ABOUT THIS REPORT Our ultimate goal is to provide a transparent overview of our activities, successes and challenges related to our Coporate Social Responsibility initiatives and a long-term sustainability vision. In this perspective, our approach consists in studying the environmental and social impacts in each of our laboratories in order to improve our global performance and set up adapted targets. We involve privileged interlocutors to get detailed information about a myriad of topics in order to establish a global CSR diagnosis. In 2017, we analyzed the situation and evaluated our level of maturity in all our locations through questionnaires and reporting about 5 key areas: • Quality • Ethics • Human Resources • Environment • Philanthropic actions Our approach is structured in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative’s standards*. This analysis led to a global assessment of the CSR maturity level of our subsidiaries which allowed us to draw medium/long-term objectives for the years ahead and to implement actions adapted to our core business involving all Mérieux NutriSciences employees. This year, we have already seen improvements in all areas: • A Code of Conduct has been formalized and communicated internally. The purpose of this Code is to define the compliance and ethics principles that apply to the Company and each officer, director, employee, agent and contractor of the Company. The Code also governs our relationships with our customers, suppliers, business partners and more generally all stakeholders of Mérieux NutriSciences • A global alert has been created to report any behaviour that may violate the Code of Conduct • The governance of the CSR project has been improved • Social initiatives have increased and health and safety have been reinforced (e.g. : creation of a Dress Code document) • Local entities are more and more active on philanthropic actions *The GRI standards represent the global best practices in sustainable reporting. They are designed to be used as a set by organizations to report about their impacts on the economy, the environment, and society. 7