Vetoquinol - Universal Registration Document - 2021

2 56 Vetoquinol Universal Registration Document 2020 Financial report STATEMENT OF NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE Social footprint 2.7 Social footprint 2.7.1 Territorial, economic and social impact of the Group’s business Vetoquinol makes a major contribution to the local community by boosting the local economy and through employment, particularly at and around its production plants. Group units are generally located away from large cities and contribute to local and regional employ- ment through their presence and growth. Every year, Vetoquinol contributes towards training around forty apprentices. Furthermore, a strong culture of guidance prevails throughout the Group, such that a large number of Group companies regularly organize student internships in order to train future employees. Vetoquinol supports local communities through its involvement in and support of a large number of social, environmental and humanitarian schemes. Vetoquinol sponsors cultural and sports events and clubs. Vetoquinol strives to stay on good terms with the local community and ensures that its locations are properly integrated into their surroundings. The Group’s operations, including its production plants, generate little noise, visual or environmental pollution impacting the local community. 2.7.1.1 A few actions conducted by Vetoquinol and its subsidiaries in 2020 France Vetoquinol has provided assistance to veterinarians affected by the climate disaster that hit the Vésubie River. Vetoquinol offered donations of Zylkene ® to help the many animals that were traumatized and wandering for days in that devastated area. The Equistro France team also supported the La Jumen- terie equestrian center in Saint-Maurice- sur-Moselle in the Vosges, a center damaged by a fire. The Equis- tro France team did what was necessary to provide the basic equipment to allow the center to start up again as quickly as possible and more importantly guarantee the welfare of the animals. During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Veto- quinol supported medical institutions (hospitals, fire departments, retirement homers, etc.) in Burgun- dy-Franche-Comté by donating surgical masks, gowns and hydroalcoholic gel manufactured by Vetoquinol. Vetoquinol has been associated with the Musique et Mémoire festival for a number of years, an important event in the French baroque music scene in the Vosges Saônoises region and member of the European Early Music Network. Over the years, the festival has been able to preserve a workshop atmosphere, where music is made on a human level with a special connection between the artists, the festival team and the public. Vetoquinol also continued its sponsorship of the Ron- champ Chapel, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, built by architect Le Corbusier some 60 years ago. Vetoquinol is a founding member of the group of sponsors that maintains and supports the development and promotion of this site like no other in the world. Canada Vetoquinol continued to support the Centraide foun- dation. This foundation, which Vetoquinol has been supporting for 12 years, aims to improve quality of life for the most vulnerable people and to build better commu- nities by encouraging citizens to act. Centraide provides aid to over 60,000 people. Vetoquinol supported the Sunrise Therapeutic Riding and Learning Centre, sponsoring a therapy horse for sick children.