Groupe Roullier

57 2021 Non-Financial Reporting Statement Groupe Roullier 56 2021 Non-Financial Reporting Statement Groupe Roullier Driven in France by the Sapin Anti-Corruption legislation, the Corporate Duty of Vigilance legislation, and the requirement to conduct detailed analyses of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) risks, compliance and responsible purchasing policies have become an even more tangible reality for the business community. The concept of extended corporate and product responsibility requires a closer assessment of overall product cost to include CSR risks, and closer partnerships with suppliers to limit the risks of corruption, fraud and negative impacts on the company’s external ecosystem 1 . The main challenges and responsibilities facing purchasing functions include contributing to the decarbonisation of every link in the supply chain, to regional employment and economic vitality, and to raising employee awareness around the application of ethical business practices. 1 Michael Page Procurement 2030 Report (2020) #3 ENSURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RESPONSIBLE AND ETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES Our Ethics & Compliance Policy 2021 saw completion of the intensive rollout of our Roullier Compliance Platform for third-party assessment to all Group sites in France, and the start of its international rollout. Setting up the new system within each subsidiary involves significant work on preparing databases of third parties, adapting the platform to interface with the company’s management software, training the teams in how to use the system, and processing data for all those third parties already in the portfolio of suppliers. On average, this process takes around three months from first contact to fully trained users being able to run the first third-party checks via the platform. The Groupe Roullier ethics and compliance platform allows users to run corruption-related due diligence checks on our suppliers and customers, and confirm they are not the subject of any international sanctions. Our Responsible Purchasing Policy The year was alsomarked by the rollout of our Responsible Purchasing Policy to our international buyer community, followed by all Group employees, and lastly, externally with online access for all our stakeholders. This final stage marked the culmination of all the work done by a team of volunteer buyers representing all Group businesses and led by the Purchasing Department team, which began this task in 2020 by defining and formalising this framework of commitments and shared values. Throughout the process of building and developing this policy, the Purchasing team has been focused on contributing to the overall performance of the Group and its subsidiaries by creating long-term value built on balanced relationships and innovative partnerships with suppliers. The main issues addressed and translated into clear commitments range from the sustainable use of resources and pollution prevention, to eco-design, circular economy policies and regional development. Each Group subsidiary can then use this central policy to develop its own action plan around shared performance indicators, and contribute its best practices to the community as part of upskilling the entire Group workforce. 21,353 third-party validation requests handled via the platform 59% of Group subsidiaries were using this platform by 31 December 667 users trained to use the Roullier Compliance Platform SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS CHALLENGES COMMITTED TOGETHER FOR OUR CUSTUMERS AND SUPPLIERS COMMITTED TOGETHER FOR OUR CUSTUMERS AND SUPPLIERS