Lagardere SA

The Board of Directors reviews issues related to Lagardère's CSR and climate strategy. In addition, the Appointments, Remuneration and CSR Committee (ARCSRC) has been tasked with these issues since 2015. Over the course of 2024, the Sustainable Development and CSR Department made four presentations to the ARCSRC to present developments in CSR and the CSRD compliance plan. In this regard, the material matters identified through the Group's double materiality assessment and the associated impacts, risks and opportunities have been closely monitored. The ARCSRC validates and monitors the sustainability objectives set by the Group. The Audit Committee was also involved in sustainability reporting during two joint sessions with the ARCSRC: one focusing on preparations for the CSRD, and the other on the audit of sustainability information by the Statutory Auditors. [...] At Group level, the Sustainable Development and CSR Department, which reports to the Secretary General, who is also a member of the Executive Committee, sets the framework for Lagardère SA's CSR and climate strategy. The Department works closely with the divisions' CSR and HR teams in particular, but also with other corporate functions (Finance, Compliance, Legal, etc.), which have been involved in these topics to a greater extent since the CSRD came into force. The Sustainable Development and CSR Department oversees the deployment of the Group's CSR and climate strategy and its implementation within the divisions. Twice a year, a Group-Division CSR committee meets in the presence of each division's Chief Executive Officer to review the previous period's initiatives in relation to the Group's objectives and to draw up the roadmap for the following year. In addition, a cross-functional CSR committee meets monthly with the divisional CSR and HR directors to ensure that policies and action plans are aligned throughout the year."
"The rules governing the conduct of the Lagardère group's business cover the issue of relations with political decision-makers and professional organisations. They are set out in the Group's Code of Ethics, which has been regularly strengthened since 2020 and applies to all employees (regardless of their status, including seconded employees, apprentices, temporary staff and interns), as well as its agents and principals, including corporate officers. A detailed description of the Code of Ethics is provided in section 4.1.2.1. The Lagrdère group sets store by its independence and has always maintained a politically neutral position. Accordingly, all Group employees, in the course of their professional duties, and all entities forming part of the Group, are prohibited from making any financial or in-kind contribution to a political party or any other type of organisation, including by devoting working time to them or by granting them material loans, either directly or through intermediaries, as well as from taking part in any action aimed at encouraging or promoting political parties or contributing to electoral campaigns, whether local, regional, national or international. [...] The Secretary General of the Lagardère group monitors all activities and investments serving to represent its interests in general and, more specifically, to exercise or seek to exercise, in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations, any influence on the application or necessary development, in the exclusive interest of its employees, senior managers and shareholders, of the legal, regulatory and normative framework in which the Group's activities take place wherever it operates. Some Lagardère group companies belong to professional and trade associations and chambers of commerce in the countries where they operate. In some cases, these bodies lobby standard-setting or regulatory authorities, either directly or through interest representatives. The following Lagardère group companies are listed in a transparency register: [...]

The Board of Directors reviews issues related to Lagardère's CSR and climate strategy. In addition, the Appointments, Remuneration and CSR Committee (ARCSRC) has been tasked with these issues since 2015. Over the course of 2024, the Sustainable Development and CSR Department made four presentations to the ARCSRC to present developments in CSR and the CSRD compliance plan. In this regard, the material matters identified through the Group's double materiality assessment and the associated impacts, risks and opportunities have been closely monitored. The ARCSRC validates and monitors the sustainability objectives set by the Group. The Audit Committee was also involved in sustainability reporting during two joint sessions with the ARCSRC: one focusing on preparations for the CSRD, and the other on the audit of sustainability information by the Statutory Auditors. [...] At Group level, the Sustainable Development and CSR Department, which reports to the Secretary General, who is also a member of the Executive Committee, sets the framework for Lagardère SA's CSR and climate strategy. The Department works closely with the divisions' CSR and HR teams in particular, but also with other corporate functions (Finance, Compliance, Legal, etc.), which have been involved in these topics to a greater extent since the CSRD came into force. The Sustainable Development and CSR Department oversees the deployment of the Group's CSR and climate strategy and its implementation within the divisions. Twice a year, a Group-Division CSR committee meets in the presence of each division's Chief Executive Officer to review the previous period's initiatives in relation to the Group's objectives and to draw up the roadmap for the following year. In addition, a cross-functional CSR committee meets monthly with the divisional CSR and HR directors to ensure that policies and action plans are aligned throughout the year."
"The rules governing the conduct of the Lagardère group's business cover the issue of relations with political decision-makers and professional organisations. They are set out in the Group's Code of Ethics, which has been regularly strengthened since 2020 and applies to all employees (regardless of their status, including seconded employees, apprentices, temporary staff and interns), as well as its agents and principals, including corporate officers. A detailed description of the Code of Ethics is provided in section 4.1.2.1. [...] The Secretary General of the Lagardère group monitors all activities and investments serving to represent its interests in general and, more specifically, to exercise or seek to exercise, in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations, any influence on the application or necessary development, in the exclusive interest of its employees, senior managers and shareholders, of the legal, regulatory and normative framework in which the Group's activities take place wherever it operates. [...] Some Lagardère group companies belong to professional and trade associations and chambers of commerce in the countries where they operate. In some cases, these bodies lobby standard-setting or regulatory authorities, either directly or through interest representatives.

The Committee also oversees and reviews, at least annually, the company's public policy agenda, its position on significant public policy matters, political contributions and lobbying activities. [...] The North America Operating Unit Vice President of Public Policy, Federal Government Relations & Political Engagement is responsible for management of our public policy agenda and political engagement...

Does your organization have a public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement?[…]No, and we do not plan to have one in the next two years