CSR commitment

Our approach

Motivated by a desire to act in a responsible and sustainable way, the SERIS group incorporates a voluntary approach to its Corporate Social Responsibility at the heart of the project that has driven it for many years.

The development of our CSR group, registered in accordance with the guidelines of the Global Compact and the standard ISO 26 000, focuses on promoting and continually improving three areas of sustainable development: Environmental (Planet), Social/Societal (People) and Economic (Governance).

The commitment in this approach is a guarantee of progress and sustainability in the context of a growth shared by the company, its employees, its customers and its partners and, more importantly, the territory and civil society in which the activities of the Group SERIS fit.

Our ambition : to make the world a safer place.

Our principal challenges

  • Teams involved

    Teams involved

    • Ensuring appropriate and respectful working conditions for our staff and those of our stakeholders
    • Developing our staff’s skills and career paths
    • Encouraging diversity in profiles and experiences
  • A carbon-free future

    • Implementing measures to promote carbon-free transport
    • Applying environmental criteria in our supplier relationships
    • Supporting our customers’ decarbonisation programmes at their sites
  • Satisfied customers

    Satisfied customers

    • Fostering a culture of ethics, integrity and responsibility
    • Maintaining transparent and responsible customer relationships
    • Contributing to the local economy and building long-term relationships with our partners

Our commitments

Our common core

Our group CSR policy is based on a common set of guidelines. These guidelines are available to all our subsidiaries in accordance with the rules applicable in each of the countries where the Group operates.

  • Family independance and long-term vision

    Family independance and long-term vision

    SERIS, the leading independent group in the French security market, is characterised by a private and family shareholding. The latter guarantees the stability and sustainability of the group.

  • Environnemental responsibility

    Environnemental responsibility

    As part of its activities, the SERIS group is well aware of the environmental dimension and keeps track of its main impacts while always seeking to limit them.

  • Ethical and fair pratices

    Ethical and fair pratices

    As a well-known player within the Profession, SERIS group attaches paramount importance to the integrity needed to govern commercial relationships and professional practices on a daily basis.

  • Safety and working conditions

    Safety and working conditions

    The preservation of health and safety of employees and third parties as part of its benefits is a top priority for SERIS. SERIS group's aim is to consolidate human capital by giving meaning to the work of the men and women who have chosen this business, by offering the most favourable working conditions possible to attract and retain talent and encourage a continued and qualitative social dialogue.

  • Training and competences

    Training and competences

    Because these are the men who shape the business on a daily basis, SERIS has adopted strong policies to meet the demands of the evolving private security sector while offering each of its employees the opportunity to grow with the company.

  • Innovation and quality requirement

    Innovation and quality requirement

    SERIS strives to develop a global offer to master all aspects of the security value chain and to offer its customers a solution adapted to the expectations and challenges of the market. Innovation and initiative are strongly encouraged. The expertise, knowledge and know-how of SERIS relies on a continuously improving approach, controlled and deployed on each of the sites where the group is active.

  • Respect for human rights and the legal compliance

    Respect for human rights and the legal compliance

    In the conduct of its activities SERIS undertakes, in its sphere of influence, to respect and to promote the implementation of the universal principles of human rights and laws in each country where the group is present, regardless of the local context.

Find our Fundamentals in detail by downloading our CSR Policy

Our performances

A carbon-free future

89%

of our emissions are Scope 3 emissions

More than 53%

of vehicles less than 115g CO2/km (excluding pick-up trucks)

Satisfied customers

68

years of history

1

family shareholder

Teams involved

More than 20%

the share of women in the group

More than 93%

of our workforce benefit from full-time, permanent contracts

Documents for download

Our CRS report 2023

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Our CSR policy

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Our environmental charter

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Our responsible purchasing charter

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Our code of ethics

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Our whistleblowing Group policy

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Our anticorruption code of conduct

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