Nature and scope of procedures
We planned and performed our work taking account of the risk of material misstatement of the Information.
We consider that the procedures conducted in exercising our professional judgement enable us to express a limited assurance conclusion:
- We familiarized ourselves with the activities of all companies in the consolidation scope and the description of the principal risks;
- We assessed the suitability of the Guidelines with respect to their relevance, completeness, reliability, neutrality and clarity, taking into account, where appropriate, best practices within the sector;
- We verified that the Statement covers each category of information stipulated in section III of Article L. 225-102-1 governing social and environmental affairs, rspect for human rights and the fight against corruption and tax evasion;
- We verified that the Statement provides the information required under Article R.225-105 II of the French Commercial Code where relevant with respect to the principal risks, and includes, where applicable, an explanation for the absence of the information required under Article L.225-102-1 III, paragraph 2 of the French Commercial Code;
- We verified that the Statement presents the business model and a description of the principal risks associated with the activities of all the consolidated entities, including where relevant and proportionate, the risks associated with their business relationships, their products or services, as well as their policies, measures and the outcomes thereof, including key performance indicators associated to the principal risks;
- We referred to documentary sources and conducted interviews to:
- assess the process used to identify and confirm the principal risks as well as the consistency of the outcomes, including the key performance indicators used, with respect to the principal risks and the policies presented, and
- corroborate the qualitative information (measures and outcomes) that we considered to be the most important presented in Appendix 1 and for which our work was carried out on the consolidating entity;
- We verified that the Statement covers the consolidated scope, i.e. all companies within the consolidation scope in accordance with Article L. 233-16, with the limits specified in the Statement.
- We obtained an understanding of internal control and risk management procedures implemented by the Company and assessed the data collection process aimed at ensuring the completeness and fairness of the Information;
- For the key performance indicators and other quantitative outcomes that we considered to be the most important presented in Appendix 1, we implemented:
- analytical procedures that consisted in verifying the correct consolidation of collected data as well as the consistency of changes thereto;
- substantive tests, on a sample basis and using other selection methods, that consisted in verifying the proper application of definitions and procedures and reconciling data with supporting documents. These procedures were conducted for a selection of contributing entities presented in Appendix 2 and covered between 9% and 100% of the consolidated data selected for these tests.
- We assessed the overall consistency of the Statement based on our knowledge of the entire Company.
The procedures conducted in a limited assurance review are substantially less extensive than those required to issue a reasonable assurance opinion in accordance with the professional guidelines of the French National Institute of Statutory Auditors (Compagnie Nationale des Commissaires aux Comptes); a higher level of assurance would have required us to carry out more extensive procedures.
Pursuant to the request of the Company, we performed additional work with the aim of providing a reasonable assurance conclusion on the following Information, otherwise identified by the sign √ within the Statement:
- Workforce as of December 31, 2021 and breakdown by gender and age;
- EDF group direct greenhouse gas emissions (scope 1);
- Carbon intensity: specific CO2 emissions dues to electrical generation;
- Water intensity: water consumed / electrical generated by fleet;
The work carried out was of the same nature as that described in the section on limited insurance above, but more in-depth, particularly regarding:
- Analytical procedures that consisted in verifying the correct consolidation of collected data as well as the consistency of changes thereto;
- Substantive tests, on a sample basis that consisted in verifying the proper application of definitions and procedures and reconciling data with supporting documents.
The selected sample represents between 65% and 80% of the information identified with the sign √.
