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Cultures in motion

After a full year of operation since its creation in late 2024, Louis Hachette Group has defined a common CSR strategy across all its businesses/operations/activities under the slogan “Cultures in Motion”. This embodies the Group’s business lines and the way they are conceived, carried out and adapted on a daily basis, as part of a sustainability approach.

Cultures are stories, voices, tastes and ideas.
They connect us, open us up and nourish us.

They circulate everywhere:
in a book opened on a train, a magazine bought in an airport shop, over a coffee in a station, on a radio programme or at a concert.

Cultures travel. They mix, they respond to each other, they evolve.
They live.

And at Louis Hachette Group, we love to help this movement grow.
In publishing, media, live entertainment, and transport zone commerce.
Wherever people go, we try to convey ideas. And emotions.

But today, bringing cultures to life also means learning to bring them to life in a different way.
With more attention.
More responsibility.
And ever more innovation.

We are rethinking the way we produce, print, transport, welcome and entertain.
We are seeking to consume better, reduce our impactand imagine more sustainable and open models.

We defend reading, access to education, creativity, freedomof expression and diversity of voices.

We value travellers’ experiences of local cultures, culinary traditions, encounters and emotions.

We also take action to ensure that everyone finds their place:
in our teams, on our pages, on our airwaves, in our shops, our restaurants and on our stages.

For cultures that exclude no one, that listen to all voices,and that continue to open up new horizons.

Because cultures change everything.
They make the world more curious, more free, more alive.

And as long as they inspire, bring people together and enlighten,
we too will continue to promote them, sustainably.

Louis Hachette Group.

  1. Fostering a culture of impact
    The entire Group is adapting its business lines to decarbonise its businesses/operations/activities and is thus contributing to Fighting climate change. In particular, it is rolling out a transition plan across the Lagardère group’s businesses/operations/activities, covering over 90% of its revenue, with a trajectory for reducing emissions by 2030.Each business division, in line with its specific characteristics, also works to conserve resources throughout the value chain: the circular economy for publishing and retail in travel areas, and biodiversity for publishing exclusively.
  2. Fostering a culture of talent
    From business lines to stores, Louis Hachette Group fosters the fulfilment of its teams through well-being at work, professional development and work-life balance. Furthermore, the Group is committed to celebrating diversity, identifying skills and encouraging innovation, with a particular focus on gender balance in the workplace and Training. By 2025, the Group’s active gender balance policy had enabled it to achieve a 47% representation of women among its top executives.
  3. Fostering a culture of openness
    Through the content it produces and distributes, and thanks to various partnerships and cultural and social engagement programmes, Louis Hachette Group supports diverse creativity and all the voices that give it expression. Lagardère Radio, for instance, continued its climate initiative and broadcast 40 hours of programming dedicated to climate and environmental issues across its stations. Prisma Media published 199 magazine covers featuring so-called ‘impact’ topics. Promoting access to education, information, entertainment and culture for as many people as possible is also one of the key pillars of its strategy. Lagardère Publishing is enhancing the accessibility of content, notably through the development of audiobooks, whose catalogue has expanded significantly in 2025 (with over 29,000 audiobooks available).
  4. Fostering a culture of trust
    Louis Hachette Group is committed to developing its businesses/operations/activities by integrating key priorities of quality, compliance and ethics. In particular, the Group takes action to prevent corruption through the roll-out of mandatory awareness-raising sessions for all its employees. By 2025, 91% of the Group’s employees had received training on these topics. Furthermore, managing the value chain is a major priority for the Group, particularly for the Lagardère group’s international businesses/operations/activities. Consequently, 91% of Lagardère’s high-risk supplier expenditure was assessed in 2025 using a system such as EcoVadis or equivalent.

Non-financial ratings

One year after its creation, Louis Hachette Group received its first non-financial ratings in 2025:

  • CDP: Louis Hachette Group is awarded a B rating in the CDP Climate ranking, reflecting its structured management of carbon-related priorities and its commitment to climate transition.
  • MSCI: Louis Hachette Group is awarded a BBB rating, reflecting its performance in the areas of environment, social and governance.
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Responsible purchasing

Through its responsible procurement strategy, Louis Hachette Group aims to contribute to major international standards such as the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Guidelines and the ILO (International Labour Organisation) Conventions. Louis Hachette Group’s Responsible Supplier Charter has been drawn up on the basis of these standards and forms the cornerstone of the Group’s policy regarding its relations with suppliers. The ability of suppliers of goods or services to adhere to and comply with this Charter is a decisive factor in the decision to establish or continue a business relationship with them.