Our CSR
commitment
The Lindera CSR commitment
Rooted in our core values of Agility, Excellence, Commitment, Corporate Social Responsibility and Passion, and drawing on DNA rich in exceptional expertise that benefits our clients and pays close attention to what our people and partners are saying, the Lindera Group is continually perfecting the excellence of its CSR policy on the basis of its 5 fundamental priorities: Exceptional Expertise, Environment, Responsible Purchasing, Employment Policy & Human Rights and Ethical Practice.
Olivier Jacquier, Group CEO
In choosing our fundamental CSR priorities, we have made the conscious choice to sign a series of benchmark charters to help us respond as effectively as possible to today’s major societal challenges
A Group-wide CSR commitment
since 2012
Environmental audit and carbon
footprint assessment
Senior management commitment charters
ECOVADIS certification
SILVER certification
Aiming for ECOVADIS GOLD or PLATINUM
OUR CSR COMMITMENT
A proactive approach
Our CSR commitment is supervised at the highest level of management by a CSR Committee chaired by Lindera Group CEO Olivier Jacquier.
Working towards EcoVadis Gold!
Having secured its first EcoVadis certification in 2016 and Silver certification in 2019 (renewed in 2021 and 2023), Lindera has its eyes firmly set on EcoVadis Gold certification in 2024.Our priorities for progress:
- Decarbonation
- Responsible purchasing
- Human rights
- New societal challenges
Our partners
In addition to certification, we are also committed to the collection and recycling of waste alongside partners such as Valdelia or Seconde Œuvre.And we are working with actors on the challenges around furniture recycling, in particular with Kataba on eco-design.
Laurent Roussanne
Anissa Ourif
A CSR committee to deliver our CSR approach
The CSR Committee injects strategic impetus, reviews the progress of structural initiatives, and validates the action plans developed jointly with entity managers and employees.
Our CSR impact priorities
The 5 fundamental priorities of our CSR approach
This diagram shows the crucial challenges we face as a result of our commitment to excellence in everything we do, the environmental impact of our businesses, which we need to offset, and the innovations we are implementing to fuel the virtuous circle of sustainable business development. It correctly identifies responsible purchasing and employment policy as fundamental issues, because the exceptional expertise integral to our DNA is perpetuated and built on by listening to what our partners and people have to say, and involving them in our decision-making.
Focus on the environment
- Offering our clients a life cycle analysis for all their projects; a process that dovetails with an accelerated eco-design methodology;
- Making more systematic use of certified and/or natural and/or 100% recycled and/or recyclable products as part of a Design to Cost process, and putting greater emphasis on product reuse;
- Reducing our CO2 footprint and waste generation on the basis of carbon balance assessments for all our sites.
Focus on exceptional expertise & CSR
- Developing new and desirable sustainable design methods alongside our clients to take us further with our creativity and ability to deliver on their expectations;
- Bringing forward bold and responsible proposals for driving innovation in ways that benefit our clients;
- Taking our expertise, skills transfer and knowledge to the next level by maintaining our EPV Living Heritage Company label and hiring more qualified artisans, apprentices and work/study students.
Focus on responsible purchasing
- Securing accreditation under the Responsible Supplier Relations and Purchasing (RFAR) labelling scheme;
- Expanding our ecosystem of eco-responsible partners and suppliers (work on materials);
- Meeting the very highest standards of client responsible purchasing expectations.
Focus on employment policy and human rights
- An uncompromising approach to Health & Safety issues;
- Reducing occupational accidents by 4% year on year;
- Partnering with Ateliers Emmaüs in Lyon to encourage jobseekers back into the world of work;
- Occupational wellbeing (pleasant working environments, benefits, employee agreement on soft mobility, etc.).
Focus on ethical practice
- Signing up to the United Nations Global Compact;
- Signing up to the Sustainable IT Charter;
- Introducing a reciprocal commitment to respect the Group's fundamental principles of ethical practice as an integral part of employment contracts.