Universal Registration Document 2022

4.2 Priority #2: Responsible Marketing And Business Ethics

4.2.10 Compliance

Stakeholder expectations (methods of dialog)	Our responses	Main actions implemented
States and Administrations (meetings, discussions) Fulfill our obligations,	States and Administrations (meetings, discussions) Fulfill our obligations, Our responses Meet local legal requirements and participate in local and global institutional dialog,	States and Administrations (meetings, discussions) Fulfill our obligations, Main actions implemented Member of the United Nations Global Compact, participation in international institutional events such as the World Economic Forum in Davos
Society & Consumers (studies and surveys, workshops, events) Promote responsible products/services	Society & Consumers (studies and surveys, workshops, events) Promote responsible products/services Our responses Listen carefully to expectations, Encourage responsible consumption behaviors,	Society & Consumers (studies and surveys, workshops, events) Promote responsible products/services Main actions implemented Training of employees in eco-design with the deployment of the program NIBI and the use of A.L.I.C.E.

(1) Training on the Janus Code of Ethics takes various forms: online training in Marcel, awareness-raising sessions during programs for new employees, and more specific internal sessions for certain positions.

4.2.10 Compliance

The Compliance Department reports to the Groupe’s Chief Compliance Officer who reports to the Secretary General. Its objectives are to promote an ethical culture within the Groupe and to design, deploy and monitor the implementation of compliance programs in all Groupe entities.

This department relies on a network of compliance officers operating at the local level. Under its supervision, they are responsible for coordinating and ensuring the effective deployment of compliance programs within their scope.

Compliance in relation to the GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) guidelines:

Publicis Groupe, whose core activities involve the provision of intellectual services, has not recorded any incidents involving child labor or forced or compulsory labor, nor incidents relating to the violation of the rights of native populations, nor human rights grievances;
Publicis Groupe has not experienced any incidents of non-compliance with voluntary rules and codes to be applied concerning the following: impacts on consumer health and safety; information about its products and services; the provision and use of its services;
Publicis Groupe has had no complaints filed against it for invasion of privacy or loss of client-related data;
as happens every year, a small number of agencies (fewer than ten) recorded incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes to be applied relating to communications, more often than not in the form of notices or notifications issued by regulatory or self-regulated bodies, on each occasion giving rise to immediate modifications;
Publicis Groupe has not been convicted of conduct contrary to competition law or corruption.

Regarding article R. 225-105 of the French Commercial Code and supplementary information required by other French legal texts, the environmental impacts are dealt with in the section below. However, some indicators do not apply to Publicis Groupe, given the nature of the service-based and intellectual activities, namely:

the resources dedicated to preventing environmental risks and pollution. Given the insignificant level of these types of risk, the Groupe does not envisage writing any provisions and guarantees for environmental risks or risks associated with climate change;
the consideration of noise pollution and other forms of activity-specific pollution;
measures taken to prevent, reduce or repair air, water and soil pollution (including land use) affecting the environment.