects involving the re-naturalisation or restoration of environments.