Home

On 10 March 2023, the Board of Directors of Lagardère SA unanimously confirmed the advisability of implementing the plan to make the Group’s radio division (Europe 1, Europe 2 and RFM) autonomous, through a reorganization of its ownership and governance.

As previously announced, the radio division would be consolidated under a holding company that would adopt the form of a limited partnership with shares, whose limited partners would be Lagardère group companies, and of which Mr. Arnaud Lagardère would be indirectly the General Partner and personally the Managing Partner. In this dual capacity, Mr. Arnaud Lagardère would be solely responsible for supervising the managers and teams of the radio division and would be the ultimate decision-maker on editorial policy. Ms. Constance Benqué would be appointed Chief Executive Officer of the limited partnership and would report to Mr. Arnaud Lagardère in her functions.

The autonomy of the radio division is in line with […]

Lagardère Travel Retail today announces the appointment of Arnaud Rolland as Vice-President, CSR to lead the Group’s overall Sustainability strategy. This announcement takes place at a pivotal moment when the company is on track to achieve its contribution to global carbon neutrality by the end of the year, as part of its CSR PEPS (Planet. Ethics. People. Social.)

Photo Frank Camuzat

An experienced CSR leader, Arnaud Rolland has 28 years of expertise in the Consumer Industry, including 22 years at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), the leading global bottler of The Coca-Cola Company.

After a first experience in the retail sector at Carrefour group, Arnaud joined Coca-Cola to work in category management and commercial negotiation with the retail sector, before taking over the management of CCEP’s CSR strategy in France in 2008. In this role, Arnaud has been in charge of all issues related to the circular economy of packaging, CSR partnerships with mass […]

Lagardère Travel Retail and British coffee shop chain Costa Coffee, a Coca-Cola owned company, announce that their long-term partnership has further developed with the transfer of control of the brand’s 142 stores in Poland and Latvia to Lagardère Travel Retail, as master franchisee. This confirms Lagardère Travel Retail’s strategic ambition to become a global leader in Foodservice and to cover travelers’ needs holistically.

The transfer of control of Costa Coffee’s network of stores in Poland and Latvia to Lagardère Travel Retail is an important milestone in their strategic partnership and a key development as part of the companies’ respective growth roadmaps in Europe. It is also testament to Costa Coffee’s confidence in Lagardère Travel Retail’s operational excellence and ability to further strengthen Costa Coffee as the most important branded coffee brand in Poland.  Although it will be the first time Lagardère Travel Retail directly operates Costa Coffee stores in Poland, both […]

The new edition of the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook was officially unveiled on 7 February 2023. For the fifth consecutive year, the Lagardère group has been distinguished by this prestigious annual ranking which rewards the best performing companies in terms of environmental, social and governance (ESG).

Arnaud Lagardère, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lagardère SA, commented: “We are honoured by this international recognition, which once again acknowledges the ongoing efforts of all our teams to achieve some of the highest ESG standards in our industry. Fully integrated into the Group’s strategy and value-creating, our CSR policy serves sustainable and inclusive growth.” 

To be listed in the Yearbook, companies must score within the top 15% of their industry and must achieve an S&P Global Sustainability Score within 30% of their industry’s top-performing company. For this 2023 edition, more than 7,800 companies in 61 industries were assessed and only 708 were selected for […]

Lagardère Travel Retail today announces the closing of the acquisition of Marché international, the global catering company.

Announced on 16 November, this acquisition is aligned with Lagardère Travel Retail’s ambition to strengthen its network of Foodservice operations and confirms its long-standing strategic ambition to grow across all segments of activities in Travel Retail and Dining to holistically cover landlord and traveler needs. It also reinforces its portfolio of internal brands, Marché being a long-standing and highly recognized brand globally.

As a result of the transaction, Lagardère Travel Retail takes over the restaurant network of Marché in six countries: Germany, Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Singapore.

Marché is a well-established international food services provider which operates in travel and leisure locations including airports, railway and motorway stations, zoos and downtown malls. The company’s diverse portfolio of brands and concepts most notably includes the much-appreciated “Marché” brand, Palavrion, Cindy’s diner and the White […]

Brussels, 30 janvier 2023 – Based on their acquired experience, Lagardère Travel Retail Belgium and Atos have joined together in order to develop a fully automated Duty Free point of sales, offering the passengers travelling from Pier A at Brussels Airport a unique and original shopping experience.

This new technological concept, based on the use of interactive furniture and 3D (Lidar) cameras, allows the automatic recognition of products selected by the passengers. After entering the point of sales by scanning their boarding pass, the passengers can freely select their favourite articles. Those are grouped in a virtual basket at the moment they pass the payment terminal. The passengers can then check the details of their basket, finalize the transaction with their credit card and leave the point of sales with the articles they have purchased.

After a few weeks of testing, this point of sales, named “Quick N’ Easy” offers to the […]

As an industry pioneer in environmental protection with a record of significant results in the field, Hachette Livre has committed to an ambitious trajectory to reduce its carbon footprint.

› Its “30/30 Strategy” is a trailblazing commitment in the publishing industry thanks to its international scope, its inclusion of all three Scopes and its goal of reducing overall emissions tied to its business by 30% by 2030—a 2.5% annual reduction.

›  The “30/30 Strategy” is fully in line with the Lagardère Group’s decarbonization strategy, which is based on the SBTi1 approach.

› Developed with independent consulting firm Carbone 4, the plan is underpinned by concrete, measurable and trackable initiatives in the areas of overproduction, paper, manufacturing and transportation.

Amid the worsening energy and natural resources crisis, Hachette Livre is pushing ahead and expanding its policies and initiatives to reduce its energy use, carbon footprint and environmental impact. With its “30/30 Strategy”, the Group has […]