1.1 Presentation of the Group As a growth partner to more than 165,000 companies, ranging from local SMEs to multinationals, the Group is recognized for its expertise and mastery of all aspects of the supply chain. The Group’s ambition is to support its customers by offering them an end-to-end service, in any part of the world. With a global network covering almost 170 countries and more than 49,000 employees, GEODIS is ranked world number six in its sector. GEODIS recorded revenues of €13.7 billion in 2022. The Group draws its strength from more than a hundred years of experience, an attentive and structured approach to its customers and constant innovation. On this basis, it is GEODIS’s goal to offer its customers all over the world innovative, fully integrated and tailored logistics solutions that optimize the economic, operational and environmental performance of their supply chains. To succeed in a world that is rapidly evolving, GEODIS has to constantly reinvent itself by adapting its business model, processes, tools and organization to address fast-changing markets, customer needs and stakeholder expectations. Changes in the Group’s scope GEODIS carried out acquisitions in 2022 in line with its ambition of supporting its customers in all parts of the world by meeting all their needs in logistics: • acquisition of Keppel Logistics, which has warehousing capacity in Singapore. This operation strengthens the Group’s Contract Logistics and e-Commerce services in Asia-Pacific; • acquisition of Need It Now Delivers in the United States, which operates an excellent domestic freight network. Thanks to this acquisition, GEODIS has extended its presence in this strategic area, increased its capabilities in contract logistics and in urban logistics. 1.2 Activities A specific offer for each business sector At the core of the Group’s approach to earning the trust of its customers is understanding their needs, designing the best solutions, implementing them consistently, measuring operational performance and identifying areas for improvement. To help its customers access its offer, it is structured around two main areas: • freight management for air transport, sea transport and land transport (road and rail); • inventory and order management. With 165,000 customers around the world, GEODIS has a thorough understanding of the specific logistics needs of each business sector and it possesses the agility required to meet them. To help customers overcome the logistics constraints of their markets and gain a competitive edge, the Group’s experts design customized transport and logistics solutions specific to each sector of industry. GEODIS offers a complete range of services based on a highly structured customer segmentation strategy. This approach enables the Group to provide more effective support for each of the markets in which it operates. Whether on a global or a local scale, GEODIS’s tailor-made solutions address specific challenges at each link in the logistics chain and create value for its customers. 09 2022 ACTIVITY AND SUSTAINABILITY REPORT EDITORIAL > CSR POLICY > ENVIRONMENT > SOCIAL > ETHICS > TABLE OF INDICATORS > PROFILE AND AMBITION
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