Universal Registration Document 2022

The Groupe has introduced a very strict travel policy, under which countries are classified into three risk categories. Some high-risk countries are simply banned while other countries are only permitted after assessment and verification of travel conditions and, when appropriate, the implementation of additional security measures. All travelers are provided with advance information and advice on the situation in the country to which they are traveling.

Publicis Groupe applies to its suppliers the same level of care as it provides to its own employees. These three topics are part of the CSR for Business Guidelines appended to contracts signed by the Groupe with its suppliers.

4.2.4.6 Environmental impacts

For around the last 15 years, Publicis Groupe has had in place its “Zero Impact Climate Policy”, which is based on eight pillars aligned with the SBTi objectives – each backed by a performance indicator (see Section 4.5 Environment):

1. reduction in transport;
2. reduction in energy consumption and switch to 100% direct-source renewable energy;
3. reduction in the consumption of natural resources and raw materials;
4. reduction in waste volume;
5. reduction of the impact of campaigns and projects carried out for clients: A.L.I.C.E. (Advertising Limiting Impacts & Carbon Emissions), see Section 4.3.2;
6. innovation in terms of products and services for clients;
7. reduction in the impacts related to goods and services purchased: CSR self-assessment and environmental P.A.S.S (Publicis Groupe Providers’ Platform for a self-Assessment for a Sustainable Supply chain, see Section 4.2.7;
8. SBTi targets: 50% reduction in emissions by 2030; 90% reduction in emissions by 2040, with the ambition to be Net Zero by 2040.

Employees in all entities have come together to reach these targets, to find local solutions enabling them to better manage “irreducible” impacts.

Publicis Groupe expects its suppliers to make a serious commitment to combating climate change and alignment with the objectives of the Paris Agreement.

/ Summary of the key Duty of Care indicators