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We are progressing in our efforts to transform our workplaces into more environmentally friendly destinations.
The future of work has arrived at Omnicom.
In many parts of the world, employees are settling into more agile and flexible work arrangements.
With more employees splitting their time between office and remote work, we are adjusting our spaces to accommodate this shift.
Our goal is to create environments that allow our people to continue providing excellent service to clients while maintaining the ability to connect and collaborate safely and conveniently.
In many instances, we’re eliminating dedicated workstations and replacing them with unassigned desks that people can reserve on the days they’re in the office.
We’re introducing diverse spaces – from small booths for private, focused work, to large collaborative areas where teams can meet and share ideas – helping us increase efficiency and optimize our footprint.
We’re designing our offices to give employees flexibility without affecting productivity.
At the same time, we’re effectively reducing our net square footage and, in eliminated 435,000 square feet of space from our footprint.
Our global planning standard, which includes Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) principles, guides our building and retrofitting activities.
We prioritize the use of energy-efficient lighting, heating and cooling, and we’re focused on reducing and reusing materials.
Our transition to more shared spaces, state-of-the-art video conferencing and virtual file storage and printing centers all contribute to our energy savings and waste reduction.
We continued to take steps to reduce energy consumption in effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continued to challenge our ability to accurately measure the true impact.
In (MWh) of energy, a 30.2% reduction compared to 2020.
We reduced greenhouse gas emissions across our footprint by to 2020.
As part of Omnicom’s strategy to curb our carbon footprint, we derive a portion of our electricity needs from renewable sources.
These efforts are spearheaded in the U.K., where we are buying green power in buildings we manage through electricity purchasing agreements.
In the U.S., more than our leased spaces, and we encourage them to seek renewable energy sources whenever possible.
In accounting for 21.5% of total electricity, compared to 19.2% of total electricity in 2020.
This exceeded our goal to increase our use of electricity from renewable sources globally to by 2023.
As part of its ongoing GREEN TURN initiative, BBDO Germany’s throughout their offices and through their work with clients.
By acknowledging the fact that every media campaign causes COclients to donate to MYBLUEPLANET’s efforts to reduce CO2 emissions.
Every client donation was doubled in a match by OMG Switzerland – totaling 6,400 CHF ($6,700 USD).
, Public Power Corporation in Greece supplied renewable sources, reducing 8,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2).
OMD Greece helped the electric power company tell this story with a across multiple platforms and a social campaign that earned 10.6 million impressions.
In partnership with Ecologi, a donation pool organization, RAPP Worldwide set out to invest its employee Christmas card money in something meaningful.
RAPP’s “Raise The Floor” initiative encourages agencies and brands to plant a forest equal to the square footage of their office space.
Standard Chartered is the bank of emerging markets, connecting East and West for over 160 years.
While both markets are growing, they face great risks from climate change as they rely on cheap and harmful energy sources to progress.
To help encourage countries and businesses to accelerate their transition to carbon neutrality, TBWA\Singapore helped Standard Chartered launch a new film that demonstrates the impact of carbon, highlights the bank's commitment to tackling carbon emissions and outlines how the bank helps its clients finance a transition to net-zero.
Coral reefs are a vital ecosystem for aquatic life, but 90% of the world’s reefs will be gone by 2043 without interventions.
AMV BBDO worked with cat food brand SHEBA® to develop the “Hope Grows” campaign, a love letter to the ocean.
The Nature Conservancy, Google and National Geographic Creative Works brought their idea to life by regrowing a degraded coral reef in Indonesia’s Spermonde Archipelago.
The regrown reef spells the word “hope,” showcasing SHEBA's commitment to sustainability and environmental restoration.
Governance At Omnicom, we are committed to regularly reviewing and strengthening our corporate structure and policies.
We maintain alignment with our stakeholders and ensure high levels of trust by setting clear standards and championing transparency.
The vast experience and varied perspectives of each member of our Board of Directors and leadership team is highly valued and integral to our process.
Guided by their expert and diverse points of view, we are committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards and oversight across our networks and agencies.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Our distinguished Board of Directors is among the most diverse of any U.S.-based corporation.
This diversity has been facilitated, in large part, by prioritizing Board refreshment to ensure a balanced mix of perspectives, institutional knowledge and strong oversight.
In former Group Vice President of Hispanic Business Strategy for Toyota Motor North America, Inc., and Mark D. Gerstein, Partner at Latham & Watkins LLP.
Patricia and Mark add a new dimension of diversity to our Board and bring a wealth of expertise in corporate responsibility areas including DE&I, environmental affairs and governance.
Our of whom are women, four of whom are African American, including our Lead Independent Director, and one who is Latina.
John Wren serves as our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Each director stands for election annually and, every year, the Board elects our Lead Independent Director and evaluates the role’s scope and nature to ensure it has robust responsibilities.
Our Code of Business Conduct underscores our commitment to upholding the highest ethical standards.
The Code comprises our values, beliefs and policies that all Omnicom employees agree to uphold – regardless of level or location.
The Code carries over and applies to our contractors, vendors, Board of Directors and everyone else who represents Omnicom.
With an enhanced Code of Business Conduct rolled out across the Omnicom network in 2018, we then achieved our goal to establish business ethics and antibribery training for our full-time, regular employees worldwide in 2020.
In employees across the network completed the training at exceptionally high rates.
Discussing with a supervisor or senior manager, the agency or network financial manager or the agency or network legal department.
Contacting Omnicom’s Legal Department by email or mail.
In to formalize our long-standing practices and provide oversight to the very limited number of political contributions our agencies may make from time to time.
The policy governs Omnicom’s consideration and approval of political activities in the U.S., including political contributions at the federal, state and local levels.
Omnicom does not make political contributions at the holding company level and does not have a company-sponsored Political Action Committee.
Following input from our shareholders, we disclosed that for made no U.S. political contributions or contributions to 527 organizations, including PACs.
In in response to ongoing shareholder feedback to include payments made in 2021 to U.S. trade associations that received more than $50,000 in Omnicom dues or contributions, and the amount of such dues or contributions that those trade associations used for lobbying or political activity payments.
Our disclosures related to U.S. political contributions and payments to U.S. trade associations is available on our Corporate Governance website.
SUPPLIER CODE OF CONDUCT After finalizing our Supplier Code of Conduct in detailing the high standards we expect from those who provide goods and services to us.
All individuals and organizations in the Omnicom supply chain must follow our values by operating ethically and complying with the Code, which covers fundamental principles of how we do business – ranging from human rights and workplace safety to environmental responsibility and risk management.
A reliable and ethical supply chain is critical for our business, and we expect our suppliers to hold their suppliers to the same standards.
ANTI-BRIBERY TRAINING To ensure every Omnicom employee reflects the ethical standards set by our leadership team, we introduced robust anti-bribery and anticorruption training in 2021.
The training equips employees with the necessary understanding of proper conduct in relations with foreign officials, gifts, entertainment, hospitality, use of third-party advisers and accurate record keeping.
Report Omnicom’s approach to corporate responsibility is built upon our long and enduring commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, environmental stewardship, a culture of ethics and sound corporate governance.
This report provides a high-level overview of Omnicom’s corporate responsibility commitments, activities and progress in includes some anecdotal information from early 2022.
The report is organized to reflect our four focus areas: People, Community, Environment and Governance.
In this report, and online at csr.omnicomgroup.com, we have included a select number of case studies from our diverse network of agencies to characterize Omnicom’s commitment to relentlessly drive progress in our workplace, our communities and the environment.
In developing this report, we consulted various global reporting frameworks – including the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards and GGlobal Compact (UNGC) and the UN SDGs – and internal and external stakeholders to determine relevant material topics.
The content of this report was developed primarily through interviews with Omnicom executives, subject matter experts and Omnicom agency employees.
We also relied on previous conversations with some of our largest shareholders, as well as NGO partners, clients and investors, to solicit feedback on our recent corporate responsibility reports.
These interviews informed our reporting strategy and provided further stakeholder input into our corporate responsibility efforts.
As part of our regular governance efforts, we reached out to shareholders holding every shareholder who accepted our invitation for engagement.
The constructive feedback we received from shareholders, which often included corporate responsibility topics such as diversity, equity and inclusion and environmental sustainability, is shared with and discussed by the full Board of Directors on a regular basis.
Numbers throughout the report are estimates based on available data.
Unless otherwise noted, data within the report reflects our United States operations.
Omnicom’s commitment to support and respect human rights is embodied in our Human Rights Policy, Code of Business Conduct and Supplier Code of Conduct.
The Code of Business Conduct covers our commitment to comply with all laws of the places where we do business, our prohibition against insider trading, our duty to advance our employer’s legitimate interest and our commitment to equal opportunity.
Our Supplier Code of Conduct holds our vendors to the same high standards we hold ourselves.
The Human Rights Policy, Code of Business Conduct and Supplier Code of Conduct are available on our Corporate Governance website.
For more information on our commitment to respecting human rights, see the Governance section of this report.
Omnicom’s directors, officers and employees are required to comply with our Code of Business Conduct, which sets the foundation for how we should do business on a day-to-day basis.
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate against employees or job applicants on the basis of race, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, pregnancy or any similar status or condition.
For more information on our commitment to fair labor, see the People section of this report.
Principle 9: Encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.
Omnicom is committed to promoting greater environmental responsibility and regularly reports on environmental performance throughout our operations.
Omnicom’s Environmental Policy outlines our approach to minimize our impact by encouraging our companies to consider their environmental footprint in terms of conscious design of office space, energy efficiency, travel and commuting, procurement, and recycling and waste management.
For more information on our commitment to environmental sustainability, see the Environment section of this report.
ANTI-CORRUPTION Principle 10: Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery.
Omnicom operates in an increasingly complex global environment, and our commitment to the highest ethical standards in the communities where we do business is outlined in our Code of Business Conduct.
For more information on our commitment to ethics and compliance, see the Governance section of this report.
General Disclosures to adopt and make recommendations to the Company’s Code of Business Conduct, which includes economic, environmental and social topics.
Proxy Statement, Pages Omnicom’s leadership team oversees economic, environmental, social and governance initiatives.
Senior management (see General Disclosure discusses economic, environmental, social and governance topics during shareholder engagement meetings conducted annually.
Proxy Statement, Page 0% of Omnicom employees in the United States are covered by collective bargaining agreements.
This report references disclosures from the GRI Standards and the GRI G4 Media Sector Disclosures, as detailed in this index.
2021 CR Report, Page 43 (Global GHG Emissions (MTCO2e) 2021 10-K, Pages F-24-F-25 (Defined Benefit Pension Plans) Partially reported: The majority of our senior management at the Omnicom holding company level are hired from the countries they work in.
Most of Omnicom’s buying decisions are made at the agency level in the context of the production of client products and campaigns.
Employee training on human rights policies or procedures The percentage of part-time employees at the Omnicom holding company level is insignificant.
Omnicom doesn’t track this information at the agency level.
Partially reported: U.S. Political Contributions Policy Various Omnicom agencies are doing positive work in this area.