New Delhi. To support continuing moves to step up its commitments to environmental, social and societal responsibility, Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) is making a number of changes to its CSR organisation and governance.

• Patrice Caine has entrusted Isabelle Simon, Group Secretary & General Counsel, with overall responsibility on the Executive Committee for matters relating to environmental, social and societal responsibility.
• A new corporate department has been created to bring together the expertise and competencies required for the Group to meet its commitments to environmental, social and societal responsibility.
• The new department is led by Anne Bolot-Gittler, who has been appointed Chief Sustainability Officer and reports to Isabelle Simon.
• Governance changes are also being made to ensure that these matters are more fully addressed at the highest level of the organisation, with the creation of a new committee dedicated to environmental, social and societal responsibility on the Executive Committee and the expansion of the Strategy and CSR committee on the Board of Directors.

As Thales steps up its commitments, the Group is strengthening its CSR organisation.

Thales is continuing to step up its commitments to environmental, social and societal responsibility.

The Group recently raised its CO2 emissions reduction targets and reaffirmed its commitments on diversity and inclusion, ethics and compliance, and workplace health and safety.

To ensure that these matters are more fully addressed, the Group is making a number of organisational changes.

The Group is combining all its CSR expertise and competencies within a new integrated department.

In addition to her role in coordinating the Governance, Ethics & Compliance, Legal, Audit, Risks & Internal Control, and Security functions, Isabelle Simon, Group Secretary & General Counsel, has assumed overall responsibility for matters relating to CSR.

A new Environmental and Societal Responsibility department has been created to bring together the expertise and competencies required for the Group to meet its commitments to environmental, social and societal responsibility (Environment, Diversity & Inclusion, Workplace Health and Safety, the Thales Solidarity community engagement programme and charitable fund).

Anne Bolot-ittler has been appointed to lead this new Environmental and Societal Responsibility department. She reports to Isabelle Simon.

Governance changes to address CSR issues at the highest levels of the organisation

The Group is making two governance changes in order to place corporate responsibility at the centre of its strategic decision-making process:

Creation of a new committee on the Executive Committee dedicated to environmental, social and societal responsibility, which will include the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, the Group Secretary & General Counsel, and several other members of the Executive Committee.

Expansion of the Strategy and CSR committee on the Board of Directors to include two additional directors for environmental, social and societal responsibility issues: Mrs Anne Rigail and Marie-Françoise Walbaum.