Fostering a culture of impact
Fostering a culture of talent
Fostering a culture of openness
Fostering a culture of trust
40 hours
of ‘green’ content broadcast on Lagardère Radio stations
29,018
Audiobooks available in the Lagardère Publishing catalogue
5,502
employees involved in community initiatives, totalling 25,221 hours of work
#3.1 Supporting diverse creativity and all the voices that drive it
supports creativity by awarding grants each year to young professionals in the cultural and media sectors.
In 2025, the launch of a new ‘Regard Engagé’ grant will support a creator, selected from among the candidates for the nine existing grants, whose project helps to develop new narratives to raise awareness of social and environmental priorities and invent a desirable future.
Since its creation in 1990, 386 recipients (including thirteen new ones in 2025) have received a total of €7,770,000, including €180,000 in 2025. The Foundation also develops partnerships with associations and major institutions that share the same commitment to a that is shared and open to all.
Lagardère Publishing, Lagardère News and Lagardère Radio promote diverse content and ensure a plurality of voices is at the heart of their editorial output.
Committed publishers at Lagardère Publishing
- For several years, Lagardère Publishing has been developing impactful content covering themes such as ecology, feminism, inclusion and diversity, notably through Éditions La Plage, La Grenade (JC Lattès), Dialogue Books (Hachette UK), Legacy Lit (Hachette Book Group), as well as the feminist collection Les Insolentes (Hachette Pratique) and Feminismos (Grupo Anaya).
Circulation of ‘green’ content at Lagardère Radio
- Since 2022, the Group’s radio stations have been adhering to the Climate Media Contract established with Arcom to measure the number of hours devoted to environmental topics. Flagship programmes also highlight certain positive and regional initiatives, such as La France bouge and Balades en France, highlighting , local expertise and regional discoveries.
#3.2 Promoting access to education and culture
Some of Lagardère’s activities (publishing, press, radio, live entertainment) produce content of an informative, educational and cultural nature. They therefore have a key role to play in facilitating access to education and contributing to the democratisation of culture.
Measures taken to promote accessibility
- Since 2024, Lagardère Publishing has been publishing 98% of its new textbased books in the accessible ‘epub 3’ format (Level 2), positioning it as a pioneer in relation to the European Accessibility Act, which came into force in 2025 and now requires all new e-books to be accessible to people with visual impairments or reading difficulties. The division is also developing audiobooks, thereby helping to broaden access to content.
- Lagardère Live Entertainment is implementing a scheme to welcome audiences with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to its venues and, in 2025, secured the ‘Tourisme et Handicap’ label for the Arkea Arena in Bordeaux.
Education in publishing and media business lines
- In 2025, Hachette Livre welcomed 120 young people to its Vanves site as part of the Pass Culture scheme to introduce them to careers in publishing.
- Lagardère News and Lagardère Radio take part every year in Press and Media Week in Schools, and welcomed nearly 250 young people during the 2025 event.
98% of Lagardère Publishing’s new releases are accessible* to people with a disability.
* New text-based publications ac-cessible at level 2
Promoting reading and writing among those who are disengaged from these activities via the Hachette Foundation for Reading
The Hachette Foundation for Reading supports initiatives that promote access to books, focusing on two key objectives: combating illiteracy and school dropout rates, and fostering social cohesion through reading. Since 2021, it has supported 34 organisations that make books more accessible and enable as many people as possible to (re)discover the joy of reading, both in France and abroad.
Promoting reading at the heart of Lagardère Publishing’s activities
- Lagardère Publishing, the world’s third-largest book publisher, publishes over 15,000 new titles a year. With more than 200 publishing brands covering all general interest publishing segments (General Literature, Genre fiction, Illustrated Books, Children and Young Adult fiction, Textbooks and non-curricular books, etc.), the promotion of reading lies at the heart of its business. In 2026, Hachette Livre will celebrate its bicentenary, and to mark the occasion has organised Les Grandes Rencontres Hachette in March 2026, a unique cultural event, free of charge and open to all.
- In 2025, Hachette UK and Hachette Book Group launched ‘Raising Readers’, a major campaign aimed at raising awareness of the decline in reading for pleasure among children (including awareness-raising texts at the end of books, charitable partnerships, collaborations with brands, etc.).
The joy of reading whilst travelling with Lagardère Travel Retail
- Lagardère Travel Retail, through its Relay network, is strengthening the link between reading and travel. The48thedition of the RELAY Travellers’ Readers’ Prize promotes literary discovery, whilst the RELAY-SEPM Magazine of the Year Prize recognises the most daring, creative and socially engaged titles.
Daily literary features with Lagardère Radio
- In addition to a daily literary feature broadcast on Europe 1’s morning show, Nicolas Carreau’s programme La Voix est Livre showcases authors and their works every week. Europe 1 is also involved in the Europe 1 x GMF Literary Prize, which recognises a work celebrating community and human values.
Volunteering, skills-based sponsorship and support for charities
- Across all divisions, employees support various charities during working hours, either on an ad hoc basis through volunteering or on a longer-term basis through skills-based sponsorship.
- Lagardère Live Entertainment makes its venues available to host organisations such as Princesse Margot, À la vie à l’amour, La nuit de la déprime, the Du bout des lèvres charity concert and Epic Night.
- Lagardère Radio donates advertising space to advertisers supporting major causes: in 2025, on the Europe 1, Europe 2 and RFM, €236,000 worth of free airtime was made available to charities such as La Fondation des Femmes, Action contre la Faim and the Établissement français du sang.
