Guiding principles and mission

We continue to conduct ourselves responsibly towards the environment, other people and society, guided by seven corporate values that reflect our company’s mission.

In order to establish binding terms of reference, we introduced a Code of Conduct in 2006. It is based on international guiding principles including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Labour Organisation Conventions and the United Nations Global Compact.

Our strategy and key initiatives are published on the internet and in our sustainability report, the next issue of which will be published in mid-2008.

Improved performance

The effectiveness of our action on sustainability is also monitored by external rating agencies. According to Sustainable Asset Management (SAM), our rating improved from 67 in 2006 to 74/100 points in 2007. We were omitted from the latest European Dow Jones sustainability index, the DJSI STOXX, but the FTSE4Good Index confirmed our company’s membership. We also remain in the Advanced Sustainability Performance Index Eurozone maintained by the French rating agency Vigeo and in the KLD Global Climate 100 Index.