OUR PLUS, GOING EVEN FURTHER

• Supporting female talent to achieve gender equality.
• Promoting ethical and inclusive practices.
• Fostering self-development.

• Fostering the emergence of diverse talent in all territories for more diversity in the value chain.

• Moving audiences and raising awareness of societal issues through the work of committed and diverse creators.

• Promoting equal access to content and services.

• Empowering young people through culture and creativity.

• Commitment to a decarbonisation pathway.

• Generalising eco-responsible practices in business operations.

• Guaranteeing safe content and asset protection.

• The CSR policy and Compliance programmes are driven at the highest level by the Management Board, who closely monitor action plans and performance indicators through dedicated committees.
• Specific working groups and local coordinators are appointed in each subsidiary to ensure these programmes are widely rolled out.
• Strategy and results are examined by the Audit & Sustainability committee reporting to the supervisory board.
• Comprehensive programmes include risk mapping and materiality analysis, third-party assessments, whistleblowing systems, internal controls and audits.

The CANAL+ group is deeply committed to conduct its activities in accordance with the highest standards of ethics.

Accordingly, the CANAL+ group has defined principles of action which guide the behaviour of all employees and stakeholders of the group. These include:

• Code of Ethics
• Anti-corruption policy
• Sustainable purchasing policy

As part of the CANAL+ group approach to ethics and in compliance with the relevant regulations, employees of the group and stakeholders have access to an online whistleblowing system that provides a fully confidential and secure way of reporting violations of the laws, regulations, or breach of our internal principles of conduct.

• Leadership programs tailored to female talent, such as “Boost’Her” and “Sister’s Day for all”.
• Active commitment to charters against sexual harassment and sexist behaviour such as Pour les femmes dans les Médias (PFDM) and the #StOpE Charter.
• Mandatory training on sexual harassment awareness for all employees: 97%* of group employees globally are informed about ordinary sexism and harassment (*end 2023).

• Employee engagement in training sessions, regular talks, and in-house newsletters to promote inclusivity.
• Commitment to the employment of disabled workers through comprehensive recruitment, integration and training strategies.
• Supporting creative teams in incorporating social and environmental themes in media content.
• Comprehensive training programme on ethics and anti-corruption: 96%* and 98%* of the group’s employees are informed about anti-corruption, transparency, human rights and environmental protection in the supply chain (*end 2023).

• CANAL+ Solidarity: a skill sponsorship programme allowing employees to volunteer with non-profit organisations during work hours.
• Launch of the first Comptoir Café Joyeux Inside in the world at CANAL+ ONE, enabling 4 employees with mental disabilities to work at the heart of our French headquarters.
• Dailymotion’s initiatives such as bursaries and work placements for female students at ADA tech school to study computer science.

• Supporting local production and diverse talent in Europe, Africa, and Southeast Asia with broader global distribution.
• Promoting female talent in scriptwriting, producing, and acting: 34%* of the French films financed by the group were directed by women (*in 2023) along with a €1 million support fund for ambitious projects by female filmmakers.
• Internal AI tools to monitor gender equality in media representation, focusing on speaking time for women.
• Partnerships with schools to promote diversity. The Vivendi Foundation, to whose actions the CANAL+ group actively contributes, trained over 10,000 creative and cultural professionals from diverse backgrounds in 2023.

• Dedicated sections on myCANAL, for example HELLO for LGBTQIA+ and CANAL+ voit Green for environmental themes.
• Impactful content such as PLASTIC ODYSSEY, which explores global plastic pollution, VIVANTE(S) and UNBREAKABLE VOWS, a story about domestic violence and feminicides, or L’EPOPÉE JOYEUSE, a piece discussing the importance of workplace inclusion for people with disabilities.
• Dailymotion monthly rewards for impactful content creators through support programs and thematic grants.

• Ensuring content accessibility through subtitles, sign language translation, audio descriptions, and dyslexia-friendly subtitles (Dystitles).
• Accessible customer service features and web interfaces for people with disabilities.
• Accessibility enhancements at live performance venues such as L’Olympia in Paris and the CanalOlympia in Africa.

• Initiatives like Create Joy and Orphée support personal development and inclusion for disadvantaged groups, benefitting over 20,000 individuals in 2023.
• Youth awards at the Cinema for change festival, engaging over 15,000 children in Europe and Africa in film selection and discussion.

• Commitment to a science-based decarbonisation pathway, actively reducing CO2 emissions across all scopes.
• Adoption of sustainable building practices and energy-efficient technologies, achieving significant reductions in electricity consumption and increasing the use of renewable energy sources (the group’s worldwide electricity consumption was more than 25% lower than the prior five years, and nearly 60% of the group’s electricity consumption was from renewable sources in 2023).
• Implementation of a business travel policy to reduce carbon emissions and promote sustainable mobility.
• Participating in external initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

• Implementing circular economy and eco-design principles for our equipment: recycling and refurbishing set-top boxes and reducing plastic usage: 60%* of set-top boxes supplied to French subscribers are refurbished boxes (*in 2023) while the new generation of set-boxes emits 40% less greenhouse gases than the previous one.
• Green IT initiatives at Dailymotion to enhance energy efficiency infrastructure.
• Commitment to eco-responsible filming practices through the ECOPROD association. The CANAL+ group is committed to ensuring that 100% of Créations Originales and Décalées produced in France are ECOPROD-labelled, while 100% of French entertainment programs are committed to an eco-production approach.
• More efficient encoding formats reduce bandwidth use, cutting video stream carbon emissions by 15% for sports and up to 40% for films.

• Upholding the highest standards for information fairness, independence and pluralism.
• Secure spaces and parental control tools to ensure appropriate content for young audiences.
• Implementing robust cybersecurity measures and data protection standards to safeguard content and user privacy.