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2021 Non-Financial Reporting Statement Groupe Roullier 66 2021 Non-Financial Reporting Statement Groupe Roullier #2 DEVELOPING COMMUNITY ACTION AND DIALOGUE According to the Edelman Trust Barometer 2021, companies appear to be among the most trusted organisations in a world clouded by mistrust and misinformation. This level of trust was measured on the basis of ethics and competency criteria, and must be qualified by the actual percentages, which were only 61% for companies and 53% for public institutions 1 . When government fails to take the lead, citizens now expect companies to step in and fill the void, with the result that expectations around the abilities of business to address and solve today’s challenges have never been higher. To fulfil this role and earn the trust of their stakeholders, companies must therefore make a greater effort to ensure transparency around their production methods, products, business practices and impacts. They must demonstrate conclusively that they have the ability to take concrete action on facilitating and encouraging social progress in their communities. 1 Edelman Trust Barometer 2021 Favoriser l’échange et la transparence par l’ouverture de nos sites au public As part of increasing the level of stakeholder dialogue, we have been regularly opening our production sites to the general public for several years now. These open days were disrupted by the health situation, but resumed in 2021, especially in France as part of the European Heritage Days event in September. In Pleubian, for example, NUWEN welcomed more than 160 visitors to its seaweed processing plant. The programme for this weekend of sharing included guided tours showcasing the various stages of production, from seaweed processing to the manufacture of natural and water-free cosmetics, as well examples of product uses and applications. TIMAC AGRO France opened all its production sites simultaneously in 2021, welcoming some 650 visitors (see page 70 for more details). The Roullier Endowment Fund also took the opportunity to invite members of the public into the Minerallium exhibition usually reserved exclusively for agricultural and nutrition industry professionals, scientists, non-profit organisations, students, teachers, academics, etc. The open day events that took place on that weekend in 2021 took on a new level of importance, since they marked the resumption of direct contact and interaction with our host communities. They proved so successful that the sites concerned want to repeat the experience in 2022. [...] The Phosphea calcium carbonate quarry in Billy has installed a series of interpretation panels around the periphery of its site to explain its operations to walkers. The 2022 programme of open days for local residents and communities will be one of the main initiatives for action covered by the CSR certification granted by UNICEM (see page 29 for more details of the certification project). 85 open day tours of our production sites 67 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS CHALLENGES COMMITTED TOGETHER FOR REGIONS AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTED TOGETHER FOR REGIONS AND COMMUNITIES