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Sustainable Business Awards: Benoit Bazin, chief executive of Saint-Gobain, wins the 2025 Personality Prize
The Sustainable Business Awards ceremony held by L'Agefi on 16 October at the Salle Gaveau in Paris honoured four companies and one individual for their record on environmental, social and governance issues.
Board committees: not optional
Company boards are commonly advised by committees that make recommendations on the issues no business can avoid. Strategy, ESG, appointments and executive pay all come under scrutiny.
In 2025, 88% of SBF 120 boards have a committee covering ESG matters
Across the SBF 120, 88% of boards have a committee that specifically addresses ESG issues: 40% of companies have a combined committee and 48% a dedicated one, according to the responsible governance barometer published by the Institut Français des Administrateurs and Ethics & Boards.
AI remains a challenge for French corporate governance
Still the world leader on governance, the SBF 120 must now take full hold of the technological and geostrategic questions that tomorrow's world will pose.
Why do 13% of women leave the executive committee after fighting their way onto it?
Executive committees are opening to women faster than before, yet women still struggle to reach operational roles. With an average of only four years' tenure, 13% of them leave the executive committee against 9% of men, a Russell Reynolds Associates study finds. Under the Rixain law, companies now have real work to…
CAC 40, SBF 120 and workplace equality: where do women stand?
Since 2023 the Rixain law has required companies to reach 30% women on executive committees by 2026 and 40% by 2029. How are equality policies changing the picture, and where do the large CAC 40 and SBF 120 groups stand? The details.
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