In order to prevent any ethical risks that may arise during the course of a project, from the contract negotiation phase to the contract execution phase, ENGIE has developed a commercial consultants policy, the main thrusts of which are ethical due diligence of all commercial consultants, analysis of the merits of their assignments, control of remuneration, and traceability of selection decisions and services provided.

The purpose of the Gifts, Invitations & Technical Travel policy is to prevent any situation of corruption, conflict of interest or influence peddling. It defines the general principles to be respected in terms of gifts, invitations and technical travel, in particular the principles of technical and study trips, relations with public officials and invitations linked to events. It provides a framework for the transparency of the practice by requiring information, prior authorisation and registration, all depending on the value of the gift or invitation.

ENGIE's ethics, health and safety, social and environmental responsibility clause must be included in contracts with all Group suppliers, service providers, subcontractors and partners, regardless of the entity for which they work.

This clause includes a ban on all forms of corruption, compliance with competition rules and embargoes, and compliance with human rights standards and regulations.

It obliges the co-contractor to familiarise themselves with the Group's ethics and compliance documents, to comply with the ethical rules set out in these documents for the duration of the contract, to ensure that their sub-contractors comply with these rules where applicable, and to inform them of the contractual consequences if these rules are not complied with.

The Group has a number of ethical due diligence policies, which involve investigating our third parties, i.e. our suppliers and subcontractors, our business consultants, our partners in investment projects, the beneficiaries of sponsorship, etc.

This is done prior to any commercial relationship or partnership, in order to ensure that they do not present major ethical risks for ENGIE or that they do not infringe the rules relating to human rights, health and safety and/or the environment.

The aim of the policy to prevent conflicts of interest is to avoid any doubt as to the impartiality of a Group employee's decision or as to his or her possible lack of loyalty in the context of a decision, and to propose appropriate solutions in the event of a conflict of interest, including the possibility for employees to abstain without having to disclose the nature of their conflict of interest, in order to preserve employees' right to privacy.

This policy informs and assists employees in the event of a potential conflict of interest situation: it gives them examples of such situations, and specifies the management and traceability process in this area.