COMMITMENTS
of positive impact companies
Our commitments are detailed in our Walk Our Talk report, published and regularly updated since 2002, which was at the time the first sustainability report published by a consulting firm.
B corp
When UTOPIES was founded, it had the status of an association, and we’ve kept this militant culture in our genes, promoting the idea from the outset that business can be both for profit and in the service of the collective interest. We share the same philosophy as the B Corp movement, that of an impact-based business model, “for profit” and “for purpose”. It was to reaffirm this commitment that we helped import the B Corp label to France, becoming In 2014, we became the first French company to be certified as a B Corp, then country partner of the movement for 5 years.
mission-driven company
B Corp and the mission-drivern company status have one thing in common: they are part of a worldwide movement to redefine the role of the company, combining profit and general interest. Just as the quality of As a mission-driven company introduced by the PACTE law in 2019, B Corp certification now requires that the company’s bylaws include a mission statement explicitly committing the company to its stakeholders and to sustainable development.
ESUS
ESUS (Entreprise Solidaire d’Utilité Sociale) accreditation, issued in France since 2014 to certain companies in the social and solidarity economy, has been reintroduced in the PACTE law: it is issued to SSE companies that pursue a social goal as their main objective, have enshrined it in their bylaws and can prove that this goal has an impact on their economic results or profitability.
This is how, after becoming a B Corp in 2014, UTOPIES naturally became a company with a mission and obtained ESUS accreditation in 2020.
Positive workplace
Time and vacations
We have set up a leave policy that allows us to respect a balance of life times: rest, personal life, family life, as a parent and/or carer, associative, political or educational commitments, etc. We accept and encourage part-time work from the moment we start work, as well as sabbaticals.
Because we are aware that the consulting sector is particularly demanding, no less than 13 specific paid leaves, based solely on trust, exist to soften and lighten everyone’s daily routine and preserve the physical and mental health of our employees.
Diversity and inclusion
We have a long-standing commitment to gender equality, both internally and with our customers. We are also committed to the issues of illness and disability, as well as migrants and refugees. With Singa, we launched the Charter for the inclusion of refugees and exiles in the workplace in 2022 which now includes over 60 signatory companies. Our current priorities are the integration of seniors and socio-cultural diversity.
Parenting
We have introduced a unique leave policy to support parenthood: 3 months’ second-parent leave, 2 extra weeks’ maternity leave, leave for PMA courses, very flexible working hours and on teleworking, leave for sick children or childcare problems, leave for carers, etc. We signed the Charte de la Parentalité en Entreprise in 2018 and again in 2022. The aim is for people to be able to be parents at UTOPIES in a serene and committed way whatever their position and grade!
Body and sport
With the aim of promoting quality of life at work, we organize awareness-raising cycles on health and well-being topics, Shiatsu massages and yoga classes twice a week, and we co-finance participation in races as well as sports classes. Every year, we celebrate the Fête du Sport and finance the participation of employee volunteers in the ultratrail organized by l’association Oxfam. De plus, nous prenons en charge 100% de la mutuelle pour nos salarié.e.s et leurs ayants-droits.
Transparency
On a daily basis, we strive to implement an open management style, notably by being transparent about remuneration (a pay gap of 1 to 5 within the company, a public salary scale on our website), and by sharing profits in the event of a positive result (1/3 goes to the team and is shared equally by all).
local roots and climate
Titon4good
Established in the Paris area for 30 years, we recently launched #Titon4Good, a collective bringing together the companies in our building to strengthen our local roots while promoting social cohesion through the sharing of best practices, objects and services and the pooling of costs..
Nous réalisons 95% de nos achats en France, dont 75% à moins de 200km autour de nos bureaux.
UTOPIES s’est fixé un objectif de 50% d’achats locaux provenant de Paris ou d’Ile-de-France.
Climate and biodiversity
UTOPIES est signataire la charte Paris Action Climat Biodiversité et nous avons formalisé notre stratégie « zéro carbone net » à horizon 2030. Découvrez ici notre plan d’action pour y parvenir.
Depuis 2019, nous contribuons à hauteur de notre empreinte carbone résiduelle chaque année via CO2 Solidaire puis ClimateSeed.
Nous sommes membres depuis 2020 de la coalition Act4Nature – Entreprises engagées pour la biodiversité, et nous avons publié à cette occasion d’un action plan to 2025 on the subject. In 2021, UTOPIES will be joining the 1% for the Planet movement for its climate and energy offers. biodiversity.
B Corp Score
Previous B Corp score: 97
2020 B Corp score: 122, 97
Certifications
