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Our Priority CSR Issues
Matrix of Real-World Problems
To define our priority CSR issues, we produced a matrix of real-world issues.
- Thanks to a benchmarking with other business schools in France and internationally, as well as interviews with different categories of stakeholders, we have identified 36 CSR themes for Audencia, divided into 6 families (teaching, research, environment, social, territory and governance).
- We invited our stakeholders to rank these 36 issues in order of relative importance. Nearly 800 students, alumni, partners, and employees responded to the questionnaire. In parallel, we worked with the school's management committee to identify which of the same 36 issues had the greatest impact on the school's activities.
5 CSR Priority Issues & Action Plans
These 5 priority CSR issues both being considered as very important by our stakeholders and having a very strong impact on our activities by our management committee.
With the involvement of the various school departments concerned, we then defined 3 quantified objectives and action plans for each of the 5 priority CSR issues.
Developing innovative research partnerships to advance business and society
Objectives:
- By 2025, raise €14 million to fund research on sustainable business model transformation, financing and managing transformation, and developing people to serve transformation.
- By 2025, 40% of scientific production to focus on environmental and social transition
- By 2025, 30% of scholarly productions should include authors from at least two different disciplines.
Rethinking education in line with the Sustainable Development Goals.
Objectives:
- By 2025, 80% of Audencia's courses will contribute to the achievement of at least one of the SDGs
- By 2025, 100% of Audencia's students will have taken at least one of the courses designed by Gaïa in line with the SDGs
- By 2025, 30% of continuing education revenue to be generated from training related to the challenges of environmental and social transition
Defining carbon emission reduction targets in line with those of the European Union.
Targets currently being defined
Actions to promote gender equality in the workplace.
Objectives:
- By 2025, achieve a student mix of at least 40% of each gender in each of our programs
- By 2025, achieve at least 95 out of 100 points on the Gender Workplace Equality Index
- By 2025, provide free negotiation training to at least 10,000 women
Favoring the inclusion of people with disabilities and ensuring accessibility for all.
Objectives:
- By 2025, reach 2% of learners with disabilities; by 2030, to reach 3% of learners with disabilities
- By 2030, reach 6% of the workforce with a disability
- By 2025, provide a scholarship equal to 10% of tuition to any student who is recognized as having a disability.
Real-World Issues Matrix
What is the analysis of real-world issues?
Initially, the idea of "real world issues" came from the world of finance and reporting. Real-world issue analysis aims to prioritize CSR issues by considering two criteria:
- First, the importance stakeholders attach to each issue,
- Second, the expected impact of each issue on the company's business and operations.
The analysis of real-world issues feeds and structures the CSR strategy by involving the various stakeholders, while at the same time contributing to the overall performance of the company in all its dimensions.
The real-world issues analysis is a snapshot of a moment in time that clearly identifies the priority CSR issues that the company has set for itself for the next 2-3 years, limiting the risk of getting lost in the shuffle at a time when expectations of companies are multiplying.
Real-world issue analysis is a tool that helps the company to develop its CSR strategy, by involving its various stakeholders, while contributing to its overall performance in all its dimensions.