Annual report 2014

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Policy

Societal, Social and Environmental Information

Because public reflection and dialog bring new ideas and suggestions

to any group that keeps abreast of its stakeholders’ concerns, the CSR

department maintained in-depth discussion over the year through the

website

Culture(s) with Vivendi

and the web radio Vivoice.

Through testimonials from international personalities and rich and

varied contributions, the website

Culture(s) with Vivendi

could actively

pursue its objective of illustrating in concrete ways the role played

by the cultural industries and the media sector in fostering economic

growth, strengthening social cohesion, furthering learning to live

together and promoting innovation. The website made it possible to

showcase the wide array of artists signed by the group and to find out

about career paths in the media sector. In 2014, for example, the site

featured more than 80 videos, articles and portraits of artists. Among

the “Artist Inspirations” the portraits of Ayo, Juliette, Patricia Petibon,

Milos Karadaglic and Indila are notable. Caroline Champetier, director

of photography, Laurence Equilbey, conductor, and Anne Landois,

showrunner of

Spiral

, the famous Canal+ TV series, were among the

professionals who gave interviews on

Culture(s) with Vivendi

along with

numerous Universal Music and Canal+ colleagues, to explain their jobs.

Because the voices of young people are an important part of Vivendi’s

CSR policy, a “Youth Forum” section was created so that young people

could express their views and expectations.

In 2014, 29 guests spoke on Vivoice, Vivendi’s CSR web radio, in short

broadcasts entitled “CSR sets the tone,” in which Novethic, the AMF (the

French Financial Markets Authority), the CNIL (the French Data Protection

Authority) together with the Enjeux e-médias association, the Council of

Europe, and the Federation of Women Administrators, Sycomore AM all

participated. Vivoice also aired special programs addressing the following

topics: “Creative Internet, a lever of expression and employability for

young people,” “Africa, culture and sustainable development,” “CSR and

corporate governance,” and “Human rights in the digital era.” The social

media, which was highly active during the broadcasts, spread these

testimonials to the company’s different audiences.

This dialog with stakeholders is valuable as it provides an opportunity

to anticipate societal trends, and in this way contributes to the group’s

overall performance.

Notes and legends

Societal, social and environmental indicators are presented in compliance with the French Grenelle II law.

Unless otherwise stated, data is consolidated as of December 31, 2014.

Cross-referencing with the principal non-financial reporting references is provided for each indicator. Under each indicator, the following

references are used:

–– “GRI”: the guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (G4 version), including the Media Sector Supplement (MSS);

–– “UNGC”: the principles of the United Nations Global Compact; and

–– “OECD”: the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.

The complete table of cross-references to the GRI guidelines is also available in the CSR section of Vivendi’s website, where the eight CSR

priority issues of the group are listed.

For 2014 and 2013, data is consolidated.

After the disposal of SFR and the Maroc Telecom group, the 2014 non-financial data does not include data relating to these entities.

The 2013 data was restated accordingly for pro forma analysis.

2014 data is broken down by subsidiary for certain indicators:

–– “C+G”: Canal+ Group;

–– “UMG”: Universal Music Group;

–– “GVT”: GVT (sale underway, see Chapter 4, Section 1.1.3 of the Financial Report);

–– “Vivendi Village”: Digitick, See Tickets, Wengo, Watchever; and

–– “Corporate”: Paris headquarters for societal and environmental reporting / Paris and New York headquarters for social reporting.

Similarly, the charts illustrating some indicators relate to 2014 data.

“na”: not applicable or not available.

Annual Report 2014