Under the leadership of the new General Management team, the Group has resolutely placed its ESG ambitions at the heart of its strategy and has announced in its 2026 strategic plan, a series of major initiatives to accelerate its contribution to the environmental transition and, more broadly, to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

Accelerating the decarbonization of the Group’s activities:

• Withdrawal from the thermal coal sector is largely completed.

• Accelerating sharply the reduction of its exposure to the upstream Oil and Gas sector: the target set of -80% by 2030 vs. 2019 with an intermediary 2025 step of -50% is one of the most proactive among global banking players. It comes with an absolute reduction target for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the entire Oil and Gas chain of -70% by 2030 vs. 2019.

• New decarbonization target for the commercial real estate sector, contributing to the alignment of the Group's financing to Net Zero trajectories by 2050.

• Publication of a dedicated NZBA Progress Report.

Investing in the development of solutions and partnerships to generate more impact:

• Preparing for the announced launch of a new EUR 1bn investment fund focusing on transition, nature-based solutions, and impact-driven opportunities, and continuing the development of key partnerships, notably with the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

• Expanding its philanthropic actions: a new partnership announcement with The Ocean Cleanup, joining forces with the largest cleanup in history. As a key ‘Mission Partner’, Société Générale will financially contribute to the international non-profit in developing technologies to clean up plastic pollution in oceans and stemming the inflow from rivers.

Details of the Group's voluntary decarbonization objectives

Société Générale is committed to a process of aligning its financing with trajectories compatible with the objective of reaching carbon neutrality in 2050, starting with the most greenhouse gases-emitting activities, as defined by the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA).

The Group has recently announced a new target for commercial real estate and reiterated the targets announced at the Capital Markets Day and in Q3-2023:

• New target for commercial real estate[1]: reduction of -63% of the carbon emission intensity by 2030 vs. 2022, i.e., from 49kg of CO2e/sq m to 18kg of CO2e/sq m, aligned with the CRREM V2 scenario.

• Accelerate the reduction of upstream Oil & Gas exposure, reaching -80% by 2030 vs. 2019, with an intermediary 2025 step of -50% (vs. previous commitment of -20%).

• Stop providing financial products and services[2] dedicated to upstream Oil & Gas greenfield projects[3].

• Phase-out exposure[4] on upstream Oil & Gas private pure players and reinforce engagement with energy sector clients, particularly on their climate strategy.

• Target on Oil & Gas financed GHG emissions of -70% by 2030 vs. 2019[5].

• Automotive sector[6] target of -51% carbon emission intensity by 2030 vs. 2021, i.e., from 184 g of CO2e/km to 90 gCO2e/km.

• Steel sector target for an alignment score of 0 by 2030, based on the Sustainable Steel Principles for the 1.5°C scenarios of the IEA[7].

• Cement sector target of -20% carbon emission intensity by 2030 vs. 2022, i.e., from 671g of CO2e/t to 535 gCO2e/t.

Société Générale has been involved in renewable energy financing and positive impact finance for over 20 years, as a founding member of UNEP-FI's Positive Impact Finance initiative. The Bank has developed a solid technical expertise that has helped strengthen its progressive portfolio alignment approach in recent years and enables it to offer its clients innovative ESG solutions and advisory capabilities to support them in their own transition.

The alignment objectives set by the Bank, which are currently being implemented, are monitored using recognized indicators and methodologies for each sector. They are detailed in the dedicated NZBA progress report that the Bank has just published. This document describes the alignment process to which the Bank is committed and provides a status report on the progress and actions taken in line with the defined alignment objectives.

The Group's ESG ambition is also supported by an extensive training program for all its employees. Société Générale has deployed a training program dedicated to CSR, including specific modules on decarbonization issues, offered to all its employees.

[1] The target is built based on Société Générale current portfolio mix, considering trajectories specific to each asset type and each country as described in the Carbon Risk Real Estate Monitor scenario (CRREM). As such, this target is subject to change.

[2] Effective as of 1st January 2024. The new sectoral policy detailing the modalities is available on Societe Generale’s web page.

[3] Refers to projects for which the last Final Investment Decision (FID) was made after 31 December 2021.

[4] Effective as of 1st January 2024.

[5] Oil and Gas absolute financed GHG Emissions on scope 1, 2 and 3 end use covering the broad value chain from upstream, midstream to downstream.

[6]Concerning the credit exposure to car manufacturers.

[7] International Agency Energy.

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