SASB Code GRI Code Description Response, link or additional information 414-2 Negative social impacts in the supply chain and actions taken Our Sustainable Supply Chain Charter covers a broad range of social issues and impacts including child labour, freedom of association and collective bargaining and social mobility. Compliance with this charter is included within our standard contractual terms and conditions. Specific reference to the mitigation of social impact is also stipulated within the contract specification and supplier standard terms and conditions. We take a tailored and proportionate approach to the assessment and management of social impact throughout contract management. A dedicated Contract Management team ensures specific KPI’s that mirror our own are set in relation to the activity undertaken or product sourced and its associated social impact. Supplier performance is monitored and non-compliance addressed to ensure improvements are made. Significant negative social impacts are dealt with on a contract by contract basis and reported directly to the relevant senior lead to ensure resolution and mitigation against potential future incidents. We report centrally on issues relating to Health and Safety and Modern Slavery. Suppliers are encouraged to report any incidents and near misses through our portal, Safety Net. In this reporting year, a total of 1427 incidents were reported by our supply chain, 456 of these related to good practice. Of the 971 remaining, 188 investigations have been undertaken and actions completed. 34 investigations are ongoing. The relevant contract owner takes responsibility to ensure investigations are conducted and a preventive action plan put in place. We are continually looking at improve the supplier reporting process. Our Safety Improvement Group is responsible for developing our approach across contract management. We continuously evolve our approach to ensure proactive and effective due diligence measures are in place to tackle Modern Slavery within our supply chain. Refer to our Modern Slavery Statement for more information. To date no instances of Modern Slavery have been raised. Our dedicated channel, Supplier Spotlight, allows for individuals to provide supplier feedback, including on social issues. For this reporting period, 19 reports of internal supplier feedback were received in relation to Health and Safety – 3 of which were positive. The remaining 16 reports have been resolved and plans are in place to prevent future occurrences. No other social impact issues were reported. We would not terminate a contract as a result of negative social performance alone. Instead we are committed to working collaboratively with a supplier to help develop and improve their approach. Through our Supply Chain CSR Forum, AMP 7 Supplier event and dedicated supplier communications we aim to raise awareness of potential negative social impacts and work collaboratively to mitigate this risk and identify opportunities to enhance our contribution. Actions are formalised through supplier pledges. See the Sustainability Report. In 2020, we commenced a migration from our existing procurement system to the SAP Ariba platform, which will provide an enhanced procurement and contract management solution. Once this is implemented, we will assess system solutions to automate supplier assessment of environment and social compliance. Public Policy 415-1 Political contributions Severn Trent’s policy is not to make any donations for political purposes in the UK, or to donate to EU political parties or incur EU political expenditure. Accordingly, neither Severn Trent Plc nor its subsidiaries made any political donations or incurred political expenditure in the financial year under review. As detailed in p157 of 20/21 ARA Report Customers SASB/GRI content index