ACTIVITY REPORT 2016

CONTENTSEDITORIALS 4

LOOKING BACK & FORWARD 6

TERRE DE FEMMES 8

PLANT FOR THE PLANET 12

PHOTOGRAPHY, PEOPLE & NATURE 18

PLANTS & BIODIVERSITY 20

FINANCIAL REPORT 22

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 23

The Institut de France is a proud supporter of the Yves Rocher Foundation, a body that has been working to protect our planet's biodiversity for over 20 years now.

The Foundation pours its unique brand of energy into defending its causes, working in over 50 different countries to safeguard our planet and its flora.

The resulting figures consolidate the visionary nature of the Foundation's projects. “Changing the world for the better!” is a slogan that actually does what it says: over 350 women have picked up a Terre de Femmes Award and over 65 million trees have been planted through the Plant for the Planet scheme. The Foundation is also a patron of heritage and culture, supporting historic gardens and photographers who use their chosen medium to express all the beauty of our planet.

With the arrival of 2017 and its elections, remaining aware of new environmental challenges and their consequences has never been more pressing.

Once again, the Yves Rocher Foundation-Institut de France took part in the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Marrakesh, 7-18 November 2016) to expand upon the measures adopted in Paris a year earlier. Drawing on the energy that drives the Yves Rocher Foundation-Institut de France, our institution is proud to lend its support to this initiative, in a natural extension of its academic expertise.

VISIONARY ACTION

EDITORIALS

Gabriel de BroglieChancellor of the Institut de France

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I like to say that we are all earthly beings, in the sense that we all live on planet Earth, but also in the sense that we are all individuals co-existing with nature, the source of all life.

Yet in this contemporary world, our society is becoming increasingly disconnected from Mother Nature. We believe it is crucial to continue on our path of supporting pro-active, committed individuals working for the common good in France and further afield.

The four programmes we run are proof of our unwavering commitment to the cause.– Terre de Femmes showcased the work of determined, solidarity-fostering women in nine countries in 2016. The Terre de Femmes Award's 15th anniversary, celebrated in 2016, was an opportunity to bolster this network of active communities.– Our Plant for the Planet programme is a long-term commitment to planting trees, symbols of our human roots in the earth. In 2016, we planted over 65 million trees, and our goal is to have planted 100 million by the end of 2020.– The Photography, People & Nature scheme allows us to suspend time through photographers' lenses. In 2016, Phil Moore was awarded the Yves Rocher Foundation-Visa photography prize with a view to supporting his research into the Polygon nuclear test site in Kazakhstan.– With Plants & Biodiversity, we are aiming to protect plant species that are unique and vital to us all. We support a number of different gardens, we attend various biodiversity-themed conferences and we work towards protecting plant species: all illustrations of our commitment to the cause. This was the case in 2016, when we chose to support Brest's Conservatoire Botanique National in its work in protecting Ekman's juniper in Haiti.

The Yves Rocher Foundation's role is to take sustainable action to leave a positive footprint on our planet, working on behalf of nature and humans alike. I'm thrilled to share this common goal with Gabriel de Broglie, Chancellor of the Institut de France, our directors, the Yves Rocher Foundation team, and our many supporters across the globe.

RETURNING TO EARTH

Jacques RocherHonorary Chair of the Yves Rocher

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LOOKING BACK & FORWARD

YVES ROCHER FOUNDATION, CHANGING THE WORLD FOR THE BETTER

The Yves Rocher Foundation-Institut de France

grew from one family's desire to give the natural

world back what it is owed by human beings,

while contributing to efforts to protect it.

Set up in 1991 by Yves Rocher and his son

Jacques Rocher, its mission is to take action

to protect the environment and to help those

working to leave a positive footprint on the

planet, changing the world for the better.

This mission is illustrated through the

foundation's four long-term projects : Terre de

Femmes, designed to support women working

to protect the environment, Plant for the

Planet, a tree-planting initiative, Photography,

People & Nature, to support eco-committed

photographers, and Plants & Biodiversity,

aimed at safeguarding flora.

2016, A YEAR OF CONSOLIDATION AND PROGRESS 15 years of Terre de Femmes

Celebrating the programme's 15th anniversary was one of the highlights of the year and served as an opportunity to launch the “Boosts” feature, a platform to connect people who want to help the prize-winners via the Yves Rocher Foundation website, as well as an opportunity to establish the Terre de Femmes community, a network especially for our prize-winners.

65 million trees planted

After reaching our goal of 50 million trees planted in 2015, the programme embarked on its second wave, as ambitious as ever, aiming for 100 million trees to be planted by 2020. In 2016, we renewed projects to ensure we kept up our planting pace.

Consolidated group action

Continuing on from its experience at COP21 in 2015, the Foundation kept up its involvement in the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention by taking part in the COP22 in Marrakesh (climate change) and the COP13 in Cancun (biodiversity). It also set up a Research Board made up of experts from a variety of fields, allowing them to discuss their work and concerns: Bénédicte Faivre Tavignot (HEC), Lauriane Mouysset (CNRS), Yolaine de la Bigne (NeoPlanète), Pierre-Henri Gouyon (National Natural History Museum) and Raphaël Souchier (local economy expert and consultant).

A heightened communications policy 2016 resulted in the English version of the Foundation's new website being launched (French version launched in 2015), which should enable us to reach a wider public, particularly international institutions. An in-house training module aimed at Rocher Group staff was also set up, designed to boost internal awareness of the challenges the Foundation faces, and to reach out to more employees through a series of different programmes.

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TERRE DE FEMMES

350 award-winning women

€1.8 M paid out to support their initiatives since 2001

85,000 online votes in over 150 countries

9 participating countries in 2016

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Every day, women commit to changing the world. The Yves Rocher Foundation highlights the depth of their dedication to the environment.

For 15 years now, the Terre de Femmes Award has been celebrating women working to protect the environment. Featuring both a national and international prize, in addition to providing financial support, the award is a source of encouragement for winners, spurring them on to pursue their initiatives aimed at creating a better, more sustainable and fairer world. This last aspect was consolidated in 2016 with the founding of a special “climate” stream.Founded and led by women from across the globe, these projects have resulted in organic olive oil produced in Morocco's Rif region, a breadnut (Maya nut) plantation in Mexico, and social integration for children living with AIDS in Tanzania through eco-friendly action, to name just a few examples.In 2016, the award was a shining example and reminder of the huge variety of initiatives that exist and how they operate in the daily lives of local populations. This aspect was expanded upon through the founding of a public prize based on an online vote open to all.

TERRE DE FEMMES / THE AWARD

INVOLVEMENT IN THE COP22 IN MARRAKESH (MOROCCO)The Yves Rocher Foun-dation took part in the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework

Convention on Climate Change, proving once again that its attendance at such events is just as essential as its on-the-ground work, in order to communicate the important role played by networks of women in sustainable development, innovation and resilience in our societies.

The Yves Rocher Foundation's contribution: conference and round tables:• organising a “Women & Climate” conference to build awareness of women's unique work to tackle climate change;

• organising “Women & Land” and “Women & Leadership” round tables with the participation of Terre de Femmes Award-winners.

2016, a year of celebration• Founded in 2001, the Terre de Femmes Award turned 15 in

2016. Celebrating this anniversary was an opportunity to bring together a dozen former award-winners for an “ Inspiration Coffee Break ” as well as a “ boostorming ” session with experts invited to come and discuss the issues and challenges inherent to their various projects.

• Every year, local prize-giving ceremonies take place in all participating countries. The Yves Rocher Foundation-Institut de France held its two traditional ceremonies in Paris, in the presence of Jacques Rocher:- The Terre de Femmes France award ceremony (the award's founding country), on 3 March 2016 at the Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation.

- The International Grand Prize was presented on 5 April 2016 at the Dosne-Thiers Foundation.

In 2016, Italy signed up for the Terre de Femmes programme, becoming the 10 th country to do so.

New features to help the Award grow• A public prize has been founded, awarded based on an online

voting system open to all and designed to pay tribute to the most emblematic project.

• Terre de Femmes is now a real community, a network through which winners can exchange, thanks to the “Inspiring Women” event held on 27 and 28 October 2016 at La Gacilly. The event brought together 15 prize-winners and industry experts (fundraising, communication, etc.), and featured a discussion with several winners and environmental

bloggers.

• The “Boost” feature was launched, designed to allow online users visiting the Foundation's website to support winners directly by responding to their

needs (volunteers, equipment, etc.).

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INTERNATIONAL GRAND PRIZETwo winners committed to local sustainable developmentThe International Terre de Femmes Award selects two projects among the national award-winning projects. This is an opportunity to highlight the Foundation's work on an international level and its network of pro-active women.

• Winners for 2016International Grand Prize and Public Prize 2016: Özgül Öztürk (Turkey) – Local sustainable development in the village of Nimri.

International Grand Prize(joint winner with Özgül Öztürk) : Maria Nieves Trujillo Tapia (Mexico) – Developing a sustainable hibiscus flower sector.

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Özgül ÖztürkJoint winner of the 2016 “Terre de Femmes” International Grand Prize, and the Public Prize, developed a community-aiding project to help prevent rural exodus in her village.

The two joint winners of the International Grand Prize 2016.

Techniques honed in partnership with the Universidad del Mar should bolster hibiscus yields

as well as profit margins for the Zapotec women tasked with

growing the flowers, using natural or organic farming methods.

Nimri’de Yeniden Hayat's project aims to create a community

vegetable patch in the village based on permaculture methods.

The ultimate goal is to improve quality of life and well-being for

the local population.

Maria Nieves Trujillo Tapia 2016's winner of the “ Terre de Femmes ” International Grand Prize, Maria carries out research to develop hibiscus-growing methods that are gentle on our planet.

TERRE DE FEMMES / THE WINNERS9 NATIONAL PRIZESThe national prizes showcase women acting to protect nature and to build bridges between humans and their environment in each participating country.

FRANCE1st Prize: Delphine Roullet Protecting the greater bamboo lemur in Madagascar2nd Prize: Anne Maltoni An eco-friendly horse ranch designed to foster social skills and independence among autistic people in France3rd Prize: Magali Queyranne Reforestation and urban farming in PeruClimate stream special prize: Gaëlle Lamarque Building awareness of polar scientific research in schools

GERMANY1st Prize: Andrea Launhardt Building awareness of environmental issues and planting mangroves in Sri Lanka2nd Prize: Maritta Koch-Weser Sustainable development programmes in partnership with the private and public sectors and the general public3rd Prize: Susanne Hufmann Preserving bodies of water and flood plains

MOROCCO1st Prize: Souhad Azennoud Training women in eco-friendly farming2nd Prize: Samira Goundafi Ait Lahcen Building awareness of environmental protection among children3rd Prize: Fatima El Bakay The modern oasis as a way of preventing rural exodus

MEXICO1st Prize: Maria Nieves Trujillo Tapia Developing a sustainable hibiscus flower sector2nd Prize: Maria de la Paz Lopez Vazquez Protecting crocodiles and alligators in the Chiapas region of Mexico3rd Prize: Azucena Patricia Rodriguez Gala Building reservoirs to catch rain water and setting up vegetable patches

PORTUGAL1st Prize: Inès Rodrigues Developing energy in villages in Guinea-BissauSpecial prize: Catarina Grilo Protecting artisanal fishing

RUSSIA1st Prize: Anastasia Skourikhina Creating a non-commercial nursery for forest plants to be used for public reforestation2nd Prize: Natalia Ostapenko Restoring the forest in the Komsomolsk-sur-Amour region3rd Prize: Tatiana Osankina Environmental awareness-building in the libraries of Krasnoselskii in Saint Petersburg

SWITZERLAND1st Prize: Regina Frey Protecting endangered orang-utans in Sumatra2nd Prize: Claudia Doron-Zahner Peaceful development of a village in the Democratic Republic of Congo3rd Prize: Ursula Kuhn Working towards sustainable farming in Peru and Bolivia

TURKEY1st Prize: Özgül Öztürk Local sustainable development in the village of Nimri

UKRAINE1st Prize: Evgueniya Aratovskaya Developing a recycling system for local companies and bodies2nd Prize: Valentina Sabelnikova Organic farming workshops for children3rd Prize: Alina Zhykharev Protecting ancient trees in Odessa

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PLANT FOR THE PLANET

9 years of commitment

29 participating countries

38 NGO partners around the world

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The Yves Rocher Foundation made a commitment to plant 100 million trees. Working with the worldwide planters' community, this is our biodiversity pledge.Over 20 years ago, the Yves Rocher Foundation-Institut de France launched its first reforestation schemes. In 2007, a meeting with Nobel Peace Prize-winner Wangari Maathai was the catalyst that led to us embracing a deep-rooted commitment to trees and humankind, and our initial goal of planting a million trees hand-in-hand with women from around the world was quickly met.

Spurred on by the hard work of volunteer planters and with the support of local structures and NGOs specialising in reforestation, the Plant for the Planet programme continues to pick up speed. In 2015, we had planted 50 million trees. Today, our new goal is to plant 100 million trees throughout the world by 2020.

PLANT FOR THE PLANET / PROGRAMME

9 million trees planted in 2016Following the pace that was set and has remained stable for a decade, the 9 million trees planted in 2016 bring the total number of trees planted since the scheme was first launched to over 65 million. Emphasis was placed on supporting local subsidiaries and fostering communication between planters.

Our objective is to plant 100 million trees by the end of 2020After having set and surpassed our initial target of 50 million trees in 2015, Plant for the Planet is now aiming to plant 100 million trees by the end of 2020.

This initiative translates into renewed support for our partner NGOs and the signing of new agreements designed to bolster the action we are already taking (10 new projects in 2016).

Five figurehead projects representing a total of 72.5 million treesFive countries are home to over half of our planting numbers: Ethiopia (32 million trees), India (25 million trees), Russia (8 million trees), Mexico (4.5 million trees) and France (3 million trees).

KEEPING UP THE PLANTING PACE

FOSTERING COMMUNICATION ACROSS THE INITIATIVEPublishing our “Trees, Guardians of Life” booklet

To celebrate our total of 50 million trees planted in 2015, we published a booklet that serves as an anthology of anecdotes from this first wave, with 1,000 copies published and dispatched during the Foundation's pledge.

Publishing our 2016 photo report:

Designed as a way of keeping track of our on-the-ground action year after year, we published 500 copies of our “Plant for the Planet” photo report, distributing them to planting partners in France, internal correspondents and Yves Rocher partner stores. The photo report is a record of our regional initiatives: community planting projects or awareness-building workshops: grafting, extracting seeds from fruit.

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NEW PROJECTS & NEW AMBITIONS10 new partnership agreements were signed in 2016, representing a goal of 16 million trees planted.

GREEN ETHIOPIA, ETHIOPIAGoal: 12 million treesInitiative renewed until 2018 with a total target of 12 million trees planted, bringing the total to 32 million trees between 2009 and 2016. Goal: ending a “ cycle of hunger ” (deforestation, soil infertility and erosion, dryness, aridity).

WWF, RUSSIAGoal: 3.5 million trees

Our goal of planting 3.5 million trees by 2020 is on top of the 5.5 million already planted since 2010 via

reforestation in the northern Altai forest.

AFAC – AGROFORESTERIES, FRANCEGoal: 200,000 treesPlanting at least 200,000 locally-certified trees (meaning trees sourced from local plant production bodies) as part of an overarching goal of planting a million trees between 2015 and 2018. Expanding on community projects thanks to 12 events that resulted in close to 7,000 trees being planted and awareness-building of issues affecting local trees for 500 people.

HEG & LANDSCHAP, NETHERLANDSGoal: 150,000 trees

Renewed partnership that aims to plant 150,000 trees (plants grown from local seeds)

between 2016 and 2019.

BAOBAB 29, BURKINA FASOGoal: 100,000 treesContinuing our work to support the association in planting 100,000 extra trees to be added to the 450,000 already planted since the partnership first began in 2008. Supervising the setting up of micro-barrages that afford better protection against water shortages during the dry season.

NEW PROJECT WWF, HUNGARYGoal: 100,000 treesPlanting 100,000 trees native to the Balaton region between 2016 and 2018 to replace the pines that were mass-planted in the 1930s: because they aren't suited to the local soil, they have been dying and starting forest fires.

MAIMULTVERDE, ROMANIAGoal: 100,000 trees

Planting 100,000 trees in the province of Videle between 2016 and 2018 with a view to restoring

deteriorated soil and stopping the landslides that are currently a threat to local villages.

AUNGO, UKRAINEGoal: 100,000 treesAs part of the partnership between the Yves Rocher Ukraine subsidiary and the AUNGO NGO, 100,000 trees planted between 2016 and 2017 on deteriorated land.

NEW PROJECT APAF, TOGOGoal: 33,000 trees

New partnership in West Africa with APAF International, an NGO we first met in September 2016, specialising in local agri-forestry techniques. Planting 33,000 fertilising

trees that support the crops surrounding them.

TERRE ET HUMANISME, MOROCCO NEW PROJECT

Goal: 10,000 treesPlanting 10,000 trees and setting up a nursery by 2018 (mostly fruit trees that are well-suited to the region) on the site of the CIPA Pierre Rabhi farm in the heart of a dry, arid region.

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PLANT FOR THE PLANET / INITIATIVESON-THE-GROUND VISITS AND EXCHANGES2016 was marked by the relationships forged between planters during the on-the-ground projects visits organised by the Foundation.

FEBRUARYWWF, MEXICOVisit to a monarch butterfly conservation site run by Sylvie Monier (a French planter, director of Mission Haies Auvergne and AFAC board member) and Sophie Thomasset. Talks with local foresters on planting methods.

JULYHEG&LANDSCHAP, NETHERLANDS

Visit with Paule Pointereau, French planter and coordinator for AFAC and Siet, meeting with Lex

Roeleveld. The goal here was to draw inspiration from the Netherlands' innovative approach to rural trees and

pass these ideas on to bocage operators in France.

NOVEMBERGREEN ETHIOPIA, ETHIOPIATrip to meet Lex Roeleveld, zoologist and agronomy specialist with then Heg&Landschap association (Netherlands) alongside Kurt Pfister, coordinator of the Green Ethiopia project and Jean-Pierre Beaudouëzy.

DECEMBER ISHA FOUNDATION, INDIA

Trip to meet Daniel Rodary, a planter in Haiti.

OTHER TRIPS MADE BY THE FOUNDATION IN 2016:

January: Baobab 29, Burkina Faso March: AIEM, Ukraine April: O Futuro, Portugal

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2016: 65 MILLION TREES PLANTED !

Our community of committed planters scattered across 29 countries around the world surpassed the programme's initial targets, planting over 65 million trees between 2007 and the end of 2016. This success was achieved as a group and is an immense source of pride, as well as a reason to be cheerful for the entire world.

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PHOTO­GRAPHY, PEOPLE & NATURE

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The Yves Rocher Foundation supports community-aware photographers. Through their eyes, a whole world can be discovered, loved and protected.Photography is the art of capturing a moment, and is as much a source of discussion as it is of won-derment. All of these reasons have led to the Yves Rocher Foundation supporting photography-centred events and institutions for a number of years, as well as activist photographers who work to open our eyes to the beauty of our planet, as well as the dangers which threaten it.

La Gacilly has become a haven for photography. Its free photography festival was founded in 2003, and showcases exceptional work day and night, throughout the summer.

In 2014, this programme was boosted by the opening of the Maison de la Photographie de La Gacilly, a permanent exhibition venue.

In 2015, the support we offer to photographers was heightened with the arrival of the Yves Rocher Foundation Photography Award, a component of the “Visa pour l’image” festival in Perpignan.

PHOTOGRAPHY, PEOPLE & NATURE

SHOWCASING OUR CHOSEN PHOTOGRAPHERSThe Yves Rocher Foundation Photography Award winner in 2015 was Lianne Milton, whose portfolio was published

in 300 copies: designed in a format that shows her work off to its best, it allowed our award-winning photographer to present her work and the Foundation to showcase its partnership.

LA GACILLY CELEBRATES PHOTOGRAPHYLa Gacilly photography festivalIn 2016, the Festival focused on Japan and our oceans, two topics that resonated through the tragedies and rebirths we had watched unfold, and intertwined through reflection on the lasting relationships that exist between humankind and our planet. 400,000 visitors were recorded in 2016.

Maison de la Photographie de la GacillyThree exhibitions featured in 2016:

• “La montée des eaux”, by George Steinmetz (exhibition started in 2015).

• “Souveraines”, by the ethnophotographer Pierre de Vallombreuse, a tribute to “communities in which women are free”.

• “Dans la fournaise du Sertão”, by 2015 Yves Rocher Foundation award-winner Lianne Milton, an illustration of the impact of climate change on isolated farmers.

PHOTOGRAPHY USED TO PROTECT THE PLANET

PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE – YVES ROCHER FOUNDATION

For our second year of partnership with the “Visa pour l’Image” International Photojournalism Festival of

Perpignan, the Yves Rocher Photography Award was presented to Phil Moore to support his work in the

“Polygon” region of Kazakhstan. His photos of barren landscapes intertwined with intimate portraits of the

survivors of the nuclear tests carried out in the region highlight the devastating effects of nuclear weapons

on the environment.

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Phil MooreWinner of the Yves Rocher Foundation's photography Award in 2016.

PLANTS& BIODIVERSITY

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The Yves Rocher Foundation is committed to protecting the plant world and safeguarding biodiversity. Plants are a ray of hope for our future.The “Plants & Biodiversity” programme's value lies in the way in which it bridges the gap between action and knowledge, plants and society, in order to bring about change in the world. The Yves Rocher Foundation-Institut de France draws on the know-how of the Rocher Group's ethnobotanists and experts to promote innovative botanic programmes via skills sponsorship or financial support.

As well as sharing its knowledge, particularly through scientific publications, the Foundation also lends its support to remarkable sites that are open to the public. It is also involved in a number of international networks of experts, such as during the COP22, or in projects aimed at protecting specific species.

PLANTS & BIODIVERSITY

FOSTERING EXCHANGE ON BIODIVERSITY AT THE COP22On 3 September 2016, ahead of the COP22 event in Marrakesh (Morocco), the Yves Rocher Foundation lent its support to a conference that brought together farmers, researchers and

individuals committed to supporting farming methods able to stand up to climate change in the pre-Rif region.

The event was organised by the Al Yanboua association and two farming cooperatives, Bni Ouriaguel and Ariaf Kissane, founded by Souhad Azennoud, winner of the

Terre de Femmes Award in Morocco in 2016.

It brought together 146 people, primarily farmers, as well as 120 children.

Renewed support for two remarkable sites: Chaalis Abbey and Royaumont Abbey

• Chaalis Abbey, a fragrant note:

The Foundation began supporting the aromatic gardens in 2003, as well as fragrance workshops for visitors. Alongside this, the Foundation awards a biodiversity prize every year during the “Journées de la Rose” days to exhibitors with the best initiatives designed to safeguard biodiversity.

• Royaumont Abbey, in the kitchen garden:The Foundation has been the Jardin des 9 carrés garden's primary sponsor since 2004. The “Entre Orient et Occident, le voyage des plantes au Moyen-Âge” exhibition was inaugurated in July 2016, and the garden was awarded the pro-biodiversity “J’agis pour la biodiversité” label by Barbara Pompili, Secretary of State for Biodiversity, in December 2016.

Protecting Ekman's juniper In 2016, the Foundation began work with the Conservatoire Botanique National de Brest to support the conservatory's initiatives to safeguard Ekman's juniper, a tree facing extinction with a mere seven specimens remaining in Haiti. Deforestation in

the country has led to severe plant life casualties. Intensive work here resulted in a protocol allowing for 100 micro cuttings of the juniper to be taken.

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FINANCIAL REPORT

INCOME TOTAL

Sponsor donations €3 000k

TOTAL INCOME €3 000k

EXPENSES TOTAL

Terre de Femmes €264k

Plant for the planet €1 214k

Photography, People & Nature €115k

Plants & Biodiversity €43k

Operating and management costs €789k

TOTAL EXPENSES €2 427k

DEFERRED CHARGES 2017(2) €573k

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TRANSPARENCY & TRUST(1) This amount includes sponsorship paid in kind and in skills certified by ourexternal auditor, Ernst & Young Audit.

The Yves Rocher Foundation-Institut de France accounts are approved by the Board of Directors and the Institut de France.

EVERY DONATION COUNTSAll of the Yves Rocher Foundation-Institut de France's income comes exclusively from donations and sponsorship. All donations and sponsorship are eligible for tax relief for donors:

for individuals, tax relief on income tax up to a value of 66% of the amount of the donation (restricted to 20% of taxable income)

for companies, tax relief on income or corporate tax up to a value of 60% of the amount of the donation (restricted to 5% of taxable income)

DETAIL OF EXPENDITURE LINKED TO PROJECTS(3)

32% Operating and management costs

50% Plant for the Planet

11% Terre de Femmes

2% Plants & Biodiversity

5% Photography, People & Nature

(2) In accordance with the decisions taken at the Board Meeting of 30 January 2017, some payments could not be made before the end of the calendar year for certain administrative reasons. These payments will be made in 2017. €573k of 2016 expenses will be deferred to 2017.

(3) Due to deferred payments, the envelope of expend-iture for Plant for the Planet is lower, leading to an automatic increase in the share of operating costs.

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ACKNOWL­EDGEMENTS

TO THE MEMBERS OF OUR EXECUTIVE BOARD

Gabriel de Broglie, Chancellor of the Institut de France

Jacques Rocher, Honorary Chair of the Yves Rocher Foundation

Jean-Pierre Babelon, Member of the Académie des Inscriptions & Belles Lettres

Dominique Bona, Novelist, Académie Française

Michel Caboche, Member of the Académie des Sciences

Christian Dumas, Member of the Académie des Sciences

Dominique Meyer, Member of the Académie des Sciences

Jean-Philippe Beau-Douëzy, ecologist and environmental consultant

Claude Fromageot, Director of the Yves Rocher Foundation-Institut de France

Sabrina Krief, Lecturer at the Natural History Museum

Gaëlle Rocher, Yves Rocher Foundation-Institut de France

Jean Rousseau, Managing Director of Carat

TO THE MEMBERS OF OUR TERRE DE FEMMES JUDGING PANEL

Hervé Bertho, Ouest France

Isabelle Bourgeois, Avantages

Sylvie Braibant, TV5 Monde – Les Terriennes

Anne-Cécile Bras, RFI

Marie d’Adesky, ADEME

Béatrice Audollent, UN Committee Femmes France

Yolaine de la Bigne, Néoplanète

Éric de Kermel, Terre Sauvage

Stéphane Dellazzeri, Top Santé

Maïté Delmas, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle

Natalia Frascaria, Agro Paris Tech

Aude Bunetel, Mon Jardin & Ma Maison

Laurence Gillois, ONU Femmes

Arnaud de Menibus, Entreprendre et +

Éric Meyer, GÉO

Ada Mercier, Journal des Femmes

Peggy Pascal, First Prize Winner of the Terre de Femmes France 2013 Award

Noeline Raondry Rakotoarisoa, Chief of the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) section

Gaëlle Rocher, Yves Rocher Foundation

TO THE MEMBERS OF OUR PHOTOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT JUDGING PANEL

Daphne Anglès: Picture Editor “New York Times Paris”

Andreina de Bei, Editor-In-Chief “Sciences & Avenirs”

Pierre de Vallombreuse, Photographer

Pierre Henri Gouyon, French biologist specialising in evolutionary sciences at the Natural History Museum in Paris

Delphine Lelu, “Visa pour l’image – Perpignan”

Aurélia Rocher, Head of Projects at the Yves Rocher Foundation

Jacques Rocher, Honorary Chair of the Yves Rocher Foundation

TO OUR RESEARCHERS

Lauriane Mouysset, Research Manager at the CNRS

Yolaine De La Bigne, journalist and author of several books

Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot, professor at HEC-Paris

Raphaël Souchier, author and lecturer, European consultant in sustainable economies

Pierre-Henri Gouyon, professor at the MNHN, AgroParisTech, Sciences Po Paris, and researcher at the ISYEB

TO OUR PARTNERS

Chaalis AbbeyADPP MozambiqueAeris FuturoAfac-AgroforesteriesAPAF – TogoBaobab 29BergwaldprojektBiomimicryUN Women National Committee FranceConservatoire Botanique de BrestRoyaumont FoundationLa Gacilly photography festivalFestival Visa pour l’ImageFirmenichGreen EthiopiaHEG & LandschapHeliconiaIsha FoundationMaiMultVerdeManoir de KerazanNational Natural History MuseumReboiser in MadagascarTerre & Humanisme Morocco Ukraine I’m for youUniversité Catholique de PortoWWF – HongrieWWF – MexicoWWF – Russia

The Yves Rocher Foundation teamleft to right : Nathalie Froissart, Sophie Thomasset, Marine Segura, Aurélia Rocher, Marie-Anne Gasnier, Françoise Stephan-Heintze, Hélène Buu, Claude Fromageot

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We firmly believe that individuals can change the world.The Yves Rocher Foundation's role is to take action to preserve biodiversity:

• by supporting committed women working to build active communities,• by planting trees at home and abroad as a symbol of rootedness,• by protecting the plant species that are so unique and vital to us all,• to capture a moment in time through the enlightened lenses of our photographers.

Donate today and support the Yves Rocher Foundation - Institut de France*

* Each donation enjoys tax relief at a rate of 66% of its total for individuals (income tax, up to 20% of taxable income) or 60% for companies (income tax or corporate tax, up to 5%0 of untaxed turnover ). You will be sent a tax receipt.

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La Fondation Yves Rocher-Institut de France 7, chemin de Bretagne – 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux

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