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“At TF1, we work hard to build fair and lasting relationships with our suppliers, following the ethical standards and good practices we have set ourselves. The cornerstone of our Responsible Procurement policy is to choose suppliers because they are able to supply the right goods and services to optimise our operational performance, but with an eye to social and environmental issues. We aim to foster a climate of constant improvement, reflected at every stage in the procurement process and involving all our people and all our suppliers.”

Philippe Denery, Executive Vice President, Finance and Procurement

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UN GLOBAL COMPACT

As a subsidiary of the Bouygues group – a signatory to the UN Global Compact – the TF1 group is committed to making progress on each of the ten principles relating to human rights, international labour standards, the environment, and anti-corruption.

BOUYGUES CSR CHARTER FOR SUPPLIERS AND SUBCONTRACTORS

This charter enshrines the mutual commitments of the TF1 group and its suppliers around sustainable development and social responsibility.

RESPONSIBLE SUPPLIER RELATIONS CHARTER

Published by the French government’s business ombudsman and the Conseil National des Achats (the trade body for corporate purchasing and procurement specialists), this charter sets out ten good practice guidelines for relations between buyers and suppliers.

RESPONSIBLE PROCUREMENT POLICY

Ever since 2008, our Procurement Department has been fine-tuning our responsible procurement policy, which underpins our pledges under the UN Global Compact and the Supplier Relations and Responsible Procurement Charter (to which we have been a signatory since 2012).

SUPPLIER RELATIONS AND RESPONSIBLE PROCUREMENT LABEL

This label, obtained by the TF1 group in 2014 and renewed in 2018, is awarded by the French Ministry of the Economy and the Conseil National des Achats to businesses who can demonstrate that their practices support fair and sustainable relationships with their suppliers.

MANIFESTO FOR THE INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

The TF1 group has signed this manifesto, which includes commitments to place orders with or outsource work to the sheltered/adapted employment sector where our quality standards can be met.

Our responsible procurement in figures

61%
of what we spend is covered by EcoVadis assessments
61.59/100
average EcoVadis score for our suppliers
1st
media group to obtain the Supplier Relations and Responsible Procurement Label
>€850k
of business placed with the sheltered/adapted employment sector

MEDIATION SCHEME

If a dispute arises, we offer a mediation scheme so that it can be resolved amicably, restoring trust between us and the supplier. This voluntary, non-binding scheme aims to defuse potential litigation, in the mutual interests of the parties. The scheme is headed up by a mediator, whose role is to establish a neutral safe space where both parties can express themselves freely. The mediator is impartial, and facilitates negotiations between the parties but without imposing a solution.

Arnaud Bosom, our Executive Vice President, Human Resources & CSR, acts as our in-house Responsible Procurement Mediator, and can be contacted directly at mediateur@tf1.fr

FAIR PROCUREMENT

Fair procurement is one of the pillars of our Responsible Procurement policy.

The TF1 group’s 2020-2022 agreement on the integration and retention of disabled people in employment includes provisions on procurement, and on using suppliers from the disabled employment sector. We use two main levers to achieve our goals: buying directly from businesses in the supported/protected employment sector, and indirect procurement via the insertion of disabled employment clauses in appropriate contracts.

We also make sure that CSR-based supplier selection criteria (especially on labour issues) are built into all our calls for tenders.

CSR EVALUATIONS

Our Procurement department uses the EcoVadis ratings platform to carry out CSR evaluations of our suppliers.

EcoVadis evaluates how CSR issues are managed by suppliers, and supports less mature businesses through progress plans and audits covering 21 criteria in four topics: environment, labour and human rights, ethics, and supply chain management.

This approach means we can check that our suppliers’ CSR commitments are aligned with ours, and identify best practices and incremental gains.

PAYING OUR SUPPLIERS

To help our suppliers to pay their own bills promptly, we ask them to submit their invoices electronically, either by upload to our “SY” portal or by e-mail in PDF format.

We also provide them with invoicing guidelines, describing the essential information to be shown on invoices, and the procedure to follow to make sure they are properly processed.

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  • CSR CHARTER FOR SUPPLIERS AND SUBCONTRACTORS BOUYGUES GROUP
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  • UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2022
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