Our environmental commitments

Our priority: to help combat climate change

The fight against climate change and the protection of the environment are a major focus of the Group’s responsible approach. We are aiming for environmental operational excellence.

Our commitments

Reducing the carbon footprint

of our activities in line with the Paris Agreement
Engaging our ecosystem

in our environmental approach
Contribute

to global carbon offsetting

Our carbon reduction plan is validated by science

Vivendi is convinced that the private sector has an important role to play in the fight against climate change. It has been deploying actions for several years to avoid and reduce the carbon footprint of the group’s activities worldwide.

Vivendi’s environmental roadmap, implemented as part of the Creation for the Planet pilar of its CSR program, is aligned with the Paris Climate Agreement adopted in December 2015.

To achieve this objective, we are committed to developing the use of sustainable and carbon-free energy, integrating eco-design principles into the development of our products and content, promoting initiatives in favor of the circular economy and raising awareness among employees and suppliers to encourage them in their efforts. Each of the group’s businesses then applies the action plan to its respective area of activity.

Vivendi has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 10% on scopes 1 and 2 in 2022 compared to 2021 and that 37% of the electricity consumed by the Group worldwide is now from renewable energy sources (+16 points).

Full details of our objectives and actions can be found on pages 97 et seq. of Vivendi’s Universal 2022 Registration Document.

In March 2023, Vivendi's carbon reduction plan was validated by the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), the body that validates corporate targets based on climate science. For its part, the CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project), the leading international organisation in the field of corporate environmental ratings, has given Vivendi an A- rating in 2022. While the CDP has strengthened its criteria, the Group has gained three places in its rating compared to previous years (C in 2021) and is now above the average rating of companies in its sector (B) and of European companies (B).

Examples of initiatives

More than 40% of the group’s employees in 2022 (compared to 32% in 2021) will be working in Sustainable Buildings that follow advanced and certified energy efficiency and sobriety practices: ISO 14001, ISO 50001, HQE® buildings, BREEAM®, LEED®, etc.
99% of the paper used for the magazines and books published by Vivendi is either recycled on FSC® (Forest Stewardship Council) or PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) certified in order to avoid contributing to uncontrolled deforestation and to use paper from sustainably managed forests.
Since 2019, the Canal+ Group has been a member of the Ecoprod collective, which promotes environmentally friendly audiovisual and film productions. The filming of Création Originale series such as L’Effondrement, Baron Noir, Ovni(s) and Narvalo followed an eco-production approach.
Havas and the advertising agencies Prisma Media Solutions and Canal+ Brand Solutions deployed tools to calculate and reduce the carbon footprint of advertisers’ campaigns.