Stakeholder engagement

Our stakeholders are employees, customers, suppliers, investors, organizations and other entities that can affect or be affected by our activities and products. Maintaining an open dialog with our stakeholders is essential to understand their interests and expectations. In addition to corporate-level dialog with key stakeholders such as customers (see Customer Satisfaction) and investors, each site conducts specific actions depending on its activity, size, location and culture, but all sites have regular exchanges with major local stakeholders, such as local authorities, schools and universities.

During the verification process of this report, the auditor interviewed three stakeholders (education partner, security services, material supplier) about their relations with ST. I 102-40 I 102-42 I 102-43 I

Stakeholders	Key expectations	Engagement channels
EMPLOYEES	Health and safety at work Respecting human rights Ethics	Seminars, conferences, forums VP communication meetings Recognition, awards, contests Intranet, internet, news, emails, videos Training, workshops Employee surveys Application week, EHS week
CUSTOMERS	Health and safety at work Respecting human rights Greenhouse gas emissions	Trade shows Conventions, technical seminars Audits and site visits Joint seminars, conferences, blog, technodays, workshops, webinars Meetings
INVESTORS & ANALYSTS	Health and safety at work Greenhouse gas emissions Talent attraction & retention	Investors and analysts day Annual reports Extra-financial questionnaires
SUPPLIERS	Health and safety at work Ethics Respecting human rights	Meetings Audits Supplier training Surveys EHS week Technical roadshows
LOCAL PARTNERS	Respecting human rights Greenhouse gas emissions Health and safety at work	Partnerships Conferences, conventions, meetings Site visits Donations, training, volunteering, local initiatives
NATIONAL & LOCAL AUTHORITIES	Ethics Greenhouse gas emissions Respecting human rights	Partnerships with municipalities Meetings, conferences, seminars Annual reports Site visits
ACADEMIC & LABORATORIES	Ethics Respecting human rights Product and technology innovation	Internships, scholarships, PhDs Joint R&D projects, joint labs Conferences, technical seminars Site visits
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS	Ethics Respecting human rights Renewable energy	Memberships in public-private partnerships, international and European associations Participation in consortiums, in working groups of electronic industry associations Meetings, conferences, seminars
MEDIA	Fair wages and benefits Greenhouse gas emissions Renewable energy	Conferences, conventions, meetings Press releases

Key expectations are the top three issues retained by each group of stakeholders in our 2020 materiality exercise. I 102-44 I