Vivendi

Economic issues

In order to maximize its potential for innovation and creativity, Vivendi must attract the best talent, produce original, quality content, win and keep its customers’ trust, and remain vigilant in its relations with suppliers.

• Investing in creation and leveraging our content
• Ensuring the protection of personal data
• Strengthening customer relations
• Ensuring that suppliers respect the Group’s commitments

Economic issues complete presentation (interactive version)
Economic issues complete presentation (PDF)

2010 Economic indicators (interactive version)
2010 Economic indicators (PDF)

Focus

Vivendi: partnership with the FEDERE 2011

The 10th annual European Forum for Sustainable Development and the Corporate Social Responsibility (FEDERE) (in French) took place in Paris on October 12, 2011. Bringing together hundreds of business leaders, representatives of professional organizations and international institutions, along with analysts and experts, the forum’s goal was to encourage discussion of three main topics:

• non-financial reporting as a management tool for better corporate governance,
• CSR (corporate social responsibility) as a driver of business performance,
• and the evolution of business models as a result of sustainable development strategies.
  
  Vivendi participated in a panel discussion on “Coordinating CSR strategy in the context of international competition: what is the best course of action in the face of regulatory demands and pressure from financial markets and citizens?”
  
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Focus

Sustainable development on the G20 agenda: Vivendi invited to participate in Paris Europlace Workshops, September 14

Vivendi was invited to participate in Paris Europlace Workshops on « Sustainable development – CSR – SRI, A catalyst for value creation. Contribution to the B-20/G-20 Roadmap*», which took place on September 14.
The purpose of the event was to draw up new recommendations on companies’ commitments in CSR (corporate social responsibility) and SRI (socially responsible investment) that has been presented to the B-20/G-20 working groups on November 3 & 4 in Cannes.
During the workshop dedicated to the challenges of extra-financial reporting and assessment, Vivendi shared its innovative definition of sustainable development and explained how the group defined indicators related to its specific issues. Thanks to an ongoing dialogue with extra-financial rating agencies and SRI analysts, these indicators have been integrated to the group sustainability ratings.
Along with Vivendi’s Sustainable Development Vice President, Pascale Thumerelle, this workshop gathered Manuel Domeon, Deputy Director-Head of SRI investment analysis; Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management; Pierre Schereck, SRI Director, Amundi ; Gilles Vermost-Desroches, Sustainable Development Director, Schneider Electric ; Fouad Benseddik, Director of Methodology, Vigeo. Anne-Catherine Husson-Traoré, CEO, Novethic, moderated the debate.

> Paris Europlace Workshops, September 14

Note :
* The G-20 is a group of States accounting for 85% of global GDP and two-thirds of the world population. The B-20 gathers representative business associations of the G20 countries

Partners’ voices

 ASDR 2010

Selma Benslimane, Director, Quality and Safety Information, Maroc Telecom
(ASDR 2010)
Sharing the quality culture
« Quality is among the priorities of Maroc Telecom, which in 2004 was one of the very first telecoms operators to receive ISO 9001 certification for the entirety of its activities(...) »

Philippe Capron, Member of the Management Board and Chief Financial Officer, Vivendi
(ASDR 2010)
Finance and sustainable development go hand in hand
« A company’s financial performance also relies on its sustainable development policy, which enables it to understand its extrafinancial risks as well as create opportunities(...) »

Blandine de Montlivault, Directrice de l’audit interne, SFR
(ASDR 2010)
Evaluating and accompanying SFR’s sustainable development process
« In a context of growing expectations in the area of sustainable development, SFR has adopted a process of continuous improvement(...) »

Donald MacLeod, Vice President Audit, Europe & Asia, Internal Audit and Special Projects Department, Vivendi
(ASDR 2010)
Constructive cooperation between Audit and Sustainable Development
« For several years now, the Internal Audit Department and the Sustainable Development Department have worked hand in hand on developing, implementing, and verifying initiatives (...) »

Dave Stohl, Executive Vice President of Studios, Activision Publishing
(ASDR 2010)
The creative process at the core of success
«At Activision, we recognize that the creative process is at the root of our success. Everything that we do calls on the imagination, intellectual and creative talent of the engineers, artists, designers and producers(...) »

Rob Wells, President Global Digital Business, Universal Music Group
Digital: A lever for local talent (ASDR 2010)
« Our business at Universal Music Group – and our success – depends on the extraordinary talent of our artists worldwide. After all, today’s music fans have access digitally to (...) »

 ASDR 2009

Jean-François Dubos, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Secretary of the Supervisory and Management Boards, Vivendi
(ASDR 2009) The Group’s business is based essentially on the subscription economic model
« The Group’s business is based essentially on the subscription economic model, which requires that personal data directly related to the consumer be collected. These administrative and financial data are essential to managing commercial relations with our customers (...) »

Chuck Shapiro, Vice President Internal Audit, Activision Blizzard
(ASDR 2009)
Activision Blizzard regularly audits its suppliers to ensure that human rights are respected
« Activision Blizzard pays a great deal of attention to ensuring that human rights are respected by its suppliers and supports, together with Vivendi, the principles of the UN Global Compact (...) »

 ASDR 2008

Antonella Desneux, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility and Secretary of the Sustainable Development Committee, SFR
(ASDR 2008)
Sustainable Development issues integrated into SFR strategy
«For several years now SFR has been committed to a sustainable development policy backed by its management, fully integrated into its strategy (...) »

Vincent Vallejo, Senior Vice President, Audit and Special Projects, Vivendi (ASDR 2008)
« With the creation of the Risks Committee, chaired by Jean-Bernard Lévy, sustainable development issues are taken into consideration at group level (...) »

 SDR 2007-2008

Sylvie Forbin, Vice-President, Public and European Affairs, Vivendi
(SDR 2007-2008)
« Vivendi’s annual seminar on the struggle against piracy and deriving value from the group’s content had innovation as its theme for 2007 (...) »

 SDR 2006-2007

Dominique Martin, Director of Communication, SFR
(SDR 2006-2007)
« The quality of our services in contact with our customers, sales staff, and Customer Service agents in the call centers is the result of continuous efforts (...) »

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