44 2024 DECLARATION OF NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE _ DESCOURS & CABAUD RISKS AND CONSEQUENCES Our activity involves the handling, storage and transporting of products that are often heavy and bulky, and can therefore lead to dangerous situations. As well as logistics activities, our job exposes us to other dangerous situations (road risks in particular). Therefore, the Group is fully committed to creating and maintaining safe working conditions for all its teams. Uncontrolled risks can have potentially serious, and possibly irreversible, consequences for the physical health of employees. Moreover, the risk of criminal charges against senior management cannot be ruled out in the event of a serious accident in the workplace. An accident that results in time off work has several consequences. It causes a shift in workload to the employees in the department concerned, which then increases the risks involved. It disorganizes the work load, which can lead to a deterioration in the quality of service provided to customers, and damage to the company’s image and commercial reputation. Finally, it generates an increase in the “workplace accident” contributions rate. MEANS OF CONTROL As in previous years, in 2024 a dedicated governance body was responsible for preventing hazardous situations. A Group safety and environmental officer leads the safety/environmental managers in the main subsidiaries, who implement the policy and roll out the defined action plans in their respective subsidiaries or sectors. They apply a methodology for analyzing and monitoring accidents in the workplace. Each year, dedicated meetings bring together the main safety players and their management. In 2024, nine face-to-face meetings were held, with some 176 participants. Throughout 2024, this community discussed related issues, shared information and worked in committees to advance safety practices within the organization (including safety operating procedures, self-inspection checklists and vertical safety signage for sites). The golden rules for safety have been translated and communicated to all employees across the Group’s international subsidiaries. The safety and environmental welcome booklet has also been redesigned. This annotated document, provided to every new hire during their safety and environmental orientation, has been restructured to better fit each role. The new version consists of a common core for all employees, complemented by six annexes tailored to specific positions. The illustrations have been modernized and certain content updated. Throughout 2024, event-driven initiatives continued to take place: an increasing number of subsidiaries organized safety days or challenges, with their feedback continuing to inspire other subsidiaries. The Group is very committed to safety and makes numerous efforts to raise awareness, such as monthly 15-minute safety briefings for logistics teams, systematic safety briefings at Executive Committee meetings, awareness videos for managers and logistics teams, self-inspection tools (fire, steel stockpiles, etc.) and thematic posters that are renewed monthly. Several media provide information to all employees: internal guidelines available on the Group's intranet (with around one hundred publications in 2024), Web TV and the My D&C Intranet. In 2024, risk awareness modules tailored to different roles were integrated into the mandatory e-learning curriculum for all employees in France. Training modules are offered on a variety of subjects, such as transportation of dangerous goods, safety induction e-learning sessions for logistics operators, safety training for local managers and the “5 S” organization method. In 2024, 142 managers completed safety training sessions organized by Tech’up. HUMAN CAPITAL EMPLOYEE SAFETY
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