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Societal Indicators
Societal, Social and Environmental Information
Actions for raising the awareness of users, particularly young
audiences, regarding personal data and information concerning
private life online
GRI UNGC OECD Scope covered
G4-DMA PR
Customer privacy
aspect, DMA HR
MSS 1, 2
IV,
VIII.6
Canal+ Group
UMG (9 focus group countries)
GVT
By having clear and precise general terms of use, Canal+ Group makes its
best efforts to ensure that its subscribers have all the information they
need for handling their personal data. Moreover, the group has developed
a dedicated space for children on its video-on-demand service Canalplay,
featuring suitable programs with simplified browsing, all within a secure
space. The parents configure access to the programs based on their
children’s age, and exiting Kids mode is secured by authentication with
a password.
UMG displays the obligatory legal notices on its websites regarding
respect for privacy, explaining clearly to consumers the company’s
policies concerning privacy and personal data protection (e.g.,
r young audiences, UMG requires consent
by a parent or guardian when web users between the ages of 13 and 16
subscribe to its online music sites.
GVT has reinforced its initiatives to raise the awareness of responsible
Internet use through advice and information specifically intended for
educators who have direct and close contact with young people. Along
these same lines, GTV publishes an annual comic strip that is written
in language easily understood by children, illustrating the questions of
security and responsibility that arise through Internet use and, more
widely, through the use of new technologies. Once again in 2014, GVT
supported the Safer Internet Day and implemented actions to raise
awareness of the issue in São Paolo, Curitiba and Salvador, reaching
over 880 people. Throughout the year, GVT has supported more than 140
similar events through its partnership with the NGO SaferNet.
2.2.2. Local, Economic and Social Impact of Business Activity
Vivendi plays a major role in the development of the territories in which
it operates. Through its various subsidiaries, the group is a key partner of
local economic players, as evidenced by the following:
p
p sharing the value produced by Vivendi with its principal stakeholders;
and
p
p contributing to local economic, social and cultural development.
■ ■ 2.2.2.1. Sharing the Value Produced
The chart below schematically shows the distribution among major
stakeholders of the value produced by Vivendi. For compliance with
financial reporting, the data below (as of year-end 2014) refers to the
following operations: Canal+ Group, UMG, Vivendi Village, and Corporate.
The data from SFR and GVT, activities sold, or in the process of being sold
in 2014, are not included. Therefore the scope of this chart differs from
the other societal information found in Chapter 2, which covers the scope
defined in the Methodology Note (see Section 5.1).
REVENUES:
€10,089 million
NUMBER OF
SUBSCRIPTIONS:
15.4 million
DEVELOPMENT OF
BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
Investments in content:
€2,333 million
EMPLOYEES
 Total workforce: 15,571
 Wages and salaries: €1,015 million
STATE AND TERRITORIAL
AUTHORITIES
 Tax on production and
income: €259 million*
 Payroll taxes on wages
and salaries: €251 million
ARTISTS, SUPPLIERS, SERVICE
PROVIDERS
Sum distributed to suppliers and service
providers (including distribution, purchase
of programs, royalties and subscriber
management): €7,568 million
SHAREHOLDERS**
Dividends paid to shareholders
in 2014 for fiscal year 2013:
€1,348 million
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Payments made principally to financial
investors, as well as to banks (net interest
paid, premiums paid as part of early loan
repayments, etc.): €702 million
** Employees and former
employees hold 3.11%
of the share capital.
* This amount does not include the refund
received by Vivendi SA of €366 million from
the Public Treasury in 2014 under the 2011
Consolidated Global Profit Tax System.
Please refer to Note 6 to the Notes to the
Consolidated Financial Statements for the
year ended December 31, 2014 (Chapter 4).
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