Enel Americas SA

Lobbying Governance

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**Board of Directors approves strategic, industrial and financial plans, including the Company's annual budget and the Industrial Plan, which support key guidelines for fostering a sustainable business model and laying the foundations for long-term value creation. The Board is also responsible for endorsing our Sustainability Report and all of our company's activities, addressing environmental issues such as biodiversity, water management, emissions, etc.; social issues such as human rights, diversity and inclusion, talent retention, health and safety, etc.; and governance matters such as anti-corruption practices, responsible lobbying, transactions between related parties; and approving risk maps that take into consideration cybersecurity and climate change related risks.** [...] **Board of Directors Committee: beginning in June 2020, this Committee is comprised of independent directors who work alongside the Sustainability Department in jointly overseeing and monitoring key sustainability related issues. As part of its activities, the Committee deals with the Sustainability Plan and its guidelines, the general structure of this Sustainability Report, specific matters related to environmental, including climate change, water and biodiversity management, labor practices, ESG aspects in the supply chain; and those issues related to governance, and governance-related matters such as transparency, business relations and human rights, among other areas. This Committee also discusses and assesses the evolution of best practices related to corporate sustainability and our company position relative to the main Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) indexes. The Investor Relations Department, in conjunction with the Sustainability Department, keeps this Committee informed of trends among Socially Responsible Investors and the status of our company's relations with them."
"We promote an interaction with the authorities in accordance with a legal framework that guarantees the transparency and integrity of the Enel Group in this interaction, in keeping with the Enel Group's Compliance System. Thus, ensuring that the institutions are provided with the best conditions for decision-making, the activities with these entities are registered and controlled in accordance with Law 20,730, which regulates lobbying and efforts that represent private interests before the authorities and officials. To this end, internal procedures and manuals are mandatory for any member, representative or contractor of the company, which is related to members of state institutions.

https://www.enelamericas.com/content/dam/enel-americas/en/investor/sustainability/sustainability_report/2022/SR-Enel-Americas-2022.pdf

In relation to the management of governance risks, it is important to highlight: - They stem from unlawful conduct, including corruption, lobbying activities, etc., by own staff members or contractors, or from anti-competitive practices. Enel Américas has an Internal Control and Risk Management System based on business rules and procedures.

https://www.enelamericas.com/content/dam/enel-americas/en/investor/annual_reports/annual_reports/2021/Enel%20Americas%202021%20Memoria.pdf

**Board of Directors: Approves strategic, industrial, and financial plans, including the company's annual budget and industrial plan, which complement key guidelines to promote a sustainable business model and lay the foundation for long-term value creation. The Board is also responsible for approving our annual reports and for all the Company's work, addressing environmental issues – such as biodiversity, water management, emissions, etc.; social issues – such as human rights, diversity, and inclusion, talent retention, health, and safety, among others – and governance – such as anticorruption practices, responsible lobbying, transactions between related parties and the approval of risk maps that consider, in turn, cybersecurity risks and those derived from climate change.**

https://www.enelamericas.com/content/dam/enel-americas/en/investor/sustainability/sustainability_report/2023/ESG-Supplement-2023-Enel-Americas.pdf

##### Advocating for climate actions aligned to the Paris Agreement

###### Direct advocacy

Enel Américas, as part of Enel Group, continuously
**assesses the alignment of its direct advocacy actions**
**with the goals set by the Paris Agreement.**

In accordance with the Group's "Climate change risks
and opportunities" policy, the Group's climate advocacy
activities are guided by energy transition roadmaps,
through which Enel engages a wide range of
**stakeholders in relation to the actions needed at the**
**national level to pursue the goals of the Paris**
**Agreement.**

These energy transition roadmaps are developed for
**each country where the Group operates and updated in**
**line with any changes in regulatory, technological and**
**market dynamics.**

https://www.enelamericas.com/content/dam/enel-americas/investor/strategic-plan/2024/ENEL-AMERICAS-STRATEGIC-PLAN-2025-2027-ESG-FOCUS-FOR-INVESTORS.pdf

To coordinate corporate volunteering, we set up a Task Force team and began to work at the end of February 2020 on establishing, coordinating, and reporting actions related to community support within this context and whose main goal has been the protection of health and safety of all our staff members. [...] The Board of Directors is the body responsible for overseeing the compliance with ethical standards and the prevention of criminal risks in the company, a task whose monitoring and management is delegated to the Internal Audit Management. This way, the Board approves the documents that make up the compliance system, including the Criminal Risk Prevention Model, relying on the Crime Prevention Officer for the implementation. [...] The Crime Prevention Officer has the necessary organizational autonomy, authorization, and resources to correctly carry out his duties. Periodically, the Board of Directors evaluates and monitors the implementation and improvement of programs at the level of the Company's processes, through sessions where the Crime Prevention Officer reports the main activities related to their implementation and correct functioning. [...] Enel Américas obtained in 2020 the external certification on the Criminal Risk Prevention Model where an external entity authorized by the Financial Market Commission (FMC) objectively accredited and evaluated the prevention system adopted and implemented by the Company in the face of the requirements of Law No. 20.393. [...] In 2020, Enel Américas and its subsidiaries carried out 182 training session involving more than 12,200 people, focused on corruption prevention and unethical conduct, the use of the Ethics Channel, the ISO37001 Anti-Bribery Management System and, in general, knowledge of the Company's compliance system.

https://www.enelamericas.com/content/dam/enel-americas/en/investor/annual_reports/annual_reports/2020/AnnualReportEnelAmericas2020.pdf

Describe the process(es) your organization has in place to ensure that your engagement activities are consistent with your overall climate change strategy[…]Enel Américas plays an active role in various industry and multistakeholder associations with the aim of promoting issues concerning energy transition and the commitment to fight climate change. Enel is committed to ensuring that the initiatives of which it is a member operate in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the decarbonization roadmap of the Group. It therefore systematically verifies the consistency of the associations' positions with the Group's climate policies. This verification process is carried out in two stages: (i) before joining the association, through an in-depth analysis of the body's by-laws, in line with the Climate Policy issued in September 2021; (ii) after joining the association, by actively contributing to its work and/ or taking positions of responsibility within it or promoting the Enel's position within working groups. A review of the level of alignment of the associations with Enel's strategy is conducted annually.

Enel is committed to ensuring that its direct advocacy activities are conducted in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement. Its advocacy policy aims to promote the Group's decarbonization strategy and pursuit of climate goals, involving institutional stakeholders, trade associations, non-governmental organizations and academia, in order to promote the Group's vision on climate and low-carbon policies. Stakeholder engagement contributes to the evolution of the regulatory framework towards ambitious climate goals and promotes an economy in which carbon pricing drives long-term investments.

Within the framework of its commitment to climate change, the Enel Group is firmly committed to promoting:
- ambitious climate and decarbonization targets consistent with the objectives set by the Paris Agreement, for example by being among the first signatories in 2019 of the Business Ambition for 1.5 °C campaign;
- effective and efficient implementation mechanisms capable of exploiting market dynamics and, in this sense, fully supporting the presence of a carbon price;
- ongoing negotiations on climate issues within multi-stakeholder initiatives, actively contributing to groups and coalitions such as the UN Global Compact's Action Platform on Climate Ambition;
private sector leadership on decarbonization through its participation in initiatives such as the CEO Alliance, WEF CEO Climate - Leaders Alliance, IETA (International Emissions Trading Association), WBCSD.

CDP Questionnaire Response 2022

Does your organization have a public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement?[…]Yes

CDP Questionnaire Response 2023