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Societal Indicators
Local, Economic and Social Impact of the Business Activity
4.2.2.
PARTNERSHIPS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY
Since 2008, through its Vivendi Create Joy Fund, Vivendi has been
committed to supporting young people that are marginalized, at risk,
disadvantaged or suffering from sickness or disability. Each year, roughly
thirty major projects aimed at the development of talent in musical,
digital, journalism, cinema and television – the group’s businesses – are
financed. The program has been implemented in the United States, in
Europe (France and Great Britain) and in Africa.
Vivendi’s employees are involved with the NGOs supported through the
Ambassadors Create Joy program. The volunteer skills provided by the
Ambassadors assist in making the projects a success.
AMOUNTS SPENT FOR ENTERPRISE FOUNDATIONS,
SOLIDARITY PROGRAMS AND SPONSORSHIP
ACTION (IN €), AND A DESCRIPTION OF THREE
INNOVATIVE PROJECTS
GRI
UNGC OECD Scope covered
G4-EC1, EC7, EC8, SO1
1
II.A.3
and 4,
IV, IX.5
UMG
Canal+ Group
Vivendi Village
2015
2014
UMG
1,897,680
1,002,688
C+G
4,783,397
2,584,734
Vivendi Village
23,750
-
Total
6,704,827
3,587,422
The subsidiaries implement their own solidarity and philanthropic
programs.
Canal+ Group, which maintains a unique connection with the seventh
art, supports the French film industry through its Canal+ Foundation
for cinema. The group in France gives financial assistance to training
institutions such as the Cité du Cinéma film school and Femis. In addition,
Canal+ has established a donation fund, “Kindia+”, to support projects
and associations in Guinea. These projects were featured in the Canal+
documentary series
Kindia
, the last episode of which was broadcast in
November 2015.
In Africa, Canal+ Group supports local cultural life by being a partner to
many festivals and cultural events, such as FESPACO in Burkina Faso (see
Section 4.1.1.1 of this chapter), the Clap Ivoire festival in Ivory Coast,
the international choral festival in Gabon, CAL’U, and the Congolese
film festival. The group also provides support to local television. In 2015
in Burkina Faso it signed a memorandum of understanding with the
Ministry of Communication to provide financial support to the RTB, the
local television. In Congo, it provides technical equipment to the national
channel Télé Congo as part of an annual partnership.
Moreover, several local Canal+ branches offer associations free
subscriptions to their packages. In Poland, 45 set-top boxes and
subscriptions were offered to NGOs that care for children without access
to media, in orphanages, hospitals or schools in isolated areas. In Gabon,
Canal+ Group has offered free subscriptions to its package to four centers
for young people at risk.
UMG conducts numerous initiatives to promote the development of young
audiences through music (see also Section 4.1.2.1 of this chapter). In
the United Kingdom, for example, UMG continues its support for the
OnTrack program organized by the performance venue The Roundhouse.
This program consists of six weeks of training to help 20 young people
who are not in school, employed or in an apprenticeship to acquire
professional skills in writing, performing and recording music. The
success of this program has been remarkable: more than 50% of the
young people who participated in 2014 are now in training or have found
a job.
Also in the United Kingdom, UMG has extended its partnership with
East London Arts and Music, a free school for those 16 to 19 years
old. Its curriculum is based on music and the creative industries. In
February 2015, 30 young people were involved in the UMG final weeks
of preparation for the Brit Awards. Additionally, during the month of
June, the students got UMG’s help in releasing their first piece on the
Spinnup platform. Beyond this partnership, UMG also supports the hugely
successful fundraising project Secret 7’’. Graphic designers from around
the world produced album covers for seven UMG artists (including the
Rolling Stones and the Chemical Brothers). Proceeds from the sale of
these valuable one-off covers were given to the Nordoff Robbins Music
Therapy association.
In the United States, Universal Music supports the Global Poverty Project,
an NGO that aims to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030. In particular,
UMG participated in organizing the annual Global Citizens’ Festival, in
September 2015.
EXTRA-FINANCIAL INDICATORS HANDBOOK
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