Servier – Promoting health, safety and inclusion

For People

Committed to health, committed to people.

Our corporate social responsibility applies first and foremost to our people. We endeavor to protect everyone’s safety and preserve the mental and physical health of our employees. We foster an inclusive working environment and challenge the ways we work to become ever-more flexible, cross-divisional and collaborative.

By safeguarding the well-being of every individual, we bolster our collective strength

Diversity and inclusion: a profound belief

An environment that promotes authenticity and encourages people to accept everyone’s differences is an environment that enables employees to flourish and fully realize their potential.

Moreover, we have implemented a long-term #ServierDiversity initiative to combat all forms of discrimination while promoting diversity and developing an increasingly inclusive workplace.

We truly believe that inclusion is hugely positive. This belief runs throughout our publication entitled “Servier’s Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion”.

#ServierDiversity

Rolled out across the Group, the initiative is structured around three key areas for action:

driving change, brought about through awareness campaigns, training courses and forums to share best practice, in particular during the annual Diversity & Inclusion week.
integrating diversity and inclusion in all HR and managerial procedures and processes.
implementing action that meets local needs, for example, by putting in place DI networks and committees.

As a global company, we comply with the laws of the countries in which we operate. All employment decisions are based solely on job-related factors, including the experience, skills and qualifications of the individual

49%

of people occupying managerial positions in the Group in 2024 were women

local networks striving to achieve parity in 5 countries: these structures create networking opportunities, organize events for members to connect with one another, and hold personal development workshops, while also operating leadership and mentoring programs.

Networks to promote gender equality
Several local networks have been set up to help promote gender equality in the workplace. These networks are highly active, organizing networking opportunities, meetings between members, personal development workshops and participation in leadership and mentoring programs. There are seven networks in place in five countries: at the Group’s headquarters, at the R&D site in Paris-Saclay, as well as the production sites of Gidy in France, Arklow in Ireland, Anpharm in Poland, Tianjin in China and Toledo in Spain. Other networks are currently being set up, including at the Bolbec site in France

Making safety a priority

It is by protecting the health and safety of our employees that we are able to foster a fulfilling working environment. Our Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) strategy reflects our promise to offer employees a safe and healthy workplace.

To bolster the safety culture and thereby reduce the total number of accidents, we launched the SAFE (Safety Always For Everyone) program in 2021, which sets out the essential safety rules to follow throughout the Group and gives details of ways to encourage all people working in our facilities to buy into the philosophy.

40%

2030 target: Over 40% reduction in the frequency rate of workplace accidents with lost time compared with 2021/2022

100%

of our industrial facilities carried out an EHS audit as part of the SAFE program

Solidarity through Mécénat Servier

Mécénat Servier represents a collective journey that unites all our employees and partner organizations. The Mécénat Servier Charity Fund brings together, finances and develops the Group’s charitable initiatives in the fields of health, education, culture, living together and humanitarian aid. It reflects our will to conduct ourselves in a manner that benefits the community.

Mécénat Servier has developed four schemes through which our teams can pitch in:

skills-based sponsorship, enabling employees to take time out of their working week to share their professional and personal skills with non-profit organizations working on projects related to the Fund’s areas of commitment
the Congé Solidaire® so employees may take part in international solidarity projects with Planète Urgence, financed by the Fund, where employees give two weeks of their annual leave
solidarity seminars, to collectively undertake community action alongside non-profit organizations
micro donations made by Servier employees in France who choose to round down their monthly salaries to make a tangible contribution to the charity of their choice

nonprofit organizations supported by the Charity Fund in 2023/2024

countries benefiting from Mécénat Servier’s actions in 2023/2024

1,884

employee commitments made by Servier employees in 2023/2024

In 2023, Mécénat Servier launched a new skills-based sponsorship program especially for employees who are close to retirement age to enable them to gradually transition into the next chapter in their lives by enjoying a fully immersive experience within a public interest organization.Eligible employees have the opportunity to join a community project of their choice for a minimum of six months while maintaining their full pay and rights to paid leave. The program is open to all employees who are between six months and two years from full retirement and who have been employed by the Group for at least 10 years.

Two Servier employees restoring the exterior paintwork of the Told community house, which houses an art school for children. An activity carried out within the framework of skills sponsorship scheme.

Fair and shared growth

Because we are committed to making a positive contribution to the communities in which we are based, we are keen to help bolster the local economy, creating value everywhere we operate.

Socio-economic impact assessment

In 2020, we conducted our first socio-economic impact study in our main operating countries, using the LOCAL FOOTPRINT® methodology. The idea is to measure and optimize long-term value creation in the communities in which we are based.

countries covered by the study: France, China, Russia, Canada, Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Poland, Australia, Turkey, Romania, Argentina, Hungary, Japan, Egypt, Morocco and Ireland.

215,731

jobs (FTE) supported by Servier

€7.1bn

in GDP generated

For our partners

Being a vigilant, responsible partner

Our ethics and compliance policy serves to ensure we conduct ourselves in an exemplary manner. The policy enables us not only to comply with regulatory requirements regarding business conduct, but also satisfy our stakeholders’ aspirations for fair and balanced collaboration.

Ethics and compliance—living up to our role as a responsible member of the society

Compliance guides everything we do and the way we do it, day in, day out. Further to complying with legislation, regulations and other industry codes, we are constantly enhancing our compliance system by allocating ever-more resources and means, strengthening our anti-corruption system and integrating compliance in our risk management strategy.

The Servier compliance policy encourages all employees to behave in an exemplary manner. It enables us to achieve our strategic objectives with integrity.

Compliance in practice

We pledge to uphold compliance day in, day out by following two key guides: the Code of Conduct, a reference guide developed as part of the Group’s Ethics Charter, and an ethics hotline, which allows anyone to express their concerns and inform the Ethics Bureau of any serious failure to comply with the Code of Conduct or the Ethics Charter.

For our suppliers

We undertake a responsible approach to procurement and make sure we select our suppliers based on their ethical conduct and record of compliance, while also seeking to build a fair relationship with them.

Policies and procedures

Our suppliers are encouraged to adhere to and comply with the principles set out in the following Group reference documents:

Our responsible procurement strategy

Our Responsible Procurement Charter sets out the shared principles that apply to our buyers, suppliers and subcontractors. It was developed around ISO 20400 and requires us to:

measure the potential impact of the natural raw materials we use (such as paper, cardboard, sugar and lactose) on biodiversity, with respect to their origin and the quantities used
ensure our suppliers and subcontractors take steps to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions
reduce the carbon footprint of our operations by purchasing low emission or low polluting products
regulate the quantities purchased to avoid wasting materials and reduce the volume of waste
ensure compliance with local and international regulations, human rights, human dignity, health and safety

Read the Responsible Procurement Charter

90%

2030 target: assess >90% of the top 1,000 suppliers against CSR criteria.

Lasting and responsible relations

The First Class Partner program positions Servier as a partner that cares about the way it conducts itself, and prioritizes collaboration, mutual respect as well as financial and social incentives.

Read the 2022-2023 Vigilance Plan

We ensure our suppliers uphold human rights, protect people’s health and safety, preserve the environment and comply with the principles set out in the Ethics Charter and Code of Conduct.
We assess them in accordance with the CSR sustainability criteria set out by EcoVadis.
We select the suppliers with which we wish to work on the basis of this assessment.