The Cercle de Giverny, a laboratory of ideas that wants to act in favor of the deployment of CSR, is holding its annual event this Friday, Le Forum de Giverny. A day of exchanges and debates, in the magnificent and inspiring setting of the Museum of Impressionisms. This 5th edition will once again bring together economic, social and political actors – four ministers will be on site, Sébastien Lecornu, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Olivia Grégoire and Sarah El Hairy, and two in video, Bruno Le Maire and Christophe Béchu. For the occasion, the Circle asked Ifop to work on the French people’s perception of social and environmental responsibility, and the concrete way in which it can infuse companies.
Some figures from the survey catch the eye: 70% of French people, but also 78% of business leaders, want the variable compensation of the bosses of large private companies (such as bonuses or bonuses) to depend on the achievement of objectives for the protection of nature and biodiversity. 74% of them are in favor of the presence of a director responsible for representing the interests of nature (protection of nature and biodiversity, etc.) on the board of directors of a company.
The French are also 57% to think that the implementation of collective “good practices” shared between the actors concerned (manufacturers, platforms, business leaders…) would allow an effective fight against the planned obsolescence of software and hardware computers by favoring refurbished products. Some 76% of them also believe that it is by making it compulsory to train managers in the responsible transformation of economic models that they will be able to transform their economic model in a more responsible way, thanks to digital technology. 69% of French people also want the creation of a centralized national body to allow better coordination between local authorities and accelerate the development of renewable energies in the different regions of France.
Finally, to make the company a place of prevention and health promotion in France, 50% of French people want to integrate the company as one of the places of prevention where to carry out medical consultations at the key ages of life. And 83% of them would like the working hours of employees suffering from a chronic disease, visible or invisible, to be adjusted.
Two weeks before the presentation of ecological planning by the government, the Cercle Giverny is committed. Six working groups – in which many companies have participated, such as Accor, Kering, Accenture, ADP, BNP Paris, Axa and Sanofi, as well as associations, universities and research institutes – present this Friday 30 proposals to accelerate good practices . “These are bold proposals – the ones we need more than ever to tackle the climate crisis, the collapse of biodiversity and the resulting societal upheavals”, underlines Romain Mouton, organizer of the event and president of the Cercle de Giverny.
The first series of proposals aims to better represent nature in decision-making bodies. This could in particular involve better “integration of nature issues at the heart of the company’s strategy and business model” and more “training in nature issues at all levels of the company”. The second working group focused on the responsible transformation of business models with digital, which could, among other things, translate into action on “software obsolescence and the extension of the product life cycle to second life”.
To accelerate and finance the deployment of renewable energies, it would be necessary to “create a centralized national body (for example “France Renouvelables”) with the mission of accelerating and streamlining the development of renewable energies in all regions of France “or even” strengthen the capacity to examine renewable energy projects in the territories in order to speed up the time required to obtain permits”. In terms of employee health, the Circle proposes to “make the company a place of prevention of the various physical and mental risks and of health promotion” and to “improve the quality of life at work by adapting the ‘work organization”.
Finally, on the thorny question of the impact on business strategy of the CSRD – this new directive from the European Commission to regulate extra-financial reports -, the working group recommends in particular to “bring together finance, CSR, strategy and support functions to guide the transformation of business models”.
