The Carrefour Group is also responsible for providing transparent information to its stakeholders and investors. This is why the group strives to make information tools available to them and to establish an ongoing dialogue regarding its financial and extra-financial performance.

Establishing a fully transparent dialogue with the Socially Responsible Investment world

The Carrefour Group submits its global performance to the evaluation of ratings agencies and SRI investors. The Group thus maintains a regular, transparent dialogue with extra-financial rating agencies, SRI index groups, investors and insurance companies. The Sustaianbility department answers questionnaires as well as one-off requests for information concerning the Group's policies and the actions taken by the Business Units. It also meets with investors and answers their questions during road shows and meeting organized to cover corporate social and environmental responsibility.

Carrefour group's presence in the main SRI indices

Carrefour Group's presence in the main SRI indices
As of 12/31/2008, the Carrefour group was included in 9 SRI indices:
Aspi Eurozone (Vigeo France) since 2002; DJSI Stoxx Europe (Dow Jones USA) since 2003; DJSI World ( Dow Jones USA) since 2002; ECPI Ethical Index Euro and Global (ECPI- Italy, Luxembourg) since 2002; Ethibel Excellence Europe and Global (Ethibel Belgium) since 2005; FTSE4 Good Europe and Global (FTSE-UK) since 2004.

 

Carrefour group's presnece in the main SRI funds

*Total value of SRI funds as of 31 December 2008. ** Total value of Carrefour shares held in the SRI funds as of 31 December 2008. *** Fund covered by the SRI initiative and commitment of F&C AM to intergrate environmental, social and governance criteria into its assessments.

In 2008, the Carrefour group shares were included held in 4 main SRI funds:

• Banque Sarasin & Cie SA (Total value of the SRI fund: €9.6 billion): total value of Carrefour shares held in the SRI fund: €7 million
• BNP Paribas AM (Total value of the SRI fund: €7.6 billion): total value of Carrefour shares held in the SRI fund: €3.9 million
• F&C AM (Equity funds***) (Total value of the SRI fund: €102 billion): total value of Carrefour shares held in the SRI fund: €0.2 million
• Natixis AM (Total value of the SRI fund: €3.6 billion): total value of Carrefour shares held in the SRI fund: €18.7 million