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Vivendi
Societal
, Social and Environmental Information
Societal Indicators
In addition to these commitments, enhanced attention is being paid to
the supply chain. Following the comments by the Statutory Auditors in
charge of auditing non-financial data, indicators relating to the Group’s
purchasing policy were added to the Reporting Protocol to evaluate
more precisely the importance of the sub-contracting that is part of
the Group’s activities. Within the framework of the Legal department’s
Annual Report on the application of the Compliance Program by the
subsidiaries, representatives of the business units are asked to report
on their audits in relation to their suppliers. This report is approved by
the Audit Committee within the Supervisory Board. In the CSR section
introduced into the COSO reference framework for internal control
by the Audit department, the subsidiaries are asked to provide
information on the methods used to ensure suppliers’ compliance
with the Codes of Conduct. The Group Committee, as the social dialog
body, also paid special attention to Vivendi’s purchasing policy and
included this on its working agenda. Several interviews with Vivendi’s
CSR department and then with representatives of the purchasing
departments of the subsidiaries helped to make the social partners
aware of the responsibility of each supply chain player.
2.2.
Societal Indicators
2.2.1.
Vivendi’s Three Strategic Issues relating to Human Rights
In the societal component of the French Grenelle II law, the category
of information relating to initiatives that promote human rights
(please refer to Section 1.2.3. p. 52) includes the Group’s indicators
covering Vivendi’s three CSR strategic issues: (i) protecting and
empowering young people when they use digital media, (ii) promoting
cultural diversity in content offerings and in artistic expression
and (iii) knowledge sharing, including through pluralism of content,
accessibility and media education.
Data on compliance with the fundamental conventions
(1)
of the
International Labor Organization (ILO) is discussed in the suppliers
and sub-contractors section (please refer to Section 2.2.4. p. 65) and
in the “Social Information” section of this chapter (please refer to
Section 3.2.7. p. 87).
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2.2.1.1. Protecting and Empowering
Young People
In 2003, Vivendi defined one of its three strategic issues as protecting
and empowering young people (please refer to Section 1.1.1. p. 48).
In 2008, by adopting the Data and Content Protection Charter, the
Group has undertaken to respect the freedom of expression while also
preventing the spread of unlawful material, particularly with regard to
children.
To achieve this balance, Vivendi undertakes to:
promote techniques for choosing or controlling content
(filtering systems and other selection methods);
actively cooperate with the competent authorities against
the spread of unlawful material;
promote ethical standards and guidelines on which the Group builds
its future; and
promote parents’ and children’s awareness of new media uses.
The commitments contained in this Charter have been taken for and on
behalf of all the Group’s subsidiaries. Vivendi takes steps to ensure that
its commercial partners comply with the values and rules of conduct in
this Charter in all countries in which its subsidiaries operate.
Existence of a formal commitment to ethics on content
(production and/or distribution), specifically including
the protection of young audiences
GRI
UNGC
OECD
4.8 DMA, PR MSS
Content creation and
distribution, TSS PA7
1, 2
II, IV, VIII
Each subsidiary has reviewed in detail and taken steps to implement
the Group’s formal commitments contained in the Data and Content
Protection Charter.
Canal+ Group’s Ethics Charter stipulates that “the channels
shall ensure the protection of children and young people, and to
this effect apply program classification according to degrees of
appreciation and acceptability with regard to the protection of
childhood and youth by applying the corresponding standards”.
This classification is also conveyed on all new technical media for
broadcasting audiovisual programs.
In addition, Article 21 of the agreement entered into between
Canal+ and the French Broadcasting Authority (CSA) requires
that the channels ensure that “in broadcasts intended for young
audiences, violence, even psychological, must not be perceived
as continuous, omnipresent or presented as the sole solution to
conflict”.
Universal Music Group complies with the local regulations of
each country in which it operates. In Japan, for example, UMG is
a member of the Music Production Ethics Committee run by the
(1)
Fundamental conventions of the ILO relating to the freedom of association and recognition of the right to collective bargaining, the elimination of all forms of forced or
compulsory labor, the effective abolition of child labor, and discrimination in the area of employment and profession.
