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2025 Progress Report

1. Groupe Robert’s commitment

Groupe Robert is committed to building a culture of inclusion and accessibility. We will contribute to a barrier-free Canada for all by developing an accessibility framework that will ensure that employees and the public we serve enjoy the best possible experience when using our services and visiting our locations and facilities.

Groupe Robert is committed to identifying, removing, and preventing barriers on an ongoing basis. We are committed to developing an initial accessibility plan, as required by the Accessible Canada Act. This accessibility plan will guide our organization in achieving our commitments to establishing a culture of trust and accessibility. We are committed to ensuring that our organization is accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities. This commitment is directed towards our employees, customers, suppliers, and partners. Our employees with disabilities have the right and, more importantly, the opportunity to perform their job duties in an environment free of barriers of any kind.

Creating a barrier-free work environment requires identifying, removing and preventing barriers. We will be compliant with our obligations under the Accessible Canada Act. To do so, we must understand and recognize the needs of people with disabilities. We will do this through surveys, direct consultation and one-on-one interviews.

2. Groupe Robert

Groupe Robert is a major player in North American logistics. We offer a comprehensive range of services that make us a partner of choice, capable of supporting you in every stage of your logistics operations, from planning to deployment.

Our vision and objectives are clear, and the strength of our network and infrastructure gives us the means to achieve our mission.

In over 75 years of existence, we have delivered countless shipments and have come a long way to get where we are today. Groupe Robert may no longer be the small transportation company it was in Rougemont in 1946, but the legacy of its founder lives on. Our values of partnership, integrity, responsibility and passion continue to guide us in our quest for excellence. We have a prosperous heritage of success.

Currently, Groupe Robert has:

More than 3000 employees;

More than 5 millions sq. ft of warehousing;

more than 40 warehousing facilities and terminals ;

More than 1000 trucks;

And more than 3000 trailers.

3. Comments and/or complaints

Anyone, whether an employee, customer, supplier or partner, can make comments or pass on questions or a file a complaint in connection with our accessibility plan. This should be directed to one of the following 2 parties:

Pascale Williams, Vice-President, Human Resources

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Irene Perrin, Executive Assistant to the President & CEO

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4. Plan Implementtion

In accordance with the Accessible Canada Act, we are committed to publishing an annual status report evaluating our progress in achieving accessibility. In addition, we will review and update our accessibility plan every three years. These progress reports and updates to our plan will be developed in collaboration with and in consultation with persons with disabilities who are part of our organization.

5. Definitions

Accessibility: Refers to the requirement that persons with disabilities are intentionally and thoughtfully considered when products, services, and facilities are designed or modified so that they can be used and enjoyed by persons of all abilities.

Barrier: Any impediment, including those caused by physical or architectural features, information, communication, behavior, or technology, or resulting from policies or practices, that hinders the full and equal participation in society of persons with disabilities, including physical, intellectual, cognitive, mental, or sensory impairments, learning or communication disabilities, or functional limitations.

Disability: A physical, intellectual, cognitive, mental or sensory impairment, learning or communication disorder, or functional limitation, whether permanent, temporary or episodic, apparent or not, which, through interaction with a barrier, hinders a person’s full and equal participation in society

6. Employment

All current and future employees are entitled to accessibility at every stage of their employment with the company. We encourage all individuals in designated groups to apply for our various positions. We recognize that we must survey and/or identify active employees who live with a disability. It is also imperative that we improve our recruitment practices to facilitate the hiring of people with disabilities.

The actions we are taking are:

Raise awareness among designated recruitment staff about the biases they may have toward designated groups.

Distribute the self-identification questionnaire to our current employees.

Promote the self-identification application form during the hiring process.

Introduce changes to job postings as well as the career section of our website to encourage candidates from designated groups to apply when the job requirements allow.

7. Our working environments / Our already built environment

We have several facilities in the province of Québec. These are very diverse and include terminals, warehouses, and an office building. We maintain and repair the facilities as needed, and all construction and renovation work on our new terminals complies with the Building Code. Some of

our older buildings are less accessible due to the application of an older version of the Code (more recent versions now place greater emphasis on accessibility). Our newer buildings tend to be more accessible as a result. We lease some of our locations, which does not allow us to carry out work for the purpose of making our buildings accessible.