Maintain ethical conduct and fight corruption
Bertrand ALLAINJCDecaux operates, and has a duty to operate, in a responsible and sustainable manner, in all the markets in which we are located. This commitment applies to our employees, customers and suppliers, local and regional authorities, as well as to our competitors. Our reputation and the trust of our partners (including our investors, customers and suppliers) depend on it.
Group Legal Director
Each new employeehas signed their commitment to respect the Code of Ethics
Each key supplierhas signed the Supplier Code of Conduct
Our results
100%of new employees signed their commitment to respect the Code of Ethics
100%of key suppliers have signed the Supplier Code of Conduct (annual)
Promote ethics with our partners
JCDecaux’s Code of Ethics seeks to formalise the rules of business conduct applicable to all Group employees with our customers, landlords and suppliers/service providers. In particular, it highlights three Fundamental Ethical Rules (and associated Principles of Good Business Conduct) relating to
- The prevention and fight against corruption and influence peddling,
- The prohibition of anti-competitive practices,
- The obligation of accuracy and transparency in accounting and financial areas.
JCDecaux's Supplier Code of Conduct defines the principles that any supplier working with JCDecaux must respect in all its activities and throughout the world. By requiring all new suppliers and our main suppliers to formally commit to compliance with its provisions, it raises awareness of the risk of corruption and influence peddling and helps better prevent inappropriate behaviour and fraud involving suppliers and other stakeholders.
A whistleblowing and alert collection mechanism
Since 2001, JCDecaux has set up a whistleblowing system accessible to all its employees. This alert mechanism and the collection of alerts relating to the existence or occurrence of risks is rolled out to all Group subsidiaries as part of its Compliance strategy.
Completely revised in 2024 and now provided via an external platform ensuring security and confidentiality, guaranteed by two dedicated texts - the procedure for Collecting and Processing alerts and the Confidentiality policy - the whistleblowing system made available to employees makes it possible to collect and process any report relating to a breach of the Group’s legal or ethical rules. An alert report is completed by the employee or stakeholder concerned to submit the alert, which is sent to the geographically competent Compliance Officer, responsible for processing the alert locally.
Help our suppliers implement more responsible practices
Suppliers are at the heart of the Group’s quality processes. JCDecaux has chosen to entrust the production of its products and solutions to trusted third parties.
Benoît AVRILJCDecaux has been working for several years to improve the social and environmental footprint of its value chain by ensuring compliance with the Group’s values and Charters while guaranteeing the strategic objectives set. We have gradually included social and environmental criteria in the selection and assessment of suppliers as well as in the specifications, in particular with a view to collectively achieving Net Zero by 2050.
Inventory and Production Director
Our objectives
100%of key suppliers assessed every year
100% of key suppliers have signed the Supplier Code of Conduct
100%of key direct suppliers audited at least every 5 years, at the 2030 horizon
100%purchasing correspondents in subsidiaries completing the “Responsible Purchasing” training, every year
Our results
100%of key suppliers assessed in 2024
100%of key suppliers have signed the Supplier Code of Conduct in 2024
More than 50%of key direct suppliers audited in 2024
100%of purchasing correspondents in subsidiaries completed the “Responsible Purchasing” training in 2024
Support our suppliers in deploying more responsible practices
Suppliers are at the heart of the Group’s quality processes. JCDecaux has chosen to entrust part of the production of its products and solutions to trusted third parties, in particular the production of all or part of non-strategic furniture (for example, the manufacturing street furniture sub-assemblies).
Five major actions frame our commitment to support our suppliers in the improvement of their environmental and social footprint:
- Sourcing locally
- Carefully selecting our suppliers
- Annually evaluating our suppliers
- Training our purchasing correspondents
- Preventing Supply chain risk
Ensure that personal data is protected
As an employer, the Group’s entities process the personal data of their employees for human resources management related purposes. JCDecaux guarantees to all its employees the protection of this information and the respect of their rights in accordance with the regulations in force.
Delphine TOUBOULThe protection of personal data has become a major issue for companies. In addition to our compliance commitments, we must process this data in an ethical and consistent approach, in a responsible and transparent way in order to respect the rights of individuals and create the trust essential to the proper conduct of our activities.
Data Protection Officer
Our objectives
100%of European employees with access to the JCDecaux Academy take the training dedicated to GDPR and its challenges
100%of European subsidiaries assessed on the management and use of personal data by 2025
Our results
100%of European employees with access to the JCDecaux Academy take the training dedicated to GDPR and its challenges in 2024
100%of European subsidiaries have undergone audits dedicated to GDPR compliance in 2024 (excepting France)
Our GDPR policy
To ensure compliance with the GDPR, a compliance programme was introduced as soon as it came into force in May 2018. This programme has made it possible to roll out policies, procedures and practices, which are regularly reviewed.
At Group level, a GDPR Steering Committee oversees and controls the deployment of the GDPR compliance programme. This Committee meets on a regular basis (three to four times a year) and brings together members of the main Corporate departments concerned (Legal Department, Information Systems Department, Data Corp Department and Internal Audit Department) and the Data Protection Officer France. It is chaired by the Group Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, a member of the Executive Board.