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CLIMATE CHANGE The Rexel Group increased its commitment to protecting the environment and fighting climate change by becoming a founding partner of Solutions COP21 in view of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference. Its main goals are to raise awareness of energy efficiency solutions among a wider audience, to encourage end-users to regain control of their own energy consumption and to demonstrate its commitment to limiting its carbon footprint*.

SAFETY Rexel UK received a Gold RoSPA Award in recognition of its approach to Safety Management and its ongoing commitment to improving safety standards. Its banner Parker Merchanting won the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) Excellence in Safety Award for its contribution to hand protection.

* More details on Rexel s partnerships available in pages 10-13 of the "2014 Rexel Sustainable Development Report".

THE ENVIRONMENT AS AT DECEMBER 31, 2014

HUMAN RESOURCES AS AT DECEMBER 31, 2014

17,500 EMPLOYEES

RECEIVED TRAINING IN 2014

EMPLOYEES HAVE BECOME REXEL SHAREHOLDERS SINCE 2007,

WHEN THE GROUP S FIRST EMPLOYEE SHAREHOLDING PLAN WAS LAUNCHED

+8,000

REDUCTION IN GROUP'S

TOTAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

VS. 2013 (on a like-for-like basis)

-8.1% 8

ISO 14001 CERTIFIED ENTITIES

CERTIFICATIONS

OF GROUP S SITES APPLY THE ENVIRONMENTAL

CHARTER

96%