Universal Registration Document 2024

Glossary

Missions(1)

The missions of the Strategic, Environmental and Social Committee are detailed in article 11 of the Board of Directors’ internal rules and regulations.

The Strategic, Environmental and Social Committee is responsible for reviewing all aspects of the Groupe’s strategy, including its environmental and social commitments.

/ Summary of the Committee’s main missions

Strategy overall

examine the major long-term strategic and development options available to the Groupe and the decision to implement them in transactions likely to involve the strategy of the Groupe as a whole

Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility (CSR)

  • examine the Groupe’s strategy in terms of environmental and climate, social and environmental responsibility in consultation with stakeholders and the options selected for the implementation of this strategy
  • ensure compliance with the Company’s Duty of Care obligations

Social Policy

examine the Groupe’s social policies (training, mobility, harassment, discrimination, etc.) and formulate any proposal, particularly in terms of professional equity, and changes in working conditions

Activities

The main work carried out in 2024 is as follows:

  Main work completed in 2024:
Groupe strategic and development options Groupe strategic and development options Main work completed in 2024:
  • review of the action plans carried out by the Groupe on data management, including the charter drawn up in terms of clean data, content on the clean internet, accounting and purchasing;
  • reflection on the external growth strategy (sectors, geography and budget).
CSR strategy CSR strategy Main work completed in 2024:
  • monitoring the implementation of the Groupe’s Duty of Care Plan;
  • review of the risk mapping in terms of Duty of Care(1).

The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and the Secretary General participate in all Committee meetings. The following are invited as necessary: the Groupe’s CSR Director, the Internal Audit Director, the M&A Director and any other operational manager depending on the subject to be addressed.

This work was supplemented by that previously carried out in financial year 2024 by the Strategy and Risk Committee, as well as those of the ESG Committee :

/ Strategy and Risk Committee
  Main work completed in 2024:
Risk mapping Risk mapping Main work completed in 2024:

review of the Groupe’s risk mapping updated in 2024.
Cybersecurity Cybersecurity Main work completed in 2024:
  • information on a cybersecurity incident and the measures taken to remediate future risks;
  • review of the quantification of cybersecurity-related risks.
Extra-financial reporting Extra-financial reporting Main work completed in 2024:

information on European regulations on non-financial reporting.
/ ESG Committee(2)
  Main work completed in 2024:
Extra-financial reporting Extra-financial reporting Main work completed in 2024:
  • information on the ESG environment in the United States and Europe;
  • review of the conclusions of the audit carried out by Grant Thornton on the DNFP for the financial year 2023;
  • monitor the stages of implementation of the CSRD Directive within the Groupe;
  • monitor Publicis’ position in ESG rating agencies.
Climate Climate Main work completed in 2024:
  • monitor the achievement of SBTi objectives and the climate action plan;
  • review of the first assessment of the impact of the Groupe’s activity on biodiversity.