2.1 CSR policy GEODIS is committed to providing its customers with sustainable logistics solutions, with regard to both social and environmental issues. GEODIS is focused on developing low-carbon solutions, reducing the impact of its activities on the environment, continuously improving the health, safety and well-being of its employees, and acting ethically and responsibly in its relations with its partners. GEODIS’s CSR policy has been developed in accordance with the main international frameworks, namely: • the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) guidelines for multinational enterprises; • the principles and rights set out in the eight fundamental conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO); • the principles and rights set out in the International Bill of Human Rights; • the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; • the United Nations Global Compact (GEODIS has been a signatory since 2003). In addition, GEODIS has adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda and has integrated ten of these SDGs into its policy, corresponding to its activity and its areas of operation (see section 2.2). With regard to the fight against global warming, GEODIS’s policy is aligned with the 2015 Paris Agreement, which aims to limit the average global temperature increase to 1.5° C above pre-industrial averages. Finally, GEODIS applies numerous benchmarks, international standards, norms and guidelines to support its CSR targets. These include: • the Global Reporting Initiative’s CSR reporting; • the GHG Protocol, a standard for measuring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions; • the ISO 14001 standard for environmental management; • the ISO 45001 (OHSAS 18001) standard for occupational health and safety management; • the SQAS (Safety & Quality Assessment for Sustainability) system to assess performance in terms of quality, safety and the environment; • the Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC) Framework V2 to measure the CO2 emissions of multimodal logistics chains; • customer-specific and sector-specific CSR standards; • the Investors In People standard covering management and leadership; • the GEEIS label, a European and international standard for professional gender equality. The Group’s CSR policy has been developed in line with one of the seven Golden Rules of its business excellence program, “Be a good citizen”. For GEODIS, this means acting for the environment, for society and in an ethical manner with all of its stakeholders, including its customers, suppliers and subcontractors, its employees, society in the broadest sense and its shareholder, SNCF. GEODIS’s CSR policy is a powerful vector for progress and innovation, and is broken down into three priorities (environment, social and ethics), covering the main expectations of stakeholders (see section 2.3). The policy has been endorsed by the Management Board and is available on the GEODIS website(2). GEODIS pursues these three objectives by means of the following measures: • evaluate the Group’s policies and initiatives through internal and external benchmarks; • measure and communicate progress regularly and transparently using various means, such as the present Sustainability Report; • innovate and work continuously to find new solutions in collaboration with customers, suppliers, subcontractors and other external partners; • encourage suppliers and subcontractors to implement approaches that develop their own CSR performance and contribute to that of the Group; • train and raise the awareness of the Group’s employees on the CSR impacts of its activities; • encourage the Group’s employees to take part in initiatives that promote the sharing of best practices. (2) https://geodis.com/fr/en/corporate-social-responsibility 27 2022 ACTIVITY AND SUSTAINABILITY REPORT EDITORIAL > PROFILE AND AMBITION > ENVIRONMENT > SOCIAL > ETHICS > TABLE OF INDICATORS > CSR POLICY
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