2011 Key figures


492

Students taken on by
the Lagardère group on
work-study programmes
in 2011 (vs. 457 in 2010)


3,250 m2

Area planted by Lagardère Paris Racing in 2011
as part of the biodiversity
protection plan


490 grams of CO2 equivalent

Average carbon footprint of a magazine,
according to the 2011 carbon audit,
down 10% relative to 2008


18

Vans with EURO 4 environmental certification
bought by
SGEL, subsidiary
of LS distribution in Spain


33.1%

Lagardère Active’s average unsold magazine rate
in 2011, 9 points lower than the unsold magazine
rate for France as a whole


4th

Place achieved by the Lagardère team in the
2011 Paris Half-Marathon inter-company
challenge (out of 167 companies ranked)


1,500

Users signed up to Gaia Groups, Lagardère Services
social network, in December 2011


13,000

Litres of petrol saved through environmentally
friendly driving courses provided by
Naville,
subsidiary of LS distribution in Switzerland

70

Employees volunteering in 2011 as part
of solidarity initiatives undertaken by Lagardère
Active’s solidarity department
and the Elle Foundation


6,129

Number of people present
and number of trees planted in the
“Gulli children’s forest” in Indonesia (1)


(1) During the 2011 Earth Day organised for the third consecutive year in partnership with Gulli and Planète Urgence

The group's values

The Group has clear values that determine its personality. Lagardère's creativity, boldness and independence have helped to create a modern, innovative media group that's in touch with its times.

Press releases

2012/05/21

Description of the share buyback programme Lagardère SCA - 2012-2013

2012/05/15

Elle Décoration 25 years of success, 25 editions around the globe

The group's activities

Lagardère, a world-class pure-play media group led by Arnaud Lagardère, operates in around 30 countries and is structured around four distinct, complementary divisions.

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Meet our employees

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