Saint Gobain - Registration document 2016

4 AN EFFICIENT AND RESPONSIBLE GROUP

4. The Group’s contribution to local and societal development

and societal development The Group’s contribution to local 4.

4.1

CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGIONS

4.1.1

the creation of shared value Socio-economic footprint: towards

contribution to public services funding, return for investors. These distributed amounts can be translated into social value: purchasing power and employee’s skills improvement, jobs perpetuation for suppliers and the entire set of supply chains, Saint-Gobain also participates to economic and industrial dynamics in regions where the Group has established sites, as well as in supplier’s labor pools. Saint-Gobain’s employment footprint can thus be calculated at three levels: direct jobs, which take into account the Group’s paid ‹ employment ; indirect jobs, which take into account employment ‹ generated by purchases of the Group among its suppliers and subcontractors ; triggered by purchases within the national economy made by direct employees of the Group through the wages they receive and by the employees of Saint-Gobain’s suppliers induced job, which take into account employment ‹ to the extent of their solicitation in the purchasing frame of the Group. In 2016, Saint-Gobain has updated and extended the indirect jobs study. Driven by EY, this study henceforth also concerns induced jobs. The study covered the 2015 data and includes more than 90% of the Group's purchases. 549 000 indirect jobs, to which are added over 190 000 induced jobs. For 170 500 direct jobs in 2015, the Group generates over

Allocation of Saint-Gobain's turnover and value added to its stakeholders indicates amounts distributed in wages paid to employees, purchases expenses to suppliers, dividends to shareholders or taxes and duties paid to the State.

INNOVATIVE MATERIALS 25%

BUILDING DISTRIBUTION 47%

NET SALES €39,093m

CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS 28%

SUPPLIERS AND OTHER INTERMEDIARY EXPENSES €26,732m

VALUE ADDED €12,361m

PORTION HELD FOR GROWTH €1,936m 15.66%

INVESTMENTS IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES €6,3m 0.05%

INTEREST REPAYMENT €369m 2.99% TAXES AND DUTIES €672m 5.44%

DIVIDENDS PAID €712m 5.76% RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS €848m 6.86%

SALARIES AND OTHER PERSONAL COMPENSATION €7,818m 63.25%

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