Groupe La Poste // CSR REPORT 2022

Deploying a philanthropy and general interest policy 3 PROMOTING SOCIAL INTEGRATION ■

3.4 DEPLOYING A PHILANTHROPY AND GENERAL INTEREST POLICY

La Poste Groupe participates in public interest initiatives carried out through financial sponsorship of associations, end-of-career skills-based sponsorship and short-term sponsorship. Short-term

sponsorship involves the secondment of employees to certified structures and the financing of postal associations open to members from outside the group.

Indicator

Scope

Unit

2020

2021

2022

FINANCIAL AND SKILLS-BASED SPONSORSHIP SDG 10 Financial sponsorship (in cash, skills and in-kind)

LGLP France

€M

12

11.7

13

Of which funds paid to La Poste’s Corporate Foundation

€M €M

0.96

0.96

0.96

Of which La Banque Postale

6.8

5.7

6.3

PROMOTE SHORT-TERM SKILLS SPONSORSHIP, IN SUPPORT OF PARTNER ASSOCIATIONS SDG 4 & 13 Assignments carried out by employees LGLP France Number

395

728

1,082

Sponsorship hours

LGLP France

Number

1,170

2,203

3,655

Non-profit organisations involved in short-term assignments* LGLP France

Number

23

43

49

* The five associations that mobilised the most employees in 2022: World Cleanup Day; Fondation La France s’engage; Banque alimentaire; Écoles de la deuxième chance; Jaccede.

To coordinate efforts, in 2019 Alliance pour le mécénat de compétences (Alliance for skills-based volunteering) brought together 17 large companies keen to promote skills-based volunteering and share best practice. La Poste is one of the project sponsors and sits on its Board of Directors. La Poste Groupe places its activities at the service of the greatest number of people and the general interest. The purpose of the La Poste Corporate Foundation is to transmit the culture and in particular to promote writing at events and workshops. Since its creation in 1946, the La Poste museum has three main missions: ■ curate, enhance and showcase the French State’s postal and stamp collections; ■ preserve the history and heritage of La Poste; ■ educate the public on the group’s history. The museum also organises events throughout the Greater Paris region (Île-de-France). It reaches different audiences: pupils, the elderly, children in hospital and disabled people. La Poste’s History Committee sponsors humanities research and promotes the Company’s heritage.

La Poste Groupe supports registered charities by offering its employees a wide range of secondments. The approach is structured around four areas: solidarity, environment, education, health. The roll-out of the skills philanthropy policy continues through several channels: ■ as part of a scheme called “Part-time arrangements for seniors SSE”, employees close to retirement can work part-time for an association; ■ skills-based sponsorship is open to all employees, in favour of general interest associations that echo the group’s challenges; ■ a dedicated platform facilitates meetings between employees and partner structures. Nearly 100 public interest partner structures are present on the platform. In January 2022, Geopost signed a group-level partnership with the European Federation of Food Banks (FEBA). Driven by the common goal of preventing food waste and improving food safety, Geopost now makes an annual financial donation to FEBA, encourages its employees to participate in support activities, share its skills and use the expertise of its business units to support FEBA.

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