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At ECF Group, a strong shared sense of environmental and social responsibility is part of our daily work. This is reflected in three commitments that we have strictly maintained for 15 years.
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Our Sustainable Development efforts were formalized in 2004 with the signing of the United Nations Global Compact. Our commitment to the environment, people, solidarity and diversity is reflected in everything we do. These principles, which shape the culture of the ECF Group, are firmly rooted in a solid foundation of enduring values shared by all our employees and partners.
Our 3 commitments
Minimizing our environmental footprint and promoting environmental protection
Better control of our impact on the environment.
To minimize the impact of our activities, we continually seek to implement best practices and prioritize solutions that have a reduced environmental footprint or allow us to reduce it, whether in terms of waste, energy or fuel consumption. In addition, the Group is committed to reducing its impact on climate change within its operational perimeter and throughout its value chain.
Promote greater social and environmental responsibility.
Educate, involve, enhance: the company makes its employees aware of the challenges of today’s world and offers them an experience that is all the more powerful when it is shared, supportive and future-oriented.
Our objective
- Minimizing the impact of our activities on the environment
- Measure, monitor and reduce our impact on climate change and determine our trajectory towards 2030 and 2050 to contribute to the Paris agreements.
- Raise awareness of environmental and social issues among our employees.
- Increasing our positive social and solidarity externalities
Proposing eco-responsible offers for a sustainable partnership with your stakeholders
Supporting our customers in their environmental transition is a commitment shared by all of the group’s subsidiaries. We are also committed to developing strong, constructive and lasting relationships with all our stakeholders.
A more environmentally friendly product offering.
The group is committed to adapting its customers’ needs to the search for greener alternatives, sustainable products or products with a reduced impact on the environment.
Thus, the ECF Group sources and selects products with the most rigorous seals, such as FSC, PEFC, Ok Compost and European Ecolabel, or with less impact on the environment and respectful of human health.
Sustainable relationships with our partners.
We are committed to developing strong and lasting relationships with all our stakeholders, whether they are our suppliers, service providers, customers or the associations we support. For 15 years, the ECF Group has been involving its suppliers in its Sustainable Development policy through a supplier charter whose pillars are respect for human rights, working conditions and the environment.
Our objective
- To offer more ecological and responsible, efficient and reliable solutions, guaranteeing both respect for the environment and the satisfaction of our customers.
- Implement a responsible purchasing policy with our suppliers.
- Build balanced relationships with our stakeholders based on shared values to promote a sustainable growth model.
Develop inclusive, equitable and respectful social relationships.
Fair and respectful social relations.
The ECF Group is concerned with the professional and personal development of its employees by implementing social practices to ensure well-being at work, skills development, health and safety at work.
We are committed to the fight against discrimination and diversity, and we guarantee equal opportunities from the moment of recruitment. Respecting, transmitting and supporting are the pillars of the ECF Group’s social responsibility.
Our objective
- Bridging quality of life at work, diversity and performance
- Ensure the health and safety of our employees and customers in our stores.
- Developing our employer brand and the Group’s human capital through training and awareness raising
Global Compact
Global Compact. The E.CF Group has been an active supporter of the United Nations Global Compact since 2004. This Global Compact brings together companies committed to social responsibility and the integration of 10 fundamental principles in their operations. Our participation is renewed every year and is materialized through a COP (Communication for Progress), which details the actions taken and embodies our values.
The 10 fundamental principles of the UN Global Compact Charter
Human rights
Promote and respect the protection of international human rights law.
Ensuring that they are not complicit in human rights violations
International labor standards
Respect freedom of association and recognize the right to collective bargaining.
Continuing to eliminate discrimination in employment
Contribute to the effective eradication of child labor.
Contributing to the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labor
Environment
Applying the precautionary approach to environmental problems
Take initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility
Encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.
Fight against corruption
Act against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery.