Our commitments | Crédit Mutuel group

Our social, environmental and societal commitments

The group conducts its business based on respect for universal rights and principles. The Crédit Mutuel group's CSR policy is guided by public positions related to specific topics and sectors.

Taking a proactive approach, Crédit Mutuel supports the following public and private initiatives

As a responsible company:

The UN Global Compact (or Global Compact) - Confédération Nationale du Crédit Mutuel (CNCM) and Crédit Mutuel Arkéa : COP - Communication On Progress du Crédit Mutuel Arkéa
Signatory to the Paris Pledge for Action - Fédéral Finance Gestion, Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale and Crédit Mutuel Asset Management
Signatory to the Decarbonize Europe Manifesto - Shift Project (Nicolas Théry, Chairman of Confédération Nationale du Crédit Mutuel and Xavier Lépine, Chairman of La Française).
Crédit Mutuel Arkéa group is a member of ORSE
Crédit Mutuel Loire-Atlantique Centre-Ouest group (LACO) is a member of Comité 21

As a responsible investor:

ICGN (International Corporate Governance Network) - Crédit Mutuel Asset Management since 2011
Signatory to Japan's stewardship code - La Française
Signatory to PRI (Principles for Responsible Investment) by:
- Crédit Mutuel Asset Management - RI Transparency Report 2019,
- Federal Finance Gestion - RI Transparency Report 2019,
- La Française AM - RI Transparency Report 2019,
- CIC Private Debt - RI Transparency Report 2019
Signatory to CDP (Carbone Disclosure Project) - La Française, Crédit Mutuel Asset Management (water, CO² and forests since 2010, 2011 et 2013 respectively)
Member of Green Bonds Principles (GBP) - Crédit Mutuel Asset Management since 2015
Adheres to Code de transparence AFG-FIR - Crédit Mutuel Asset Management and La Française AM
Fédéral Finance, La Française and Crédit Mutuel Asset Management are members of the French Sustainable Investment Forum (FIR)
Crédit Mutuel Asset Management is member of Eurosif (the European Association for Responsible Investment) since 2004
Signatory to the declaration Vers une généralisation de la notation extra-financière - Crédit Mutuel Asset Management since 2017
Since 2018, signatory to the Global Investor Statement to Governments on Climate Change - Crédit Mutuel Asset Management and La Française Group
Signatory to the Poseidon Principles - CIC, subsidiary of Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale in January 2019

A responsible employer that cares about its employees' working conditions

At Crédit Mutuel, the focus is on the men and women that make up the group, the key ingredients of any business. The group's 81,898 employees have advantageous wage agreements in terms of social policy, and specifically social protection, leave and continuous training.

See our division agreements (in french)

Each year before 1^st March, the companies of the Credit Mutuel group of at least 50 employees must calculate and publish on their website their index of gender equality.

You will find below our indices for:

Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale (in french)
CIC (in french)
Crédit Mutuel Arkéa (in french)
Crédit Mutuel Maine-Anjou, Basse-Normandie
Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe (in french)
Crédit Mutuel Océan (in french)

In addition, Nicolas Théry, as President of Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale, supports the initiative "Breaking together the glass ceiling" which prevents women from accessing managerial positions.