- our work was carried out between October 12, 2020 and the signing of our report over a period of approximately 14 weeks. The assignment was carried out by a team of 10 auditors supervised by a project manager. A dozen interviews were conducted and at least two interviews per agency with the people in charge of reporting at each of the agencies audited.
Observations on reporting procedures or the content of certain information
Without calling into question the conclusions below, we make the following observations:
- we noted disparities in the traceability of certain indicators at agency level: training on the Janus Code of Ethics and, to a lesser extent, the assessment of employees; actions should be continued to standardize their collection within the agencies;
- we noted the difficulty of agencies in applying the definitions of the number of employees trained and the number of hours of e-learning training, whether or not training from the Marcel platform is taken into account in the reporting of these two indicators, which undermines the reliability of these data. An effort should be made to improve compliance with instructions and therefore the accuracy of their collection;
- we recorded and verified the adjustments made for the year 2019 for information on electricity consumption and the share of renewable energy.
Conclusion on DNFP compliance and fairness of data
On the basis of our work, we have not identified any significant anomaly likely to call into question the compliance of the declaration with the provisions of article R. 225-105 and the fairness of the information provided.
Reasonable assurance report on published data
Following the request made to us by Publicis Groupe and in our capacity as an independent third party, we believe that the work performed enables us to express reasonable assurance on the non-financial information relating to the financial year ended December 31, 2020 published in the management report of Publicis Groupe.
Conclusion
In our opinion, the information selected by the Company has, in all material respects, been prepared in accordance with the guidelines.
Puteaux (France), March 25, 2021
For Bureau Veritas
Laurent Mallet
Agency Manager
