Sustainable Development Management102-31

As an efficient producer of the electric power necessary for the society, Unipro PJSC is well aware of its economic, environmental and social responsibility

Unipro PJSC is interested in carrying out its activities subject to the advanced international standards of corporate and social responsibility and sustainable development.

The Company understands the sustainable development as the economic growth that does not harm the environment and contributes to the resolution of social problems, finding a balance between the economic, environmental and social development.

There are many definitions of the corporate social responsibility, but Unipro PJSC defines the corporate social responsibility as the responsibility of the Company for the impact of its decisions and activities on the society and the environment through transparent and ethical conduct that has the following features:

• promotes the sustainable development, including health and well-being of the society;
• takes into account the expectations of stakeholders;
• complies with the applicable law and is consistent with the international norms of conduct;
• integrates into the activities of the entire organization and applies to its relations with the stakeholders.

Unipro shapes its business around a reasonable balance of shareholders’ interests and assurance of a reliable and socially and environmentally safe operation of its production facilities.

The Company implements a comprehensive approach to the management of labour, development of its employees, environmental and industrial safety, and support of populations in the areas of its presence.

In the course of its activities and in its relations with its counterparties, the Company promotes the idea of observing human rights and non-discrimination in any of its manifestations, combating corruption and interacting with in-house and third party stakeholders based on maintaining a balance of interests and mutually beneficial cooperation.

Currently, Unipro PJSC is aimed at forming an efficient sustainable development management system: during 2020, the draft Articles of Association were prepared according to which the definition of the ESG strategy falls within the competence of the Board of Directors.

At the meeting of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Unipro PJSC, the members of the Committee raised the ESG issue and requested to pay attention to the disclosure of that issue when preparing future annual reports.

The responsibility for arranging for control, methodological support and statutory regulation of the Unipro PJSC ESG activities is currently not imposed on one person 102-19 , the dedicated units of the Company carry out sustainable development activities in their functional responsibility areas 102-20 :

• social responsibility is imposed on the HR Unit (the HR Director);
• interaction with the authorities in the regions of presence and creation of a favourable social environment for the efficient development of the Company is imposed on the Corporate 13 In the version submitted for approval to the Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting as of year-end 2020. Communications Unit (the Director for Public Affairs and Government Relations) and the Corporate Legal Unit (Corporate Governance, Legal and Property Director);
• economic responsibility is imposed on the Finance Unit (Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Deputy General Director for Finance and Economics);
• electric power production, energy efficiency improvement and environmental responsibility is imposed on the Production Unit (member of the Management Board, Deputy General Director for Production);
• charitable assistance is imposed on the Corporate Communications Unit (Director for Public Affairs and Government Relations).

In 2005, the Company expressed its commitment to the UN Global Compact as the most ambitious sustainability initiative for business. Unipro PJSC confirms its commitments to honour human rights, employment relations, environmental protection and anti-corruption undertakings.102-12

The Company’s major shareholder — Uniper Group — treats sustainable development as the overarching priority and integrates it in all aspects and areas of its activities. Uniper Group has developed and approved the Group Sustainable Development Strategy based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) by identifying the areas of highest relevance to its business. Unipro PJSC supports the Group’s initiative and is planning to contribute to the achievement of the selected SDG.