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ONE AMBITION: TO IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING OF ALL
1. The Group and its environment
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its life cycle. Domotic, which contributes in particular to
reducing housing energy consumption and improving
security, also permits an ever greater integration of intelligent
equipment in everyday use.
Modeling (BIM, see chapter 3, section 2.1.2), which provides
an integrated view of a building throughout all the stages of
With digital technology, a profound rethinking of buildings
and habitat is also under way. The digital integration of
buildings is leading to technical changes in construction,
particularly the increasing use of Building Information
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE DIGITAL
TRANSFORMATION
DIRECT ACCESS
TO END
CONSUMER
INCREASED
SUBSTITUTION
RISK
DIFFICULTIES
TO
DIFFERENTIATE
REDUCED
BARRIERS
TO ENTRY
INCREASED
COMPETITION
Source : Porter, Harvard. Business Review.
THE GROUP’S KEY CHALLENGES
1.5
In 2015, Saint-Gobain conducted a three-stage materiality
analysis:
identification of the key challenges based on a review of
the available documentation on the Group, its activities
and its environment;
sharing these challenges with key stakeholders;
ranking the challenges by comparing stakeholder
expectations against the vision of Group management.
The resulting materiality matrix was developed on the basis
of looking for consensus between external and internal
stakeholders. A methodology note is available on the
corporate website at
www.saint-gobain.com.
To provide greater transparency around the challenges, in
2016 they were grouped and summarized according to four
long-term priority areas for CSR:
climate change;
responsible business practices;
diversity;
health and safety.
The Group then added two further CSR challenges associated
with its development:
circular economy;
creation of local value.
fulfilment of its brand promise:
Lastly, Saint-Gobain used stakeholder dialogue to confirm
two strategic challenges linked to its performance and to the
operational excellence;
solution to improve well-being and daily life.