Scope 1 Emissions
2022 Communication on Progress
EGG AGENCY
Published date
June 28, 2022
No. of questions
62
Supplemental files
Sustainable Policy - EGG 2021.pdfHuman Rights Charter - EGG 2021.pdfHuman Rights Charter - EGG 2021.pdfHuman Rights Charter - EGG 2021.pdfSustainable Policy - EGG 2021.pdfCEO Statement
Governance
Policies and Responsibilities
1. Does the Board / highest governance body or most senior executive of the company:
Optional commentWe do not have an annual publication concerning our commitments against corruption. However, we have drawn up an anti-corruption charter in which we describe our commitments to fight against corruption. We also have a updated (in real time) document in which we assess potential corruption risks. In the event of corruption, we have a special document: the whistleblowing procedure. It explains how to proceed in order to denounce this kind of case.2. Does the company have a publicly stated commitment regarding the following sustainability topics?
Optional commentWe have a human rights charter in which we defend our values on child and youth labor, forced labor, health and safety, decent working conditions, freedom of association, discrimination, psychological and sexual harassment and value chain practices. We also have a charter on our environmental commitments; in it you can find the following Sustainable Development Objectives: Responsible Production and Consumption, Fighting Climate Change, Protecting Wildlife and Nature, Health and Well-Being of People and Workers, Access to Quality Education, Reducing Inequality, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Promoting Innovation and Sustainable Infrastructure, Creating Sustainable Cities and Communities. Here are the objectives on the CSR part: Provide a framework that promotes staff well-being and monitor its evolution, train Egg employees on sustainability, ensure well-being and inclusion in our practices, secure economic performance and organization, guaranteeing procurement performance by implementing responsible purchasing, engage the entire EGG ecosystem, integrate eco-design of our events from the project briefing, limit and manage waste, use carbon footprint to reduce the impact of physical, hybrid or digital events. We also have a charter dedicated to our commitments against corruption.3. Does the company have in place a code of conduct regarding each of the following sustainability topics?
Optional commentWe have a internal business code which cover all these subjects and also a supplier business code which cover all these subjects4. Has the company appointed an individual or group responsible for each of the following sustainability topics?
Optional commentAt EGG, we have a sustainable committee of about 15 members. The chairwoman of the committee is the chief governance officer, who is part of the direction team. The committee deals with all subjects related to CSR, including anti-corruption, human rights, quality of life in the workplace, and environmental actions.5. Does the company have a formal structure(s) (such as a cross-functional committee) to address each of the following sustainability topics?
Optional commentAt EGG, we have a sustainable committee of about 15 members. The chairwoman of the committee is the chief governance officer, who is part of the direction team. The committee deals with all subjects related to CSR, including anti-corruption, human rights, quality of life in the workplace, and environmental actions. One of the committee members is dedicated to the agency's CSR issues on a part-time basis.Prevention
6. Does the company have a process or processes to assess risk?
Optional commentAs part of our ISO 20121 certification, we have a risk management procedure that encompasses risks in all categories related to our operations.7. Does the company have a due diligence process through which it identifies, prevents, mitigates, and accounts for actual and potential negative impacts on sustainability topics?
Concerns and grievance mechanisms
8. Are there any processes through which members of the company’s workforce can raise concerns about the company’s conduct related to human rights, labour rights, environment, or anti-corruption?
Optional commentWe have a whistleblowing procedure that allows each employee to anonymously or non-anonymously report malicious or unethical acts on all human rights, labor rights, environment or anti-corruption issues. They have the possibility to report to an internal ressource (Managers) or external (HR consulting firm)8.1. Please provide additional detail regarding the process(es) the company has through which members of the company’s workforce can raise concerns about the company’s conduct.
Optional commentAll areas covered by the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct are examined by the whistleblower system and can be reported.9. Does the company provide or enable access to effective remedy to right holders / stakeholders where it has caused or contributed to the adverse impact?
Optional commentNo appeal is formalized, but we do offer recourse to claimants to all employees in all geographic areas.Lessons
10. How does the company capture lessons regarding each of the following sustainability topics?
Optional commentChanges in the organization, our policies, processes or practices are made on a just-in-time basis according to the lessons we can learn from our behavior in conducting our business. Good practices are systematized while actions with negative impacts are corrected. We act in a very agile way to improve without waiting for an annual analysis.Executive Pay
11. Is executive pay linked to performance on one or more of the following sustainability topics?
Optional commentIn 2021 we had not formalized the bonus system for the executive but we introduced this formalization in May 2022, based on sustainable performance criteriaBoard Composition
12. Percentage of individuals within the company’s Board / highest governance body by:
13. Do you produce sustainability reporting according to:
Data Assurance
14. Is the information disclosed in this questionnaire assured by a third-party?
Human Rights
Materiality / Saliency
1. Which of the following has the company identified as material human rights issues connected with its operations and/or value chain, whether based on their salience (i.e., the most severe potential negative impacts on people) or another basis?
Optional commentWe have a human rights charter in which we defend our values on child labor and young workers, forced labor, health and safety, decent working conditions, freedom of association, discrimination, psychological and sexual harassment and value chain practices.Commitment
2. Does the company have a policy commitment in relation to the following human rights issues?
2.1. For each human rights policy, is it:
Prevention
3. In the course of the reporting period, has the company engaged with affected stakeholders or their legitimate representatives in relation to the following human rights issues?
4. What type of action has the company taken in the reporting period with the aim of preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with this human rights issue?
5. Who receives training for the following human rights issues?
6. How does the company assess progress in preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with the following human rights issues?
Response
7. During the reporting period, has the company been involved in providing or enabling remedy where it has caused or contributed to adverse impact associated with the following human rights issue(s)?
Optional commentAfter having noticed a security flaw in our computer system (the IT department being able to take control of the employees' computers remotely without their agreement), we added a security feature obliging the employee to accept this control before the IT department could intervene on the employee's computer remotely8. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the human rights principles, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
In 2021 we have redesigned our human rights charter to make it more relevant to our core business. We show our commitments widely. We communicate on our social networks on certain human rights issues (e.g. publication for international women's day on our social networks); we are also building two schools in Zimbabwe as part of the EGG Foundation; EGG employees had to answer a questionnaire on quality of life at work, etc... But we have not encountered any human rights issues this year.Labour
Commitment
1. Does the company have a policy commitment in relation to the following labour rights principles?
Optional commentAll this topics are included in our Right Human Policy1.1. For each labour rights policy, is it:
Prevention
2. In the course of the reporting period, has the company engaged with affected stakeholders or their legitimate representatives in relation to the following labour rights issues?
3. What type of action has the company taken in the reporting period with the aim of preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with this labour rights issue?
4. Who receives training for the following labour rights issues?
Optional commentSelected employees and all managers. We have not set up a formal training but we remind regulary the importance of the working conditions, non discrimination, freedom of expression and association5. How does the company assess progress in preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with the following labour rights issues?
Performance
6. What is the percentage of employees covered under collective bargaining agreements?
7. What is the percentage of employees in a trade union or other workers' organization?
8. In the course of the reporting period, what was the percentage of women in:
9. What was the average ratio of the basic salary and remuneration of women to men (comparing jobs of equal value) during the reporting period?
Optional commentWomen earn 12% less than men.10. In the course of the reporting period, how frequently were workers injured (injuries per hour worked)?
Optional commentNo workers injured in 202111. In the course of the reporting period, what was the company’s incident rate?
Optional commentNo one working incident in 2021Response and Reporting
12. In the course of the reporting period, has the company been involved in providing or enabling remedy where it has caused or contributed to the adverse impact associated with the following labour rights issues?
Optional commentDue to the known inflation in 2021 we have re-evaluated the salaries in 2021 and 2022 (2 times in 6 months)13. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the labour rights principles, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
We have set up a social climate survey for our employees concerning their feelings about the quality of life at work. To thank all the employees who have participated to a big event, we have organized an evening activity and dinner for them in Lisbon. We also made a donation to "Jogg dans ta ville", a solidarity race.Environment
Commitment
1. Does the company have a formal policy on the following environmental topics?
1.1. For each environmental policy, is it:
Prevention
2. In the course of the reporting period, has the company engaged with affected stakeholders or their legitimate representatives in relation to the following environmental issues?
3. What type of action has the company taken in the reporting period with the aim of preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with these environmental topics?
Optional commentWe carry out the carbon footprint of all our events with more than 20 participants in physical and 50 participants in virtual. We propose to our clients to compensate the tonnage of CO2 emitted by the event in euros, which they can donate to the Good Planet Foundation (our partner) or to the association of their choice. We have also set up a CSR questionnaire that allows project managers to calculate if their event is responsible or eco-designed. We have also changed our way of sorting waste by signing a contract with ELISE, a company working with ESAT.4. How does the company assess progress in preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with the following environmental topics?
Optional commentWe carry out carbon footprint in order to warn our clients and to given them the possibility to compensate their emissions in money. We are doing the carbon footprint monitoring for all physical events with more than 20 people and for virtual events with more than 50 people. They have the possibility to compensate through our partner The Good Planet Foundation or to give it to another foundation. We have an action plan in connection with our ISO 20121 certification. In this action plan, we have annual objectives to reach, especially in terms of waste sorting and eco-designed events.5. In the course of the reporting period, has the company been involved in providing or enabling remedy for any actual impacts associated with the following environmental issue(s)?
Climate Action
6. What were the company’s gross global greenhouse gas emissions for the reporting period?
Scope 2 Emissions
Scope 3 Emissions
Optional commentWe calculate the carbon footprint of our events but not of our agency. We plan to calculate our carbon footprint in 20227. What percentage of the company's revenue was invested in R&D of low-carbon products/services during this reporting period?
Optional commentThe exact percentage is 0,04 % but we can not enter this data8. Has the organization acted to support climate change adaptation and resilience?
Optional commentWe have made a donation to busines4earth (1,5 euros per staff per month). We also brought back a certain amount of money to the good planet foundation thanks to the carbon footprintsEnergy / Resource Use
9. Please report the company's renewable energy consumption as a percentage of total energy consumption in the reporting period.
Technology
10. What percent of the company's revenue came from environmentally friendly products / services during this reporting period?
Optional commentWe don't have the exact percentage, because we didn't have any system to monitor our eco design events but we set up the system in 2022Sector-specific Questions
11. Which sector(s) does the company operate in? If diversified, choose top 3 by revenue.
Sector-specific: Water
12. Please provide details regarding the company's water withdrawal and consumption (own operations) during the reporting period.
Water withdrawal (volume of water in megaliters):
Water consumption (volume of water in megaliters):
Optional commentAs an events communication agency we don't have any operations with a direct water withdraw or consumption13. Please provide details about the company’s water intensity of products in regions with high or extremely high water stress.
Overall Environment
21. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the environment principles, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
In 2021 we have conduct the ISO 20121 certification with the mobilization of the entire EGG team. We have set up our Responsible Management system, define our priority issue, set up our objectif and KPI, created our action plan to achieve our objectives. We had to carry out several actions concerning social, economic and environmental issues. We filled out the Ecovadis evaluation and we were rated silver. We also took part in the World Clean Up day internally, all our employees participated. The #NettoieTonKm challenge was also taken up by our employees. Each employee cleaned up one kilometer around their home. We also signed a contract with Planète Urgence. The implementation of a sustainable development commercial offer has been set up in 2021 with our customers, and we give the carbon footprint on each events mandatory.Anti-corruption
Commitment
1. Does the company have an anti-corruption compliance programme?
2. Does your company have policies and recommendations for employees on how to act in case of doubt and/or in situations that may represent a conflict of interest, e.g. with regard to gifts and hospitality, donations, sponsorship, or interactions with public officials?
Optional commentOur anti-corruption policy indicates what is and is not allowed. During the onboarding interview of newcomers, the Chief Governance Officer makes each newcomer aware of the conduct to be followed and the procedure to be applied in the event of a corruption situationPrevention
3. Who receives training on anti-corruption and integrity?
3.1. How often is such training provided?
4. Does the company monitor its anti-corruption compliance programme?
Response and Reporting
5. Please report the company's total number and nature of incidents of corruption during the reporting year.
Optional commentWe didn't have any incidents of corruption during the reporting year.6. Within the reporting period, what measures has the company taken to address suspected incidents of corruption independently or in response to a dispute or investigation by a government regulator?
Optional commentWe didn't have any incidents of corruption during the reporting year.7. Does your company engage in Collective Action against corruption?
8. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the anti-corruption principle, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
The EGG Group wishes to protect its employees, its company and its reputation by applying a zero-tolerance policy towards any form of corruption, active or passive. Durant l'année de reporting EGG a refondé sa politique anti-corruption pour la rendre plus complète et a travaillé pour mieux sensibiliser les collaborateurs et les free lance