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Societal Indicators
CSR Criteria as Part of Purchasing Policy and in Relations with Suppliers and Subcontractors
4.4.1
IMPORTANCE OF PURCHASING
AND SUBCONTRACTING AT VIVENDI
To obtain a better overall view of the risks related to the supply chain, the
group has carried out an analysis of its purchases made with suppliers
and subcontractors that account for at least 75% of the total expenditure
of each of the subsidiaries.
BREAKDOWN OF PURCHASES BY MAIN
CATEGORIES AND GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS
(AMONGST THE SUPPLIERS AND SUBCONTRACTORS
WITH WHOM AT LEAST 75% OF TOTAL PURCHASING
AMOUNT IS REALIZED)
GRI
UNGC OECD Scope covered
G4-12, G4-EC1
-
II.A.3
and 4
UMG
Canal+ Group
Vivendi Village
Purchase of
professional services
30%
Purchase of
finished products
5%
Others
9%
Purchaseofrawmaterials
1%
Purchase of content
55%
The group purchases mainly content and professional services. Most of
these purchases are made from suppliers in Europe and North America.
The five principal countries from which these purchases originate are,
in descending order, France, Great Britain, United States, Poland and
Germany.
France
54%
Europe (excl. France)
30%
Africa
1%
North America
13%
Asia Pacific
2%
4.4.2.
A RESPONSIBLE PURCHASING POLICY
ADOPTED BY THE SUBSIDIARIES
Vivendi is committed to increasing the awareness of its main suppliers
and subcontractors to its social and environmental issues. In 2013,
Vivendi signed the Charter of Responsible Supplier Relations, which
defines a number of commitments designed to increase the awareness
of economic players to the importance of responsible purchasing and
the quality of customer-supplier relations. Vivendi’s Compliance Program
includes a rule that recalls the commitment of commercial partners to
provide services in compliance with the group’s commercial and social
ethical standards.
EXISTENCE OF A FORMAL COMMITMENT
WITH REFERENCE TO FOUNDING PRINCIPLES
IN THE PURCHASING POLICY
GRI
UNGC OECD Scope covered
G4-56, G4-DMA
Supplier Assessment
aspects
1-10
II.A.13,
III, IV,
V.1,
VI.6
UMG
Canal+ Group
Vivendi Village
Corporate
The subsidiaries use subcontracting. They expect their suppliers
and subcontractors to comply with the principles set out in Vivendi’s
Compliance Program and in the UN Global Compact, as well as with the
values and rules of good conduct in their respective codes of ethics. A
breach of any of these principles is potential ground for the group to
terminate the contract with the supplier. Canal+ Group has two internal
call centers for which it has obtained renewal of the “Integrated Centers”
Social Responsibility Label, and also has outsourced call centers.
In 2015 the entities of Vivendi Village included in the scope of reporting
were informed of the group’s commitments on this issue during training
sessions on reporting.
DEPLOYMENT OF THE RESPONSIBLE PURCHASING
APPROACH AMONGST THE SUPPLIERS AND
SUBCONTRACTORS WITH WHOM AT LEAST 75%
OF THE TOTAL PURCHASING AMOUNT IS REALIZED
GRI
UNGC OECD Scope covered
G4-DMA
Supplier Assessment
aspects
1-10
II.A.12
and 13,
II.B.2,
IV, V.1,
VI.6
UMG
Canal+ Group
Vivendi Village
Corporate
The subsidiaries were made particularly aware of the issue of human
rights in business relationships at a dedicated CSR Committee meeting,
during which experts gave clarifications on the group’s corporate
responsibility in its own sphere of influence (the media sector).
4.4. CSR Criteria as Part of Purchasing Policy and in Relations
with Suppliers and Subcontractors
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