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Annual Report -
2013
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Vivendi
Societal, Social and Environmental Information
Verification of Non-Financial Data
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Scope of Societal Reporting
The reporting scope for societal data covers all the Group’s businesses
except for small entities (See Tickets, Digitick, Wengo and Vivendi
Mobile Entertainment). In the case of Maroc Telecom, depending
on the indicator concerned, the reporting scope applies to Maroc
Telecom (“MT”) or to Maroc Telecom and its sub-Saharan subsidiaries
(Maroc Telecom Group (“MTG”)).
For some indicators, specifically those related to responsible purchasing,
the scope is limited to suppliers and sub-contractors representing at
least 75% of total expenses. This is to facilitate the reporting of
information by the business units.
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Scope of Social Reporting
The scope of social reporting for Maroc Telecom corresponds to the
reporting scope of Maroc Telecom and its sub-Saharan subsidiaries
(Mauritel SA, Onatel SA, Gabon Telecom SA and Sotelma SA).
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Scope of Environmental Reporting
Within the global scope of environmental reporting, there is a “media”
environmental scope for the businesses with activities in the media
sector (Canal+ Group and UMG) and a “telecoms” environmental
scope for businesses operating in the telecommunications sector (SFR,
Maroc Telecom and GVT). With regard to the Maroc Telecom Group, the
environmental reporting scope concerns the company Maroc Telecom
and does not include its sub-Saharan subsidiaries. For UMG, the scope
includes a number of supplier sites (warehouses) that are an integral
part of the production process.
The reporting data of the sites in the reporting scope are selected
depending on the type of site, including offices, warehouses, technical
centers and data centers. The selection also takes account of criteria
related to the size of the workforce (more than 50 people per office), the
surface area of the site, and their weighting in the total consumption
given in the Electricity indicator.
The indicator "Purchases of plastics and acrylics used in the
manufacturing of consumer products" concerns only the quantities used
for products and equipment put on the market for sale. It refers to DVDs
and CDs sold by UMG and set-top boxes for Canal+ Overseas.
Reporting Period
Societal, social and environmental data are reported annually and cover
the period from January 1 to December 31, 2013 – except in the cases
specified when certain annual data would not be available (for example,
“French initiative films approved by the CNC financed by Canal+, and
associated amounts”, and “Number of debut films financed by Canal+”).
Details and Limits of the Methods Used for the Indicators
Generally, the societal, social and environmental indicators may reflect
methodological limits due to the lack of harmonization in international
and national definitions and legislation, and/or the qualitative and
therefore the subjective nature of certain data.
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Societal Indicators
With regard to the indicators “Breakdown of purchases by principal line
items” and “Increase and utilization of responsible purchasing policies
from suppliers and sub-contractors” (please see Section 2.2.4. p. 65),
UMG reports on suppliers and subcontractors representing more than
50% of total expenditure.
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Social Indicators
In particular, days of absence are calculated as calendar days at GVT,
whereas they are calculated as working days (business days) for the
other subsidiaries, in accordance with the reporting protocol. In 2013,
the number of days of absence was expressed as working days for the
entire reporting scope (using an estimated adjustment factor for GVT).
This change in method was made to harmonize practices across the
entire reporting scope.
The methods used to calculate absenteeism rates, frequency rates and
severity rates are specified in the section on social information.
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Environmental Indicators
In relation to the “telecoms” environmental scope, the businesses
provide data that corresponds to all the indicators in the Reporting
Protocol.
For the “media” environmental scope, the data collection methodology
takes into account the nature of the site in terms of its electrical energy
contribution. Data is collected on the basis of sites that contribute the
most in order to achieve a representation of over 90% of real data
compared to total estimated electricity consumption.
For the first time, the environmental indicators now include two
measurements: total energy consumption by the Group (kWh) and CO
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emissions in Scope 1 and Scope 2 (direct and indirect emissions):
Scope 1 represents direct greenhouse gas emissions. Emissions
associated with the consumption of natural gas, domestic heating
oil and injections of refrigerant fluids during maintenance operations
on air-conditioning installations at the sites are included. The
emissions related to movements through consumption from mobile
sources, for directly owned vehicles or vehicles on long-term leases
over which the Group has operational control, are also included;
Scope 2 includes reports on indirect greenhouse gas emissions
associated with the consumption of electricity and steam.
