Groupe Roullier

5 4 Extra-Financial Performance Report 2020 Groupe Roullier Extra-Financial Performance Report 2020 Groupe Roullier Interview with SÉBASTIEN CHAUFFAUT CEO GROUP WHAT WERE THE GREATEST CHALLENGES FOR GROUPE ROULLIER IN 2020 FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE? I think that our year can be summed up in the three key principles of resilience, essential operation and commitment. Like many businesses, we’ve needed to demonstrate great resilience in what has become a very unpredictable world. But unlike many other companies, resilience is nothing new for us, because this mindset is what drove the creation of the Group’s original business. Next comes essential operation, because our contribution to society has increased to address a number of major challenges, from helping to feed the world as an essential link in the food chain, to playing our part in the global pandemic by providing vaccine containers, as well alcohol- based hand sanitiser gels and their packaging, for example. In this sense, 2020 has made us even prouder to be part of a socially useful business sector with important roles to play in shaping the future for all of us. Lastly, there’s the commitment of our people to do their jobs to the best of their abilities in challenging circumstances, especially with the changes we’ve made in a number of organisational structures. At a time when most other companies have had to focus on survival, we’ve been strong enough to continue thinking about growth. WHAT IS YOUR VIEW OF HOW THE CSR POLICY HAS DEVELOPED SINCE ITS FORMAL INTRODUCTION IN 2018? We’ve moved on from the stage of collecting data to build an inventory of our initiatives to implementing a joined-up strategy within a strong framework that provides guidance for actioning our commitments and business line action plans. This development of a formal structure reflects the increasing level of maturity of the Group and its managers in terms of sustainable development issues and how they align with what is happening in the world today, the reality of our environmental footprint and our regional identity. Nevertheless, we’re still in the early stages in terms of overall awareness, and although it’s becoming second nature to include CSR considerations in our thinking, it’s not yet systematic in every case. CSR is, and must always be, synonymous with business value creation and the development of our business lines. So in 2020, we have got the basics right and are satisfied with our results, even though we need to step up our actions in areas like carbon emissions in order to make a proactive contribution to the UN Agenda 2030 initiative. We want to go further than simply complying with standards, because that’s part of our DNA and our responsible attitude. HOW DOES THE GROUP RECONCILE ITS GROWTH AMBITIONS WITH ITS CSR COMMITMENTS? In today’s world, growth is impossible without integrating environmental, social and societal concerns into every aspect of developing our business activities. Given the nature of our businesses, the environment is our central focus, which means we have an innate commitment to being beyond reproach and accelerating our efforts to become more energy efficient and reduce our carbon impact. Employee safety is also a key cornerstone of growth, so we’ve made a conscious decision to apply the highest levels of safety in all our operating countries, and enshrine them as the gold standard. This particular commitment has come into particularly sharp focus as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic. HOW IS THAT INTERPRETED THROUGH THE GROUP’S GROWING TOGETHER AMBITION? Growing Together is primarily a mindset that encompasses all the things we learn every day, regardless of our age or experience. It means being pragmatic, accepting failure in order to succeed, and continually questioning our own assumptions. That is underpinned by the belief that when we grow, our people, our environment, our region and our partners grow with us, and that it is therefore essential that we work together on our combined response to the challenges of tomorrow. Growing Together is about empowerment and putting in place the resources we need to succeed personally and collectively. WHAT ARE THE GROUP’S SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS? Over the coming years, we plan to do more to take the working conditions and wellbeing of our employees to a new level, at the same time as reducing our carbon emissions. Already this year, we have made a proactive start on conducting our first Group-wide carbon assessment so that we can make our own practical contribution to combating climate change. To accelerate the pace at which we are reducing our environmental footprint, improving our recycling of effluents is also a near-term and medium-term priority. Looking at employment, there can be no doubt that gender equality is not an option, especially given our intention and ability to make progress on issues like this, which really matter. The same applies to young talented people, who we want to empower and help to develop, because today’s young people are the future of our Group. Combining the boundless energy of young people with the experience of our seasoned employees gives us the ability to facilitate the development of solutions that will guide our Group into the future. GROWING TOGETHER: A PHILOSOPHY OF ACTION The resilience and continual quest for Individual performance that drive collective success. The ambition to use entrepre- neurship and Innovation to transform constraints into opportunities and reinvent our markets. The humility and perseverance inherited from our Breton and agricultural roots. The passion to support our customers.