ESG/CSR
ESG/CSR
POLICY
GL events has been building its CSR/ESG strategy around three key areas, reflecting its desire to contribute to the ecological, social and societal transition of its ecosystem.
Reducing our carbon footprint
Through an ambitious energy sobriety plan, by promoting renewable energies, encouraging decarbonized transport and mobility, and measuring its carbon footprint.
2023 highlights:
- Reduction of the Group's energy consumption by more than 30% by November 2023 compared with 2022, relative to site performance or revenues.
- Group carbon footprint reduced by 6% compared with 2022 on a like-for-like basis
- 73% of the Group’s electricity (France and International) qualified as renewable in 2023 (+19% on 2022), including 100% for Brazilian sites and Venues in France
- 17Ha of photovoltaic panels installed on the Eurexpo site
- Mobility survey conducted among employees in France and abroad
Limiting single use and maximizing its circular economy
By implementing an eco-design policy to maximize waste reduction through asset rotation, and ongoing work on improving waste sorting and recovery.
2023 highlights:
- Continued improvement in sorting rate: 49% in 2023, i.e. +17 points since 2019, +5 points since 2022
- 300+ products inventoried with a second life (JO projects), representing 40 materials and 12 types of waste
- 7 Purchasing/CSR Clubs by product family to develop eco-design
- Recovery of 11 tonnes of foodstuffs from the 2,400 exhibitors at the SIRHA Lyon trade show via the SIRHA Collect initiative, prior to redistribution by the Banque Alimentaire (food bank)
- Partnership with Les alchimistes, in an initiative to recover bio-waste from several Venues entities in France
- Mapping of water-stressed areas to ensure responsible management of water consumption on French sites
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Developing diversity and territories
By promoting responsible purchasing and the use of SSE, and by the Group's commitment to solidarity initiatives.
2023 highlights:
- 538 SSE service providers used during the year
- Renewal of partnership with the Agence des Economies Solidaires (SSE Agency) and agreement with the GESAT network, to develop the Group's responsible purchasing.
- Reduction in workplace accident frequency and severity rates compared to 2022
- 8.4 hours of training per employee in 2023
- 529 employees newly trained in ethics/anti-corruption or fraud prevention
- Sponsorship and job dating sessions as part of our partnership with the Sport dans la Ville association, which promotes social and professional integration.
DISTINCTIONS
2021 :
- 161/371 in the national GAIA rankings
2022 :
- Thirty-eight Group subsidiaries included ISO 20121 certification, including almost all of its event venues in France and some of its event facilities subsidiaries, validating good management of their social, economic, and environmental impact
- Four subsidiaries were certified to ISO 14001 standards for environmental management
- Five subsidiaries were certified to ISO 9001 standards for their quality management system
- One subsidiary was certified to ISO 45001 standards, an occupational health and safety management system
- The Group's facilities and activities are certified in France and internationally (excluding China) by the Safe & Clean label, a guarantee of the effectiveness and safety of its healthcare equipment.
- GL events Brazil has been named “a Great Place to Work”
- GL events Chili won the 2022 Sustainable Development Trophy
2023:
- Audrey Chavancy, Risk and CSR Director of the GL events Group, winner of the HUB35 Sustainable award
- GL events ranked first in the "professional services" category in the Les Echos / Statista 2023 Innovation Leaders ranking, with an excellent score for its CSR processes.
- The “Printemps des Sports Equestres” has been awarded the EquuRES EVENT label in recognition of its commitment to the environment and the well-being of horses.
ESG / RSE
Retrouvez ici les rapports RSE du Groupe.