SOCAPS S.A. AND SOCAPS GROUP BECOME BENEFITS CORPORATIONS

SOCAPS supports the growth of industrial operators around the world, thanks to innovative phygital solutions, implemented by teams of experts committed to a responsible and sustainable industry.

We are proud of the support of our members and partners who adopted the simultaneous transition of SOCAPS S.A. and SOCAPS GROUP SARL into Benefits Corporations during the General Meetings of June 24, 2021

Our purpose is based on our 3 “People Profit Planet” pillars and reconciles Human and Capital, Environment and Production.

This purpose is accompanied by three Impact goals which are now statutory:

• Goal # 1: PEOPLE – A SAFE, EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE WORKING ENVIRONMENT

Ensure a working environment where all individuals contributing to our business are safe, are treated fairly and can express their authenticity.

• Goal #2 : PROFIT – A REFERENT FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO GREENTECHES

Become a world-class operator in terms of skills and activity in technical assistance solutions for “Responsible Technologies / GreenTechs” (equipment and solutions to conserve natural resources, minimize or mitigate the negative impacts of human activities on the environment). environment and ensure industry sustainability).

• Goal #3 : PLANET –PROMOTE AND IMPLEMENT ECO-TRANSITION

Contribute to carbon neutrality (by adopting a path of progressive reduction of our emissions and sanctuary of our carbon sinks), eliminate (or reduce) the sources of pollution generated by our activities, help to preserve natural resources and promote the 4Rs of the circular economy (Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle).

From now on, in the 115 countries where SOCAPS operates each year, we will bring this common project to our customers, our teams and our planet.

“This is a new page in the history of SOCAPS opening before us! SOCAPS has chosen to add a societal and environmental component to its cooperative economic project in order to take its part in the fight for a more just world and the preservation of our environment, for us as well as for our children “.

Henri Duquesne – President of SOCAPS S.A.

“It’s a year of working with teams from all over the world who participated in” purpose “workshops to formalize our raison d’être and objectives, which finally came to fruition. We are happy and proud to lead the way in Normandy by becoming the first Mission Society in Normandy and one of the first Mission Cooperatives “.

Thomas Meyer – CEO SOCAPS GROUP