2023

CitizenSnap
ReportIn This Report
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYABOUT SNAP

Executive Summary
SOCIETY

ESG Strategy and Priorities

04
05

About Snap

08

Products and Services

09

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Planet24

Governance47

Climate Strategy

25

Board and Committees

48

Climate Risk

26

Stock and Voting Structure48

Emissions Reduction Measures

30

Integrity and Compliance49

Our Products

34

Tax Strategy

50

Our Workplaces

35

Data Governance53

Our Supply Chain

35

Enterprise Risk

54

Climate Engagement
on Our Platform

37

Team Engagement

38

Appendix

55

Society11

Responsible Products

12

Materiality

56

Privacy by Design132022 ESG Data Tables

57

Safety by Design

15

SASB Index

62

Security by Design

17

GRI Index

64

Inclusion by Design

17

Social Impact on Our Platform

18

PeopleCommunity and Giving

20

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

41

Snap Foundation23

Supporting Our Team

44

40

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

A Letter from Evan

ABOUT SNAP

keep working to do our part. We believe that leading with
our values isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s the only way
for Snap to succeed over the long term.

Each year, we publish our CitizenSnap Report to share
SOCIETY

more about how we operate our business, support our

We have a lot more work to do, and we will continuecommunity and partners, and work together as a team.

striving to live up to our mission through the products
we create and the way that we operate. We welcome

Our goal with every CitizenSnap Report is to increase

your feedback as we continue to learn and grow.

transparency and hold ourselves accountable as we
PLANET

continue to learn, grow, and iterate. 2022 was anespecially challenging year for our business and team.
We’ve worked to adapt to a more demanding businessenvironment while continuing to focus on making a
positive impact.

PEOPLE

More than 750 million1 people around the globe
use our products to express themselves, live in the
moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.
Snapchatters care deeply about how we contribute to
GOVERNANCE

supporting a healthier and happier society, and we will

Evan Spiegel,
Co-founder and CEO

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1 Snap Inc. internal data for monthly active users in Q4 2022.

Snap Inc. is a technology company. We believe the camera
presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people
live and communicate. We contribute to human progressby empowering people to express themselves, live in the
moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.
Our fourth annual CitizenSnap Report not only captures Snap’s
progress toward our environmental, social, and governance(ESG) goals, but also our resolve to continuously improve.

Executive
Summary
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The following pages summarize our key ESG accomplishments
in 2022. As we continue advancing our objectives, we
also recognize that there will always be new and greater
opportunities for Snap to drive a positive impact.

This work is never finished.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYESG Strategy and Priorities

ESG Strategy
and Priorities
Our strategic framework for ESG consists of four pillars:Society, Planet, People, and Governance. Under each pillar,
we establish key drivers and integrate them into the activities
of teams across Snap.

ABOUT SNAP

SOCIETY

PLANETPEOPLEGOVERNANCE

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Our High-Priority ESG Issues

Product
Use andDevelopment

Privacyand Data
Protection

Business Ethics/ Fair Business
Practices

We have conducted a formal materiality assessment to better
understand the ESG areas in which Snap can and should lead.
Through engaging internal and external stakeholders in a seriesof surveys and interviews, we found that many of Snap’s highest
ESG priorities relate to the design and use of our products. Our
approach to these topics is detailed in the Society and Governancesections of this report. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is
another critically important subject for our company. Moreinformation about our DEI work can be found in the People sectionof this report and in our Diversity Annual Report.

Content
Safety andGovernanceDiversity,
Equity, andInclusion

Promotionof Beneficial
Content

Our ESG priorities and business strategy are deeply intertwined.
We work to optimize privacy, safety, inclusion, and transparency
throughout our products and platform at the earliest stages ofdesign. We are also taking bold action to address the climate
crisis as a factor in decisions about our business operations andsupply chain. We deliver updates on our ESG progress annuallyat Board meetings.

MentalHealth andTechnology

EthicalLeadership andGovernanceProtection
and Rights
of Minors

Collaborative partnerships remain essential to our ESG strategy.
Recognizing that complex challenges demand collective action,
we actively seek dialogue and engagement opportunities withorganizations possessing expertise in our priority issues. This
commitment also extends to working closely with grassroots
organizations in every community where we operate.

Our 2023 CitizenSnap Report incorporates globally recognized
standards from the Global Reporting Initiative (core standards)
and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board. To fulfill
the commitments outlined in this report, we remain focused onstrengthening innovation, expanding partnerships, and generating
positive impacts across our ESG initiatives.

SOCIETY

PLANETPEOPLEGOVERNANCE

For a complete look at our high-priority ESG issues, please review the result of our 2020 Materiality assessment on page 56.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYESG Strategy and Priorities

Society
We continued to prioritize

ABOUT SNAP

to take into account ouron both climate mitigation and
198 Snap Academies alumni
in our network as of 2022.

continued to take responsibility
for not only our current and future

Snapchatters to take meaningfulcarbon footprint, but also for theon the communities we servethrough strategic partnerships,
philanthropy, and volunteering.

Launched our integrated
Privacy and Safety Hub— providing centralized,
streamlined access to manyof our privacy and safetymaterials and policies.

PEOPLE

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operational improvements. We

our platform to empower
action. We made a positive impact

GOVERNANCE

We made progress on
fulfilling our climate commitments

develop products. We leveraged

PLANET

Planetresponsible design principles
community’s wellbeing when we

SOCIETY

More than 8,270 volunteer
hours contributed tophilanthropic projects in 2022.

As a platform that many
young people around theworld use to communicate
with their friends, we arecommitted to helping
protect our community”.

carbon we created in the past.
We used our platform’s reach toraise climate crisis awareness andempower Snapchatters to take action.

Through battery efficiency improvements,
reduced global energy consumption using
Snapchat by an average of 12% per user.

Our carbon emissions related to cloudstorage effectively stayed neutral while
our Daily Active Users grew by 17%.2— JACQUELINE BEAUCHERE, GLOBALHEAD OF PLATFORM SAFETY

Reduced our absolute scope 1 + 2
emissions by 30% over the 2019 baseline.

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2 Snap Inc. internal data in Q4 2022 as compared to Q4 2021

My team’s transparency on what
they’re working on with their coachhas led to each of them being
personally invested — not just in
their own development, but in thedevelopment of others.”

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYESG Strategy and Priorities

ABOUT SNAP

— 2022 BETTERUP PARTICIPANT

Snap maintains a governance structure thatempowers us to drive positive impact in allthat we do, and contributes to our cultureof transparency, honesty, and kindness. We
seek to maintain a Board that is diverse andexperienced. Our tax program is aimed

SOCIETY

at paying fair taxes where we do business

PeoplePLANET

GovernanceWe continued our work to build aculture that engages, inspires, andrewards our team members. We

Launched the523 Accelerator Program
which helps diverse
content partners distributeand monetize their showsachieving over 52 million
viewers on Discover.

and positions us as a responsible part ofcommunities where we operate. We run a robust
enterprise risk program that links enterpriselevel risks with company strategic objectives.

supported our team’s mental and
PEOPLE

new initiatives to engage anduplift them while providing more
opportunities for career growth.
We focused on viewing all work

GOVERNANCE

50% of our independent
Board members were
women in 2022.

physical well-being, and unveiled

through a DEI lens, with a strategy

Partnered with BetterUp
to provide nearly 700 Snapteam members with 4,400
hours of career coaching.

revolving around Inspiring
Empathy, Redesigning Systems,
and Driving Accountability.
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772 Snap managers
completed the Aperture
Leadership Program.

For the year ended
December 31, 2022,
our total tax contribution
was approximately$1.2 billion

37.5% of our independent
Board members were
BIPOC in 2022.

98% of team members
completed Code of
Conduct training in 2022.

Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Snap is a technology company with
offices in the United Kingdom, France, India, Australia, and many other countries.
We are proud to serve an incredibly diverse community of more than 750 million
Snapchatters1 around the world.

HQ

About Snap
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2011 founded
44,000+ hours of leadershiptraining by Snap team members

Committed to The Climate
Pledge since 2021

375 million3 daily active users

Snap is proud to be included in
the North America and World
Dow Jones Sustainability Indices5k+ full-time employees

3 Snap Inc. internal data in Q4 2022.

Products
and Services

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYABOUT SNAP
Products and Services

SOCIETY

PLANETPEOPLEGOVERNANCE

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Snapchat
Our flagship product, Snapchat, is a visual messaging
application that helps people communicate with friends andfamily through short videos, images, and text called Snaps
and Chats. By opening directly to the camera, we empower
Snapchatters to express themselves instantly.
Many elements and features of Snapchat are enhancedby our expansive partner ecosystem of developers,
creators, publishers, and advertisers, among others. We
help them create and bring content and experiences into
Snapchat, leverage Snapchat capabilities in their own
applications and websites, and use advertising to promotethese and other experiences to our large, engaged, anddifferentiated community.
AR creators can use Lens Studio, our powerful desktop
application designed for creators and developers, tobuild augmented reality experiences for Snapchatters.
Spotlight creators can utilize our content creation tools toreach millions of Snapchatters and build their businesses
through various monetization opportunities. Our Creator
Marketplace connects both AR and Spotlight creators
directly with our advertising partners.
Additionally, we continue to invest in hardware that will
help bring augmented reality to life with products such as
Spectacles — redefining how we interact with and overlay
computing on the world.
Snapchat contains five distinct platforms:•

Snap Map•

Stories•

Visual Messaging•

Highlights•

CameraSnap Map

Visual Messaging

Snap Map is a highly personalized mapthat allows Snapchatters to connect withfriends and explore what is going on in theircommunity. Snap Map makes it easy to locate
friends who choose to share their locationand view a heatmap of recent Snaps posted
to Our Story by location. Places, rich profilesof local businesses that include informationsuch as store hours, photos, and reviews, allow
Snapchatters to take direct actions such as
sharing a favorite store, ordering takeout, or
making a reservation.

Our Visual Messaging platform allows
our community to communicate withfriends, collectively or individually, throughour ephemeral and efficient messaging
architecture. Snapchatters can send
messages through texts, Snaps, and voice
or video calling. They can also communicate
with a personalized avatar called Bitmoji
and its associated contextual stickers andimages, which integrate seamlessly into
both mobile devices and desktop browsers.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYABOUT SNAP
Products and Services

SOCIETY

PLANETPEOPLEGOVERNANCE

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CameraStories

Spotlight

Snapchat opens directly to the Camera,
making it easy to create a Snap and send it tofriends. Our augmented reality (AR) capabilities
within our Camera, such as Lenses and creative
tools, allow for enhanced creativity andself-expression. While Snaps are deleted bydefault, Snapchatters can save their Snaps intheir own personal collection of Memories.
They can also capture Snaps on our wearable
devices, Spectacles. Spectacles connect
seamlessly with Snapchat and capture photos
and videos from a human perspective.

Stories feature content from a Snapchatter’sfriends, our community, and our content
partners. Friends’ Stories allow our community to
express themselves to their friends in narrative
form through photos and videos that appear inchronological order. The Discover section of thisplatform displays curated content based on a
Snapchatter’s subscriptions and interests, andfeatures news and information from our creator
community and publishing partners. We also offer
Public Profiles as a way for our creator communityand our advertising partners to surface their
AR Lenses on our platform.

Spotlight showcases the best of Snapchat,helping people discover new creators andcontent in a personalized way. Here wesurface the most entertaining Snaps fromour community all in one place, whichbecomes tailored to each Snapchatterover time based on their preferences
and favorites. The Trending page allows
Snapchatters to discover and engage withpopular topics and genres.

At Snap, we believe we have a responsibility to make a positive impact
on society through the products we create, the content that we deliver,and the ways that we give back to the communities we serve. We have
responsible design principles to help take into account our community’s
privacy, safety, and security when we develop products. We engage,educate, and empower Snapchatters to take meaningful action throughour platform. Snap also contributes to greater good through strategic

I

Responsible Products

12

Privacy by Design

13

Safety by Design

15

Security by Design

17

Inclusion by Design

17

Social Impact on Our Platform

18

Community and Giving

20

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partnerships, philanthropy, and volunteering.

Responsible
Products

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYABOUT SNAP

SOCIETY
Responsible Products
Privacy by Design
Safety by Design
Security by Design
Inclusion by Design
Social Impact on Our Platform

We are committed to maintaining the trust of ourcommunity by upholding the interconnected priorities
of privacy, safety, and security across our design process.
Our teams start weighing all three priorities from a
product’s earliest conception through its engineering,
testing, launch, and support phases. This approach also
supports our larger objectives for Snapchat and the
products we create: empowering people, enriching theirlives, encouraging them to interact with real friends, andenabling Snapchatters to share only what they want others
to see and view only what others want to share.

Community and Giving
Snap Foundation

PLANET

Privacy and Safety Hub

PEOPLEGOVERNANCE

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Helping Snapchatters understand and control how theirinformation is used on our platform is an importantpart of our privacy program. In 2022, we launched
our integrated Privacy and Safety Hub — providing
centralized, streamlined access to many of our privacy
and safety materials and policies.
The Privacy Center on the Privacy and Safety Hub
describes our Privacy Principles and provides detailon our Privacy Policy. The Privacy Center also contains
a Privacy by Product page, which provides more
information about how prominent Snap features collectand use data.
Our Family Center webpage on the Privacy and Safety
Hub features new resources to help parents and teens
to have open and constructive conversations about
online safety. It also guides Snapchatters on how toreport safety concerns related to content and accounts
on our platform.

It also provides important information about Family
Center, our in-app tool that gives parents the ability
to know exactly who their teens are friends with on
Snapchat and who they have been communicating
with, without revealing the substance of their teens’
conversations in any way — therefore maintaining
Snapchatters’ privacy. We designed Family Centerto mirror the way parents engage with their teensin the real world: where parents know who theirteens’ friends are and when they are spendingtime together, but don’t eavesdrop on their private
conversations. We continue to add new features, like
content controls.
To help develop Family Center, we collaborated withfamilies to understand the needs of both parents andteens, acknowledging that everyone’s approach toparenting and privacy is different. We also consulted
with dozens of experts in online safety and well-being
to incorporate their feedback and insights.

Privacy
by Design

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYABOUT SNAP

SOCIETY
Responsible Products
Privacy by Design
Safety by Design
Security by Design

Snap’s Privacy by Design program involves across-functional team of designers, data scientists,
engineers, product managers, attorneys, and privacy
engineers. Guided by our Privacy Principles andPrivacy Policy, as well as applicable laws and regulatory
standards, this team reviews new apps, features, services,and functionalities that handle personal data. As part ofthis process, we look for ways to minimize our collectionof data and narrowly tailor its use.

Our Privacy Principles
We communicate honestly and openly: When you use Snap products,
you share information with us — it’s our responsibility to help you
understand how that information is used.

You choose how to express yourself: We believe that privacy is essential
to empowering self-expression.

Inclusion by Design
Social Impact on Our Platform
Community and Giving
Snap Foundation

PLANET

Privacy Auditing and Reporting
We work with an independent assessor to conduct abiennial audit of Snap’s Privacy Program. Additionally,
we release Transparency Reports twice a year, providing
insight into the volume and nature of governmental
requests for Snapchatters’ account information andother legal notifications.

We design with Privacy in Mind: New features go through an intense
privacy review process that emphasizes discussion and debate —we work hard to build products we’re proud of and enjoy using.

PEOPLEYou control your information: We provide easy ways to access and update
your information, adjust how much information you share with us, andrequest that we delete your information — or your entire account.
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Deletion is our default: Snapchat aims to capture the feeling of hanging
out with friends in person — that’s why Snaps and Chats are deleted fromour servers once they’re opened or expired.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

When we process the personal data of
Snapchatters, we do so in a way that is in linewith our Privacy by Design standards andprinciples. For example, we:

ABOUT SNAP•

Provide Snapchatters with an Ad Preferences
setting, where they can better understand andmake informed choices about the types of ads
they want to see on our platform.

•

Turn off location sharing by default when
Snapchatters use our Snap Map for
the first time, and only offer them the chance
to share their location with friends. Also, we
periodically remind Snapchatters that they
are sharing their location so they can decide
whether to continue doing so.

•

Offer a feature called Friend Check Up, which
prompts Snapchatters to review their friend
list and make sure it only includes people they
actually know.

SOCIETY
Responsible Products
Privacy by Design
Safety by Design
Security by Design
Inclusion by Design
Social Impact on Our Platform
Community and Giving
Snap Foundation

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYOur Safety Principles

At the heart of our Safety by Design program, we aim
to put Snapchatters’ well-being first as we innovate anddevelop new products. We have zero tolerance for illegal or
harmful content or behavior on Snapchat, as stated in our
Community Guidelines and Terms of Service. More broadly,
we take a multi-pronged approach to safety built around:

ABOUT SNAP

SOCIETY
Responsible Products
Privacy by Design
Safety by Design
Security by Design
Inclusion by Design

The principles underpinning Safety by Design at
Snap — like many of our Privacy Principles — aregrounded in transparency and control. They guideour product design process as well as our safety
policies, systems, and frameworks.

Prevention

We consider the well-being of young people —specifically teens — and age suitability at
all stages of product and policy design,
implementation, and management.

Our product design teams strive to anticipate
potential safety issues and prevent the opportunity
for abuse before it can happen. We also use
technology to quickly identify abuse on our platform.

Social Impact on Our Platform
Community and Giving
Snap Foundation

PLANETPEOPLE

We work with safety advocates, experts, andother leaders in their fields to discuss, review,vet, and test products and policies until they are
ready to deploy and implement.

ActionWe equip Snapchatters with the ability to manage
their own experience through safety settings,
in-app abuse reporting, controls to select theirinterests, and other tools for countering potentiallyharmful content and conduct. We also empower
our community to make decisions about the typesof ads they see through our Advertising & Interest
Preferences settings. Additionally, our Family Center
gives parents a new degree of insight and, in someinstances, control over their teens’ use of Snapchat,while still respecting teens’ privacy.

We communicate directly and openly with ourcommunity so that Snapchatters understand ourpolicies as well as the consequences of violating them.
We empower Snapchatters by providing readily
discoverable, consistent, and easy-to-use featuresand controls, as well as actionable advice andguidance about staying safe.

Response
GOVERNANCE

Our Trust and Safety team reviews and follows up onreports from Snapchatters and law enforcement tocrack down on the sources of potentially illegal andharmful content and behavior on our app.

We aim to detect, remove, enforce against, and reportcontent and individuals that violate our policies.

Partnership
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In addition to supporting law enforcement
agencies in their investigations, we collaborate
on educational outreach efforts with an array ofsafety advocacy organizations, many of which are
represented on our Safety Advisory Board.

In 2022, we developed a more robust Platform Governance
Framework with a defined process for applying our safetyvalues and principles to potential products. This framework
also facilitates internal discussions and allows crossfunctional stakeholders to align more easily.

We aim to be transparent and timely in our
engagements with policymakers, law enforcement
agencies, partners, collaborators, parents, and theglobal public, while acknowledging that we don’t
have all the answers but are committed to continuous
learning and improvement.

Safety Advisory Board
In 2022, we revamped and grew our Safety Advisory Board
to include experts from diverse geographies, backgrounds,
and areas of expertise to ensure Snap stays attuned tothe most pressing safety issues affecting our platform,
community, and industry.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYABOUT SNAP

SOCIETY
Responsible Products
Privacy by Design

Expanded from 7 members to 17 — including three young
adults who are youth advocates — the board provides
insight and guidance on all facets of safety at Snap. The
board also includes safety-focused nonprofit leaders,technologists, academics, researchers, and individuals
who have experienced online harm.

review reports of child sexual exploitation and abuse —and evidence of this activity results in accounttermination and reporting to the National Center for
Missing & Exploited Children, as required by law.
In 2022, we expanded our global Law Enforcement
Operations team to help accelerate its response to agencies’
requests for data related to criminal investigations. We
also hosted our second annual Law Enforcement Summit
attended by more than 3,000 officials from federal, stateand local agencies. Following this summit, 88% of attendees
polled said they gained a better understanding of our workwith law enforcement, and 84% said they believe Snapchat
cares about the safety of teens on the app.

Safety by Design
Security by Design
Inclusion by Design
Social Impact on Our Platform
Community and Giving
Snap Foundation

PLANETPEOPLEGOVERNANCE

Community andContent Guidelines
Snap’s Community Guidelines apply to all forms of content— text, images, links or attachments, emojis, and creative
tools — and to all Snapchatters. We have zero tolerance
for content that advocates or advances hate, violent
extremism, or terrorism.
Our advertisers and media partners also must adhere
to the Snap Commercial Content Policy in order toensure that their content is accurate and fact-checked
where appropriate.
In addition, our editorial team works closely with Snap
publishing partners on adhering to our Content Guidelines
for Recommendation Eligibility, which apply to content
submitted for viewing by a large audience. This includes
submissions to Spotlight, Snapchat’s entertainment platform
for community-generated content.

Monitoring and Enforcement
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Snapchat is committed to protecting our community
members, especially young people, from exploitation andabuse on our platform. We work to prevent, detect, andeliminate abuse on our platform. We strive to promptly

Transparency Reporting
Our semi-annual Transparency Reports highlight how
we enforce our Community Guidelines to help build asafer, healthier, and more respectful community on ourplatform. Our reports include data on the volume andnature of governmental requests for Snapchatters’ accountinformation and other legal notifications.
In 2022, we took action against over 12 million pieces ofcontent globally that violated our policies. We received
76,625 law enforcement requests for account information
spanning 120,089 account identifiers, with 70.9% resulting
in disclosure. We also introduced the “Analysis of Content
and Account Violations” section, for greater reportingtransparency into period-over-period changes.

84% of Law Enforcement
Summit attendees said they
believe Snapchat cares about
the safety of teens on the app.

Safety Reporting
We empower Snapchatters to alert us via an in-app
reporting tool if they worry a friend is at risk for self-harm.
In response, Snapchat Support sends a message containing
links to expert assistance — such 911 emergency services,
the Suicide Prevention Hotline, and similar crisis hotlines
and resources in more than 20 countries and languages.

Safety Education
We continue to expand our partnerships with safety experts
and develop in-app features that help educate Snapchattersabout online risks and enable people to alert our Trust and
Safety teams to any concern or policy violation. Our Trusted
Flagger program partners with vetted safety experts using
a confidential channel to report emergency escalations. We
work closely with these groups to provide safety education,wellness resources, and reporting guidance to support the
Snapchat community.
Our Parents and Guardians Guide to Snapchat addresses
common misconceptions about our platform, highlights
Snap’s safety features, and provides ideas for discussing
the app with young people.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYABOUT SNAP

SOCIETY
Responsible Products
Privacy by Design
Safety by Design
Security by Design
Inclusion by Design
Social Impact on Our Platform
Community and Giving
Snap Foundation

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Security
by Design

Inclusion by
DesignClosely aligned with Snap’s privacy and safety efforts, ourInformation Security program works to safeguard the dataand systems that enable us to remain a trusted part of
Snapchatters’ daily lives. Our ability to create and deliver
innovative products — thereby fueling Snap’s growth —requires that we also push the boundaries of security
engineering and innovation.

In 2022, we released our Inclusion By Design Principles that
lay the foundation for our thinking around product inclusion.
Building equity of experience for all current and future
Snapchatters is a primary goal at Snap. No matter where
you live, your background, what you look like, or how you
communicate, you should feel as though Snap products aredeveloped with you in mind. To make this goal a reality, wemust evolve product development systems to ensure they
are rooted in empathy, backed by research, and able to yieldmeasurable impact. An inclusive process includes tools
and principles that account for the lived experiences of the
Snapchatters we serve globally.

We bring an engineering-first mindset to security with akeen focus on eliminating classes of vulnerabilities andsimplifying security challenges through automation. Our
industry-recognized security engineers, cryptographers,
and application and cloud security experts work
alongside governance, risk management, and complianceleaders as well as specialized technical program
managers to fulfill our vision.
We build resilient, scalable infrastructure and developer
tools that enable Snapchat and our enterprise apps to run
securely, with integrated security controls and automatedtooling, such as static and dynamic code analysis tools
and third-party code vulnerability checkers.
In addition, we offer security assurance and review services
to our developers, engineers, and vendors to enable asecure product that upholds our security, privacy, and safety
principles. We empower our workforce through handson security education and resources to unlock a security
mindset from the outset.
Our detection and response function drives continuous
visibility across external and internal threats, complemented
by threat intelligence and proactive security testing tostrengthen our defenses.

Moving beyond ad-hoc initiatives, the team developed
three guiding principles for those involved with productdevelopment at Snap:•

Increase Inclusion•

Build with Empathy•

Take Smart Risks

These principles resulted from a large, cross-functional
effort between the Design, Product, Engineering, and
IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Awareness) teams, withclose engagement from Camera Platform, Policy, Platform
Integrity, and Legal. These principles are a substantial partof the foundation for development at Snap.

Social Impact
on Our Platform

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYABOUT SNAP

SOCIETY
Responsible Products
Privacy by Design
Safety by Design
Security by Design
Inclusion by Design
Social Impact on Our Platform
Community and Giving
Snap Foundation

PLANETPEOPLEAs a primary source of news and information for Gen-Zers,
we recognize our unique opportunity and responsibility tohelp young people find accurate and diverse coverage of
the world around them. Across the Snapchat ecosystem,
we help people learn about issues that matter most tothem and empower them to take action by providing
access to a wealth of resources. In 2022, we added nearly
4,300 new channels globally as part of our ongoing efforts
to create an engaging, diverse, and informative experience
for Snapchatters.
We drive impact through the Snapchat content platform
as well as through our Lenses, ads, Stories, Snap Star
community, and other creative tools. Often, we engage
with leading nonprofit partners and collaborate withgovernments to bring important issues to light. In
2022, we amplified content and campaigns aroundcivic engagement, mental health, drug education andprevention, and digital well-being.

Mental Health and Well-Being
At Snap, nothing matters more than the health and wellbeing of our community. In 2022, we expanded our efforts
to make Snapchat a safe and supportive space for people tocommunicate with their friends and find helpful resources.

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In response to searches on Snapchat for certain topics
related to mental health — including anxiety, depression,stress, body positivity, suicidal thoughts, grief, and bullying— we created an in-app portal called Here For You. Thissearch tool is designed to support people in our community
who may be feeling the impact of challenging events, and it
also serves as a resource for Snapchatters who want to findhelp for friends or family members. Our Snapchat Support
homepage also features an array of mental health andwell-being resources.

In October 2022, we launched a suite of new bullying
prevention and mental health campaigns across theglobe to coincide with World Mental Health Day. Throughpartnerships with local expert organizations, thesecampaigns encouraged Snapchatters to be kind to one
another and provided them with local tools they can lean
on when dealing with bullying or mental-health struggles.

Drug Prevention and Awareness
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As drug overdose-related deaths continue to skyrocketin the U.S., we are working to educate more young
people about the dangers of illicit substances such as
fentanyl. Together with the Ad Council, we launched theReal Deal on Fentanyl in October 2022. This campaign
featured a series of videos in which former drug dealers takeover high school classrooms to talk with students about thedangers of fentanyl. The campaign also provides facts about
the growing fentanyl epidemic, guidance on the dangers
of fentanyl, information on the life-saving overdose reversal
medication naloxone, and access to substance-abuserecovery and mental-health resources on a related website.
As part of this effort, Snapchat launched a series of new
AR Lenses, Filters, Stickers, and content that amplify the
campaign's messages across our platform.

Community and Giving
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This education campaign built on our ongoing work to
combat illicit drug-related activity on Snapchat, which wehave a zero tolerance policy for.
We worked vigorously to improve our proactive detection
tools to find and shut down drug dealers who try to abuse
our platform. We continued to support law enforcement
investigations to bring dealers to justice. Knowing that
drug dealers use a range of online platforms to try to target
young people, we also partnered with other tech companies
and experts to share information.
We also raised awareness directly with Snapchatters throughactions such as blocking search results for drug keywords
and slang. If Snapchatters search for those keywords, we
instead direct them to content about the dangers of fentanyl,
which is created by expert partners through our dedicatedin-app portal, Heads Up. Throughout 2022, we also continued
to add new resources from leading organizations suchas Song for Charlie, the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America,
Truth Initiative, and SAFE Project.

Digital Literacy and
Online Safety
As part of our efforts to better understand and address
the issues that young people face on Snapchat and acrossdifferent services and devices, we launched a Digital
Well-Being Index (DWBI) survey in spring 2022 that centeredon young people’s psychological well-being in the online
realm. The study surveyed three audiences — teens
between ages 13-17, young adults between 18-24, andparents of users between 13-19 — in the U.S., UK, Australia,
France, Germany, and India. We asked about the online risks
young people face, how respondents perceive the influenceof social media in their lives, young people’s support
networks, and other aspects of their lives.
Among our preliminary findings released in 2022:•

76% of Gen-Z respondents reported being exposed toat least one online risk over a three-month period.

•

68% of teens and 83% of young adults said they
personally had fallen victim to some digital risk.

•

19% of teens and 22% of young adults reported being
exposed to online bullying or harassment.

•

Other personal risks for both age demographics
included exposure to hate speech and various
sexual risks.

We are exploring ways to incorporate these and otherinsights from the DWBI into our work across areas such as
safety, privacy, and mental health support. To learn more
and view the full report, visit our DWBI page.

LOOKINGAHEAD

We will continue focusing on
creating diverse, accuratecontent that reflects a richvariety of views across ourglobal community. We will
initiate meaningful social
impact projects that support
our community and leverage
strategic partnerships with
best-in-class experts andnonprofits.

We will also focus on growing
engagement globally byputting team members on the
ground to understand local
markets and deliver content
that is tailored to be relevant
and meaningful to thosecommunities.

Communityand Giving

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In 2022, Snap Philanthropy continued to build upon
our mission to empower students from under-resourced
communities by supporting equitable access to educationand career opportunities in STEAM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics), while strengthening
the cities where we live and work.

Our global Snap team devoted more than 8,270 hours
to philanthropic projects this year — impacting hundredsof community organizations and schools in more than
50 cities across 26 countries — resulting in a 20% increasein year-over-year impact. We are thankful for the inspiring
work of our partners and educators, commitment of ourSnap family, and limitless potential of the people we havethe opportunity to serve.
Through our work, Snap Philanthropy remains focused on
three philanthropic impact areas: Access to Education,
Mentorship & Career Pathways, and Community Well-Being.

Through our unwavering commitment to a
“volunteer-first” approach, we supported hyperlocal
community organizations that offered Snap teammembers opportunities to roll up their sleeves andengage through hands-on service.

Snap Foundation

In 2022, we:
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Graduated another 60 incredible Snap Academy
scholars from our Design, Engineering, Storytelling,and Lens programs.

•

Fortified our long-term commitment to upskilling thenext generation of Lens leaders and creators.

•

Reached hundreds of students in rural communities
spanning the globe through the power of AR.

•

Brought back in-person volunteer initiatives after two
years of virtual-only programming.

We also continued to build and strengthen programmingthat meets the growing demand for philanthropic eventsat team gatherings. In addition, we engaged with new
mission-aligned organizations that are doing critical work to
support our communities — including 14 new partnerships
in 12 countries – and scaled our menu of philanthropic
opportunities to more offices around the world.

8,270+

hours devoted to philanthropic
projects this year

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Investing in Educational
Opportunities for
Underrepresented Communities

Alumni also applied their skills to real-world projects —resulting in 370+ paid hours of work in 2022 — including:•

Designing logos, invitation collateral, and Lenses for
Snap Philanthropy projects.

We invest in educational programs that engage students fromunder-resourced communities within the cities where Snap
has offices. Our team members serve as volunteer curriculum
consultants, speakers, project advisors, and much more.

•

Creating Snap filters and Lenses for multiple nonprofits,
including AdColor, Otis College of Art + Design, Chicago
Cares, the Coalition for Clean Air, and more.

Snap Academies

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These summer educational programs are designed
to provide meaningful career opportunities to Black,Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities andother groups that have been historically disconnected fromequal opportunity in the tech sector. These other groups
include women, community college students, and youth
who may have experienced homelessness, foster care, orthe juvenile justice system. Through Snap Academies, we
strive to prepare our young scholars for careers that may
have been otherwise inaccessible to them.
For its fifth year, Snap Academies returned in-person to
our Santa Monica campus after two years of fully remote
programming (with the exception of the Snap Lens
Academy, which remained virtual to promote nationwide
access and participation). Snap team members volunteered
795 hours of mentoring to support Snap Academies
scholars along their journey in 2022.
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Snap engaged more than 190 Snap Academies alumni
through network building, paid project work, andemployment opportunities at leading tech companies,
educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations to
support their career development.

Additionally, we expanded our Snap Academies alumni
development programming by celebrating our five-year
anniversary with a Snap Academies Reunion — welcoming
all of our alumni to campus for networking and professional
development with Snap team members. With the 2022
graduating class, our network is now 198 alumni strong.
Royal College of Art & Stanford Partnerships
For the second year, two Snap Design Academy alumni
were selected to participate in a 30-week Graduate
Diploma Program at the prestigious Royal College of Art
in London. Additionally, one of our 2021 RCA Graduate
Diploma scholars, Crysta de la Cuesta (Snap Design
Academy, 2019), excelled in the program and was
hand-selected to pursue her Master of Art degree at the
RCA. Scholarships were awarded to all three students toadvance their learning in-person at the London campus
and study under brilliant tutors from around the world.
We also launched an inaugural partnership with Stanford
University’s Computer Science Department to award
three Snap Academies alumni with a summer academic
enrichment opportunity exploring advanced programmingand technical coding challenges. Snap funded the fulltuition for each student to study on-campus and immersethemselves into the university lifestyle.

"The skills I learned in
Snap Lens Academy haveelevated my perception ofwhat is possible with AR. I
now truly believe that if you
can dream it, you can buildand experience it."
— CHRISTIAN ENRIQUEZ, SNAP LENS ACADEMY, 2022

Mentorship and Career Pathways
We support a range of programs that connect
underrepresented talent with professional development
opportunities, leadership coaching, real-world skills training,
and access to professional mentors.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Snap AR Lens Challenges

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Launched in 2019, Snap AR Lens Challenges help students
learn about and easily create AR experiences using ourcurriculum and Snap’s Lens Studio software. Initially,
students participate in free self-paced modules to learn
and begin creating in Lens Studio. Next, they learn moreadvanced skills during a live virtual workshop with a Lens
Studio expert. Finally, students submit their AR lens creation
to be published in Snapchat.

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The Snap AR Lens Challenge also gives participants achance to win cash prizes, a professional development
opportunity to design a Lens for a client, and a personalized
invitation to apply to the Snap Lens Academy.

PLANETPEOPLEIn 2022, we partnered with Snap’s London-based InternalCommunications team and the educational nonprofit
We Are Futures to launch a UK AR Lens Challenge forhigh schoolers across the UK. More than 150 students
participated in the inaugural program, and the Challenge’s
30 winners were invited to Snap’s London office to connect
with team members about the future of AR.
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SuitUp equips students for life and leadership beyond theclassroom by partnering with schools, youth organizations,and businesses to develop, organize, and implement
engaging educational competitions in communities acrossthe U.S. and beyond. In 2022, we grew our partnershipwith SuitUp by helping conduct 10 experiential learningcompetitions focused on finding creative solutions toreal-world community and business challenges. More than
160 Snap team members coached over 250 students fromconcept pitch through development and presentation.

Global Glimpse
Global Glimpse is a travel and leadership development
program for students that combines pre-trip workshops
and weekend summits with immersive international travel.
In 2022, we collaborated with the organization to help
30 college students from under-resourced communities
to build empathy, leadership skills, and knowledge of theworld through our Global Office Hours program. Students
participated in virtual meetings with 13 Snap businessleaders from our offices in China, Australia, Israel, India,
the United Arab Emirates, and Europe.

Community Well-Being
We believe the most meaningful way to make a difference
is by supporting community-based organizations that offer
our team members opportunities to roll up our sleeves
and volunteer. From packing meals for unhoused youth
to sprucing up a community garden, we encourage teammembers to get involved through various opportunities
that drive hyperlocal impact throughout the year.
World Kindness Day Events
Every year, in honor of World Kindness Day, Snap teammembers worldwide join together to volunteer in their local
communities. During our 2022 day of service, volunteers
participated in 30 different projects in 27 cities, contributing
3,373 volunteer hours to efforts including a beach cleanupin Tel Aviv, gardening projects in Amsterdam and Vienna,school beautification projects in Los Angeles, and ahomeless shelter renovation in Boulder.
Global Snap Team Events
In 2022, we brought together 23 Snap teams from acrossthe globe to connect with each other while creating a
positive community impact. From packing snack kits foryouth experiencing homelessness, to building playhouses
for children in need, supporting the work of local urban
farms and gardens, cleaning up local beaches, andparticipating in speed-mentoring sessions, we engaged over
690 team members around the world and contributed over
900 volunteer hours to these team-based service initiatives.

IMPACT BY THE NUMBERS

8,270+

volunteer hours contributed tophilanthropic projects in 2022

20%

year-over-year increase involunteer hours

198

Snap Academies alumni in
our network as of 2022

LOOKINGAHEAD

In 2023, Snap Philanthropy willcontinue to strengthen its mostimpactful partnerships andsignature programs around theworld while also expanding its menu
of team-based volunteer initiatives.

Snap
Foundation

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Snap Foundation is a separate and independently managed
501(c)(3) nonprofit organization funded by donations fromSnap Inc. and our co-founders, Evan Spiegel and Bobby
Murphy. Snap also donates office space, computer hardware,and other related resources. In addition, team members
across finance, legal, human resources, and IT departments
volunteer to support the Foundation’s operations.
The Foundation’s mission is to develop pathways to thecreative economy for underrepresented youth in Los
Angeles, enabling them to engage in artistic expression andexperience economic inclusivity as working creatives. To
that end, the Foundation's giving is split between responsive
and strategic initiatives that build the nonprofit field, engage
in systems change, and support our values through an
overarching lens of equity.
Highlights from 2022 include the continued developmentof a participatory grantmaking program through the supportof the Foundation’s Youth Advisory Council (YAC),
a community of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color(BIPOC) youth between the ages of 18-24 that supports
reciprocal learning. Alumni from the 2021 YAC cohort
partnered with Ready to Succeed and Dreamhaus todevelop and administer the Foundation’s 2022 program.
In all, 22 Los Angeles-area nonprofits received YAC funding
from the Foundation in 2022. Through this program, YAC
members learned about grantmaking and collectively
made decisions to invest in their communities. In turn, theFoundation’s stakeholders now better understand pathways
to the creative economy by centering community memberswith lived experiences.
The Foundation also made numerous collaborative
commitments to prioritize strategic, place-based
partnerships that focus on systems change — and connect

23 // 2023 CitizenSnap Reportwith community members — in Los Angeles. Frequently
building upon shared resources, these opportunities often
involve the alignment of funding and steering conversationsin the sector to advance positive change for youth, equity,and the creative economy. Grantees in 2022 included
Destination Crenshaw, Los Angeles County Department ofArts and Culture, and The Alliance for Media Arts + Culture.
The Foundation’s strategic giving focuses on three areas:
Learning and Experimentation, Collaborative Commitments
to Los Angeles, and Field Building and Advocacy. Throughthese contributions, the Foundation hopes to add to theecosystem of support that is focused on investing in Los
Angeles-based nonprofits as well as initiatives that support
the greater Los Angeles area in building a more just, inclusive,and equitable community for all.

LOOKINGAHEAD

The Foundation will remain a separate
and independently managed entity
focused on responsive and deliberate
grantmaking to address needs ofnonprofits in Los Angeles as they
continue to rebuild in the postpandemic era.

Being kind to the planet means applying a sustainability lens to every aspectof our business — from our workplaces to our products and throughout our
supply chain. We address our environmental impacts and aim to decarbonize
our products, supply chain, and operations through our Climate Strategy.
We work to conserve natural resources, reduce waste and shrink theenvironmental footprint of our products throughout their lifecycle —while ensuring that our suppliers adhere to our high standards of social

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Emissions Reduction Measures

30

Our Products

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Our Workplaces

35

Our Supply Chain

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and environmental responsibility.

Climate
Strategy

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The global climate crisis is one of the greatest challengesof our time. As a company with products that touch
millions of young people’s lives, we feel compelled to takedecisive action to address climate change through ourplatform and operations. We believe that governments,
businesses, and individuals across the world must act
now — working together to avoid the worst impacts ofthe climate crisis and build a sustainable future.

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Our strategic approach to this crisis recognizes the global
impact of extreme weather events caused by climatechange. We continue to make progress on fulfilling
our first major climate commitments focused on bothclimate mitigation and operational improvements. This
includes utilizing carbon offsets as well as enhancing ouroperational sustainability. Further, we use our platform toengage users on the climate crisis, foster awareness, andinspire collective action.

Snap’s Climate Commitments
We are proud to be among the more than 400 businesses
that have committed to The Climate Pledge — taking
action to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement
10 years early.
As part of this effort, our climate commitments include:
Science Based Targets:
Reduce absolute scope 1 and
2 GHG emissions 25% by 2025
compared with 2019 baseline
Reduce scope 3 GHG emissions
35% per unit of value added by2025 compared with 2019 baseline

Source 100%
Renewable Electricity
Procure or self-produce
100% of electricity usedfrom renewable sources

Net Negative by 2030

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Removing from theenvironment more carbon
than we emit each year+$10M
Investment in Carbon Removal
Projects through 2030

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Launched in December 2021, ourClimate Action Plan (CAP) spans
three interlocking pillars:

Measurement
We conduct an annual inventory of
Snap’s carbon emissions, which we use
to track progress on our mitigation goals
and commitments.

Mitigation

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Snap Climate
Action Plan

Snap is committed to being Net Negative by
2030, meaning we will remove more carbon
than we are emitting. We work first to reduce
the emissions that we control and balance
the rest by purchasing renewable electricity
as well as carbon offsets and removals. Ouremissions reduction programs, which aredetailed later in this section, address all
facets of Snap’s operations.

Engagement
We engage our team members, partners,
and Snapchat community in helping
reduce emissions through a range of efforts
highlighted throughout the Planet sectionand elsewhere in this report. Priorities
include providing credible and accurate
information about the climate crisis throughour content platform, and collaborating with
our suppliers and vendors to build a sharedstrategy for emissions reductions.

Climate Risk
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

As a company with a significant global reach, we arecommitted to lowering the climate impact of our products
and organization, and doing so at a pace and scale
befitting the urgency of the climate crisis.

ABOUT SNAPIn 2021, we conducted our first analysis of how Snap’s
performance might be affected by various future outcomes
related to the climate crisis. Aligned with guidance from theTaskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD),
this scenario analysis continues to help us understand our
climate risks and opportunities through a representative
sample of key sites based on square footage, headcount, andelectricity consumption across Snap’s international footprint.

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Our scenario analysis process explored both physical andtransitional risks. The physical analysis looked at potential
impacts to our operations caused by increased temperatures,
sea level rise, droughts, heatwaves, inland floods, andwildfires. For the transition analysis, Snap applied anet-zero scenario in which global emissions have decreased
significantly by 2050, to determine how our business might
be affected by potential financial and policy requirements
related to reaching net-zero emissions. We plan to reassess
our scenario analysis as climate science progresses.
More details from our first scenario analysis are included
in our 2022 CDP response. We have submitted an annual
disclosure to CDP since 2020, and recently received
an “A” score in 2022. This means Snap demonstrates
environmental leadership in disclosing action on climatechange, exhibits best practices on strategy and action,
and aligns with frameworks such as the TCFD.
While our internal risk-planning process includes mitigationof physical risks, a cross-functional Snap team continues
to build our roadmap for responding to the risks andopportunities identified in our TCFD scenario analyses.
We recognize that this work is essential in meeting our
climate commitments as well as enabling us to adapt
based on changing global climate impacts.

Our next steps include:

Gathering feedback on our
Taskforce on Climate-Related
Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
summary report internally.

Disclosing our scenario
analysis summary report ininvestor ratings platforms.

Continuing to adopt TCFD
recommendations andbuild them into our disclosures.

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Carbon Emissions
Each year, we calculate Snap’s material emission sourcesin accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol control
approach. We compare the results against our 2019baseline year, allowing us to track emissions over time. We
calculate and estimate our direct emissions (scope 1), as
well as our indirect upstream (scopes 2 and 3) and indirect
downstream emissions (scope 3 only) annually. Snap’s
emissions distribution has remained relatively consistentsince 2019, with purchased goods and services and useof-sold products consistently emitting the most emissions
since 2019. In 2022, Snap engaged a third party to verify
this data. Refer to our resources page on citizen.snap.com
for our Greenhouse Gas Inventory assurance letters.
We also use an in-house system to track all global utility
spending and consumption — including electricity andother fuels, waste, and water. This helps us to monitor
our consumption and measure progress. The energy data
feeds into Snap’s greenhouse gas inventory, which helps
us to track targets against our climate strategy.

TOTAL CARBON EMISSIONS

CO2

CH4

N 2O

HFCs

PFCs

SF6

2.17%

0.10%

97.73%SCOPE 1SCOPE 2SCOPE 3

DIRECT EMISSIONS FROMOUR OPERATIONSGRID-SUPPLIED ELECTRICITYCONSUMED IN OUR FACILITIESINDIRECT EMISSIONSFROM UPSTREAM AND
DOWNSTREAM ACTIVITIESTOTAL EMISSIONS: 274,228 METRICS TONS CO2e

Refer to our Emissions Reductions measures on page 30 for more information on trends against our baseline.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYABOUT SNAP2019 Emissions52020 Emissions5, 6

2021 Emissions5, 6

2022 Emissions(metric tons CO2-equivalent)(metric tons CO2-equivalent)(metric tons CO2-equivalent)(metric tons CO2-equivalent)

Scope 1

4,656

2,952

4,106

5,960

Scope 2

4,284

902

160

259

TOTAL (Scope 1 + 2)

8,940

3,854

4,266

6,218

Category 1: Purchased goods and services

56,46071,554102,160

153,180

Category 2: Capital goods

8,783

15,50816,56632,167

Category 3: Fuel- and energy-related activities

1,564

1,441

2,144

3,312

Category 4: Upstream transportation and distribution

Not applicable

5

11

76

Category 5: Waste generated in operations (estimated)

3,015

3,121

2,806

3,157

Category 6: Business travel

18,752

4,039

3,524

16,172Category 7: Employee commuting

2,894

2,463

3,264

3,511

Category 8: Upstream leased assets

Not applicableNot applicableNot applicableNot applicable

Category 9: Downstream transportation and distribution

26

8

13

16

Category 10: Processing of sold products

Not applicableNot applicableNot applicableNot applicable

Category 11: Use of sold products

33,18149,26650,21856,333Category 12: End-of-life treatment of sold products

7

5

5

59

Category 13: Downstream leased assets

46

57

215

15

Category 14: Franchises

Not applicableNot applicableNot applicableNot applicable

Category 15: Investments

Not applicableNot applicableNot applicableNot applicable

SCOPE 3 TOTAL

124,727

147,466

180,924

267,998

TOTAL (Scope 1 + 2 + 3)

133,667

151,320

185,190274,217

REVENUE (USD millions)

1,716

2,507

4,117

4,602

SCOPE 3 (indexed to revenue, metric tons
CO2e/USD millions revenue)

72.7

58.8

43.9

58.2

TOTAL (Scope 1 + 2 + 3) with carbon credits
and renewables applied

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Scope 3 Categories:

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4 Emissions by Source [including all data within this table].
5 For consistency, the 2019, 2020, and 2021 scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas inventories were updated to match a new methodology used when calculating 2022 GHG inventory. These data points have been updated accordingly.

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6 For consistency and to produce comparable GHG emissions data over time, 2020 and 2021 scope 3 greenhouse gas inventories were updated to correct previously reported discrepancies.

ELECTRICITY BY COUNTRYEXECUTIVE SUMMARYABOUT SNAP

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PLANET
Climate Strategy

Country

2019 Total
Electricity MWH72020 Total
Electricity MWH

2021 Total
Electricity MWH10

2022 Total
Electricity MWH

Australia

149

98

123

104

Austria

Not reported

75

112

79

Canada

245

234

161

239

China

148

148

148

275

France

303

120

303

235

Germany

66

66

66

98

Hungary

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

107

IsraelNot reported

86

183

228

MexicoNot reported

Not reported

Not reported

7

Netherlands

48

48

51

75

NorwayNot reported

14

6

32

SwedenNot reported

14

7

5

Switzerland

68

68

68

48

Ukraine

193

270

712

216

United Arab Emirates

58

112

104

122

United Kingdom8

447

494

477

474

United States of America

10,738

10,097

9,936

17,606

TOTAL

12,4639

11,944

12,457

19,950

Renewable Electricity

No direct renewable energy
procurement

10,097

12,84919,950% Renewable Electricity

0%

85%

>100%
(+ 7,000 MWh of renewable energy
for remote work)100%

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For consistency, the 2019 electricity data was updated to reflect a corrected methodology for calculating total electricity consumption.

8

The total electricity MWH represented here differs from the reported total in our 2023 CDP response by 105 MWH as a result of the addition of one site.

9(+ 7,000 MWh of renewable energy for remote work)

10 2021 electricity data for the United Kingdom has been updated to reflect more accurate activity data becoming available in 2022.

Emissions
Reduction
MeasuresEXECUTIVE SUMMARYABOUT SNAP

Scope 1: Our scope 1 emissions grew as our physicallocation footprint expanded in 2022. As we grow as acompany, we remain committed to being carbon negative;
we are offsetting 100% of our scope 1 emissions throughverified carbon removal credits.

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Scope 2: Our renewable electricity purchases were applied
to 100% of our scope 2 emissions for all owned and operated
Snap locations.
Scope 3: Although our overall scope 3 emissions havegrown as we scale as a company, our emissions intensity
by revenue has decreased by 20% since our baseline yearof 2019. Increases in sales and use of Snap have increased
product-related emissions, including increased emissions
from upstream and downstream transportation, purchased
goods and services, and the use of our sold products. As
the world continues to transition, business travel emissions
have still not returned to pre-pandemic levels. Breakdown byemissions categories can be found in the carbon emissions
breakdown table on page 28.

LOOKING
AHEAD

1.5°C Science-Based
Targets

In 2023, we will continue looking
for opportunities to partner with
our stakeholders in an effort tofind solutions to reduce or remove
greenhouse gas emissions acrossSnap’s portfolio.

Snap’s emissions reduction targets,developed in 2020, were approved by
the Science Based Targets initiative(SBTi) in 2021. The Science Based
Targets that we have committed to are:Scope 1
Initiate new programs to becomecarbon neutral and utilize sustainableaviation fuel (SAF).

Scope 2
Identify opportunities to implement
green building/office standards andperform energy audits for improved
energy efficiency.

GOVERNANCE

Scope 3Develop incentives for our partners
to enhance product efficiency.
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Reduce absolute scope 1 + 2
GHG emissions 25% by 2025

Reduce scope 3 GHG
emissions 35% per unit ofvalue added by 2025
Based on our science based reduction
targets, in 2022, we reduced our absolute
scope 1 and 2 emissions by 30% over the2019 baseline. While our absolute scope 3
emissions increased over the 2019 baseline,
our revenues grew by 168% from 2019 to2022 and we were able to reduce ourscope 3 emissions by 5% per unit of value
added over the 2019 baseline. Snap’s
scope 1 and 2 reductions put us ahead of
meeting our 2025 science-based reduction
targets. Snap will continue to work to meet
our scope 3 reduction target of 35% fromthe 2019 baseline in the coming years.

TARGETING OUR EMISSIONS

We are expanding our programs to reduce emissions across Snap’s operations:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYABOUT SNAP

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Business
VehiclesOffice Energy
Efficiency

EnergyPurchasing

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EmployeeCommutingBusiness
TravelProcurement(purchased
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Product
Efficiency
(use)

Data
Efficiency(cloud)Carbon Credits
We work with third-party experts to earn our carbon credits
through high-quality, impactful projects. Our rigorous
standards and selection criteria include:

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Registry: Requiring all offsets be registered through areputable registry that tracks offset projects and issues
offset credits for each unit of emission reduction or
removal that is verified and certified using accuratebaselines. These registries record the ownership of credits
with a serial number assigned to each verified offset credit
to ensure they cannot be double counted.

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Additionality: Requiring offsets to be additional, meaningthat the GHG reductions would not have occurred in theabsence of a market for offset credits.

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Net-Negative Carbon
We have set a 2030 goal to achieve net-negative carbon
emissions, meaning that our company plans to offset or
remove more carbon from the atmosphere than we emit.
This entails both reducing our carbon emissions as muchas possible in the areas that we can control and offsetting
additional amounts through a variety of other actions.
As part of our net-negative emissions commitment, which
includes covering Snap’s full scope 3 footprint, we plan to:•

Reduce our absolute emissions and purchaserenewable energy.

•

Source high-quality, verified carbon credits to mitigate
remaining scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. While we will rely
on both avoidance and removal offsets, as the supply
increases we will progress toward sourcing 100% carbon
removal credits by 2030.

GOVERNANCE•

Engage with partners in our supply chain to make similarcommitments and advocate for the development of
products and services with a lower impact.

•

Support carbon removal projects with a commitment to$10 million in funding by 2030, which will push us past
net-zero to become net-negative.

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We continue to take responsibility not only for ourcurrent and future carbon footprint, but also for the
carbon we created in the past. We became carbon
neutral in 2021 by calculating and offsetting all our
scope 1 and 2 emissions and a significant portion of ourscope 3 emissions — going back to Snap’s founding in2011 through the end of 2020.
For emissions in 2022 that remained after our emissions
reductions, we have made purchases of carbon credits
to fully compensate for these emissions. In keepingwith our Net Negative Carbon commitment, we havebecome net negative for our scope 1 and 2 emissions.
For our scope 3 emissions, we have begun mixing
carbon removals into our carbon credit portfolio andwe plan to ramp up these purchases to 100% removal
credits by 2030.
We recognize that the market for carbon removal isunpredictable, that relevant indirect emissions can bedifficult to calculate, and that we may have to revisit
our climate commitments over the years as conditions
change. Nonetheless, we are dedicated to achieving
our climate goals to the best of our ability while
also being transparent about our progress and thechallenges we face.

Geography: Selecting projects that reflect the global
nature of our business and are aligned with areas where
we have a large operational footprint and user base.
Project Type:•

Projects that help to restore nature such as forestry
projects in Brazil and Paraguay that focus on reducing
emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.

•

Projects that have a positive social impact in lessdeveloped economies, such as cookstove projects in
Ghana, which help families and small businesses by
providing them more efficient ways of cooking that also
help to reduce emissions.

•

Projects related to renewable energy in India and Turkey
to help reflect our geographies of impact and influence.

Moving ahead, we will continue to apply these standards
and look for opportunities for projects with the most positive
impact. We will also seek to support carbon removal projects
as these projects scale to meet market demands.

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Verra manages the world’s leading voluntary carbon market. They build
standards for activities as diverse as reducing deforestation, to improving
agricultural practices, to addressing plastic waste, and to achieving
gender equality. Verra manages programs to certify that these activities
achieve measurable high-integrity outcomes. They work with governments,
businesses, and civil society to advance the use of these standards, including
through the development of markets. The Verified Carbon Standard (VCS)
program drives finance toward activities that reduce and remove emissions,improve livelihoods, and protect nature. VCS projects have reduced or
removed nearly one billion tons of carbon and other GHG emissions fromthe atmosphere. Snap has invested in two Vera projects, Envira Amazonia in
Brazil and Atria Power in India. These projects will support initiatives such as
reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation forest degradation(REDD) and wind energy projects to prevent additional carbon emissions.

The Gold Standard is considered one of the most rigorous climate standards
by many NGOs, including WWF and the David Suzuki Foundation. They believethat offsetting creates more value for local communities and ecosystems andcontributes in a measurable way to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Gold Standard supports countries in accessing climate and development
finance to deliver progress toward the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable
Development Goals. Gold Standard carbon credits supported through thismarketplace are retired in real-time through their Impact Registry for fulltraceability. Snap has purchased offsets for projects in Turkey and Ghana
which would prevent additional carbon emissions through initiatives like solar
cookstoves and wind energy farms.

Our Products
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Although Snap doesn’t mass produce physical products oroperate data centers, our products still have environmental
impacts — and we’re working to minimize them.

ABOUT SNAP

Snapchat consumes battery life, requiring energy torecharge devices and for data storage provided by our cloudpartners. Alongside our partners’ own aggressive climate
goals, we continually seek to reduce our computing andstorage needs and increase our app’s efficiency. We also
implement processes to help reduce environmental impacts
related to Snap hardware products as we continue to growthis area of our business.

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We continuously focus on increasing efficiency throughout
the Snapchat app by reducing its energy demands. In
2022, we optimized battery life to reduce power usage
for features such as sticker search, typing, Snap Capture,
Lenses, and Snap Maps.
In 2022, we grew our global community of Daily Active
Users by 17%8 while reducing global energy consumption
from the use of Snapchat by 12% per community member.
We partner with our cloud storage providers, Google
Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services (AWS), tobetter understand our data storage impact and optimize
data storage on their networks. We are collaborating with
Google Cloud to support its carbon-free energy initiativeby factoring carbon emissions into decisions on where tolocate our services across Google Cloud’s infrastructure.
With AWS, we’re identifying ways to transition our data
onto more energy-efficient servers.

IMPACT BY THE NUMBERS

Battery Efficiency
Improvements
We reduced global energy
consumption using Snapchat by
an average of 12% per user

Cloud Data Efficiency
Improvements
Our carbon emissions related to cloudstorage effectively stayed neutral while
our Daily Active Users grew by 17%*
*Snap Inc. internal data in Q4 2022 as compared to Q4 2021.

Hardware: Materials Compliance

Our Supply Chain

We follow all applicable regulations aimed at reducing theenvironmental impact of electronic products, including:

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PEOPLEGOVERNANCE•

The EU Restriction of Hazardous
Substances (RoHS) Directive.

•

The EU Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation,
and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation.

•

State of California Proposition 65.

As part of our compliance program, we work with our
suppliers to determine which materials and chemicals theyuse. We expect each supplier to declare its conformancewith the above regulations. Our suppliers submit their dataand information to a third party for validation, and our
products undergo third-party testing for exposure concerns.

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Software:Data and Energy Efficiency

8 Snap Inc. internal data in Q4 2022 as compared to Q4 2021.

LOOKINGAHEAD

Our goal is to persistently enhance
our products’ energy efficiency.
We will collaborate with our cloudservice providers to optimize ourdata storage, use data centers
powered by clean energy sources,
and reduce the footprint per user.

Our Workplaces
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

As a growing company with strong community roots,
we prioritize environmental sustainability in the design,
construction, and occupancy of our facilities. We also findmeaningful ways to engage with our team members on
workplace sustainability issues.

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35 // 2023 CitizenSnap ReportAs team members increasingly returned to Snap’s offices
in 2022, we found creative ways to utilize the space that
we have and conserve resources by avoiding unnecessary
expansion. We realigned Snap’s real estate portfolio tomatch demand. We continue taking a data-driven approachto our occupancy decisions and implemented desk-sharing
arrangements in many locations.
We prioritize leasing energy-efficient buildings andincorporating sustainability features when we relocate or
expand our spaces. Our site-selection criteria emphasize
locations close to public transit hubs, housing, restaurants,
gyms, hair salons, bike paths, parks, and other amenities forour team members.

Energy Use in Our Facilities
We source 100% renewable electricity for all Snap offices
globally. In 2022, we also continued to expand ourrenewable energy purchases to cover team members’
electricity use while working from home. The 100%
renewable statement refers to all Snap operated facilities
included in scope 1 and 2 (including leased as well as
owned facilities). In 2023, we will work to find more directways to procure renewable electricity for our leased realestate footprint. We are aligning to the RE100 Standards,
including those that require purchasing renewables in thegeographies that match where we use the electricity.

In addition, we strive to minimize energy consumption in
our offices while maintaining workspaces that support ourteam and global expansion. Our efforts in 2022 included
conducting a conference room and desk utilization audit tohelp guide smarter long-term investments. We also consider
sustainable design in our facilities construction process but
do not seek certifications to validate our efforts.
New construction in California — home to more thanhalf of Snap’s total real estate footprint — is required tomeet Title 24 energy efficiency standards, which include
achieving 40% lower energy usage compared with existingbuildings. Our Climate Action Plan includes developing Title
24-compliant design standards for our offices globally.
We have also implemented a system that tracks our global
utilities spending and consumption. The energy data feeds
into Snap’s greenhouse gas inventory, which helps us tracktargets against our climate strategy.

Incentives to Use
Lower-Impact Transit
At our U.S. locations, we offer employee benefits
promoting public transportation and alternate commuting
methods. The Fidelity Commuter Transit Account is a
pre-tax benefit that our team members can use for train,subway, bus, ferry, or vanpool expenses when travelingto and from work.
We provide additional incentives to minimize commuting
by car, such as bike parking, showers, and stipends for
employees who forgo their allocated parking space.
Our Santa Monica campus features 12 electric vehicle (EV)charging stations that team members can use for free. As
EV ownership among our employees continues to grow,we plan to install up to 100 EV charging stations by theend of 2024.

Our Supply
Chain
Since the launch of our first hardware product in2016, we have been committed to maintaining anenvironmentally and socially responsible supply chain.
We continuously certify our products against changing
regulations, seek out third-party expertise and consultancy,
audit new factories, hold our suppliers accountable for
their performance, and strive for continuous improvementin our supply chain practices. We also educate partners on
best practices, communicate our expectations, and allow
time for them to meet Snap’s standards.

Supplier Code of Conduct
Our Supplier Code of Conduct codifies the standards
we expect our suppliers to meet to ensure safe working
conditions, fair worker treatment, and responsible
environmental practices. It incorporates social responsibility
standards drawn from the Responsible Business Alliance(RBA) Code of Conduct, the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, and other guiding principles of international law.
Snap’s Supplier Code of Conduct requires suppliers to
uphold workers’ human rights and treat workers with
dignity and respect. They must avoid any use of forced
or child labor, set reasonable working hours, prevent
discrimination, and conform to industry-standard
health and safety practices. Additionally, suppliersmust protect the environment through actions suchas obtaining required permits, minimizing pollution,and safely managing hazardous substances. Further,
the Supplier Code of Conduct specifies that suppliers
uphold the highest standards of ethics – for example, by
rejecting commercial bribery and respecting third parties’
intellectual-property rights.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYABOUT SNAP

Conflict Minerals

We use a risk assessment methodology to evaluate
our supply chain. When a supplier is deemed to behigher risk, we schedule a third-party, on-site audit
to interview management, review records, and talkwith workers to assess compliance with our Codeand local regulations.

Our Conflict Minerals Statement outlines steps we take tocomply with laws regarding conflict minerals — those thatare mined under conditions of armed conflict and humanrights abuses, such as in the Democratic Republic of Congo— and to reduce risk in our supply chain.

The most common issue we have identified during supplieraudits is excessive working hours. In such cases, we informthe supplier of our standard and provide support to reduce
the supplier’s required working hours to an acceptablelevel. If the supplier cannot meet our standards within areasonable timeframe, we shift our business elsewhere.

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Monitoring

Beyond merely holding our suppliers accountable,
we also offer resources — such as training and assistancewith implementing management systems — to correct theissues we identify and prevent them from recurring.
Should we find “zero tolerance” issues, such as
child labor or human trafficking, our policy is toimmediately terminate our relationship with the
supplier and notify the proper authorities. For otherissues, when possible we connect our suppliers withexperts who help them develop an effective corrective
action plan and guide remediation processes in effortsof having a bigger impact in continuously moving CSR
initiatives forward for the industry.

Anti-Slavery
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Our Statement Against Human Trafficking and Slavery
demonstrates our commitment to ensuring that our
suppliers respect human rights. We require all suppliersto certify that their businesses are free from slavery
and human trafficking — verified through detailed risk
assessments and auditing processes. We also provide
training on forced labor and human trafficking for our
supplier-facing team members.

We are committed to complying with regulations on theuse of conflict minerals such as tantalum, tin, tungsten,and gold. Our suppliers must certify that they sourceminerals from conflict-free smelters and exercise due
diligence on their own suppliers. We also work with asupply chain data-management company to verify
suppliers’ commitments.

Stakeholder Engagement
Snap is a member of the Responsible Business Alliance(RBA) and fully supports the RBA’s vision and goals. The
RBA is the world’s largest industry coalition dedicated tocorporate social responsibility in global supply chains,
and our membership allows us to engage with our peers
and suppliers on social, environmental, and ethical risks inthe supply chain.

LOOKINGAHEAD

IMPACT BY THE NUMBERS

Supply Chain105

on-site supplieraudits since 201692%

of suppliers responded toour conflict minerals data
request for 2022

Snap Lab is revisiting our supply partners globally throughthe lens of business resiliency. We safeguard our commitment
to an environmentally and socially responsible supply chain
while assessing potential new partners in this effort.

Climate
Engagement
on Our Platform

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYABOUT SNAP

We use our platform’s reach to raise climate crisis
awareness and empower Snapchatters to take action.
Collaborating with sustainability-focused partners aroundthe world, we take a science-based approach to sharing
accurate information about climate change, pollution, andother environmental issues. We also create augmented
reality (AR) experiences that visualize the most pressing
environmental threats to Snapchatters.

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Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
Working with the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, we
continued our global campaign aimed at safeguarding thereef system from climate-change impacts. During 2022, thiscampaign utilized Snapchat’s camera and AR technology,
allowing Snapchatters worldwide to virtually explore thereef as well as make and share an environmental pledge
using a distinctive Water Segmentation Lens. The Lens
illustrates the consequences of climate change on the Great
Barrier Reef while also enabling Snapchatters to swipe up
and discover more about preservation efforts.
This campaign received the 2022 Social Idea of the YearAward from Mumbrella as well as several honors from the
PR Asia Awards, including:•Gold – Best Use of Social Media•Gold – Best Use of VR/AR/MR•Gold – Best Brand Development (Service)•

Silver – Best Experiential PR•

Bronze – Best Environmental Campaign

The Monumental Issueof Plastic Waste
In 2022, we partnered with the German government tolaunch two AR experiences highlighting the environmental
dangers of plastic waste.
Our #PlasticGate Lens transforms Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate,
one of Germany’s most iconic landmarks, into a monument
made entirely of discarded plastic bottles, shopping bags,
and other trash. With our #PlasticWorld Lens, Snapchatterseverywhere can visualize their surroundings covered inplastic waste.
We believe that the experience of capturing and sharing
these provocative images will inspire our community toprevent plastic pollution.

Reducing Waste andFighting Hunger

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Since 2016, we have donated all excess food from ourcafés — the equivalent of about 50,000 meals per year —to local shelters and compost any remaining food. As Snap
launched in-office catering at 17 of our locations globally in
2022, we partnered with a nonprofit in each community torescue unserved meals. This practice will continue in 2023
as we open Snap-operated cafés in more offices.

ABOUT SNAP

Snap and our team members in various locations actively
support nonprofits addressing food insecurity. For example,
in the Los Angeles area:

SOCIETY

PLANET•

Employees volunteer serving hot meals at
Safe Place for Youth, which is dedicated toaddressing the needs of unhoused youth.

•

Members of SnapNoir, one of our 11 Employee
Resource Groups (ERGs), regularly help prepare
and serve meals at Bread & Roses Cafe, a programof the LA St. Joseph Center.

•

Our SnapWomen ERG collaborated with the
Downtown Women’s Center on a winter food drivein 2022, collecting more than 100 items to donate
to the center’s residents.

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Engagement
Environmental sustainability is deeply embedded in Snap’s
culture, and our team members actively participate in thiscommitment. SnapGreen is our employee engagement
initiative aimed at promoting sustainable educationand taking action. In addition to participating in various
SnapGreen activities and events throughout the year, Snapteam members also support efforts to address sustainability
issues in our facilities and local communities.

The Food We Serve
We strive to provide dining services at our facilities that
support a sustainable future — from offering healthfulmenu items to sourcing our food from suppliers whose
practices respect farmers, workers, animals, andthe land. In addition, we work to reduce food waste
wherever possible.
We emphasize our commitment to sustainable practices
through our partnership with Compass Group, which
has long championed the farm-to-fork movement,
reduction of high-carbon-producing ingredients, andplant-based protein menu development.

Also, Toronto-based members of our SnapKaleidoscope
ERG donated $3,500 in December 2022 to "Holiday Spiceand Everything Nice", a fundraiser for the city’s food banks.

Since 2016, we have donated all excess foodfrom our cafés — the equivalent of about
50,000 meals per year — to local sheltersand composted any remaining food.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYLOOKINGAHEAD

In 2023, we will continue to work toward
operationalizing our Climate Action Planand meeting our climate commitments:

ABOUT SNAP

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PLANET
Climate Strategy

Our mission is not only to raise awareness about climate-related issues within
our team, but also to inspire action through our platform. We aim to cultivate aworking environment that is environmentally conscious and driven to make adifference. This might involve initiatives such as encouraging our team to opt for
public transportation or carpooling, spearheading tree-planting activities, or evenlaunching a company-wide carbon reduction challenge.

Procure or self-produce 100% of electricity
from renewable sources

We’re not just stopping at our internal operations. We’re extending our environmental
responsibility to our supply chain, engaging with our suppliers and vendors to
reduce our collective carbon footprint. Our strategy includes giving preference tosuppliers with sustainable practices and motivating our current partners to embracegreener processes.

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Engagement

Reduce scope 3 GHG emissions 35% per unit of value addedby 2025, compared with our 2019 baseline.

Climate Risk

GOVERNANCE

We will continue to make our products more energy efficient, partner with ourcloud service providers to optimize our data storage, and utilize data centers that
rely on clean energy sources. We will reduce energy consumption in our workplacethrough our green building standards and by performing energy audits to identify
opportunities for efficiency.

Science-based Targets
Reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 25% by 2025,
compared with our 2019 baseline.

PEOPLE

Emissions Reductions

We will focus on ways to procure renewable energy more directly.

Net-Negative Carbon by 2030
We will continue our investments in carbon removal projects
through our $10 million commitment to fund through 2030.
We will also continue to offset all emissions, with 100% of
these offsets coming from removal projects by 2030.

Finally, we believe in the power of community. We’ll be reaching out to local
communities, sponsoring environmental projects, and even organizing cleanup
events. It’s a two-pronged approach of helping to offset our carbon emissions andenhancing our company’s reputation as an environmentally responsible entity.
Together, we can make a significant positive impact on the planet.

Nearly 5,300* full-time team members generate the kindness thatshapes our business and fuels our commitment to making the world abetter place. We value our team members and promote a workplaceculture that engages, inspires, and rewards them. Further, we emphasizeN

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*As of December 31, 2022.

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2023 CitizenSnap ReportDiversity, Equity,and Inclusion

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Instead of approaching diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)
as one aspect of Snap’s business, we recognize that all ourwork should be viewed through a DEI lens. To advance thisfundamental shift in perspective, our DEI strategy revolves
around three interconnected pillars: Inspire Empathy,
Redesign Systems, and Drive Accountability.

ABOUT SNAP

SOCIETY

These are not boxes to be checked through a quick burst ofaction. Rather, they map a long-term journey that involves ourpeople, products, partners, and the broader tech ecosystem.
We are incorporating several key lessons into our DEI strategy:
PLANET•

Our current leaders must be more inclusive, and our
future leaders must be more diverse. We are integrating
inclusive-leadership expertise into our expectations andtraining throughout Snap. While we believe all teammembers are responsible for advancing DEI, the work
begins with our leadership team.

•Great leadership requires great insight. To drive
meaningful progress, we must deepen our understandingof DEI issues at both the organizational and individuallevels. We rely on objective data and the nuanced
experiences of our team members to drive more focusedand effective DEI initiatives.

•

We must balance incentives with clear expectations.
Our goal of elevating DEI beyond a box-checking
exercise to an intrinsic value at Snap requires meaningfulaccountability. For example, we are recalibrating our
performance assessment tools to recognize teammembers who demonstrate inclusive leadership. Also,
elements of Snap’s leadership team rewards program
consider how actively those leaders support DEI efforts.

PEOPLE
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OFFSET PROJECT SPOTLIGHTSEXECUTIVE SUMMARYABOUT SNAP

SOCIETY

PLANETPEOPLE
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Supporting Our TeamINSPIRING EMPATHY:

REDESIGNING SYSTEMS:DRIVING ACCOUNTABILITY:

DEI Learning Collection

523 Content Accelerator

In 2022, our Learning & Development Team offered a
range of self-paced DEI courses and live workshops.
These covered topics such as understanding
unconscious bias, developing actionable allyshipskills among team members, and navigating
conversations about identity. Many teams havebuilt upon these courses by sharing their personal
experiences about how unconscious bias, power
dynamics, and identity shape work relationships.

Beyond our efforts to create more diverse teams at Snap,
we’re also working to diversify the talent creating ourcontent. One successful initiative is the 523 Content
Accelerator, a group of programs providing stipends,
educational tools, and networking opportunities for small
content companies and creators from underrepresented
backgrounds in our industry.

Snapchatters’ Global
Identity Study

We also continued to offer Inclusive Leadership
Coaching Circles for our leaders to enhancequalities such as empathy, emotional intelligence,and cultural competence.
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Get a comprehensive view of Snap’s DEI
strategy, programs, initiatives, and progressin our 2023 Diversity Annual Report.

523 for Content Companies, launched in March 2022, isa one-year program that helps diverse content partners
distribute and monetize their shows within our Discoverfeed. The program’s inaugural group of creators hasreached 52 million viewers on Discover as of early 2023.
In September 2022, we launched 523 for Black
Creators, attracting over 4,000 applications. This
year-long program expands emerging Black creators’
access to vital industry knowledge, support, andconnections. Some participating creators have alreadysecured partnerships with Snap, Westbrook Media,
Google Pixel, and other content platforms.

In 2022, we commissioned research to help shine a light on
the dimensions of identity that Snapchatters consider mostimportant and wish to see more frequently representedon Snapchat. This study created identity profiles across
13 countries and revealed that, in most of our markets,
Snapchatters are more diverse than the general population.
For example, approximately 20% or more of daily
Snapchatters identify as LGBTQ+.
The research also showed that globally, Snapchatters aremost concerned with mental health, bullying, and equality.
Many said they experience a disconnect between the way
they see themselves and the way society views them –such as with respect to their values, skills, and character.
These findings have already prompted us to set new content
representation targets for ourselves in 2023. We are alsousing the Global Identity Study insights to help connect
Snap’s advertising, marketing, and media partners moreclosely with Snapchatters as a means of helping us better
serve our diverse community.

IMPACT BY THE NUMBERSEXECUTIVE SUMMARY

52M

ABOUT SNAP

viewers reached by diverse
content partners involvedin our 523 for Content
Companies program

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Snapchattersin 13 countries
profiled as part of our
Global Identity Study
conducted in 2022

PEOPLEOUR DEIGOALS BY 2025
Increase U.S. underrepresented
racial and ethnic groups to 20%(from 16.2% in 2022)

Increase women in tech roles
to 25% (from 21.2% in 2022)

Increase women in leadershipto 34.5% (from 29.1% in 2022)

Increase U.S. underrepresented
groups in leadership to 19.5%(from 13.8% in 2022)

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43 // 2023 CitizenSnap ReportMore DEI metrics can be found in
the CitizenSnap data tables on
pages 61 and in our 2023 Diversity
Annual Report at diversity.snap.com.

accomplishments, recognizing cultural celebrations andevents enjoyed by our global team members, and discussing
important company issues. Team members can then freely
ask questions of our leaders.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Our ERGs
SnapAbility

Employee Resource Groups
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Supporting
Our Team

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Snap succeeds when our people succeed. That’s why we’re
dedicated to supporting them — at work and beyond. In
2022, we continued unveiling new initiatives to engage anduplift Snap employees worldwide while also providing more
opportunities for career growth.

Employee Engagement
We are dedicated to making Snap a place where all of
our team members love to work and where they have theopportunity to reach their full potential. Listening to ourpeople — about what they value at Snap and how we can bebetter — helps us stay accountable and on course.
We regularly field a company-wide All Ears survey to learn
more about what’s going well and what team members wouldchange to make Snap a better place to work. Team members
provide feedback on a wide range of topics, including Team
Dynamics; DEI; Learning and Development; Snap Culture;
Work Autonomy; Wellbeing; and Performance Feedback.
Our executives also encourage openness and active
listening through alternating weekly “Ask Evan” meetings
as well as monthly “Snap in Focus” meetings. Thesesessions typically start with leaders acknowledging team

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We currently sponsor 11 different Employee Resource
Groups (ERGs), each centered around a cultural affinity
shared by members of our global team. These grassroots,
voluntary ERGs provide opportunities and resources aimed at
helping to promote understanding and inclusion of all teammembers. Read more in our 2023 Diversity Annual Report.

SnapAsia

SnapFamilia

Council
Council is a fundamental part of our culture and a corecomponent of our DEI strategy, providing structured time
led by an experienced facilitator where team members canlisten and better understand colleagues from across thecompany. Council cultivates the kind of bonds that contributeto an environment where people feel more connected toeach other — which, research shows, can lead to higher
retention rates. The feedback we’ve received demonstrates
that Council is helping us scale empathy across boundaries— along lines of race, gender, LGBTQ+ status, disability, age,socio-economic status, parental and caregiver status, veteranstatus, and more. This program is unique to Snap, and wehave developed a training program, Dandelion, to help
prepare underrepresented talent to lead Council.
In the aftermath of the outbreak of war in Ukraine, theCouncil team collaborated with Human Resources towelcome relocated team members to their new offices andprovide ongoing support.
Every team member is invited to participate in Council fromday one. More than 80% of Snap teams, all of our ERGs,
and 97% of new hires participated in Council during 2022.

2,000+

team members involved in ERGs

SnapKaleidoscope

SnapNoir

SnapParents

SnapPride

SnapShalom

SnapSWANA

SnapVets

SnapWomen

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYABOUT SNAP

Talent Development

Well-Being and Benefits

Agility and fast-paced innovation are among Snap’s
greatest strengths. Our Learning & Development Teamnurtures these and other in-demand skills by providing
resources that empower team members to growprofessionally and personally.

We prioritize team members’ well-being as part ofempowering them to be creative, innovative, andproductive. This includes offering attractive compensationand comprehensive healthcare benefits. Snap’s
commitment to our team members also extends tohelping them take great care of their loved ones.

In 2022, we expanded our foundational courseworkwith new sessions on navigating and leading change,building resilience, and creating moments of connection.
Collectively, Snap team members received nearly 44,000
hours of professional development training — an average ofmore than 6 hours per learner.

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Through partnership with BetterUp, we also provide
unlimited 1:1 coaching to our full-time team members. In
2022, nearly 700 team members completed about 4,400
hours of BetterUp coaching on topics such as improving
cross-functional communication and interpersonal skills.
Leadership Lens Pilot Program

PEOPLE
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Supporting Our Team

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In 2022, we debuted Leadership Lens, a six-monthexperience designed to further elevate the skills of ourhigh-achieving senior managers. Leadership Lens focuseson building community and encouraging cross-functional
collaboration, reinforcing Snap’s unique approach tothe concept of servant leadership. In addition to regularleadership sessions, the program convened two inperson summits in 2022. These events featured Council
engagements, coaching sessions, and conversations with
our leaders. Afterward, 90% of attendees said they would
recommend the program to a colleague.
Aperture Leadership Program
Aperture, our flagship program for rising leaders at Snap,
reached a single-year record of 772 graduates in 2022. We
guided 21 groups through the immersive program, focusing
on building practical and action-oriented skills that ourmanagers can draw upon as they coach their teams toperform at a higher level.

For example, our partnered mental health benefit
covers up to 25 counseling sessions per year for ourteam members globally and for their immediate family
members. We offer at least 16 weeks of paid leave forbirthing and non-birthing parents, with an option to work
part-time for an additional month upon returning to Snap.
Another program, Carrot Fertility, provides reimbursement
for family-forming services such as adoption, surrogacy,
egg/sperm freezing, and fertility treatment.
In 2022, we improved our medical plans to provide up
to $10,000 in annual coverage for U.S. team membersin the event that certain medical procedures are notavailable in the person’s state of residence. We also
expanded our transgender benefits to include coverage
for additional procedures.
Our wellness benefits include a quarterly allowance for
eligible fitness expenses such as gym memberships,classes, lessons, sports leagues, and races. Additionally,
our Northstar financial well-being program offers
complimentary financial consulting services for teammembers in the U.S. and several other countries.
Living Wage Pledge
We believe our team members should be able to afford
to live near Snap offices — not only in the interest of
maintaining healthy work-life integration, but also soour people contribute to the local economy in which we
work. Paying a livable wage to all team members also
supports our DEI goals. To support these goals, we haveestablished localized living wages for team members
across all global offices.

We set the benchmark for each location where we
operate by analyzing cost-of-living data in those locales
and comparing our findings against third-party data. We
regularly review our wage standards in each market to help
ensure Snap keeps pace with cost-of-living changes andother relevant factors.

Workplace Safety
We maintain a rigorous Environment, Health, and Safety(EHS) program designed to anticipate, recognize, evaluate,
prevent, and control workplace hazards throughout ouroperations. Our EHS team collaborates with other Snap
managers to ensure that conditions and activities at ourfacilities do not put team members or contractors at
risk. We also strive to comply with applicable regulatory
requirements and adhere to EHS best practices. In 2022,
our total recordable incident rate was 0.03 and our losttime incident rate was 0.016 — significantly lower than therespective rates of 0.11 and 0.07 that we experienced in
2021. We achieved this improvement through an increased
focus on safety awareness, which included more frequent
safety inspections as team members returned to our offices.

“My team’s transparency onwhat they’re working on with
their coach has led to eachof them being personallyinvested — not just in theirown development, but in thedevelopment of others.”— 2022 BETTERUP PARTICIPANT

LOOKINGAHEAD
IMPACT BY THE NUMBERSEXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Talent Development

Talent Development
ABOUT SNAP

Growing the Aperture
Leadership Program to provide
additional in-person sessions at
various global locations.

44,000+ hours

Snap team members participated inhours of training and development —an average of 6+ hours per learner

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Launching our Director+
programming.

~700
PLANETteam members participated in 1:1
coaching through BetterUp, with
89% saying they feel more effective
at work as a result

Continuing to enhance our
BetterUp partnership andinvolve more team members.

772
PEOPLE
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Supporting Our Team

Running additional Growth Day
events at other offices globally.

managers completed theAperture Leadership Program
DEI
Employee Health and Safety

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Our total recordable incident rate
declined to 0.03 from 0.11 in 2021
Our lost-time incident rate fell to0.016 from 0.07 in 2021

Continuing to hone
our three strategic
DEI pillars — Inspiring
Empathy, Redesigning
Systems, and Driving
Accountability — in waysthat embed DEI at theheart of Snap’s business.

Extending our new-hireonboarding experience tosupport team members fora full year.

Creating more virtual andin-person events to support
our Return to Office initiative.

GovernanceFor us, being kind means going beyond what’s simply required to ensurethat we stay responsible — to our communities, partners, employees,
and investors. We maintain a corporate governance structure thatempowers us to drive positive impact in all that we do, and contributes

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to our culture of transparency, honesty, and kindness.

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SOCIETY

PLANETPEOPLEGOVERNANCE
Board Structure
Stock and Voting Structure
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Board andCommittees

Stock and Voting
Structure

In 2022, our Board of Directors consisted of two
Executive Officers and eight Independent Directors,
with a non-executive and independent Chairperson.
Four of our independent Directors identified as female
and three identified as BIPOC. Each of our threestanding Board committees — the Audit Committee,
the Compensation Committee, and the Nominating andCorporate Governance Committee — is chaired by andcomposed of independent Directors.

Snap has three classes of common stock. Class A common
stock is non-voting and is listed on the NYSE as our onlyclass of publicly traded stock. Holders of our Class B andC common stock are entitled to one vote and 10 votes per
share, respectively, and must convert their voting shares into
Class A common stock in order to sell them on the NYSE.

We are committed to attracting Board members who bringa diverse range of perspectives and life experiences, which
can help us make decisions that best align with our mission
and values. In making recommendations for Board andcommittee membership, the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee considers:•

The interests, independence, and experienceof the Directors.

•

The independence and experience requirements of the
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), which lists Snap Inc.’spublicly-traded common stock.

•

Securities and Exchange Commission rules
and regulations.

•

All applicable laws.

Learn more about our Board and committees here.

As a result of the Class C common stock they hold,our co-founders — Chief Executive Officer Evan Spiegel
and Chief Technology Officer Bobby Murphy — currently
have majority voting control over matters submitted toour stockholders for approval. Examples include theelection of Directors, strategic investment decisions, anddecisions on whether to engage in change-of-control ormerger transactions.
We recognize that this type of founder control is not
typically favored by proxy advisors and certain institutional
investor associations. However, we believe our corporate
governance structure provides significant advantages —including helping us withstand the short-term pressuresof the quarterly earnings cycle so we can pursue our longterm vision. Further, our structure also gives us flexibility toserve as a force for good by pursuing a multi-stakeholder
operating framework — one that measures our success notjust by corporate valuation, but also by what we give back,the way we care for our team, and the value we provide topeople who use our products.

Integrity andCompliance

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Acting with integrity reinforces our value of being kind and iscentral to maintaining the trust of our community, which inturn enables us to grow our business and enrich our culture.
We uphold high standards of integrity and ethical behavior, as
outlined in the Guide to Kind Business: Snap’s Global Codeof Conduct. This guide helps Snap team members practicekindness and build trust across our most important business
relationships. The Code covers important topics such as:•

Fostering a safe, healthy, and inclusive workplace culture.

•

Serving the Snap community with empathy and respect.

•

Engaging ethically with our partners.

•

Representing our investors’ interests honestly and fairly.

•

Complying with laws in all jurisdictions where we operate.

•

Protecting the environment.

•

Respecting and promoting human rights.

•

Giving back through volunteerism and philanthropy.

All new hires receive Code of Conduct training during their
onboarding process and on a biannual basis thereafter. Morethan 98% of team members completed Code of Conduct
training in 2022. Additionally, we regularly communicate
about — and offer supplemental training in — key policy areas
such as anti-bribery, trade law, and our third-party policies
concerning gifts, meals, entertainment, and travel.
Last year, we introduced the Kind Business Ambassadorsprogram, in which Snap leaders in certain markets help raiseawareness of our Code and ensure team members in thosemarkets know where to find essential compliance resources.

Another pilot program, the Kind Business Speaker Series,
helps bring our Code of Conduct to life through in-depth
conversations about ethical leadership.
In 2022, ComplianceWeek recognized Snap’s Complianceprogram with the “Compliance Department of the Year” award.

Reporting Concerns
We strive to create a safe environment that encourages
all team members to raise concerns involving potential
breaches of Snap policy or the law with their manager, an HR
representative, or through other channels. Snap keeps thesereports confidential to the greatest extent possible. We also
provide a 24/7 helpline, managed by a third-party provider,for people internal or external to Snap to report issues.
Under our Whistleblower Policy, we do not tolerate
retaliation of any kind for concerns raised in good faith.
This policy also forbids retaliating against any teammember for refusing to do something that violates ourCode of Conduct, the law, or Snap’s policies; or forcooperating with an investigation. Team members who
violate our Whistleblower Policy are subject to disciplinary
action up to and including termination.

Enhancing Compliance
We continue to scale and improve our complianceprogram in line with U.S. Department of Justice guidance.
This includes further automating our due diligenceprocess, which involves screening of all identified third
parties associated with our business. As part of thisprocess, we developed a proprietary ranking formula toidentify our highest-risk partners and ensure we executeproper controls. We also conduct a compliance review
on all potential mergers and acquisitions, including a due
diligence screening.

Our third-party controls also include a robust monitoring
and testing program to prevent, detect, and investigate
improper payments to government officials. The results help
us continuously improve our policies, systems, processes,
and controls.
We have also developed a robust conflicts of interest
program to help ensure team members’ personal interests
do not interfere with our business integrity or create theappearance of impropriety. As part of this effort, we maintaina mandatory disclosure process for all new hires. In 2022, we
introduced an annual refresh for all team members who havebeen at Snap at least one year. This refresh helps us update
our guidance on previous disclosures and create guardrails
around newly disclosed conflicts.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYABOUT SNAP

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Board and Committees
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TAXES BY GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION

At Snap, we view tax not just as a legal obligation, but asa way to appropriately support the communities where
we operate — in other words, we view it as part of ouroverall corporate mission. We understand that our tax
strategy is an important element of earning the trust of
our customers, business partners, governments, and the
public. This includes doing the right thing even when no
one is looking. We want our tax structure to follow thecommercial substance of our business — we don’t want
tax considerations pushing our business to do things it
wouldn’t normally do. This is different from the historicalnorm in our industry, where many companies have
kept their profits in artificial low- or no-tax structuresthat have little relationship to the substance of theirbusiness. We don’t and won’t operate in tax havens, anddo not have any stateless income that is not subject totax. Our profits are fully subject to tax in jurisdictions
where we have substantive business operations.

United States

United Kingdom

Our global business activities require us to pay avariety of taxes, including corporate income taxes,
employment taxes, value-added taxes, property
taxes, and other gross receipts–based taxes. For
the year ended December 31, 2022, our total tax
contribution was approximately $1.2 billion. As agrowing company that is not yet profitable on a fullyear consolidated basis, this comprised $200 million
in taxes borne by Snap and $1 billion in taxes collectedby Snap from our employees on their compensationand customers on their purchases. Taxes directly borne
and collected by Snap are a meaningful economic
contribution that supports the communities where we
operate. Our global tax strategy covers all of thesetaxes, not just corporate income tax.

Rest of the WorldFranceTOTAL TAX CONTRIBUTION

72%
12%
11%
5%

$1.2 billion

Our tax control framework helps ensure that our tax strategy
is being followed in our everyday approach to tax. This
includes meeting all our tax obligations such as tax return
filing, payment of taxes, and tax accounting and reporting.
We proactively test and monitor these controls to ensure
they are operating effectively, and our internal audit teamperiodically reviews our assessments to provide an outside
viewpoint. We have a tax risk management policy and carryout risk assessments before entering into tax planning forsignificant transactions.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYABOUT SNAPOur tax strategy is reflective of, and reactive to, our wider
business here at Snap. The tax team is involved in theplanning and implementation of significant transactions
such as changes to business activities, acquisitions anddivestitures, changes in corporate structure, and financing
arrangements. Members of the tax team support our
global business strategy development to ensure the tax
implications of business decisions are considered.

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Tax Governance, Risk
Management, and Compliance
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Risk management describes the actions we take to lower
the risk of us accidentally getting something wrong. We
manage risk through a mix of policies and internal controls.
Snap operates a global tax control framework that includes
process risk and control management for financial reporting
purposes and based on relevant local regulations. Our
aim is to proactively identify and mitigate tax risks while
ensuring an ongoing monitoring plan to remain compliant.
We align with industry best practices around tax
governance and annually benchmark our tax strategy andtax control framework against leading practices. Our tax
strategy is overseen and explicitly reviewed and approvedby the Audit Committee of Snap Inc.’s Board of Directors.
While the Audit Committee has primary oversight of tax
matters, including reviewing our tax risk assessment andsystem of internal controls, these matters are escalated tothe attention of the full Board if appropriate.

Our people are the critical component in delivering on
our tax strategy and governance commitments. Our tax
team members are highly qualified and knowledgeable
specialists who undergo ongoing training and development,
and possess relevant professional licenses. Snap tax teammembers receive training on and agree to follow Snap’s tax
strategy, governance policies, and internal controls.
Additionally, Snap’s Code of Conduct requires that we
respect the laws (including tax laws) of the places where
we operate. Our Code of Conduct and Whistleblower Policy
encourage all employees to speak up and provide clear
avenues of communication to raise any concerns they may
have about compliance, expressly including all tax matters.

Our Attitude Toward Tax
Planning and Risk
Our tax risk approach is governed by the tax principles set
out in this section and is underpinned by our commitment
to paying the right amount of tax at the right time and in

the right place. Our values and commitment to doing
business responsibly and ethically guide the way wemanage these risks.
Where we are unclear on a particular matter, weseek advice from professional advisors who arechosen for their knowledge of the subject matter,as well as their alignment with our approach to tax
risk. We proactively gather and document the relevantfacts and technical basis of positions taken. We
don’t undertake transactions for the sole purpose ofcreating a tax benefit inconsistent with a reasonableinterpretation of tax law. We aim for substance —we don’t seek abusive tax results.

Supporting Our BusinessOur tax team works to support the commercial activity ofour business and make sure that tax is firmly embeddedin the overall planning process in the same way as othercosts, and in Snap’s product and business roadmaps.
Intellectual property (IP) plays a critical role in our
industry, and you can tell a lot about a company by its
IP structure. Our IP structure is straightforward andfollows the commercial substance of our business. In
2016, our UK subsidiary licensed a portion of our IP fromour US parent in a taxable transaction. The UK serves
this role because it’s an important market for us, it has
a strong talent pool and business environment, and wehave significant operations there. We recognize mostof our revenue “locally,” which results in more profit
being recognized where our customers are located andmore transaction taxes being collected and remitted to
local governments, as compared to a more centralized
sales structure that is the historical norm in our industry.
Revenue that is not booked “locally” (e.g., where wehave no local business presence, or our local businesspresence is still developing) is recognized by our UK
subsidiary and is subject to tax in the UK at standard
corporate income tax rates.

Group Transactions and Pricing
As part of the normal commercial activity of our global
business, there are many transactions between Snap groupcompanies in different countries. These transactions reflect
an “arm’s-length” or market price in alignment with OECD
principles. This is based on the functions, assets, and risksof the parties involved and supported by the appropriate
economic analysis of similar transactions between unrelatedparties, such that we pay tax according to the value createdby each part of our business.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYABOUT SNAP

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Incentives
Some jurisdictions allow taxpayers to claim tax
incentives, for example, to support investment andemployment. We may claim such incentives where they
are aligned with the commercial activities of our businessand are made available to all taxpayers in that jurisdiction,
and we seek to implement them consistent with the intent
and spirit of the law.

Relationships With
Tax Authorities
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We want to get our taxes right. We strive for the highest
level of compliance with tax rules and disclosure
requirements, including accurate and timely reporting. But it
is not always clear what the tax legislation intends. Becauseof the complex tax laws in countries where we operate, andthe interaction between these rules, there is a risk that tax
authorities might disagree with us or with each other.
We seek to develop cooperative relationships with tax
authorities and aim to engage in a transparent manner,
including proactive disclosure of all relevant facts.

Supporting Global
Tax Administration
We proactively and constructively engage in dialogue withgovernments, intergovernmental organizations, and industry
groups to support the development of tax systems thatare fair, efficient, effective, administrable, and sustainable.
This includes support for the OECD’s ongoing work on
international tax reform. We urge tax policy makers to
implement international tax reform to:•Tax only net profits — not revenue — and do so only once.

•

Recognize, and allow taxation of, some element of value
creation that is not currently being taxed in market
jurisdictions where companies have no or limited
physical presence but do have local customers/users.

•

Maximize certainty and administrability while
minimizing controversy.

•

Ensure a level playing field.

Transparency
We are transparent about our approach to tax. The income
tax disclosures in our publicly available audited financial
statements are straightforward and easy for stakeholders
to understand. We obtain an assurance opinion annually,
which encompasses our income tax accounting,disclosures, and the design and operating effectivenessof our controls for income taxes. We commit to publicly
disclosing, on a country-by-country basis, our total tax
contribution when we become profitable on a full-year
consolidated basis and income tax expense and income
taxes paid become material.
We welcome stakeholder feedback on our tax strategy
and our transparency on tax matters. Please address any
comments or suggestions to tax@snap.com.

Data
Governance

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYABOUT SNAP

SOCIETY

PLANETPEOPLEAt the second layer, we perform compliance reviewsof our controls to ensure that teams are implementing
them appropriately. Key business metrics that we useinternally and externally to measure business success,such as Daily Active Users, also go througha certification program that involves:

Accurate data is core to upholding Snap’s integrity.
We take a layered approach to governing the datathat we report to the public and utilize inour business decisions. This section describes thedata governance framework specifically applied
to our financial statement filings and non-financial
metrics included within that process.

•At the first layer, we advise on the implementationof engineering controls to ensure the accuracy
and completeness of data used in our businessengagements, revenue reporting, publicity, partner
communications, and other activities. Examples of
Snap’s key metrics can be found in our January 2023
Investor Presentation.

At the third layer, an independent Snap team reviews
and audits our certification process, as well as the data
quality controls implemented throughout our data
pipeline, at least once a year. We also commission
independent third-party reviews of our data integrity
procedures annually, with findings presented to the
Audit Committee of our Board.

•

Metric definition review, in which we ensurealignment between the product team or business
unit that oversees the metric owners and theengineering and data science teams responsible forbuilding the data pipeline to compute the metric.
A substantive instrumentation review.

SECOND LINE

Controls
Audit

GOVERNANCE
Stock and Voting Structure

Metric Owners

Integrity and Compliance

Product teams
Engineering teams
Data teams

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MetricDesigns

Metric Quality
Controls

MetricGovernanceTeams

Anamoly
Detections

Controls
Compliance

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Along with taking care to report our non-financial metrics
accurately, we collaborate with others in our industry todevelop trustworthy and principle-based standards for
non-financial metrics. These rigorous principles include
criteria for defining metrics, testing their accuracy,
implementing appropriate monitoring and change
controls, and determining which metrics to report. We
regularly publish updates on the Snap Engineering Blog,
such as a May 2022 post detailing our work on the Social
Technology Operating Measures Principles (STOMP) for
improving consistency and trustworthiness in metrics.

THIRD LINE

MetricCertifications

MetricDefinitions

Tax Strategy 		We play a leading role in efforts to create robust
self-regulation around account metrics and othernon-financial data. While financial metrics have long
been the subject of detailed accounting guidance
and federal regulation, this has not been the casefor non-financial metrics such as user counts andadvertising demographics.

OUR DATA GOVERNANCE PROCESSFIRST LINE

Board and Committees

Data Governance Standards

Audit
Committee

Audit
Teams
Control
Improvements

Enterprise Risk

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Our Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program isdesigned to deepen our understanding of the factors
driving current and emerging risks that could interferewith achieving our business objectives. More specifically,
ERM provides a framework for teams across Snap to
anticipate, identify, prioritize, and mitigate such risks.

ABOUT SNAPOur ERM process has three elements:
SOCIETY

PLANET

1. Risk assessment. We meet with internal stakeholders
to identify enterprise-level risks and map them to ourstrategic objectives. We then share the results with
Snap’s management team and the Audit Committee.
2. Risk management and re-evaluation. We periodicallyreevaluate our risks, considering the rapid changes
within our business and other external factors.
3. Risk-based decision making. We aim to further
embed the ERM process as a tool providing input forleaders during their strategic planning.

PEOPLE

Through this process, we have identified 72 enterpriselevel risks, many of which are related to ESG. We haveprioritized our 10 most significant risks, including thoserelated to trust and safety on our platform, privacy,
integrity of data used to make business decisions, andglobal geopolitical conditions. Our efforts to addressthese and other ESG-related risks are highlighted
throughout this report.

LOOKINGAHEAD
IMPACT BY THE NUMBERS

50%

of our independent
Board members were
women in 2022

37.5%

of our independent
Board members were
BIPOC in 2022

98%

of team members
completed Code of
Conduct training in 2022

Integrity and Compliance
We continually review the effectiveness of ourprograms and mature them based on risk and inline with updated regulatory guidance. We plan
to expand the footprint of the Kind Business
Ambassadors program and continue efforts
such as the Kind Business Speaker series toengage our team members in conversations
about leading ethically and acting with integrity.

Enterprise Risk Management
Our newly updated Risk & Compliance Committee
will involve more of Snap’s cross-functional leadersin our ERM efforts, including oversight of risk
management plans companywide. Other priorities
include further automating our risk-reporting
process and dashboards to improve analysis anddecision making.

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Data Governance
We are expanding the scope of our self-regulation
process by applying rigorous controls and checks
to data in our CitizenSnap Report, Diversity
Annual Report, Transparency Report, and othernon-financial communications.

AboutThis Report

Appendix

As part of Snap’s commitment to transparent business practices, wepublish an annual report summarizing our environmental, social, andgovernance (ESG) efforts. Along with highlighting Snap’s priorities,
challenges, and successes during the past year, this fourth annual
CitizenSnap report serves as a comprehensive reference for ourcontinued ESG disclosures in future years. We will continue to enhance
Snap’s transparency as our data collection systems mature.
Unless otherwise noted, all data in this report represents the2022 calendar year and encompasses Snap’s global operations.
The compilation of this report was informed by the Sustainability
Accounting and Standard Board (SASB)’s Internet Media & Services andSoftware & IT Services guidance, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Standards, and our most recent ESG materiality assessment.
As a company that takes climate risk seriously, we recognize theimportance of the TaskForce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures(TCFD) and intend to align more closely with the TCFD framework infuture years. We reported the results of our TCFD scenario analysis in
our CDP disclosure for the 2023 cycle. For additional insights on ourbusiness refer to our 2022 Form 10-K, our Diversity Annual Report,
and our semi-annual Transparency Report.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

In 2020, Snap conducted a materiality assessment to better
understand the evolving ESG landscape and reaffirm themost pertinent issues for our company and its stakeholders.
The outcomes of our materiality assessment help ensurethat we continue to identify, prioritize, manage, andcommunicate transparently about ESG issues.

ABOUT SNAP

SNAP’S MATERIAL ISSUES

We developed our 2023 CitizenSnap Report in alignment with our most material ESG issues, which include:
Responsible productuse and development

Content safety
and governance

Mental healthand technology

Privacy and dataprotection

Diversity, Equity,and Inclusion

Snap’s materiality process involved:
SOCIETY••
PLANET•PEOPLEGOVERNANCE

Identifying potential material issues. This included
analyzing international sustainability frameworks andstandards including the GRI and SASB standards,
ESG ratings and ranking assessments, and global andindustry-specific megatrends.
Engaging internal and external stakeholders. We
conducted structured interviews to gather perspectives
on current and emerging future priorities. In addition,
we consulted external stakeholders across relevant
geographies and areas of expertise.
Analyzing results and prioritizing issues. Snap
synthesized the interview findings, alongside externalsustainability landscape trends, to determine issue
prioritization. All final decisions were validated throughfeedback from Snap’s stakeholders.

Through this process, we segmented our material
issues into two groups: those in which Snap is uniquely
positioned to lead, based on the nature of our products;
and those in which our opportunity to make an impact issimilar to that of other companies.

ESG Responsibilities

Snap Priorities

Critical, but not core distinguishers for Snap

Areas where Snap can and should lead

Responsible Product Use and Development

Fair Labor Practices

Mental Health and Technology

Worker Engagement and Development

Content Safety and Governance

Responsible Advertising and Marketing

Protection and Right of Minors

Responsible Taxation

Promotion of Beneficial Content

Design for the Environment

Ethical Leadership and Governance

Responsible Supply Chain and Procurement

Privacy and Data Protection

Social Investment

Business Ethics/Fair Business Practices

Climate Change Strategy

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Environmental Responsibility

APPENDIX
Materiality
2022 ESG Data Tables		
SASB Index 			GRI Index

SOCIETY

PLANETPEOPLEGOVERNANCE

More details about Snap’s ESG strategy, actions, and progress are featured throughout this report.
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Data Tables

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

As our communities continued to face numerous socialand environmental challenges in 2022, Snap remainedcommitted to making a positive difference. The following
pages highlight tangible results of our ESG efforts.

ABOUT SNAP

SOCIETY

PLANETPEOPLEGOVERNANCE

APPENDIX
Materiality
2022 ESG Data Tables		
SASB Index 			GRI Index

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Throughout 2022, we further increased our giving tocommunities, nonprofit organizations, and partners. Our
philanthropic priorities included addressing socioeconomic
challenges, mental health issues, impacts of the opioid
crisis, and threats posed by climate change. Snap teammembers across the globe supported our efforts throughin-person and virtual volunteerism. In addition, we fostered
team members’ unity and growth through our Employee
Resource Groups (ERGs), companywide Council sessions,and professional development resources.
We sought to drive greater social impact on our platform
and inspire our global community of Snapchatters throughcontent geared toward civic engagement, emotionaland mental well-being, drug prevention and awareness,and other salient topics. In addition, we deepened ourcommitment to protecting Snapchatters’ privacy andsafety on our platform.
Our efforts to reduce Snap’s climate impact also gained
momentum in 2022. Although the company’s absoluteemissions increased, our emissions indexed to revenue
decreased — which demonstrates that Snap improved
its carbon efficiency. We are meeting our SBTi-approved
reduction targets ahead of schedule and continue tomaintain carbon neutrality as we move closer to being
net negative by 2030. As part of our climate strategy,
we purchased renewable electricity and energy attributecertificates to cover our global electricity consumption.

Also, we reduced global energy consumption from the useof Snapchat on a per-user basis. See the data tables in thissection for third-party verification of our GHG inventory
and other details.
In addition, we further strengthened Snap’s commitment
to DEI on our platform and throughout our company.
Our actions in 2022 included expanding our DEI-focusedtraining, ERGs support, and data-driven accountability
efforts. In addition, we doubled down on opening greater
opportunities for content creators from diverse andunderrepresented backgrounds through our 523 Content
Accelerator programs.
Looking ahead, we intend to consistently enhance ourreporting and data governance processes and broaden
the data we share each year.

Society
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYABOUT SNAP

SOCIETY

PLANET

Data Point

2019 Data

2020 Data

2021 Data

2022 Data

Volunteer Hours

10,500+ service hours

8,500+ service hours

6,800+ service hours

8,270 + service hours

Number of volunteer projects

27 cities across
15 countries

31 cities across
16 countries

61 cities across
21 countries

50 cities across
26 countries

In Kind Donations – Pro Bono Advertising$3.5 million$3.3 million$9+ million$6+ million

Number of law enforcement requests
for user information

25,22543,50861,236

76,625

Number of account identifiers12

39,657

66,70593,930120,089

Percent (%) of requests resulting in disclosure

74.05%

74.65%

72.20%

70.90%

Number of government requests to remove content,% compliance with requests

26, 8%

0, n/a

2, 0%

4, 0%

Other transparency data

Refer to the Transparency Report

Refer to the Transparency Report

Refer to the Transparency Report

Refer to the Transparency Report

Transparency Reporting

12 “Account Identifiers” reflects the number of identifiers (e.g., username, email address, and phone number) specified by law enforcement in legal process when requesting user information.

PEOPLEGOVERNANCE

APPENDIX
Materiality
2022 ESG Data Tables		
SASB Index 			GRI Index

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Data Point

2019 Data

2020 Data

2021 Data

2022 Data

Electricity (global total)

12,463 MWH

11,945 MWH

12,457 MWH(Snap facilities electricity)

19,950 MWH(Snap facilities electricity)

7,000 MWH
(estimated remote work electricity)

ABOUT SNAP

SOCIETY

PLANETPEOPLE

Renewable Electricity (global total)

0

10,097 MWH(85% of workplace and estimatedremote work electricity))

19,849 MWH(>100% of workplace andestimated remote work electricity)

19,950 MWH(100% of workplace electricity)

Scope 1 emissions (Metrics tons CO2e)

4,656

2,952

4,106

5,960

Scope 2 emissions, market-based (Metrics tons CO2e)

4,284

902

160

259

Scope 3 emissions (Metrics tons CO2e)124,72713

147,46613, 14

180,92413, 14

267,998

Total GHG Emissions: Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3(Metrics tons CO2e)133,667

151,320

185,190274,217

Revenues (millions, USD)

$1,716$2,507$4,117$4,602

Intensity-based Total GHG Emissions(indexed to revenue, metric tons CO2e/USD millions revenue)

72.7

58.8

43.9

58.2

Food donations

50,000 meals worth over
$100,000

Reallocate resources andnearly $500,000 from theSnap food budget to serve 60
global organizations supporting
COVID-19 relief.

Donated $300,000 fromthe Snap food budget anddistributed over 100,000 meals
to global organizations supportingfood insecurity.

Donated approximately $300,000
from the Snap food budget anddistributed nearly 28,000 meals to
global organizations.

Battery efficiency improvements• 50% reduction in Snapchat’s
median background running time

• Reduced the power usage oftyping in chat on iOS by 48%• 36% reduction in battery drain
when swiping between Chat andfriends feed; during Story andDiscover video playback• Reduced the power usage oftaking, editing and sending animage snap on iOS by 10%• Reduced foreground session
power usage by 12% on iOS and
9% Android.

• Reduced global energy
consumption using Snapchat by
an average of 12% per user.

• 23% reduction in battery drain
when scrolling through yourfriends feed

GOVERNANCE

Number of 3rd party supplier audits% response for conflict minerals and compliance

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Materiality
2022 ESG Data Tables		• Reduced global energy
consumption using Snapchat by
17% per user.

71 on-site supplier audits since 2016

105 on-site supplier audits since 2016
• 92.45% of suppliers responded
to our conflict minerals data
request for 2022.

• 97% of suppliers responded to ourconflict minerals data request• 91% of suppliers responded to ourconflict minerals data request• 91% of suppliers responded to ourconflict minerals data request• 100% of suppliers campaigned
for materials disclosures• 100% of suppliers campaigned
for materials disclosures• 100% of suppliers campaigned
for materials disclosures

SASB Index 			13 For consistency and to produce comparable GHG emissions data over time, 2020 and 2021 scope 3 greenhouse gas inventories were updated to correct previously reported discrepancies.

GRI Index

14 For consistency, the 2019, 2020, and 2021 scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas inventories were updated to match a new methodology used when calculating 2022 GHG inventory. These data points have been updated accordingly.

59 // 2023 CitizenSnap ReportPeopleEXECUTIVE SUMMARYABOUT SNAP

Data Point

2019 Data

2020 Data

2021 Data

2022 Data

Council

1,485 council engagements /26 office locations / 12 countries

3,479 council engagements /27 office locations / 16 countries

4,000 council engagements /32 cities

4,000+ council engagements

Training hours

67,205 training hours (21 training
hours per person)

33,273 training hours(8 training hours per person)

55,000+ training hours(9.7 hours of training per person)

44,000+ training hours(6+ hours of training per person)

Total recordable incident rate

0.2

0.05

0.11

0.03

Total lost time incident rate

0.14

0

0.07

0.016

Notices of noncompliance/violation related to EHS

0

0

0

0

Data Point

2019 Data

2020 Data

2021 Data

2022 Data

Gender representation on Board of Directors• 30% of independent directors
are women• 50% of independent directors
are women• 50% of independent directors
are women• 50% of independent directors
are women• 25.5% of independent directors
are Black, Indigenous, andPeople of Color (BIPOC)• 37.5% of independent directors
are Black, Indigenous, andPeople of Color (BIPOC)

100% of new hires, 99% overall
completion

More than 98% of team members
completed Code of Conduct
training in 2022.

SOCIETY

PLANETPEOPLE

Governance

GOVERNANCE

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2022 ESG Data Tables		
SASB Index 			GRI Index

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Integrity & Compliance - % of team compliant w/Code of
Conduct training requirement

99.25%

99.8%

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
RACE/ETHNICITY (US)AsianABOUT SNAPIntersectional Leadership
Representation |Director+
SOCIETY

Black

GENDER (GLOBAL)

Hispanic/Latinx

Indigenous

Middle Eastern/
North African/ ArabMultiple Races

White

Men

Women

Non-Binary

Undeclared

Intersectional Leadership Representation
Director+
2022

32.4%

2.8%

2.8%

0.0%

5.6%

8.5%

47.9%

82.7%

14.8%

2.5%

0.0%

2021

18.4%

0.0%

2.0%

0.0%

6.1%

8.2%

65.3%

84.5%

13.8%

1.7%

0.0%

2020

13.3%

2.2%

2.2%

0.0%

4.4%

8.9%

68.9%

82.4%

13.7%

2.0%

2.0%

2022

15.5%

3.6%

5.5%

<1%

2.7%

4.5%

67.3%

61.9%

37.4%

0.0%

<1%

2021

15.5%

3.1%

7.2%

1.0%

3.1%

3.1%

67.0%

67.5%

32.5%

0.0%

0.0%

2020

14.8%

3.4%

8.0%

1.1%

2.3%

3.4%

67.0%

67.5%

32.5%

0.0%

0.0%

Non-Tech
PLANETIntersectional Hiring
PEOPLE

Company-wide
2022

44.8%

5.0%

9.2%

<1%

2.6%

4.9%

33.0%

60.8%

37.6%

<1%

<1%

2021

41.4%

6.6%

9.0%

<1%

2.8%

5.8%

34.1%

58.3%

38.9%

<1%

2.1%

2020

37.4%

9.2%

6.2%

0%

1.9%

5.0%

40.4%

63.8%

33.5%

<1%

2.1%

2022

58.5%

2.4%

6.7%

0%

2.7%

3.8%

25.9%

75.5%

22.6%

1.0%

<1%

2021

57.9%

2.7%

6.3%

<1%

3.1%

4.7%

25.0%

72.1%

23.9%

1.0%

3.1%

2020

52.6%

3.9%

3.1%

0%

2.1%

4.1%

34.2%

80.0%

16.7%

<1%

2.6%

Tech
GOVERNANCE

APPENDIX
Materiality
2022 ESG Data Tables		
SASB Index 			GRI Index

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SASB
INDEX

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYABOUT SNAPInternet Media & Services Standard
Topic

SASB Code

Accounting Metric

Category

Unit of Measure

Explanation

Environmental
Footprint ofHardware
Infrastructure

TC-IM-130a.1(1) Total energy consumed,(2) percentage grid electricity,(3) percentage renewable

Quantitative

Gigajoules (GJ),
Percentage (%)

The total electricity consumed in 2022 was 119,890 MWH.
100% of that electricity was sourced from the electric grid,with 100% covered by renewable energy credits.

TC-IM-130a.2(1) Total water withdrawn, (2) total water
consumed, percentage of each in regions withHigh or Extremely High Baseline Water Stress

QuantitativeThousand cubic
meters (m³),
Percentage (%)

Water is not considered a material input for Snap. Snap
uses third party data centers and outsourced hardware
manufacturing. For more information, see the Climate sectionof the CitizenSnap Report.

TC-IM-130a.3

Discussion of the integration of environmental
considerations into strategic planning for data
center needs

Discussion andAnalysisn/aInformation on the environmental considerations into
strategic planning for data center needs can be found in the
Looking Ahead section in Our Products (page 34) section of
the CitizenSnap Report.

TC-IM-220a.1

Description of policies and practices relating tobehavioral advertising and user privacy

Discussion andAnalysisn/aInformation on privacy and consumer data can be found in the
Security by Design and Safety by Design (pages 15-17) section of
the CitizenSnap Report and in Snap’s Privacy Center.

TC-IM-220a.2

Number of users whose information is used forsecondary purposes

Quantitative

NumberSnap does not calculate and report a metric on the bases
specified in the standard. Snap’s Privacy Policy describes theinformation Snap collects from customers and how it is used.

TC-IM-220a.3

Total amount of monetary losses as a result oflegal proceedings associated with user privacy

Quantitative

Reportingcurrency

Snap discloses all material legal proceedings in our SEC
reports. In 2022, Snap did not disclose any monetary losses asa result of legal proceedings associated with privacy.

TC-IM-220a.4(1) Number of law enforcement requests foruser information, (2) number of users whose
information was requested, (3) percentage
resulting in disclosure

Quantitative

Number,
Percentage (%)(1) Number of law enforcement requests for user
information: 76,625

SOCIETY

PLANETPEOPLE

Data Privacy,
AdvertisingStandards &Freedom ofExpression(2) Number of account identifiers15: 120,089(3) Percent (%) of requests resulting in disclosure: 70.9%

GOVERNANCE

Refer also to Snap’s Transparency Reports for further details
about these metrics.
TC-IM-220a.5

List of countries where core products or services
are subject to government-required monitoring,
blocking, content filtering, or censoring

Discussion andAnalysisn/aSnapchat is globally available but like many internet services,
the app is blocked in some countries and some features areblocked in other countries.

TC-IM-220a.6

Number of government requests to remove
content, percentage compliance with requests

Quantitative

Number,
Percentage (%)

4, 0%

APPENDIX
Materiality
2022 ESG Data Tables		
SASB Index 			GRI Index

15 “Account Identifiers” reflects the number of identifiers (e.g., username, email address, and phone number) specified by law enforcement in legal process when requesting user information.

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Refer also to Snap’s Transparency Reports for further details
about these metrics.

SASB
INDEX

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYABOUT SNAPInternet Media & Services Standard
Topic

SASB Code

Accounting Metric

Category

Unit of Measure

Explanation

Data Security

TC-IM-230a.1(1) Number of data breaches,(2) percentage involving personallyidentifiable information (PII)(3) number of users affected

Quantitative

Number,
Percentage (%)

Except as required by law, Snap does not report this information.

TC-IM-230a.2

Description of approach to identifying
andaddressing data security risks, including
use of third-party cybersecurity standards

Discussion andAnalysisn/aInformation on the approach to identifying and addressing
data security risk see the Responsible Products (page 12)section of the CitizenSnap Report.

TC-IM-330a.1

Percentage of employees that are foreign
nationals

Quantitative

Percentage (%)

Snap does not report on this metric.

TC-IM-330a.2

Employee engagement as a percentage

Quantitative

Percentage (%)

Snap's employee engagement programs are described in the
People (page 40) section of the CitizenSnap report.

TC-IM-330a.3

Percentage of gender and racial/ethnic grouprepresentation for (1) management, (2) technicalstaff, and (3) all other employees

Quantitative

Percentage (%)

Diversity data can be found in Snap's Diversity Annual Report.

TC-IM-520a.1

Total amount of monetary losses as aresult of legal proceedings associated with
anticompetitive behavior regulations

Quantitative

Reportingcurrency

There were no losses associated with anticompetitive
behavior regulations.

SOCIETY

Employee
Recruitment,
Inclusion &Performance
PLANETPEOPLEGOVERNANCE

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Intellectual
Property
Protection &Competitive
Behavior

GRI
INDEX

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Statement of use:
Snap Inc. has reported
the information cited inthis GRI content index
for the period January 1,
2022 to December 31,
2022 with reference to
the GRI Standards.

ABOUT SNAP

SOCIETY

General Disclosures 2021
GRI Standard Title

Disclosure Number

Disclosure Name

Location/Section in Report/Explanation

GRI 2: General Disclosures 2021

2-1

Organizational details

Snap Inc. is a publicly held holding company, listed on the New York
Stock Exchange (NYSE: SNAP). The ownership and legal form can befound in the Stock and Voting Structure section of the CitizenSnap
Report (page 48).
Snap operates in 17 countries worldwide. The locations of operations
can be found in the About Snap section of the CitizenSnap Reportand on Snap’s career page here.

GRI 1 used:
GRI 1: Foundation 2021

GRI 2: General Disclosures 2021

2-2

Entities included in the organization’s sustainability reporting

Snap’s CitizenSnap report covers environmental, social andgovernance (ESG) topics for all entities included in the consolidated
financial statements (see SEC Form 10-K).

GRI 2: General Disclosures 2021

2-3

Reporting period, frequency and contact point

Reporting period is January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022, unlessotherwise noted. We follow an annual reporting cycle. Questions
regarding this report can be sent to sustainability@snap.com.

GRI 2: General Disclosures 2021

2-4

Restatements of information

The organization has not made any restatement in the reporting period.

GRI 2: General Disclosures 2021

2-5

External assurance

Snap's greenhouse gas emission are verified by an independent
third-party verification. Assurance Statement.

GRI 2: General Disclosures 2021

2-6

Activities, value chain and other business relationships

More information can be found in the Form 10-K.

GRI 2: General Disclosures 2021

2-9

Governance structure and composition

Governance section of the CitizenSnap Report and the Governance(page 42) section of the Snap Investor Portal.

GRI 2: General Disclosures 2021

2-22Statement on sustainable development strategy

A letter from Snap's CEO can be found in the CitizenSnap Report(page 3).

GRI 2: General Disclosures 2021

2-23

Policy commitments

Our Supply Chain section (page 35) of CitizenSnap Report and ourCode of Conduct.

GRI 2: General Disclosures 2021

2-24

Embedding policy commitments

Responsible Products section (page 12), the Governance section(page 42) of the CitizenSnap Report and our Code of Conduct.

GRI 2: General Disclosures 2021

2-25

Processes to remediate negative impacts

Governance section (page 42) of the CitizenSnap Report.

PLANETPEOPLEGOVERNANCE

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2022 ESG Data Tables		
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GRI
INDEX

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Statement of use:
Snap Inc. has reported
the information cited inthis GRI content index
for the period January 1,
2022 to December 31,
2022 with reference to
the GRI Standards.

ABOUT SNAP

SOCIETY

GRI 1 used:
GRI 1: Foundation 2021

General Disclosures 2021

(Continued)

GRI Standard Title

Disclosure Number

Disclosure Name

Location/Section in Report/Explanation

GRI 2: General Disclosures 2021

2-28

Membership associations

Snap is a member, sponsor, or partner of of the Business Ethics
Leadership Alliance (BELA), AnitaB.org, DisabilityIN, GLAAD, The
National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT),
Coqual, Kapor Center, Catalyze Tech, Responsible Business Alliance(RBA), Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), Information
Technology Industry Council, and Business for Social Responsibility,
among others.

GRI 2: General Disclosures 2021

2-29

Approach to stakeholder engagement

Materiality section (page 56) of the CitizenSnap Report and thecompany’s Form 10-K.

GRI 3: Material Topics 2021

3-1

Process to determine material topics

Materiality (page 56) and About this Report (page 55) section of the
CitizenSnap Report.

GRI 3: Material Topics 2021

3-2

List of material topics

Materiality (page 56) and About this Report (page 55) section of the
CitizenSnap Report.

GRI 3: Material Topics 2021

3-3Management of material topics

Materiality (page 56) and About this Report (page 55) section of the
CitizenSnap Report.

Disclosure Number

Disclosure Name

Location/Section in Report/Explanation

GRI 201: Economic Performance 2016

201-1

Direct economic value generated and distributed

More information can be found in the Form 10-K.

GRI 3: Material Topics 2021

3-3Management of material topics

Monitoring (page 36), Community and Giving (page 20), Materiality(page 56), and Governance (page 47) sections of the CitizenSnap
Report and in the company's Code of Conduct.

PLANETPEOPLEGRI 200 Economic
GRI Standard Title
GOVERNANCE

APPENDIX
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SASB Index 			GRI Index

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GRI 201: Economic Performance 2016

GRI
INDEX

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYGRI 200 Economic
GRI Standard Title

Statement of use:
Snap Inc. has reported
the information cited inthis GRI content index
for the period January 1,
2022 to December 31,
2022 with reference to
the GRI Standards.

ABOUT SNAP

SOCIETY

GRI 1 used:
GRI 1: Foundation 2021

(Continued)

Disclosure Number

Disclosure Name

Location/Section in Report/Explanation

3-3Management of material topics

Materiality (page 56) and Our Supply Chain (page 35) sections of
the CitizenSnap Report and in the company's Code of Conduct.

GRI 205: Anit Corruption 2016

205-2

Communication and training about anti-corruption
policiesand procedures

All of Snap’s employees are trained on the company’s Code of
Conduct which includes policies and guidance on anti-corruption.

GRI 3: Material Topics 2021

3-3Management of material topics

Integrity and Compliance section (page 49) of the CitizenSnap
Report and the Code of Conduct.

GRI 207: Tax 2019

207-1

Approach to tax

Tax Strategy section (page 50) of the CitizenSnap Report and Snap’s
Global Tax Strategy document.

GRI 207: Tax 2019

207-2

Tax governance, control and risk management

Tax Strategy section (page 50) of the CitizenSnap Report and Snap’s
Global Tax Strategy document.

GRI 207: Tax 2019

207-3

Stakeholder engagement and management of concerns
related to tax

Tax Strategy section (page 50) of the CitizenSnap Report and Snap’s
Global Tax Strategy document.

GRI 3: Material Topics 2021

3-3Management of material topics

Tax Strategy section (page 50) of the CitizenSnap Report and Snap’s
Global Tax Strategy document.

GRI 204: Procurement Practices 2016
GRI 3: Material Topics 2021
GRI 205: Anti Corruption 2016

GRI 207: Tax 2019
PLANETPEOPLEGOVERNANCE

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GRI
INDEX

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Environmental
GRI Standard Title

Statement of use:
Snap Inc. has reported
the information cited inthis GRI content index
for the period January 1,
2022 to December 31,
2022 with reference to
the GRI Standards.

ABOUT SNAP

SOCIETY

PLANET

GRI 1 used:
GRI 1: Foundation 2021

Disclosure Number

Disclosure Name

Location/Section in Report/Explanation

3-3Management of material topics

Planet (page 24) and Our Products (page 34) section of the
CitizenSnap Report.

GRI 302: Energy 2016

302-1

Energy consumption within the organization

Planet (page 24) and Our Products (page 34) section of the
CitizenSnap Report.

GRI 302: Energy 2016

302-4

Reduction of energy consumption

Planet (page 24) and Our Products (page 34) section of the
CitizenSnap Report.

GRI 302: Energy 2016

302-5

Reductions in energy requirements of products and services

Planet (page 24) and Our Products (page 34) section of the
CitizenSnap Report.

GRI 3: Material Topics 2021

3-3Management of material topics

Planet (page 24), Climate (page 25) and Looking Ahead (page 34)
in Our Products sections of the CitizenSnap Report.

GRI 305: Emissions 2016

305-1

Direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions

Planet (page 24) section of the CitizenSnap Report.

GRI 305: Emissions 2016

305-2

Energy indirect (Scope 2) GHG emissions

Planet (page 24) section of the CitizenSnap Report.

GRI 305 - Emissions 2016

305-3

Other indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions

Planet (page 24) section of the CitizenSnap Report.

GRI 305 - Emissions 2016305-4

GHG emissions intensity

Planet (page 24) section of the CitizenSnap Report.

GRI 305 - Emissions 2016

305-5

Reduction of GHG emissions

Planet (page 24) section of the CitizenSnap Report.

GRI 3: Material Topics 2021

3-3Management of material topics

Planet (page 24), Climate (page 25) and Looking Ahead in
Our Products (page 34) sections of the CitizenSnap Report.

GRI 301 Materials 2016
GRI 3: Material Topics 2021
GRI 302: Energy 2016

GRI 305: Emissions 2016

PEOPLEGOVERNANCE

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Materiality
2022 ESG Data Tables		
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INDEX

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

SocialGRI Standard Title

Statement of use:
Snap Inc. has reported
the information cited inthis GRI content index
for the period January 1,
2022 to December 31,
2022 with reference to
the GRI Standards.

ABOUT SNAP

SOCIETY

GRI 1 used:
GRI 1: Foundation 2021

Disclosure Number

Disclosure Name

Location/Section in Report/Explanation

GRI 401 Employment 2016

401-1

New employee hires and employee turnover

Snap's Diversity Annual Report.

GRI 401 Employment 2016

401-2

Benefits provided to full-time employees that are notprovided to temporary or part-time employees

Supporting our Team section (page 44) of the CitizenSnap Report.

GRI 401 Employment 2016

401-3

Parental leave

Supporting our Team section (page 44) of the CitizenSnap Report.

GRI 3: Material Topics 2021

3-3Management of material topics

Supporting our Team section (page 44) of the CitizenSnap Report.

GRI 401 Employment 2016

GRI 403: Occupational Health and Safety 2018

PLANET

GRI 403:
Occupational Health and Safety 2018

403-9

Work-related injuries

Total recordable incident rate: 0.31
Total lost time incident rate: 0.016

GRI 3: Material Topics 2021

3-3Management of material topics

Supporting our Team section (page 44) of the CitizenSnap Report.

GRI 404: Training and Education 2016

404-1

Average hours of training per year per employee

There were nearly 44,000 hours of professional developmenttraining — an average of more than 6 hours per learner.

GRI 404: Training and Education 2016

404-2

Programs for upgrading employee skills and transition

Supporting our Team section (page 44) of the CitizenSnap Report.

GRI 3: Material Topics 2021

3-3Management of material topics

Talent Development section (page 45) of the CitizenSnap Report.

GRI 404: Training and Education 2016

PEOPLEGOVERNANCE

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYGRI Standard Title

Disclosure Number

Disclosure Name

Location/Section in Report/Explanation

GRI 405: Diversity and Equal Opportunity 2016
ABOUT SNAP

SOCIETY

GRI 405:
Diversity and Equal Opportunity 2016405-1

Diversity of governance bodies and employees

Governance section (page 47) of the CitizenSnap Report and Snap's
Diversity Annual Report.

GRI 3: Material Topics 2021

3-3Management of material topics

Snap's Diversity Annual Report.

3-3Management of material topics

Snap’s Diversity Annual Report.

3-3Management of material topics

Our Supply Chain section (page 35) of the CitizenSnap Report.

3-3Management of material topics

Safety by Design section (pages 15-16) of the CitizenSnap Report.

GRI 418: Customer Privacy 2016

418-1

Substantiated complaints concerning breachesof customer privacy and losses of customer data

Security by Design section (page 17) of the CitizenSnap Report andin Snap's Privacy Center.

GRI 3: Material Topics 2021

3-3Management of material topics

Security by Design section (page 17) of the CitizenSnap Report andin Snap's Privacy Center.

GRI 406: Non-Discrimination 2016
GRI 3: Material Topics 2021
GRI 414: Supplier Social Assessment 2016
GRI 3: Material Topics 2021

PLANET

GRI 416: Customer Health and Safety 2016
GRI 3: Material Topics 2021
GRI 418: Customer Privacy 2016

PEOPLEGOVERNANCE

APPENDIX
Materiality
2022 ESG Data Tables		
SASB Index 			GRI Index

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