Environment special edition - 21 June 2021

Dear Shareholder,

Your Group did not wait for the fight against climate change to become a major concern for many stakeholders before taking up the issue.

Right from the construction stage, the "builders", to whom we must pay tribute, took into account environmental issues. This has led to exemplary achievements, such as the nature reserves of Fond Pignon in France or of Samphire Hoe in Great Britain, the latter having won many awards.

Environmental protection is therefore in the Group's DNA. The Channel Tunnel transport system and Le Shuttle are extremely virtuous from all points of view, particularly with regard to atmospheric pollution and the total absence of impact on the maritime environment.

Eurostar, for its part, has long been committed to reducing its carbon footprint, notably with its Green Travel ambition, which is far ahead of all other rail operators.

Europorte, our subsidiary which is at the heart of the development of rail freight desired by the public authorities, will contribute to this joint project.

Once operational, ElecLink will be a major player in the energy transition, facilitating the use of renewable energy.

The fact that we are structurally "green" has not prevented us from launching continuous improvement programmes for a long time, which have enabled us to make very significant progress, which I have reported on in the past.

But we want to do more and better, with real ambitions, which we present to you in the Group's Environmental Plan 2025.

As usual, we are not announcing objectives for the distant future, when the current executive officers will no longer be in place, but rather serious objectives that can be achieved quickly. You will find below the main elements of our commitments.

These actions will be carried out within a framework of rigorous management where investment serves future profitability, whether extra-financial or not.

On the essential elements of carbon, energy, water, waste and biodiversity, we far outrank our competitors.

This gives us a leadership responsibility that we want to strengthen further. And we know that increasingly this intensification of the fight against climate change is a key element that will create shareholder value.

This is the objective of this Plan, which is being closely monitored by your Board of Directors, the specialised Ethics and CSR committee and our Lead Director for Environment and Climate Patricia Hewitt, whom I would like to thank for accepting this key role.

Getlink, leader in low-carbon transport, presents a new action plan to 2025 to meet environmental challenges and sets clear targets for 2025. To read Getlink's Environmental Plan 2025 in full, click on the the brochure photo above.

Yours faithfully,

Jacques Gounon

Chairman of Getlink

FOCUS ON THE GROUP'S ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2025

Getlink, a leader in low-carbon transport and major player in the regions in which it operates through the activities of Eurotunnel, Europorte and soon Régionéo and ElecLink, is stepping up its contribution to the fight against climate change and the preservation of natural resources in order to meet environmental challenges. Its new roadmap for its environmental strategy is based on three areas: climate, resource management and the impact on natural environments, and waste management and the circular economy. Getlink has set clear targets for 2025 for each of these areas. Getlink has set clear objectives for 2025 for each of these areas, and has chosen a very short time frame to ensure that it is always moving forward. This strategy is based on a new materiality analysis and a regular, rigorous and transparent monitoring system for the results obtained.

3 Objectives

6 Commitments

12 Key Performance Indicators

Contribution to the

Sustainable Development Goals

of the United Nations

Reduce direct emissions (Scopes 1

• 30% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2025 compared to 2019 in

and 2) by 30% compared to 2019

absolute terms (Intermediate milestone of -15% by 2023)

Pillar 1 - Energy and climate

transition: Contribute to the

• 100% of the Group's purchases and supplies (greater than €200k/year)

2°C trajectory of the Paris

Agreement throughout the

Contribute to the reduction of indirect

include energy/climate performance

Group's value chain

• Customers: develop 2 new service offers to encourage the development of

emissions (Scope 3) linked to activities

low-carbon mobility (passengers and freight) and modal shift

• Confirmation of acceptability in the Tunnel of all new mobilities by 2025

(gas, electricity, hydrogen)

• 100% of the Group's sites/activities certified ISO 14001 or equivalent in 2025

Grow the environmental performance

• 100% of the Group's purchases and supplies (>€200k) integrate

environmental performance

Pillar 2 - Preservation of natural

of the Group's activities and

• 100% natural and/or organic solutions for weed control and maintenance

environments: Sustainable

control their impact on the natural

of green spaces, excluding safety issues, in 2025

environment and biodiversity

management of resources and

• Reduction in use of drinking water drawn from the public network by 10%

control of impacts on natural

per customer by 2025

environments

Preserve air quality at the sites

• Improvement of air quality in the Tunnel (decrease in the level of clogging

of the Truck Shuttle locomotive filters over 3 consecutive years)

Pillar 3 - Waste management

Avoid final waste by mobilising all

• Waste generation control (in tons of waste per project amount: 2025 values

and the circular economy:

available levers

equal to 2019 values)

Controlling waste and

• Deploy full selective sorting (customers and staff)

promoting the circular economy

throughout the Group's

Promote a collective dynamic around

• By 2025, create 3 partnerships or service offers that are part of the

ecosystem

circular economy and have a positive impact on the Group's stakeholders

the circular and local economy

(communities, traders, dealers, suppliers and employees etc)

Getlink's commitments are distinguished by their pragmatism, by the desire to reduce the direct emissions without purchasing carbon credits, and by their short and medium-term outlook. The result of collaborative work, the Group and its Board of Directors are proud of this first initiative.

Patricia Hewitt, Environment and Climate Lead Director

With already strong green credentials, Getlink is now developing an ambitious roadmap which will allow it to make more of a difference.

It is performance that guides us, for the environment as with everything else.

Yann Leriche, Chief Executive Officer of Getlink

33%

reduction in greenhouse gas emissions since 2012 by Getlink

30%

reduction target for the Group's direct CO2 emissions by 2025

Read the press release published on 21 June 2021 and watch the video interview with Yann Leriche on the Environmental Plan 2025.

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