CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY its suppliers and subcontractors to comply with the or not an employee, to report a request (information, ethical standards presented in its Ethics Guide. From complaints, litigation) to the “ethics correspondents”. a contractual standpoint, they must adhere to the This system was revised in 2017 to meet the new general terms and conditions of sale, which include regulatory requirements of the French law Sapin 2 specific clauses regarding the obligation to respect and will enter into force in 2018. This system meets the International Labor Organization’s fundamental the requirements of the law on Duty of Care. conventions and local legislations, notably in terms of minimum wage, working hours, working (v) Mechanism for monitoring the measures environment, occupational safety, and health. implemented and assessing their effectiveness Based on the findings of the risk mapping, the Rexel has set up a Steering Committee to implement Group may need to adapt or supplement these risk the duty of care. The Committee coordinates and mitigation or prevention measures. validates the risk mapping as well as the action plan and its implementation. Qualitative and quantitative It should be noted, however, that no control indicators for monitoring the effectiveness of the system, whatever its degree of maturity and measures will be set up. experimentation, can guarantee the absence of risk and it is the responsibility of the Group and its brands The process of identifying and prioritizing risks will to develop the most effective col laboration and be reviewed on a regular basis in order to integrate control systems with suppliers and subcontractors potential changes in the Group’s supply chain as in order to minimize risks and implement any wel l as changes in the assessment of impacts or corrective measures in cases where non-compliance probability of occurrence. is identified. Audit reviews aimed at testing the efficiency of the operation of the vigilance plan within the Group will (iv) Mechanism for alerting and collecting be carried out on a regular basis. Simultaneously, the alerts on the existence or occurrence of risks, Group will make sure that the vigilance plan follows established in consultation with the representative its developments (in particular in case of change trade union organizations within the Group in strategy, major external growth transactions or Rexel has already set up a mechanism for alerting acquisitions of new markets involving new risks). and collecting alerts, enabling any person, whether 4.3 EMPLOYEE-RELATED INFORMATION Scope of reporting: the inclusion of entities in the key group of indicators were subjected to an external employee-related scope of reporting is based on audit and are as follows: the legal status of the entities to which employees of the Rexel Group belong. Thus, any entity •Health, safety and working conditions; on which Rexel employees depend is included Employee training; and • in the annual reporting. Entities either acquired after November 1, 2017 (when the scope was •Employee mobility. determined) or sold before December 31, 2017, are not accounted for. 4.3.1 Workforce Rexel transferred in December 2017 its operation in South East Asia, i.e. Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Total workforce (number of people employed Vietnam, the Philippines, Macau and Malaysia. Sold at December 31, 2017) entities are not included in the comparative data At December 31, 2017, the Rexel Group employed for the years prior to 2017 in paragraph 4.3. 27,024 people compared to 26,706 (or 27,273 In 2017, Rexel identified three key group of indicators including sold entities in December 2017) at of particular significance for the Rexel Group. These December 31, 2016. REXEL 2017 – REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 164