Groupe Renault - 2020 Universal Registration Document

150 GROUPE RENAULT I UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2020 Find out more at group.renault.com 02 OUR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENT GROUPE RENAULT: A COMPANY THAT ACTS RESPONSIBLY Company-wide environmental management EFPD7a 2.2.2 Environmental objectives Objective set Deadline Status as of year-end 2019 New environmental objectives Product Reduce the impact on the basis of the life-cycle analysis from generation to generation 2005 Continuous New ZOE compared to CLIO (see 2.2.2.A). Product Publish the life-cycle analyses on the site groupe.renault.com for each new model marketed in Europe along with their review by an independent expert 2016 Continuous LCA of TWINGO III, MEGANE IV, SCENIC IV, KADJAR, TALISMAN, ESPACE V, FLUENCE Z.E., DUSTER II, New ZOE published Manufacturing Carry out annual audits of 100% of manufacturing sites and the main tertiary and logistic sites of Groupe Renault (1) on the environment and risk prevention (internal audits) 2003 Continuous 100% Manufacturing ISO 14001 certification of 100% of Groupe Renault (1) manufacturing sites 2012 Continuous 100% Target maintained, with integration of AVTOVAZ into the scope. Certification of the Izhevsk site by 2023. Sites in the scope of consolidation, excluding AVTOVAZ, which is currently being integrated into the environmental reporting scope. (1) Renault has made environmental management part of its environmental policy since 1995. This approach is implemented Company-wide and throughout the life-cycle of its vehicles. These efforts are made possible by the presence of an environmental network at all Group plants and operations throughout the world. The 2013 update of the Groupe Renault environmental policy has reaffirmed and expanded the scope of this managerial approach to the entirety of the Company’s value chain. The roll-out of the environmental component of the strategic midterm plan by the Strategic Environmental Planning department covers all of Groupe Renault’s activities and supports its development strategy for new products and services, including electric, connected and autonomous vehicles and vehicle-to-grid services. Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) A. Since 2005, Renault has been committed to reducing the environmental impact of its vehicles throughout their life-cycle, from one generation to the next. In order to ensure and monitor compliance with this commitment, since 2004, Groupe Renault measures the environmental impact of its vehicles throughout their life-cycle, from the extraction of the raw materials needed for their manufacture until their end-of-life. Life-Cycle Assessments (LCA) are therefore performed: prior to the vehicle design process, to analyze the potential P environmental impact and benefits of technological innovations; after the design process, to confirm and measure the reduction of P environmental impacts from one generation of vehicle to another. with respect to their predecessor. Each of these LCAs is subjected to a critical review by an independent expert following the ISO 14040 and 14044 standards, to evaluate, firstly, the methodology used and, secondly, all of the calculations and interpretations performed. The LCA reports for new models, together with their reviews, are put online on the website www.group.renault.com/en/our- commitments/. At end-2020, 28 models representing nearly 80% of the Group’s global passenger car sales under the Renault, Dacia, Alpine and RSM (Renault Samsung Motors) brands were thus subjected to a complete LCA. Starting with the launch of TWINGO III in September 2014, all new models are subjected to a comparative LCA For further methodological details, please refer to section 2.6.1.1. The chart below presents the results of the comparative life-cycle assessment of New ZOE (2019) and CLIO V (2019), in the form of a comparison by normalization. Normalization consists in measuring the relative weight of the vehicle studied in relation to the environmental impact of an “average” European citizen over a reference year. The results of the LCA illustrate the pertinence of electric vehicles in the fight against global warming: over the entire life cycle, the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions stands at 28% for ZOE compared with CLIO V, based on an average European electricity mix for battery recharging. With the electricity mix in France, the reduction was 64%. The influence of the electricity mix used for recharging on the final result is also notable for the acidification potential indicator, with a reduction of 41% for a ZOE recharged with the French electricity mix, compared with a ZOE recharged with the average European mix. Indicators whose relative weight in the normalization is lower are nonetheless useful for identifying and prioritizing the actions to be taken to reduce environmental impacts. Thus, the indicator of potential depletion of mineral resources shows a negative impact related to the manufacture of the electric vehicle traction battery. To meet this challenge, the Group is leveraging various options: maximizing battery use (smart charging, bidirectional charging, second-life uses such as stationary energy storage), and participating in the development of new recycling solutions for active battery materials, thereby helping reduce the need for virgin materials.