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Non-Financial Indicators Handbook -
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VIVENDI
Societal Indicators
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Vivendi’s Three Strategic Issues relating to Human Rights
the “De Facto” section puts culture at the heart of sustainable
development, using facts and figures, testimonials and studies.
This is a special forum for anyone wishing to demonstrate the link
between culture, human development, openness towards others,
access to knowledge and the fight against poverty. As a resource
center, this section especially aims at gathering arguments for the
integration of culture into the new global strategy for sustainable
development and into the Next Millennium Goals, to be adopted
in 2015-2030.
4.1.2.1 Musical Diversity
Cultural diversity is at the heart of the business activity of Universal
Music Group, which covers approximately fifty labels. UMG offers a
vast catalog with a wide variety of musical genres. It bases its growth
policy on developing international artists, but also on developing local
talent, whether young talent or best-selling acts, in order to maintain
its leadership position in its different national markets (please refer to
Integrated reporting pilot project p.6).
Percentage of sales accounted for by local artists
in their country (scope of 59 countries)
GRI
UNGC
OECD
MSS M3
1, 2
II, IV
2013
2012
UMG
61%
60%
UMG artists achieve distinction every year with their undisputed
worldwide success, recording the strongest album sales due to
best-selling acts such as Lana Del Rey, Mumford and Sons, Rihanna,
Jessie J, Rod Stewart and Robbie Williams. UMG set a new record in
2013, holding nine titles of the top ten digital sales in the August 2013
Billboard ranking in the United States, based on Nielsen SoundScan
sales figures. These nine titles are the end result of a balanced
combination of new and best-selling artists, covering a wide range of
genres, particularly country music, pop, R&B, rock and electronic music
(EDM), representing the diversity of this major company’s labels.
UMG’s music labels, including prestigious classical music labels, are
known for their ability to identify talent and sign on artists of every
genre, as demonstrated by the numerous prizes awarded every year.
In September 2013, UMG once again received a number of awards at the
Gramophone Awards ceremony (the equivalent of the Academy Awards
for classical music). The Decca and Deutsche Grammophon labels won
four prestigious awards. Decca was recognized as Label of the Year. Jan
Lisiecki, an 18-year-old Polish Canadian pianist, was named Young Artist
of the Year. Correspondances de Dutilleux, an extraordinary tribute to the
composer on the occasion of his 97
th
birthday, starring soprano Barbara
Hannigan, cellist Anssi Karttunen and the Radio France Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, won in the contemporary
music category, and Wagner, starring tenor Jonas Kaufmann, bass
baritone Markus Bruck and the Orchestra and Choir of the Deutsche Oper
in Berlin, won in the vocal category.
Breakdown of UMG physical and digital sales
by musical genre
GRI
UNGC
OECD
MSS M3
1, 2
II, IV
2013
2012
Classic
2.7%
4.7%
Jazz
0.8%
2.6%
Popular
93.8%
92.5%
Other
2.7%
0.2%
Digital
Revenues
Physical
Revenues
Classic
0.9%
4.4%
Jazz
0.7%
0. 8%
Popular
93.8%
93.9%
Other
4.6%
1%
15.3%
84.6%
47.1%
52.9%
45.8%
54.2%
47.1%
52.9%
80.8%
19.2%
50%
0
100%
Total
Classic
Jazz
Popular
Other
Digital Revenues
Physical Revenues
4.1.2.2 Audiovisual Diversity
Canal+ Group is a leading contributor to the promotion of audiovisual
and cinematographic expression in France. Through its subsidiaries,
it also plays a major role in this area in Europe, the French overseas
territories and in Africa. Cinematographic diversity is one of the pillars
of Canal+ channel’s editorial line (please refer to Integrated reporting
pilot project p.6).
Support for cinematographic creation in France
In 2012, Canal+ was the leading contributor to French cinema. It actively
supports film production by financing 54% of French films approved by
the French National Center for Cinema and the Animated Image (CNC),
to a total amount of €176 million.
Percentage of CNC-approved French-initiative films
financed by Canal+ and associated amounts
GRI
UNGC
OECD
MSS M3
1, 2
II, IV
2012
2011
Canal+
54.1% (€176 million)
57% (€182 million)
NB: 2013 data not available on the date this report was prepared.
