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The Group also created Pernod Ricard University in 2011 in order to support talent development and train its future leaders while encouraging diversity. Pernod Ricard University introduced a leadership development course in 2012, to promote the development of individual leadership skills in the spirit of the Group’s leadership model. This training course now comprises three programmes: “Mixers”, for Managers with potential (Management Committee) who need to strengthen leadership aspects in comparison to the operational element of their role; “Shakers”, for confirmed leaders some of whom already serve on the Management Committee, with potential for more general roles. In June 2018, the course was extended with the introduction of a third programme, “Blenders”, for the Group’s top 140 executives, including the Executive Committee. Since the implementation of these programmes, 560 employees have benefited from the “Mixers” programme, and 180 from the “Shakers” programme. Diversity: a major strategic focus 3.2.2.2 for the Group Pernod Ricard has made diversity a focus of leadership, through the “Better Balance” initiative, which aims to foster a better balance of profiles within management teams, focused on nationality and gender. It is understood as a real performance driver for the Company, which wishes to reflect the diversity of its consumers (93% of turnover is generated internationally, and a growing number of consumers are women). “Better Balance” is a strategic initiative in which the Executive Committee undertakes to both raise awareness among the teams and determine a global, long-term action plan. This joint commitment is supported by a number of global initiatives, in particular the introduction of targets, awareness-raising workshops, which more than 1,000 Managers have attended so far, mentoring programmes, leadership training, Development Centers, and the introduction of flexibility measures across the affiliates. These global initiatives are implemented through local programmes specific to each affiliate. With 417,831 training hours this year, the Group was able to offer training to 16,411 employees (fixed-term and permanent contracts), accounting for around 89% of the total average workforce (compared with 85% in 2016/17). Trained employees received 25 hours of training on average. Training programmes are aimed at adapting employees’ skills to the requirements of their current position and also preparing them for their future positions and global developments. Pernod Ricard is committed to developing the employability of all its employees throughout their working lives. Pernod Ricard has developed programmes aimed at developing its employees’ behavioural (management and especially leadership) and operational skills (marketing, finance, HR, sales, manufacturing, communication, legal and regulatory, S&R and public affairs) through Pernod Ricard University. After two years of renovations, Pernod Ricard University reopened its campus at Domaine de La Voisine on 4 September 2017. A large part of the 15,000 hours of training provided each year by Pernod Ricard University take place on this 170-hectare site, which was purchased in 1954 by Paul Ricard, the founder of Pernod Ricard. The Estate has been entirely redesigned to offer a high-quality experience, with a learning Training and skills development 3.2.2.3 This year, the Group invested 2.1% of the payroll in training.

centre including a 350-seat auditorium, a 62-seat amphitheatre, numerous meeting rooms, a hotel complex with 60 rooms, and spaces for sport and conviviality, all while maintaining very high environmental requirements in a protected area: the Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Natural Park. The site has obtained HQE (high environmental quality) certification for its fixtures, and BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) “Very Good” certification. In its first year of operation, the Pernod Ricard University campus welcomed over 5,500 participants, including more than 3,600 external participants through the site’s operating partnership with Châteauform. Pernod Ricard University continued to support the work of the Youth Action Council (YAC), a think-tank made up exclusively of employees aged under 30, founded in 2013 for the purpose of providing Top Management with their generation’s view on the strategic issues faced by the Group. The nine members of the second generation of the YAC were appointed in October 2016 for a term of two years, which they began with a mentoring programme with Senior Managers of the Group. Their adventure began at the “One Young World” summit which was held in Ottawa – a gathering of 1,300 young leaders from 196 countries as well as major global advisers (such as actress and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson, or Nobel Peace Prize laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus). In January 2017, the YAC was invited to meet Alexandre Ricard and the Executive Committee at the Headquarters in Paris, where they presented various projects, and received their approval and advice. For example, the global project “Green Office Challenge”, inspired by the Group’s 2020 Environment Roadmap, based on reducing the consumption of water, paper and energy and reducing waste in all Pernod Ricard offices; or “Talent 4 Talent”, a short-term exchange programme launched in September 2017, allowing emerging leaders to gain international exposure earlier in their career. To expose them to international corporate and societal challenges, their next trip will be to “One Young World” in The Hague, Netherlands, in October 2018. After that, they will attend the Group’s Top Management Seminar held on the Pernod Ricard University campus. The Group invested 2.1% of its payroll in training; 89% of the overall average workforce received training, with an average of 25 hours per employee. The Group has strengthened its global policy of inclusion and professional integration of young people with the goal of sharing and transferring skills. This year, Pernod Ricard has already welcomed 327 individuals on a work-study basis (in apprenticeships, training contracts, or other forms of contracts depending on the country) and 799 interns in various sectors and roles. Furthermore, the Group runs an ambitious policy for the recruitment and development of young graduates through VIE ( volontariat international en entreprise , international volunteers in business) and numerous international Young Graduate Programmes. These programmes offer students from any country the opportunity to go on a 12 to 24-month assignment to one of the Group’s international affiliates. The Group currently has five Young Graduate Programmes: The Jameson International Graduate Programme, the Chivas International Graduate Programme, the Pernod Ricard Asia Regional Management Trainee Programme, the Pernod Ricard Winemakers Graduate Programme and the Martell Mumm Perrier-Jouët Ambassadors programme, which was created last year. Around 220 graduates took part in these various programmes during the year. Promoting employment and the 3.2.2.4 integration of young people

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