Non-financial indicators

Social Indicators

Occupational Health and Safety

5.4. Occupational Health and Safety

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5.4.1. Health and Safety Conditions at Work

Workplace health and safety are issues of concern faced by the

whole group; these issues are defined by each business unit by the

implementation of preventive measures, as listed below:

procedures in the event of fire or other disaster;

training employees in these procedures; and

specially trained teams in charge of safety.

As regards workplace health, the methodology for identifying risks

involves several steps, as listed below:

identifying and assessing the professional risks related to the activity;

assessing the degree of control exercised over the risks;

identifying individual and collective preventive measures to eliminate

or reduce each risk; and

defining a safety management and workplace health program aimed

at controlling any remaining risks, or a training program.

Ad hoc Committees (CHSCT for French entities) address these issues

and publish related documents, such as the Uniform Document for the

Assessment of Occupational Risks, in the case of the French entities.

The objectives of these Committees are listed below:

improving the ergonomics of work stations, especially for people

working with computer monitors, or at warehouses, and diagnosing

situations where there is discomfort at work;

participating in and creating a plan for prevention of conflict and

stressful situations;

measuring radiation from extremely low frequencies (GSM aerials,

3G, cell phones and Wi-Fi), verifying legal limits, identifying the

associated risks and promoting best practice;

monitoring the implementation of action plans in the event of serious

incidents (including fire, breaches of security and natural disasters);

promoting “best practice” in relation to business travel and analyzing

the causes of commuting accidents;

managing and updating the document detailing the risks and

prevention plans;

supervising the safety of the premises and preventing illness;

providing transportation for employees to their workplace if public

transportation is inadequate or unavailable; and

taking into account the need for all employees to balance their

personal and professional lives.

Vivendi continues to apply preventive measures related to managing

stress and psychosocial risks. Counseling teams are available for all

employees. The programs in question are specific to each entity and

cover areas such as the training of local managers, a free helpline for

employees, and information given to elected employee representatives

by a specialist physician. These services are independent of the company

and are completely anonymous, confidential and free.

Some of the preventive or training initiatives are described below:

the Canal+ Group’s CHSCT has used the services of an expert on

several occasions to examine the plan to modernize technical

infrastructures and specialized units at the Customer Relations

Centers;

UMG:

–– in Canada, a partnership was created between the Health and

Safety Committee, managers and employees, aimed at ensuring

that health and safety conditions are complied with and that they

are made a key component of quality customer service,

–– in Australia, a “Learning and Development Manager” reviews and

implements new agreements,

–– in China, employees receive supplemental medical coverage,

–– in Poland, a workplace safety program was implemented in 2010

and there is mandatory annual training for the person in charge

of the program,

–– in Mexico, drills are held to implement preventive measures in the

event of earthquake or fire,

–– in France, UMG has introduced a training course on identifying and

handling situations involving psychosocial risks at the workplace

for the social partners and the HR team, as well as an awareness

raising training course on such risks for all the company’s

managers, with follow-up by more than one hundred of them; and

GVT: the workplace health and safety program is part of an integrated

management system.

Employee Safety Training

Percentage of Employees Trained in Safety

(%)

GRI

UNGC

OECD

II.A.4 and 8, V.4.c, VI.7

2014

2013

C+G

11%

UMG

10%

12%

Vivendi Village

Corporate

13%

31%

Sub-total

10%

GVT

52%

56%

Total

33%

35%

This indicator shows the percentage of employees who have taken one

or more safety training courses during the year. In the table above, an

employee who has participated in more than one training session is

counted only once.

Non-Financial Indicators Handbook 2014