Publicis Groupe has many stakeholders in connection with the Company’s worldwide presence and its business model related to its intellectual services to companies. Three of them are considered as major stakeholders: clients, employees, as well as investors and shareholders.
Engagement with stakeholders takes place at Groupe level, as well as at country or business level, in a complementary manner. The modus operandi differs between the Groupe and the subsidiaries; the example of France is interesting due to its regular consultation mechanisms. Similarly, Publicis Media in the United States set up the Publicis Media Digital Standards Council several years ago, bringing together clients, platforms and media, representatives of professional organizations and innovative startups. At Groupe level, consultations regularly focus on impacts, risks and opportunities as described in Section 4.1.9 for the double materiality analysis. The results of this work are shared with the Executive Management and the governance bodies, upstream of the process and downstream, during the results. The list of stakeholders is exhaustive in the following table.
Three groups of stakeholders were asked to take part in qualitative interviews: employees (at various levels, managers and employees), clients (mainly international clients) and investors. The views expressed by consumers and users have been included on the basis of the results of surveys carried out by third parties or the Groupe’s agencies (see Section 4.3.11.6). The points of view of associations and NGOs were taken into account with regard to direct local discussions and/or their own publications (see Section 4.1.8). As for universities and schools, close local relationships within the framework of our recruitment programs make it possible to collect their views (see Section 4.1.8).
As part of the revision of the double materiality analysis in 2025, all the feedback collected in 2023 was reviewed through a process of engagement with internal experts. The latter, more than 30, were questioned several times: on the revision of the elements of analysis, then during the final scoring. [ESRS 2 SBM-2-45 (a), (b) & (d), ESRS 2 MDR-T-80 (h)]
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