Publicis Groupe remains No. 1 among ESG rating agencies for the 6th consecutive year: Publicis is included in the S&P Sustainability Yearbook 2026; it was named a 2026 ESG Industry Leader by Sustainalytics; and it is the leading French group in the 2026 Equileap Global Top 100 ranking for workplace gender equality.
CSR—and its social and environmental components—is a cross-cutting topic embedded in the Group’s strategy; it is regularly discussed with the Group’s employees during regional roundtables chaired by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), together with members of the Executive Committee (Comex), the Management Committee, and local leaders.
The Group’s climate targets, validated by the SBTi (Science Based Targets initiative), set out a pathway to reduce carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 (Near-Term Target – Scopes 1, 2 and 3) and by 90% by 2040 (Long-Term Target – Scopes 1, 2 and 3). This pathway, aligned with the Paris Agreement and the 1.5°C scenario, is not linear given the Group’s strong business growth. In 2025, the Group’s carbon emissions show an 11% reduction compared with 2019, and carbon intensity per capita improves with a 33% reduction compared with 2019.
With regard to directly sourced renewable energy, the Group is progressing toward its 100% target by 2030, having reached 79.7% of its energy supply in 2025.
The Group’s 2025 equity objective has been achieved, with 46.5% women within the main Executive Committees. Efforts have also intensified in training, with the widespread rollout of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) (GenAI): nearly 3,000 modules are available to employees on the internal platform, Marcel.ai. In 2025, 94% of the Group’s 114,000 employees received training on a wide range of topics, including AI. In terms of flexibility, more than 3,700 employees benefited from the internal #WorkYourWorld program, which allows employees to work for six weeks in a country or city of their choice,
The international advocacy initiative #WorkingWithCancer, launched by the Chairman and CEO in 2023 to help break the taboo around cancer in the workplace, has been endorsed by 5,000 companies, representing 40 million employees worldwide. Scientific studies have shown that work—when it is the patient’s choice—can help improve the care pathway.
For its 20th anniversary, the Women’s Forum Global Meeting took place in November 2025 in Paris over two days, centered on the theme “Courage.” It brought together more than 1,000 people in person, and several initiatives were presented to provide practical support to women who are victims of domestic violence.
Ethical standards are part of the Group’s values and core business. The goal is to train all employees in order to maintain our high professional standards across many areas. 95% of employees have been trained on the Janus Code of Conduct and Ethics and its various components. Two new modules have been added to the annual mandatory training: “Generative AI Ethics and Responsible Use” on responsible AI, and “Powering Sustainability,” combining responsible marketing and sustainability.
The NIBI program (No Impact for Big Impact), which combines responsible marketing and sustainability, has been rolled out to around fifteen countries. It is a comprehensive internal ecosystem featuring online training, workshops, sessions with experts, talks, and documentaries. Among its tools, the Group has made two new AI solutions available to employees: “Anti-greenwashing AI,” a self-assessment tool for communications to help combat greenwashing, and “Positive Representations AI,” designed to help evolve social representations.
The proprietary tool for assessing the impacts of client campaigns and projects, A.L.I.C.E (Advertising Limiting Impacts & Carbon Emissions), has been enhanced to align with the new framework for measuring the carbon footprint of media (GMSF) defined within Ad Net Zero, which brings together industry stakeholders. In 2025, A.L.I.C.E was used to assess more than 1,600 campaigns across 55 countries.
