Our social commitments

Our priority: contribute to a more inclusive world

Vivendi’s businesses are made of passion, creativity and talent. Diversity, equity and inclusion are at the heart of their identity and are among the major commitments of the Group, which is present in 82 countries.

Vivendi places individual skills at the heart of collective performance. Making its businesses more inclusive is a long-standing commitment of the Group, both internally and externally, notably through the support provided by Vivendi Create Joy to people working to increase access to the creative professions.

Our commitments

Promote diversity, inclusion and well-being

amongst our staff
Allow as many people as possible

to access our trade
Act together

to enable everyone to have their positive impact

Inclusion and diversity

Diversity is at the heart of our Group and is one of our most important commitments because our businesses are built on passion, creativity and talent and because all forms of artistic creation stem from a variety of origins and ideas.

Talent diversity, in particular, is a source of creativity that drives the Vivendi Group’s performance. All our business units are committed to equal opportunity for all employees, both current and future.

Gender equality

Equality between women and men is one of Vivendi’s core commitments, supported by the Supervisory Board and all the Group’s businesses. 51% of Group employees are women and 49% of managers are women.
Women now represent 35% of the Vivendi Executive Committee.
Vivendi SE’s occupational gender equality index stood at 86 out of 100 points for 2020.

> To learn more about the gender equality programs and actions carried out by our business units, please see the Universal Registration Document.

Havas offers the Femmes Forward program for the promotion of women in management positions

Employees with disabilities

Integrating persons with disabilities (whether physical or mental) and combating discrimination against them are important principles within the Group. All business units have committed to these principles by implementing a responsible and sustainable policy, including awareness-raising campaigns for employees and managers, as well as by partnering with associations to foster the employment and integration of persons with disabilities.

> To learn more about the programs and actions carried out within our businesses to promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities, please see the Universal Registration Document.

Talent development

Vivendi firmly believes that the Group’s greatest strength is a direct result of the dedication of the women and men it employs and that each person’s talent contributes to its success. Therefore, the Group strives to offer all employees experiences, career paths and development actions that are in line with their aspirations, with the aim of encouraging sharing, agility and cross-functionality, thus providing opportunities for expression and creativity.

To this end, the HR teams at Vivendi and all its business units are implementing various actions to identify and attract talented people and to develop and retain them.

> To learn more about the initiatives put in place at our various business units to promote the development and career advancement of our employees, please see the Universal Registration Document.

Continuous social dialogue

Vivendi is committed to fostering continuous, constructive dialog with employees and their representatives by promoting exchange and consultation at all levels, particularly in relation to working conditions and organizational changes.

Vivendi’s Works Council is a labor-dialogue body whose role is essentially to provide financial information, and whose members are kept informed on issues relating to the Group’s strategy and its development concerning economic, financial and social matters.

The European Company Committee (ECC) is a supranational body composed of 30 members representing 25 countries of the European Economic Area (EEA). It provides a forum for enriching social dialog at European level and covers all employees in Europe, including the United Kingdom after Brexit.

> To learn more about the Group’s social structures, please see the Universal Registration Document.

Supporting employee engagement

Overall, in 2020, 835 employees were involved in pro bono actions for a total of 3,820 days, representing nearly 2 million euros in monetary equivalent. This contribution is in addition to the nearly 9 million euros donated by the group’s entities, in cash or in kind, to solidarity programs, sponsorship and partnership actions during the year.

Pro bono action

Some initiatives:

A multicultural Inclusion & Diversity Task Force was created in 2020 with representatives from all the Group’s entities, with the aim of addressing issues related to discrimination.