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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) 5 Overview of the Rubis CSR policy

OVERVIEW OF THE RUBIS CSR POLICY

Although it has developed an international dimension, Rubis remains a human-scale company. It has a decentralized structure, as well as professional and experienced employees who enjoy broad independence and assume in full the responsibilities their roles entail, including risk management.

RUBIS’ VALUES

• respect for individuals and compliance with competition rules; • prevention of conflicts of interest and insider trading. Details of these values are provided in the Rubis Group Code of Ethics ; awareness- raising initiatives and control procedures are deployed to ensure that values are applied correctly in the field (see section 5.3.1).

These requirements safeguard against any wrongdoing that could be harmful to the Group, to employees, to business relations or to any other external public or private operator, and reflect the following principles: • compliance with current legislation and regulations; • rejection of all forms of corruption; • r e s p o n s i b l e ma n a g eme n t o f environmental resources;

In keeping with its motto: “The will to undertake, the corporate commitment”, Rubis puts people at the heart of its organization. Empowering the individual women and men who contribute to its activities means promoting freedom of initiative as well as the ethical, social and environmental values that Rubis wishes to see respected by everyone, everywhere. In the countries where it operates, theGroup aims to act with professionalismand integrity.

NON-FINANCIAL OBJECTIVES INTEGRATED INTO THE GROUP’S STRATEGY

Rubis’ development strategy is based on unique market positioning, a robust financial structure and a dynamic acquisition policy. However it also incorporates non-financial

objectives that allow the Group to pursue sustainable growth , in addition to these commercial and financial aspects. The regularity of the teams’ performance stems

from a corporate culture that values the spirit of entrepreneurship, flexibility, accountability and the embracing of socially responsible conduct.

AN INVOLVED MANAGEMENT, AWARE OF ETHICAL, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS

operations, HSE, etc.). These departments have local contacts in each area of business. Lastly, the Rubis Accounts and Risk Monitoring Committee monitors the analysis of the Group’s ethical, social and environmental risks, as well as the corrective measures taken to prevent such risks (see chapter 6, section 6.4.2.1).

Rubis’ Top Management draws up policy guidelines andmonitors both their relevance and their effectiveness. The CSR policy is then implemented jointly by the Group’s functional departments (legal, compliance, accounting, finance,

The CSR policy implemented by the subsidiaries is overseen by Rubis’ Top Ma- nagement. A portion of the Top Managers’ variable compensation is linked to ethical, social and environmental criteria, which are also included in guidelines for Senior Managers of subsidiaries (see chapter 6, sec- tion 6.5.1.2).

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