Vivendi

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Vivendi ranked first French company in the 2012 Global 100 list of the most sustainable large corporations

Vivendi was ranked number seven, and is the first French company, in the 2012 Global 100 list of the most sustainable large corporations that was announced on the opening day of the Davos World Economic Forum last January 26th. This list of “companies practicing cleaner capitalism beating benchmark by substantial margin” includes companies from 22 countries encompassing all sectors of the economy, ranked based on 11 indicators including environment, governance, sustainability remuneration and innovation capacity. Vivendi’s top ranking among the Global 100 is a recognition of the company’s continuous efforts to conduct a stringent sustainable development policy that puts its economic, social, societal and environmental performance into perspective with regard to its business activities and its geographical locations.

Sustainable development indices and guidelines

• Vivendi is integrated in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Enlarged Index (DJSI World Enlarged), founded by Dow Jones in November 2010.

Vivendi is also listed on the following sustainable development indexes:

• Aspi Eurozone, made up of the top 120 values in the Euro Zone according to their sustainable development performances.

• Ethibel Sustainability Index Excellence (ESI), made up of 448 values, of which 49 are French and which reference universe is the S&P Global 1200.

• FTSE4Good, a series of indexes calculated in real time and conceived to measure the performance of « socially responsible » companies. The criteria of the FTSE4Good indexes are of an environmental, social, and ethical nature.

• ECPI Ethical Indexes (ECPI Ethical Index Global, ECPI Ethical Index EMU, ECPI Ethical Index Euro) compiled by E.Capital Partners.

• In addition, Vivendi submits each year data to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which brings together the largest institutional investors in the world with the objective of evaluating the impacts of climate change on companies’ value.

Vivendi was ranked No. 1 ex aequo in the FTSE4Good ESG Ratings in April 2011 (see the focus below). Vigeo ranked Vivendi in first place in the European media sector following its evaluation in December 2010.
Vivendi was classified by Goldman Sachs among the five worldwide best placed companies in the media sector with regard to economic performance and sustainable development criteria (November 2009).

External certification

For the nineth consecutive year, the 2010 edition of Vivendi’s Report has been examined and reported on by an external auditor, Salustro Reydel of KPMG International, one of Vivendi’s Auditors, regarding the procedures implemented by the group to report, validate and consolidate social and environmental performance indicators, with verification of a selection of indicators.

2010 External Auditor’s Report
2010 Reporting Methodology

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Vivendi, the inaugural winner of the Forum for Socially Responsible Investment Prize – Vigeo CAC 40 category

Vivendi has won the inaugural prize of the Forum for Socially Responsible Investment – Vigeo* for CAC 40 companies. Established for the first time this year during the Socially Responsible Investment Week in France, the prize was awarded Jean-Bernard Lévy, the Chairman of the Management Board of Vivendi, in the presence of Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing.

The jury judged the performance of the companies on how they incorporate the main aspects of sustainable development (principles, targets and risks) into their corporate governance.

Vivendi’s contribution to sustainable development has widened the scope of its environmental and social concerns. Aware of its responsibility towards society, Vivendi as early as 2003 defined three specific and innovative challenges that are directly connected with its various businesses: the protection and support of young people in the use of the media and technologies; the promotion of cultural diversity in the production of content; and the sharing of knowledge, which, in particular, includes the fight against digital exclusion.

These three strategic challenges are very much part of the company’s business development and are taken into account in the calculation of the senior executives’ variable remuneration, on the basis of a set of targets and performance indicators.

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Vivendi ranked n.1 ex aequo in the « FTSE4Good ESG Ratings »

The ratings are based on the annual review of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) performance of companies listed on the FTSE4Good Index Series, in which Vivendi has been included since 2006.

The ratings cover around 2,300 securities worldwide, including all constituents of the FTSE All World Developed Index.

Vivendi is the only French company that makes the ratings “top 10”.

See FTSE’s Press release