SASB Report 2020

Leadership & Governance dimension Prysmian Group seek to uphold the highest standards of fair and ethical practice in every action taken across all area in which operates. Prysmian Group is, in primis, a public company with a broad shareholder base and, as such, it is fundamental to align the interests of the Group with those of all stakeholders. This special nature requires an ability to develop open and transparent dialogue with our shareholders, employees, customers and suppliers, with the institutions and with the communities in which we work. Prysmian Group has always invested in these values, striving to comply with the highest international standards of governance. For example, 67% of Board members are independent and 42% are women. Ethics and Integrity as corporate values are expressed using a series of instruments and policies disseminated throughout the entire organisation, including: the Code of Ethics, the Anti-Corruption policy, privacy and data protection, and the helpline programme. This is supported by Group Compliance Policies (including an Anti-Bribery Policy and Antitrust Code of Conduct, among others) designed to ensure adherence from our employees, suppliers, business partners, sales agents, sub-contractors and distributors on the Prysmian way of doing business. BUSINESS ETHICS Topic SASB Code Accounting metric Business Ethics RT-EE-510a.1. Description of policies and practices for prevention of: (1) corruption and bribery and (2) anti-competitive behavior IF-EN-510a.3. Description of policies and practices for prevention of (1) bribery and corruption, and (2) anti-competitive behavior in the project bidding processes The Prysmian Group puts in place a series of organisational tools aimed at defining the principles of legality, transparency, fairness and loyalty used to operate. In particular, the Group: y has adopted a Code of Ethics containing guidelines and ethical and behavioural principles that all thosecarryingoutactivitiesonbehalfofPrysmianor its subsidiariesarerequiredtoobserve(including managers, officials, employees, agents, representatives, external collaborators, suppliers and consultants); y through the Internal Audit & Compliance Department, constantly monitors compliance and the concrete application of these rules, not tolerating any type of violation. The Code of Ethics complies with international best practices and adopts the principles embodied in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Fundamental Conventions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The structure of the Prysmian Group’s Code of Ethics, in its latest version of 1 August 2019, is founded on three pillars: y Ethics in business activities; y Ethics in internal relations; y Ethics in environmental and social matters. We recommend referring to the Prysmian Group website for further insights to these three pillars. All companies within the Group strictly comply with the Code of Ethics, applicable regulations and the SASB Report 2020