Universal Registration Document 2022

Introduction

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 millions of euros) Category of the Green Bond framework Project type Number of projects considered (1) Indicator Indicator value
2022 2022Amount financed (in millions of euros)

12

2022Category of the 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.

2022Project type

Bringing reserved flows into compliance

 (2)
2022

Number of projects considered 

(1)

1

2022

Indicator

Number of protected

wildlife species benefiting from the project

2022

Indicator value

5

Year(s)

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

(2)
Amount financed (in millions of euros)

4

Category of the Green Bond framework

8

Year(s)

Voluntary ecological monitoring

Amount financed (in millions of euros)

1

Category of the Green Bond framework

Number of species inventoried

Project type

96

Year(s)

Management plan (grubbing)

Amount financed (in millions of euros)

1

Category of the Green Bond framework

Area concerned (ha)

Project type

340

Year(s)

b. Restoration and/or “

re-naturalising” of sites
Amount financed (in millions of euros)

Decommissioning of facilities

Category of the Green Bond framework

2

Project type

Number of protected wildlife species benefiting from the project

Number of projects considered 

(1)

5

2021 2021Amount financed (in millions of euros)

11

2021Category of the 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.

2021Project type

Bringing reserved flows into compliance 

(2)
2021

Number of projects considered 

(1)

1

2021

Indicator

Number of protected wildlife species benefiting from the project

2021

Indicator value

5

Year(s)

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

(2)
Amount financed (in millions of euros)

7

Category of the Green Bond framework

11

2020 2020Amount financed (in millions of euros)

12

2020Category of the 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.

2020Project type

Bringing reserved flows into compliance 

(2)
2020

Number of projects considered 

(1)

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 millions of euros)

17

Category of the Green Bond framework

17

Year(s)

Biodiversity partnerships

Amount financed (in millions of euros)

7

Category of the Green Bond framework

Number of species targeted by partnerships

Project type

20

Year(s)b. Restoration and/or

re-naturalising” of sites
Amount financed (in millions of euros)

Decommissioning of facilities

Category of the Green Bond framework

1

Project type

Number of protected wildlife species benefiting from the project

Number of projects considered 

(1)

3