2011 - 2015 SSP Plan : "Invest, Improve, Innovate"**
Objective
The aim of this new plan is to reinvent responsible purchasing at Societe Generale by continuing to invest in the key initiatives of the previous plans, improving and making processes more professional, and constantly innovating with new flagship measures.Measures
Develop our "expertise" by:
- nurturing our operational efficiency,
- making our supplier relations more professional,
- listening to our internal customers.
Heighten our "expertise" by:
- implementing new pioneer measures: commitment to small and medium-sized businesses, increased use of protected sector companies, Carbon Neutral Plan etc.,
- internal and external communications to promote and inform others about the different purchasing initiatives in place.
Extra-financial ratings
The Sustainability Asset Management (SAM) agency is an international ratings agency that analyses companies on the Dow Jones sustainability indexes and assesses the CSR performance of Societe Generale and its different divisions each year.In 2010, the Group's Purchasing Department was rated amongst the leaders in the banking sector. SAM "Standards for suppliers" Rating
