Groupe Renault - 2020 Universal Registration Document

128 GROUPE RENAULT I UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2020 Find out more at group.renault.com 02 CREATING SHARED VALUES THAT RESPECT SOCIETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT GROUPE RENAULT: A COMPANY THAT ACTS RESPONSIBLY CSR governance 2.1.2 Each area of CSR is overseen by a member of the Executive Committee (GEC) or a member of the Group Management Committee and coordinated by three operating entities that design and implement policies and associated objectives, identify and manage risks and opportunities, enter into dialog with stakeholders and lastly, handle reporting and communication: the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) department is P responsible for an interdisciplinary and partnership approach to CSR throughout the value chain, societal actions and innovations. This department reports to the Commitment and Dialog department, whose director is a member of the Groupe Renault Management Committee; the Human Resources department is responsible for optimizing P allocated resources, skills development, employee involvement and social dialog; the Strategy and Environmental Planning department is P responsible for environmental issues to be included in the Company’s strategy. It aims to reduce the environmental footprint and the health impacts of activities, products and services over the life cycle and introduce circular economy business models to boost the Company’s medium- and long-term competitiveness. relating to strategic orientation before the decision-making bodies at Chief Executive Officer or Group Executive Committee member level. These departments then roll them out within the Company through the programs, Regions and functions, using internal networks and by developing external partnerships if necessary. Individually or jointly, depending on the cross-functional nature of the subjects, these three operational departments bring issues The three departments analyze the Group’s risks, notably those associated with CSR practices in the supply chain, health and working conditions, substance risk, availability of and price variations in raw materials, damage to the environment and people in the event of malfunctions in the facilities operated by the Group. In June 2019, Groupe Renault’s Board of Directors set up an Ethics and CSR Committee (see section 3.1.6.2) with the main tasks of: ensuring a high level of commitment in terms of extra-financial P compliance, ethics and social and environmental responsibility; assessing the Group’s policies, guidelines and charters; P reviewing and assessing the non-financial indicator reporting and P control procedures; promoting ethics within the Group’s entities; P examining Human Resources policies. P This Committee met four times in 2020. Guidelines and standards 2.1.3 Groupe Renault complies with international standards designed to support or regulate businesses’ corporate social responsibility practices. It is committed to respecting the founding principles and promoting the universal values of the Global Compact. The Group factors these principles into its policies and implements them in accordance with internal guidelines. The main reference texts are: the 10 principles of the Global Compact, adopted at the initiative P of the United Nations and signed by Renault on July 26, 2001 (see below); the Global Framework Agreement covering social, societal and P environmental responsibility, signed on July 2, 2013, and based in particular on ILO standards and ISO 26000, as well as its roll-out to suppliers (see section 2.4.1.4.A); the Global Framework Agreement of July 9, 2019, on “changing P life at work” (see section 2.4.1.4 A); ISO 14001 for environmental management, ISO 14040 and 14044 P for the life cycle assessment of vehicles, ISO 14021 for the definition of recycled materials and the GHG Protocol for the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions; Groupe Renault’s code of ethics in all its forms, approved by the P Renault Board of Directors on October 3, 2012 (see section 2.5.1.1); ISO 9001 (all Groupe Renault manufacturing sites are ISO 9001 P certified); IATF 16949, which is the automotive industry’s quality management P standard. Groupe Renault is one of the nine carmaker founders of the IATF World Wide (the standard’s owner); OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, updated on P May 25, 2011; Groupe Renault reports under the SASB Transportation P (Sustainability Accounting Standards Board) standard for the first time: see 2.6.4.