CEZ a s : Group Sustainability Report 2022

CEZ Group	2022
Sustainability Report

CEZ Group Sustainability Report 2022

Contents

	Statutory Declaration	4	3.3.	Water Protection, Landscape Conservation,
				and Environmental Management	34
1	Foreword	7	3.3.1.	Water Management	34
3.3.2.	Biodiversity	37
			3.3.3.	EMS - Environmental Management System	39
1.1.	Statement from the CEO	7
1.2.	Statement from the CSO	10	3.4.	Energy Transition	41
			3.4.1.	Transition to Renewable Energy: Hydro,
2	Introduction	13		Wind and Solar	42
3.4.2.	Transition to Emission-Free Energy: Nuclear Power	43
			3.4.3.	Transition to a Cleaner Energy: Gas	43
2.1.	CEZ Group Business Environment	13
2.1.1.	CEZ Group's Mission and Vision	13	3.5.	Innovative Solutions	44
2.1.2.	Strategic VISION 2030-Clean Energy		3.5.1.	ČEZ ESCO	44
	of Tomorrow	13	3.5.2.	Smart Cities and Digitalization	44
2.1.3.	ESG and Sustainable Development Social		3.5.3.	Research and Development	45
	Objectives	14	3.5.4.	Inven Capital	45
			3.5.5.	Partnerships for Innovation	46
2.2.	Stakeholder Engagement and Materiality Matrix	15	3.5.6.	E-mobility	46
2.2.1.	Stakeholder Engagement	15	3.5.7.	Energy Consumption and Reduction
2.2.2.	Materiality Assessment	15		of Energy Intensity	47
2.2.3.	Materiality Matrix	16
3	Environmental	19	4	Social	51
			4.1.	Community Relations	53
3.1.	Decarbonization	21	4.1.1.	Corporate Citizenship	53
3.1.1.	Scope 1	22	4.1.2.	Human Rights	55
3.1.2.	Scope 2	24
3.1.3.	Scope 3	24	4.2.	CEZ Foundation	56
3.1.4.	Emission Intensity Reduction	25	4.2.1.	Programs and Activities of CEZ Foundation in 2022	56
3.1.5.	Ozone-Depleting Substances	26
			4.3.	Human Capital	57
3.2.	Waste, Emissions and Pollution	27	4.3.1.	Responsible Employer	57
3.2.1.	Emissions of Pollutants	27	4.3.2.	Employee Training and Development	61
3.2.2.	Air Pollution Monitoring	29	4.3.3.	Security Personnel Trained in Human Rights
3.2.3.	Resources Used/Materials	29		Policies or Procedures	65
3.2.4.	Waste and Natural Resources	30	4.3.4.	Training of Suppliers and Contractors	65
			4.3.5.	Requalification	65
			4.3.6.	Health and Safety	67
			4.4.	Customer Orientation	73
			4.4.1.	Approach to Customers	73
			4.4.2.	Net Promoter Score	75
			4.4.3.	Digitalization	76
			4.4.4.	Ombudsman	76

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CEZ Group Sustainability Report 2022 Contents

5	Governance	78	7	GRI Content Index a Non-Financial
				Data 2022	125
5.1.	CEZ Group Corporate Governance	80
5.1.1.	Governance Bodies	80	7.1.	Selected Indicators	126
5.1.2.	Sustainability Governance and ESG Management	81	7.2.	Other indicators	135
			7.3.	Biodiversity Indicators	145
5.2.	Climate-Related Risk Management and TCFD	84	7.4.	GRI Content Index	151
			7.5.	SASB Index	155
5.3.	Diversity and Equal Opportunity	86	7.6.	WEF Index	156
5.3.1.	Women in Leadership Positions	87	7.7.	TCFD Index	157
5.3.2.	Gender Pay Gap	88
			Abbreviations	159
5.4.	Business Conduct	89
5.4.1.	Code of Conduct and Ethics in CEZ Group	89	Independent Auditors' Reports	162
5.4.2.	Sustainable Supply Chain	93
5.4.3.	Tax Governance	95
5.4.4.	Cyber Security and Information Privacy	96
5.5.	Asset Management	101
5.5.1.	Renewable and Conventional Energy	101
5.5.2.	Nuclear Energy	103
5.5.3.	Distribution System	104
6.	EU Taxonomy KPI Report	107
6.1.	General Principles	108

6.2. Contextual Information - Methodology

and Implementation in CEZ Group

109

6.3. Technical Screening of Economic Activities

	in 2022	110
6.3.1.	Renewable Energy	110
6.3.2.	Transitional Energy - Natural Gas and Nuclear	111
6.3.3.	Infrastructure Activities	112
6.3.4.	Energy Services and Other Eligible Activities	113
6.3.5.	Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) Adaptation	114
6.3.6.	Social Safeguards	114
6.4.	KPI Revenues	115
6.4.1.	KPI Revenue - Additional Information	116
6.5.	KPI CAPEXt	117
6.5.1.	KPI CAPEXt - Additional Information	118
6.6.	KPI OPEXt	119
6.6.1.	KPI OPEXt - Additional Information	120
6.7.	Noneligible Activities	121

6.8. Disclosure According to Annex 12

of Regulation 2021/2178

122

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CEZ Group Sustainability Report 2022

Statutory Declaration

To the best of our knowledge, the Sustainability Report gives an accurate and fair overview of the non-financial data for 2022, sustainable business strategy, and targets set for the future development of CEZ Group.

Prague, May 29th, 2023

Daniel Beneš

Chairman of the Board of Directors ČEZ, a. s.

Pavel Cyrani	Kateřina Bohuslavová
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors	Chief Sustainability Officer
ČEZ, a. s.	of CEZ Group

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We are CEZ

We are Clean Energy of Tomorrow for

1. self-sufficientand healthy country