Our commitments

The Group took action to help the Haitian people following the earthquake that hit Haiti on 14 August 2021. Through its subsidiary Carrefour Martinique, GBH gave the Red Cross 41 tonnes of water and essential foodstuffs that were transported to Haiti on the army surveillance frigate Le Germinal.

GBH provided humanitarian aid to the inhabitants of Saint Vincent island, affected by the eruption of its volcano, La Soufrière, in April 2021. Through its Carrefour subsidiary, the Group provided 100 tonnes of water – over 66,000 1.5-litre bottles – which were brought to the French West Indies by the army surveillance frigate Ventôse.

Committed to emergency aid, the Red Cross and GBH have organised several food donation collections in the Carrefour outlets in the West Indies and Réunion Island, to help the people of the northern islands affected by hurricanes in 2018.

GBH signs up to support food banks: In January 2022, GBH signed an agreement with the Fédération des Banques Alimentaires, the food banks federation, to finance the transportation of containers of food items from mainland France to Martinique, Guadeloupe and Réunion Island.

For the three territories, the first operation brought over 75 tonnes of additional food products, the equivalent of over 150,000 meals donated to recipient nonprofits.

The first deliveries were made in Guadeloupe and Martinique in mid-March. Shipments to Réunion Island are planned for late March. These operations will be repeated several more times this year.

Because 90,000 Réunion islanders struggle to stock their cupboards, Carrefour Réunion has been supporting Banques Alimentaires des Mascareignes, a local food bank association, since 2016. Support comes in the form of making food donations and responding to calls for collection. This year, Carrefour and Carrefour Market de l’île stores on the island all got involved and sent out an appeal to their customers to help disadvantaged families. Following a collection promoted by a wide advertising campaign (billboards and social media), six tonnes of food donations were collected. A strong show of solidarity. A big thankyou to everyone on Réunion Island who shops at Carrefour!

The Danone Nations Cup is the largest football tournament in the world for children aged 10 to 12.

Fifteen hundred players from Réunion took part in the competition in 2020. For this new edition, the young people got involved with a solidarity project enabling them to collect 14 tonnes of foodstuffs for the Food Bank.

The FFBA suffered a decline in stock of almost 100 tonnes due to the sudden rise in demand during the crisis and difficulties with supply. In addition, a shortage of fruits, vegetables, dairy products, and protein intended for Overseas France has been a lamentable issue for several years.

Confronted with these growing needs, GBH wanted to contribute to solidarity initiatives with the Food Banks to increase the volume of foodstuffs for the West Indies and Réunion, to fight against both food insecurity and food waste.

GBH provided humanitarian aid to the inhabitants of Saint Vincent island, affected by the eruption of its volcano, La Soufrière, in April 2021. Through its Carrefour subsidiary, the Group provided 100 tonnes of water — over 66,000 1.5 litre bottles — which were brought to the West Indies by the Armed Forces surveillance frigate Ventôse.

The Group took action to help the Haitian people following the earthquake that hit Haiti on 14 August 2021. Through its subsidiary Carrefour Martinique, GBH gave the Red Cross 41 tonnes of water and essential foodstuffs that were transported to Haiti on the Army surveillance frigate Le Germinal.

Committed to emergency aid, the Red Cross and GBH have organised several food donation collections in the Carrefour outlets in the West Indies and Réunion, to help the people of the northern islands affected by hurricanes in 2018.

The sixth edition of the Beach Soccer tournament took place at Souffleur beach in Port-Louis. Organised by Soguafi, one of the financial partners of SGDM Concessions Automobiles, the goal of this competition was to encourage the purchase of medical equipment for the sick children in Guadeloupe University Hospital.

Eight employees represented SGDM. After three qualification matches and a semifinal, they made it all the way and were victorious, driven on by the enthusiastic encouragement of their colleagues who came to see them.

Committed to emergency aid, the Red Cross and GBH have organised several food donation collections in the Carrefour outlets in the West Indies and Réunion Island, to help the people of the northern islands affected by hurricanes in 2018.

There is widespread solidarity for Saint Vincent following the eruption of Soufrière Saint Vincent volcano.
On 14 February 2021, GBH delivered aid to the inhabitants of Saint Vincent island, affected by the eruption of its volcano, La Soufrière.

Through its Carrefour subsidiary, the Group provided 100 tonnes of water – over 66,000 1.5-litre bottles – which were brought to the French West Indies by the army surveillance frigate Ventôse.

As part of its efforts to combat Covid-19, GBH and its subsidiaries, like many companies, resolved to step into action to help the wider community. In a spirit of unanimous solidarity, working in conjunction with local organisations in territories and regions where the group has operations, they joined forces to do their bit. The main goal was to come to the aid of the local population by supplying masks and hand sanitiser. They led other actions to bring support to the medical teams in each region and help the disadvantaged, in particular by making donations to local food banks. Our priority was also to protect employees and customers: an internal set of Covid-19 best practices was put in place.

Here are some examples of actions:

GBH is providing 1,350,000 masks including 450,000 FFP2-type masks to health professionals in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique and Réunion Island. The masks were divided between the territories: 600,000 for Réunion Island, 300,000 for Guadeloupe, 300,000 for Martinique and 150,000 for French Guiana. These masks were delivered to the French Regional Health Agency (ARS) which will allocate them to hospitals, clinics and other healthcare workers on a priority basis.

What’s more, partnerships were fostered with the group’s distilleries to produce hand sanitiser. Over 30,000 litres of hand sanitiser was supplied free of charge to the health and safety services in Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Réunion Island. These products were delivered to the ARS in charge of their distribution to health professionals.

During lockdown, the group’s leasing companies supplied a loan vehicle to hospital staff in the event their own vehicle broke down.

In Martinique, Carrefour Martinique increased its support to the food bank by donating a tonne of food products.

Chocolat Elot is supporting children in hospital and the children of health workers at La Meynard university hospital by donating Easter chocolates.

Decathlon donated 180 Easybreath masks to the university hospital and Le Carbet hospital.

Yves Rocher supplied hydration kits to the university hospital.

Mr. Bricolage participated in the manufacture of 600 visors by supplying 600 eyelets and 30 sets of PPE to the university hospital.

Autobam gave 4,000 pairs of gloves, 405 sets of overalls, protective glasses, face shields and disposable masks to Martinique university hospital.

In Guadeloupe, CAMA loaned four vehicles and donated lots of PPE kits to the Red Cross.

Carrefour Destreland gave Easter chocolates to child in-patients in hospitals and clinics.

On Réunion Island, Carrefour Réunion delivered over 200 hot meals a day to the Red Cross for a whole month. And over 35,000 Easter chocolates to healthcare professionals and in-patients at Réunion Island university hospital, GHER and Mascareignes food bank to support islanders facing hard times and all of its employees.

The Grands Centres shopping centres had to adapt and make daily innovations to manage operations during the pandemic. Lots of prevention and protection initiatives were implemented during the pandemic. To remind people of social and physical distancing measures, new messages were displayed via various media and an audio message was broadcast. To protect employees and customers, new equipment such as hand gel distributors, barriers at entrances and exits and floor markings were implemented. To ensure the regulations in force concerning visitor numbers and information display, a computer platform and people counting cameras were installed to perform instant checks and control capacity. In the event the maximum threshold was exceeded, text messages and emails were sent to the different departments to implement door regulation procedures.

BPA, in conjunction with the police, distributed all of its FFP2-type masks, around 300 pieces, to Saint-Denis university hospital. The company also gave nurses 400 vehicle protection kits and gloves and also helped fire officers by donating surface protective film, masking tape, gloves and other items to help them protect their equipment and staff.

In French Guiana, to guarantee optimal protection of administrative personnel and the public, the management of Guyane Automobile went from town hall to town hall distributing masks and hand sanitiser. The villages of Cayenne, Macouria, Rémire-Montjoly, Roura, Kourou, Sinnamary, Mana and Saint-Laurent all received supplies. Consequently, all civil servants unable to work remotely because they are in contact with the public as well as members of the local population received useful PPE equipment.

On 9 April, Carrefour Matoury and Contact signed a charter with the IFIVEG (inter-professional association of fruit and vegetable production chains) for the distribution of fruit and veg to the group’s stores. This agreement aims to reinforce and develop the agricultural production chains and promote food autonomy in French Guiana. Carrefour Matoury and Contact have stepped up charity initiatives, such as donating around 8,500 euros’ worth of Easter chocolates to Cayenne hospital and the Épicerie Solidaire.

In Saint Lucia, Saint Lucia Distillers supplied hand sanitiser and implemented various aid actions.

In Africa, Citroën maintained its regular opening hours to help its customers in the event of emergency or breakdown.

Kia Maroc introduced a home assistance service and organised replacement vehicles for healthcare professionals and provided logistical support for the transportation of goods to disadvantaged members of the community.

SOCIDA: Uber adapted its technology and signed a partnership with the Ivory Coast’s Ministry of Health and Socida to offer free trips to healthcare workers in Abidjan. Health workers at the three public hospitals and the university hospitals in Treichville, Angré and Cocody were therefore able to make their way to their different places of work easily, comfortably and safely thanks to this partnership funded by Uber and Socida.

On the night of 12 to 13 December 2021, 110 families lost everything when a fire broke out in their building in Saint-Denis, on Réunion Island.

Carrefour Réunion contributed to the appeal for donations by the French Red Cross by donating 200 €50 vouchers to be given to the destitute families.

Donations for people in need

Two hundred €50 vouchers donated to the Red Cross for families left destitute by the Montgaillard fire

For the past several years, Carrefour Réunion has supported Emmaüs Réunion in their efforts to combat exclusion and insecurity. The company regularly collects donations at checkouts to help the charitable organisation continue its work to help the most disadvantaged.

In 2021, appealing to its customers’ generosity resulted in a collection of €33,748.60, all of which was donated to the nonprofit.

Emmaüs Réunion also upcycles and gives a second life to non-food items (textiles, tableware, toys, electrical appliances and more) that are donated all year long in stores.

Make a donation of €0.50 or more at the checkout

Help Emmaüs Réunion with the work it does to combat exclusion and insecurity for individuals and families requiring emergency social assistance.

Your entire donation will be given to Emmaüs Réunion

Teaching employees who haven't had access to education to read and write is the goal of Bacibam, GBH’s Ivory Coast subsidiary, through this initiative. A small group of employees selected by the company is working with a tutor twice a week. This intimate setting gives each student a chance to overcome their shyness, quickly learn the basics and then make way for the next employees.

GBH signs up to support food banks: In January 2022, GBH signed an agreement with the Fédération des Banques Alimentaires, the food banks federation, to finance the transportation of containers of food items from mainland France to Martinique, Guadeloupe and Réunion Island.

For the three territories, the first operation brought over 75 tonnes of additional food products, the equivalent of over 150,000 meals donated to recipient nonprofits.

The first deliveries were made in Guadeloupe and Martinique in mid-March. Shipments to Réunion Island are planned for late March. These operations will be repeated several more times this year.

Citroën Algérie confirmed its support to help sick islanders. In partnership with the association WinNelka, the company donated medical equipment. People in need received portering chairs, stretchers, bottle pressure regulators with sparger and even inflatable splints.

For its partnership with the Enfants de la Lune charity, Citroën Algérie took part in the “1 cork: 1 smile” cork collection campaign. The initiative was designed to encourage creative ways to protect the environment and help children affected by “dry skin” condition. The funds raised from selling collected corks to recycling plants were used to purchase medications and clothing.

Because 90,000 Réunion islanders struggle to stock their cupboards, Carrefour Réunion has been supporting Banques Alimentaires des Mascareignes, a local food bank association, since 2016. Support comes in the form of making food donations and responding to calls for collection. This year, Carrefour and Carrefour Market de l’île stores on the island all got involved and sent out an appeal to their customers to help disadvantaged families. Following a collection promoted by a wide advertising campaign (billboards and social media), six tonnes of food donations were collected. A strong show of solidarity. A big thankyou to everyone on Réunion Island who shops at Carrefour!

The 6^th edition of the Beach Soccer tournament took place at the Souffleur beach in Port-Louis. Organised by Soguafi, one of the financial partners of SGDM Concessions Automobiles, the goal of this competition was to encourage the purchase of medical equipment for the sick children in Guadeloupe University Hospital.

Eight employees represented SGDM. After three qualification matches and a semifinal, they made it all the way and were victorious, driven on by the enthusiastic encouragement of their colleagues who came to see them.

As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, Carrefour organised a Zumbathon and sold t-shirts provided by a sponsor. Thanks to this initiative, €1,800 was raised for a patient support association.

Cotrans Automobiles took part in the Rotary Karting Telethon, raising €53,850 for AFM-Téléthon, the French Muscular Dystrophy Association, as part of the fight against myopathies.

The Mercedes-AMG team was made up of ten employees who are crazy about karting. They took turns every 15 minutes over 24 hours; starting in pole position, the team managed to maintain this lead for almost the whole race.

Committed to emergency aid, the Red Cross and GBH have organised several food donation collections in the Carrefour outlets in the West Indies and Réunion, to help the people of the northern islands affected by hurricanes in 2018.

Both within the company and its subsidiaries, for several years now GBH has shown how important it values the employability of people with disabilities in Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Réunion Island. This is demonstrated by the increasing numbers of subsidiaries and their employees attending the various events held during SEEPH (European disability employment week).

A flagship event of the week, DuoDay is based on a simple principle: all over France, on this day, one company, one local authority or one nonprofit organisation welcomes a person with disabilities to train alongside a volunteer professional.

An excellent way to share experience, DuoDay is a win-win exchange: for the organisation, it’s a great way to shatter stereotypes and become more aware about what it’s like to be disabled in the workplace; for the person with disabilities, it’s a chance to discover a trade, begin a new opportunity, foster a direct relationship with an employer and find a job or work placement.

On Réunion Island, Mr. Bricolage, in line with its human resources policy and desire to help the disabled community, supports this initiative and its stores are all taking part in this international day. In 2020, 20 of its employees, compared to eight in 2019, signed up as volunteers to share their passion for their job and everyday responsibilities by partnering up with a person with disabilities.

In French Guiana, Carrefour Matoury also got involved with the disability employment week by leading several initiatives. The store participated in DuoDay and it organised a sign language beginner’s class with Serac, its nonprofit partner dedicated to improving the employability of people with disabilities. Its staff also played Handipoursuite, an educational chase game that makes a fun way to learn about disabilities in and outside the workplace.

Also in French Guiana, Norauto Guyane decided to shine a spotlight on a deaf-mute technician employed by the auto company on a permanent contract for the past four years. Two reports were produced and broadcast on radio and TV on Guyanese channel 1re as well as on social media.

The GBH shared apprenticeship is an initiative of the partnership that has united Mr. Bricolage and the Las Palmas association for social integration for 20 years.

The teams from Mr. Bricolage, the association’s partner and financial support, are proud to take part in the Tour des Yoles Rondes sailing regatta in Martinique every year. With over 35 years of history, it has become a flagship event on the island. Every year is a new opportunity for the young people of the Las Palmas association to show what they can do. The crew, which has only gotten better over the years — as noted by the association’s directors and supervisors — was congratulated for its involvement and commitment.

As part of its efforts to combat Covid-19, GBH and its subsidiaries, like many companies, resolved to step into action to help the wider community. In a spirit of unanimous solidarity, working in conjunction with local organisations in territories and regions where the group has operations, they joined forces to do their bit. The main goal was to come to the aid of the local population by supplying masks and hand sanitiser. They led other actions to bring support to the medical teams in each region and help the disadvantaged, in particular by making donations to local food banks. Our priority was also to protect employees and customers: an internal set of Covid-19 best practices was put in place.

Here are some examples of actions:

GBH is providing 1,350,000 masks including 450,000 FFP2-type masks to health professionals in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique and Réunion Island. The masks were divided between the territories: 600,000 for Réunion Island, 300,000 for Guadeloupe, 300,000 for Martinique and 150,000 for French Guiana. These masks were delivered to the French Regional Health Agency (ARS) which will allocate them to hospitals, clinics and other healthcare workers on a priority basis.

What’s more, partnerships were fostered with the group’s distilleries to produce hand sanitiser. Over 30,000 litres of hand sanitiser was supplied free of charge to the health and safety services in Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Réunion Island. These products were delivered to the ARS in charge of their distribution to health professionals.

During lockdown, the group’s leasing companies supplied a loan vehicle to hospital staff in the event their own vehicle broke down.

In Martinique, Carrefour Martinique increased its support to the food bank by donating a tonne of food products.

Chocolat Elot is supporting children in hospital and the children of health workers at La Meynard university hospital by donating Easter chocolates.

Decathlon donated 180 Easybreath masks to the university hospital and Le Carbet hospital.

Yves Rocher supplied hydration kits to the university hospital.

Mr. Bricolage participated in the manufacture of 600 visors by supplying 600 eyelets and 30 sets of PPE to the university hospital.

Autobam gave 4,000 pairs of gloves, 405 sets of overalls, protective glasses, face shields and disposable masks to Martinique university hospital.

In Guadeloupe, CAMA loaned four vehicles and donated lots of PPE kits to the Red Cross.

Carrefour Destreland gave Easter chocolates to child in-patients in hospitals and clinics.

On Réunion Island, Carrefour Réunion delivered over 200 hot meals a day to the Red Cross for a whole month. And over 35,000 Easter chocolates to healthcare professionals and in-patients at Réunion Island university hospital, GHER and Mascareignes food bank to support islanders facing hard times and all of its employees.

The Grands Centres shopping centres had to adapt and make daily innovations to manage operations during the pandemic. Lots of prevention and protection initiatives were implemented during the pandemic. To remind people of social and physical distancing measures, new messages were displayed via various media and an audio message was broadcast. To protect employees and customers, new equipment such as hand gel distributors, barriers at entrances and exits and floor markings were implemented. To ensure the regulations in force concerning visitor numbers and information display, a computer platform and people counting cameras were installed to perform instant checks and control capacity. In the event the maximum threshold was exceeded, text messages and emails were sent to the different departments to implement door regulation procedures.

BPA, in conjunction with the police, distributed all of its FFP2-type masks, around 300 pieces, to Saint-Denis university hospital. The company also gave nurses 400 vehicle protection kits and gloves and also helped fire officers by donating surface protective film, masking tape, gloves and other items to help them protect their equipment and staff.

In French Guiana, to guarantee optimal protection of administrative personnel and the public, the management of Guyane Automobile went from town hall to town hall distributing masks and hand sanitiser. The villages of Cayenne, Macouria, Rémire-Montjoly, Roura, Kourou, Sinnamary, Mana and Saint-Laurent all received supplies. Consequently, all civil servants unable to work remotely because they are in contact with the public as well as members of the local population received useful PPE equipment.

On 9 April, Carrefour Matoury and Contact signed a charter with the IFIVEG (inter-professional association of fruit and vegetable production chains) for the distribution of fruit and veg to the group’s stores. This agreement aims to reinforce and develop the agricultural production chains and promote food autonomy in French Guiana. Carrefour Matoury and Contact have stepped up charity initiatives, such as donating around 8,500 euros’ worth of Easter chocolates to Cayenne hospital and the Épicerie Solidaire.

In Saint Lucia, Saint Lucia Distillers supplied hand sanitiser and implemented various aid actions.

In Africa, Citroën maintained its regular opening hours to help its customers in the event of emergency or breakdown.

Kia Maroc introduced a home assistance service and organised replacement vehicles for healthcare professionals and provided logistical support for the transportation of goods to disadvantaged members of the community.

SOCIDA: Uber adapted its technology and signed a partnership with the Ivory Coast’s Ministry of Health and Socida to offer free trips to healthcare workers in Abidjan. Health workers at the three public hospitals and the university hospitals in Treichville, Angré and Cocody were therefore able to make their way to their different places of work easily, comfortably and safely thanks to this partnership funded by Uber and Socida.

Citroën Algérie confirmed its support to help sick islanders. In partnership with the association WinNelka, the company donated medical equipment. People in need received portering chairs, stretchers, bottle pressure regulators with sparger and even inflatable splints.

For its partnership with the Enfants de la Lune charity, Citroën Algérie took part in the “1 cork: 1 smile” cork collection campaign. The initiative was designed to encourage creative ways to protect the environment and help children affected by “dry skin” condition. The funds raised from selling collected corks to recycling plants were used to purchase medications and clothing.

Teaching employees who haven't had access to education to read and write is the goal of Bacibam, GBH’s Ivory Coast subsidiary, through this initiative. A small group of employees selected by the company is working with a tutor twice a week. This intimate setting gives each student a chance to overcome their shyness, quickly learn the basics and then make way for the next employees.

The sixth edition of the Beach Soccer tournament took place at Souffleur beach in Port-Louis. Organised by Soguafi, one of the financial partners of SGDM Concessions Automobiles, the goal of this competition was to encourage the purchase of medical equipment for the sick children in Guadeloupe University Hospital.

Eight employees represented SGDM. After three qualification matches and a semifinal, they made it all the way and were victorious, driven on by the enthusiastic encouragement of their colleagues who came to see them.

Committed to emergency aid, the Red Cross and GBH have organised several food donation collections in the Carrefour outlets in the West Indies and Réunion Island, to help the people of the northern islands affected by hurricanes in 2018.

Both within the company and its subsidiaries, for several years now GBH has shown how important it values the employability of people with disabilities in Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Réunion Island. This is demonstrated by the increasing numbers of subsidiaries and their employees attending the various events held during SEEPH (European disability employment week).

A flagship event of the week, DuoDay is based on a simple principle: all over France, on this day, one company, one local authority or one nonprofit organisation welcomes a person with disabilities to train alongside a volunteer professional.

An excellent way to share experience, DuoDay is a win-win exchange: for the organisation, it’s a great way to shatter stereotypes and become more aware about what it’s like to be disabled in the workplace; for the person with disabilities, it’s a chance to discover a trade, begin a new opportunity, foster a direct relationship with an employer and find a job or work placement.

On Réunion Island, Mr. Bricolage, in line with its human resources policy and desire to help the disabled community, supports this initiative and its stores are all taking part in this international day. In 2020, 20 of its employees, compared to eight in 2019, signed up as volunteers to share their passion for their job and everyday responsibilities by partnering up with a person with disabilities.

In French Guiana, Carrefour Matoury also got involved with the disability employment week by leading several initiatives. The store participated in DuoDay and it organised a sign language beginner’s class with Serac, its nonprofit partner dedicated to improving the employability of people with disabilities. Its staff also played Handipoursuite, an educational chase game that makes a fun way to learn about disabilities in and outside the workplace.

Also in French Guiana, Norauto Guyane decided to shine a spotlight on a deaf-mute technician employed by the auto company on a permanent contract for the past four years. Two reports were produced and broadcast on radio and TV on Guyanese channel 1re as well as on social media.

In April 2020, alongside many other companies in the fight against Covid-19, and in light of the shortage of healthcare equipment, GBH will be providing healthcare workers from the four French Overseas Regions and Communities with 1.35 million masks, including 450.000 FFP2-type masks.

These masks were delivered to the French Regional Health Agency (ARS) which will allocate them to workers at hospitals, clinics and other healthcare professionals on a priority basis.

The first batch, consisting of 1 million masks, will be delivered on Thursday 9 April across Réunion Island, Guadeloupe and French Guiana. The delivery for Martinique is planned for Friday 10 April 2020.

The remaining 350,000 masks will arrive next week across all four regions. The masks were divided between the territories: 600,000 for Réunion Island, 300,000 for Guadeloupe, 300,000 for Martinique and 150,000 for French Guiana.

In March 2020, in the fight against coronavirus and in light of the shortage of alcohol-based gel sanitiser, through its Rhum JM distillery and its Etablissements Clément in Martinique, GBH has adapted its rum production process to be able to manufacture an alcohol-based sanitiser and organise packaging for it.

This product is being delivered free of charge to healthcare workers, army personnel, police and emergency services. In liaison with the prefecture of Martinique and ARS, an initial delivery of 5,000 litres is being organised.

In Guadeloupe, GBH is also providing healthcare workers and security personnel with free alcohol-based sanitiser. This operation is being carried out in partnership with two local economic operators that manufacture and package the product. Some 10,000 75-ml bottles developed and packaged by the Alizée Nature Caraïbes laboratory and 18,500 500-ml bottles produced by the Chlorex company are being delivered from 30 March 2020 to French government agencies. The Prefecture of Guadeloupe has mobilised significant logistical resources to ensure emergency distribution to all the relevant public and private priority personnel.

On Réunion Island, GBH is also providing healthcare workers and security personnel with free alcohol-based sanitiser. This operation is being carried out in partnership with the Chatel distillery, a historic industrial operator on Réunion Island, which is manufacturing and packaging a batch of 5,000 1-litre bottles for GBH. The delivery will begin on Friday 3 April and is being organised by the Prefecture and ARS to best address the various public health priorities.

GBH is also taking action in French Guiana. Some 10,000 500-ml bottles were thus produced and donated by GBH to the Prefecture and the ARS, which took care of distributing them to health and safety personnel, from 8 April 2020. This operation was made possible thanks to the efforts of numerous Guianese economic operators coordinated by Medef Guyane: the company Rhum Saint-Maurice produces the ethanol, the laboratory Bio Stratège manufactures the alcohol-based solution at SARA, and SOLAM handles the packaging and labelling at Brasserie Guyanaise.

GBH would like to thank all those who made this possible, particularly the teams at JM and Clément in a spirit of solidarity and collective effort. All current health guidelines were followed to protect the employees involved in implementing this initiative.

As part of its efforts to combat Covid-19, GBH and its subsidiaries, like many companies, resolved to step into action to help the wider community. In a spirit of unanimous solidarity, working in conjunction with local organisations in territories and regions where the group has operations, they joined forces to do their bit. The main goal was to come to the aid of the local population by supplying masks and hand sanitiser. They led other actions to bring support to the medical teams in each region and help the disadvantaged, in particular by making donations to local food banks. Our priority was also to protect employees and customers: an internal set of Covid-19 best practices was put in place.

Here are some examples of actions:

GBH is providing 1,350,000 masks including 450,000 FFP2-type masks to health professionals in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique and Réunion Island. The masks were divided between the territories: 600,000 for Réunion Island, 300,000 for Guadeloupe, 300,000 for Martinique and 150,000 for French Guiana. These masks were delivered to the French Regional Health Agency (ARS) which will allocate them to hospitals, clinics and other healthcare workers on a priority basis.

What’s more, partnerships were fostered with the group’s distilleries to produce hand sanitiser. Over 30,000 litres of hand sanitiser was supplied free of charge to the health and safety services in Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Réunion Island. These products were delivered to the ARS in charge of their distribution to health professionals.

During lockdown, the group’s leasing companies supplied a loan vehicle to hospital staff in the event their own vehicle broke down.

In Martinique, Carrefour Martinique increased its support to the food bank by donating a tonne of food products.

Chocolat Elot is supporting children in hospital and the children of health workers at La Meynard university hospital by donating Easter chocolates.

Decathlon donated 180 Easybreath masks to the university hospital and Le Carbet hospital.

Yves Rocher supplied hydration kits to the university hospital.

Mr. Bricolage participated in the manufacture of 600 visors by supplying 600 eyelets and 30 sets of PPE to the university hospital.

Autobam gave 4,000 pairs of gloves, 405 sets of overalls, protective glasses, face shields and disposable masks to Martinique university hospital.

In Guadeloupe, CAMA loaned four vehicles and donated lots of PPE kits to the Red Cross.

Carrefour Destreland gave Easter chocolates to child in-patients in hospitals and clinics.

On Réunion Island, Carrefour Réunion delivered over 200 hot meals a day to the Red Cross for a whole month. And over 35,000 Easter chocolates to healthcare professionals and in-patients at Réunion Island university hospital, GHER and Mascareignes food bank to support islanders facing hard times and all of its employees.

The Grands Centres shopping centres had to adapt and make daily innovations to manage operations during the pandemic. Lots of prevention and protection initiatives were implemented during the pandemic. To remind people of social and physical distancing measures, new messages were displayed via various media and an audio message was broadcast. To protect employees and customers, new equipment such as hand gel distributors, barriers at entrances and exits and floor markings were implemented. To ensure the regulations in force concerning visitor numbers and information display, a computer platform and people counting cameras were installed to perform instant checks and control capacity. In the event the maximum threshold was exceeded, text messages and emails were sent to the different departments to implement door regulation procedures.

BPA, in conjunction with the police, distributed all of its FFP2-type masks, around 300 pieces, to Saint-Denis university hospital. The company also gave nurses 400 vehicle protection kits and gloves and also helped fire officers by donating surface protective film, masking tape, gloves and other items to help them protect their equipment and staff.

In French Guiana, to guarantee optimal protection of administrative personnel and the public, the management of Guyane Automobile went from town hall to town hall distributing masks and hand sanitiser. The villages of Cayenne, Macouria, Rémire-Montjoly, Roura, Kourou, Sinnamary, Mana and Saint-Laurent all received supplies. Consequently, all civil servants unable to work remotely because they are in contact with the public as well as members of the local population received useful PPE equipment.

On 9 April, Carrefour Matoury and Contact signed a charter with the IFIVEG (inter-professional association of fruit and vegetable production chains) for the distribution of fruit and veg to the group’s stores. This agreement aims to reinforce and develop the agricultural production chains and promote food autonomy in French Guiana. Carrefour Matoury and Contact have stepped up charity initiatives, such as donating around 8,500 euros’ worth of Easter chocolates to Cayenne hospital and the Épicerie Solidaire.

In Saint Lucia, Saint Lucia Distillers supplied hand sanitiser and implemented various aid actions.

In Africa, Citroën maintained its regular opening hours to help its customers in the event of emergency or breakdown.

Kia Maroc introduced a home assistance service and organised replacement vehicles for healthcare professionals and provided logistical support for the transportation of goods to disadvantaged members of the community.

SOCIDA: Uber adapted its technology and signed a partnership with the Ivory Coast’s Ministry of Health and Socida to offer free trips to healthcare workers in Abidjan. Health workers at the three public hospitals and the university hospitals in Treichville, Angré and Cocody were therefore able to make their way to their different places of work easily, comfortably and safely thanks to this partnership funded by Uber and Socida.

GBH signs up to support food banks: In January 2022, GBH signed an agreement with the Fédération des Banques Alimentaires, the food banks federation, to finance the transportation of containers of food items from mainland France to Martinique, Guadeloupe and Réunion Island.

For the three territories, the first operation brought over 75 tonnes of additional food products, the equivalent of over 150,000 meals donated to recipient nonprofits.

The first deliveries were made in Guadeloupe and Martinique in mid-March. Shipments to Réunion Island are planned for late March. These operations will be repeated several more times this year.

The 6^th edition of the Beach Soccer tournament took place at the Souffleur beach in Port-Louis. Organised by Soguafi, one of the financial partners of SGDM Concessions Automobiles, the goal of this competition was to encourage the purchase of medical equipment for the sick children in Guadeloupe University Hospital.

Eight employees represented SGDM. After three qualification matches and a semifinal, they made it all the way and were victorious, driven on by the enthusiastic encouragement of their colleagues who came to see them.

Committed to emergency aid, the Red Cross and GBH have organised several food donation collections in the Carrefour outlets in the West Indies and Réunion, to help the people of the northern islands affected by hurricanes in 2018.

Both within the company and its subsidiaries, for several years now GBH has shown how important it values the employability of people with disabilities in Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Réunion Island. This is demonstrated by the increasing numbers of subsidiaries and their employees attending the various events held during SEEPH (European disability employment week).

A flagship event of the week, DuoDay is based on a simple principle: all over France, on this day, one company, one local authority or one nonprofit organisation welcomes a person with disabilities to train alongside a volunteer professional.

An excellent way to share experience, DuoDay is a win-win exchange: for the organisation, it’s a great way to shatter stereotypes and become more aware about what it’s like to be disabled in the workplace; for the person with disabilities, it’s a chance to discover a trade, begin a new opportunity, foster a direct relationship with an employer and find a job or work placement.

On Réunion Island, Mr. Bricolage, in line with its human resources policy and desire to help the disabled community, supports this initiative and its stores are all taking part in this international day. In 2020, 20 of its employees, compared to eight in 2019, signed up as volunteers to share their passion for their job and everyday responsibilities by partnering up with a person with disabilities.

In French Guiana, Carrefour Matoury also got involved with the disability employment week by leading several initiatives. The store participated in DuoDay and it organised a sign language beginner’s class with Serac, its nonprofit partner dedicated to improving the employability of people with disabilities. Its staff also played Handipoursuite, an educational chase game that makes a fun way to learn about disabilities in and outside the workplace.

Also in French Guiana, Norauto Guyane decided to shine a spotlight on a deaf-mute technician employed by the auto company on a permanent contract for the past four years. Two reports were produced and broadcast on radio and TV on Guyanese channel 1re as well as on social media.

In April 2020, alongside many other companies in the fight against Covid-19, and in light of the shortage of healthcare equipment, GBH will be providing healthcare workers from the four French Overseas Regions and Communities with 1.35 million masks, including 450.000 FFP2-type masks.

These masks were delivered to the French Regional Health Agency (ARS) which will allocate them to workers at hospitals, clinics and other healthcare professionals on a priority basis.

The first batch, consisting of 1 million masks, will be delivered on Thursday 9 April across Réunion Island, Guadeloupe and French Guiana. The delivery for Martinique is planned for Friday 10 April 2020.

The remaining 350,000 masks will arrive next week across all four regions. The masks were divided between the territories: 600,000 for Réunion Island, 300,000 for Guadeloupe, 300,000 for Martinique and 150,000 for French Guiana.

In March 2020, in the fight against coronavirus and in light of the shortage of alcohol-based gel sanitiser, through its Rhum JM distillery and its Etablissements Clément in Martinique, GBH has adapted its rum production process to be able to manufacture an alcohol-based sanitiser and organise packaging for it.

This product is being delivered free of charge to healthcare workers, army personnel, police and emergency services. In liaison with the prefecture of Martinique and ARS, an initial delivery of 5,000 litres is being organised.

In Guadeloupe, GBH is also providing healthcare workers and security personnel with free alcohol-based sanitiser. This operation is being carried out in partnership with two local economic operators that manufacture and package the product. Some 10,000 75-ml bottles developed and packaged by the Alizée Nature Caraïbes laboratory and 18,500 500-ml bottles produced by the Chlorex company are being delivered from 30 March 2020 to French government agencies. The Prefecture of Guadeloupe has mobilised significant logistical resources to ensure emergency distribution to all the relevant public and private priority personnel.

On Réunion Island, GBH is also providing healthcare workers and security personnel with free alcohol-based sanitiser. This operation is being carried out in partnership with the Chatel distillery, a historic industrial operator on Réunion Island, which is manufacturing and packaging a batch of 5,000 1-litre bottles for GBH. The delivery will begin on Friday 3 April and is being organised by the Prefecture and ARS to best address the various public health priorities.

GBH is also taking action in French Guiana. Some 10,000 500-ml bottles were thus produced and donated by GBH to the Prefecture and the ARS, which took care of distributing them to health and safety personnel, from 8 April 2020. This operation was made possible thanks to the efforts of numerous Guianese economic operators coordinated by Medef Guyane: the company Rhum Saint-Maurice produces the ethanol, the laboratory Bio Stratège manufactures the alcohol-based solution at SARA, and SOLAM handles the packaging and labelling at Brasserie Guyanaise.

GBH would like to thank all those who made this possible, particularly the teams at JM and Clément in a spirit of solidarity and collective effort. All current health guidelines were followed to protect the employees involved in implementing this initiative.

As part of its efforts to combat Covid-19, GBH and its subsidiaries, like many companies, resolved to step into action to help the wider community. In a spirit of unanimous solidarity, working in conjunction with local organisations in territories and regions where the group has operations, they joined forces to do their bit. The main goal was to come to the aid of the local population by supplying masks and hand sanitiser. They led other actions to bring support to the medical teams in each region and help the disadvantaged, in particular by making donations to local food banks. Our priority was also to protect employees and customers: an internal set of Covid-19 best practices was put in place.

Here are some examples of actions:

GBH is providing 1,350,000 masks including 450,000 FFP2-type masks to health professionals in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique and Réunion Island. The masks were divided between the territories: 600,000 for Réunion Island, 300,000 for Guadeloupe, 300,000 for Martinique and 150,000 for French Guiana. These masks were delivered to the French Regional Health Agency (ARS) which will allocate them to hospitals, clinics and other healthcare workers on a priority basis.

What’s more, partnerships were fostered with the group’s distilleries to produce hand sanitiser. Over 30,000 litres of hand sanitiser was supplied free of charge to the health and safety services in Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Réunion Island. These products were delivered to the ARS in charge of their distribution to health professionals.

During lockdown, the group’s leasing companies supplied a loan vehicle to hospital staff in the event their own vehicle broke down.

In Martinique, Carrefour Martinique increased its support to the food bank by donating a tonne of food products.

Chocolat Elot is supporting children in hospital and the children of health workers at La Meynard university hospital by donating Easter chocolates.

Decathlon donated 180 Easybreath masks to the university hospital and Le Carbet hospital.

Yves Rocher supplied hydration kits to the university hospital.

Mr. Bricolage participated in the manufacture of 600 visors by supplying 600 eyelets and 30 sets of PPE to the university hospital.

Autobam gave 4,000 pairs of gloves, 405 sets of overalls, protective glasses, face shields and disposable masks to Martinique university hospital.

In Guadeloupe, CAMA loaned four vehicles and donated lots of PPE kits to the Red Cross.

Carrefour Destreland gave Easter chocolates to child in-patients in hospitals and clinics.

On Réunion Island, Carrefour Réunion delivered over 200 hot meals a day to the Red Cross for a whole month. And over 35,000 Easter chocolates to healthcare professionals and in-patients at Réunion Island university hospital, GHER and Mascareignes food bank to support islanders facing hard times and all of its employees.

The Grands Centres shopping centres had to adapt and make daily innovations to manage operations during the pandemic. Lots of prevention and protection initiatives were implemented during the pandemic. To remind people of social and physical distancing measures, new messages were displayed via various media and an audio message was broadcast. To protect employees and customers, new equipment such as hand gel distributors, barriers at entrances and exits and floor markings were implemented. To ensure the regulations in force concerning visitor numbers and information display, a computer platform and people counting cameras were installed to perform instant checks and control capacity. In the event the maximum threshold was exceeded, text messages and emails were sent to the different departments to implement door regulation procedures.

BPA, in conjunction with the police, distributed all of its FFP2-type masks, around 300 pieces, to Saint-Denis university hospital. The company also gave nurses 400 vehicle protection kits and gloves and also helped fire officers by donating surface protective film, masking tape, gloves and other items to help them protect their equipment and staff.

In French Guiana, to guarantee optimal protection of administrative personnel and the public, the management of Guyane Automobile went from town hall to town hall distributing masks and hand sanitiser. The villages of Cayenne, Macouria, Rémire-Montjoly, Roura, Kourou, Sinnamary, Mana and Saint-Laurent all received supplies. Consequently, all civil servants unable to work remotely because they are in contact with the public as well as members of the local population received useful PPE equipment.

On 9 April, Carrefour Matoury and Contact signed a charter with the IFIVEG (inter-professional association of fruit and vegetable production chains) for the distribution of fruit and veg to the group’s stores. This agreement aims to reinforce and develop the agricultural production chains and promote food autonomy in French Guiana. Carrefour Matoury and Contact have stepped up charity initiatives, such as donating around 8,500 euros’ worth of Easter chocolates to Cayenne hospital and the Épicerie Solidaire.

In Saint Lucia, Saint Lucia Distillers supplied hand sanitiser and implemented various aid actions.

In Africa, Citroën maintained its regular opening hours to help its customers in the event of emergency or breakdown.

Kia Maroc introduced a home assistance service and organised replacement vehicles for healthcare professionals and provided logistical support for the transportation of goods to disadvantaged members of the community.

SOCIDA: Uber adapted its technology and signed a partnership with the Ivory Coast’s Ministry of Health and Socida to offer free trips to healthcare workers in Abidjan. Health workers at the three public hospitals and the university hospitals in Treichville, Angré and Cocody were therefore able to make their way to their different places of work easily, comfortably and safely thanks to this partnership funded by Uber and Socida.

As part of its efforts to combat Covid-19, GBH and its subsidiaries, like many companies, resolved to step into action to help the wider community. In a spirit of unanimous solidarity, working in conjunction with local organisations in territories and regions where the group has operations, they joined forces to do their bit. The main goal was to come to the aid of the local population by supplying masks and hand sanitiser. They led other actions to bring support to the medical teams in each region and help the disadvantaged, in particular by making donations to local food banks. Our priority was also to protect employees and customers: an internal set of Covid-19 best practices was put in place.

Here are some examples of actions:

GBH is providing 1,350,000 masks including 450,000 FFP2-type masks to health professionals in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique and Réunion Island. The masks were divided between the territories: 600,000 for Réunion Island, 300,000 for Guadeloupe, 300,000 for Martinique and 150,000 for French Guiana. These masks were delivered to the French Regional Health Agency (ARS) which will allocate them to hospitals, clinics and other healthcare workers on a priority basis.

What’s more, partnerships were fostered with the group’s distilleries to produce hand sanitiser. Over 30,000 litres of hand sanitiser was supplied free of charge to the health and safety services in Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Réunion Island. These products were delivered to the ARS in charge of their distribution to health professionals.

During lockdown, the group’s leasing companies supplied a loan vehicle to hospital staff in the event their own vehicle broke down.

In Martinique, Carrefour Martinique increased its support to the food bank by donating a tonne of food products.

Chocolat Elot is supporting children in hospital and the children of health workers at La Meynard university hospital by donating Easter chocolates.

Decathlon donated 180 Easybreath masks to the university hospital and Le Carbet hospital.

Yves Rocher supplied hydration kits to the university hospital.

Mr. Bricolage participated in the manufacture of 600 visors by supplying 600 eyelets and 30 sets of PPE to the university hospital.

Autobam gave 4,000 pairs of gloves, 405 sets of overalls, protective glasses, face shields and disposable masks to Martinique university hospital.

In Guadeloupe, CAMA loaned four vehicles and donated lots of PPE kits to the Red Cross.

Carrefour Destreland gave Easter chocolates to child in-patients in hospitals and clinics.

On Réunion Island, Carrefour Réunion delivered over 200 hot meals a day to the Red Cross for a whole month. And over 35,000 Easter chocolates to healthcare professionals and in-patients at Réunion Island university hospital, GHER and Mascareignes food bank to support islanders facing hard times and all of its employees.

The Grands Centres shopping centres had to adapt and make daily innovations to manage operations during the pandemic. Lots of prevention and protection initiatives were implemented during the pandemic. To remind people of social and physical distancing measures, new messages were displayed via various media and an audio message was broadcast. To protect employees and customers, new equipment such as hand gel distributors, barriers at entrances and exits and floor markings were implemented. To ensure the regulations in force concerning visitor numbers and information display, a computer platform and people counting cameras were installed to perform instant checks and control capacity. In the event the maximum threshold was exceeded, text messages and emails were sent to the different departments to implement door regulation procedures.

BPA, in conjunction with the police, distributed all of its FFP2-type masks, around 300 pieces, to Saint-Denis university hospital. The company also gave nurses 400 vehicle protection kits and gloves and also helped fire officers by donating surface protective film, masking tape, gloves and other items to help them protect their equipment and staff.

In French Guiana, to guarantee optimal protection of administrative personnel and the public, the management of Guyane Automobile went from town hall to town hall distributing masks and hand sanitiser. The villages of Cayenne, Macouria, Rémire-Montjoly, Roura, Kourou, Sinnamary, Mana and Saint-Laurent all received supplies. Consequently, all civil servants unable to work remotely because they are in contact with the public as well as members of the local population received useful PPE equipment.

On 9 April, Carrefour Matoury and Contact signed a charter with the IFIVEG (inter-professional association of fruit and vegetable production chains) for the distribution of fruit and veg to the group’s stores. This agreement aims to reinforce and develop the agricultural production chains and promote food autonomy in French Guiana. Carrefour Matoury and Contact have stepped up charity initiatives, such as donating around 8,500 euros’ worth of Easter chocolates to Cayenne hospital and the Épicerie Solidaire.

In Saint Lucia, Saint Lucia Distillers supplied hand sanitiser and implemented various aid actions.

In Africa, Citroën maintained its regular opening hours to help its customers in the event of emergency or breakdown.

Kia Maroc introduced a home assistance service and organised replacement vehicles for healthcare professionals and provided logistical support for the transportation of goods to disadvantaged members of the community.

SOCIDA: Uber adapted its technology and signed a partnership with the Ivory Coast’s Ministry of Health and Socida to offer free trips to healthcare workers in Abidjan. Health workers at the three public hospitals and the university hospitals in Treichville, Angré and Cocody were therefore able to make their way to their different places of work easily, comfortably and safely thanks to this partnership funded by Uber and Socida.

The Group took action to help the Haitian people following the earthquake that hit Haiti on 14 August 2021. Through its subsidiary Carrefour Martinique, GBH gave the Red Cross 41 tonnes of water and essential foodstuffs that were transported to Haiti on the army surveillance frigate Le Germinal.

Committed to emergency aid, the Red Cross and GBH have organised several food donation collections in the Carrefour outlets in the West Indies and Réunion Island, to help the people of the northern islands affected by hurricanes in 2018.

Both within the company and its subsidiaries, for several years now GBH has shown how important it values the employability of people with disabilities in Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Réunion Island. This is demonstrated by the increasing numbers of subsidiaries and their employees attending the various events held during SEEPH (European disability employment week).

A flagship event of the week, DuoDay is based on a simple principle: all over France, on this day, one company, one local authority or one nonprofit organisation welcomes a person with disabilities to train alongside a volunteer professional.

An excellent way to share experience, DuoDay is a win-win exchange: for the organisation, it’s a great way to shatter stereotypes and become more aware about what it’s like to be disabled in the workplace; for the person with disabilities, it’s a chance to discover a trade, begin a new opportunity, foster a direct relationship with an employer and find a job or work placement.

On Réunion Island, Mr. Bricolage, in line with its human resources policy and desire to help the disabled community, supports this initiative and its stores are all taking part in this international day. In 2020, 20 of its employees, compared to eight in 2019, signed up as volunteers to share their passion for their job and everyday responsibilities by partnering up with a person with disabilities.

In French Guiana, Carrefour Matoury also got involved with the disability employment week by leading several initiatives. The store participated in DuoDay and it organised a sign language beginner’s class with Serac, its nonprofit partner dedicated to improving the employability of people with disabilities. Its staff also played Handipoursuite, an educational chase game that makes a fun way to learn about disabilities in and outside the workplace.

Also in French Guiana, Norauto Guyane decided to shine a spotlight on a deaf-mute technician employed by the auto company on a permanent contract for the past four years. Two reports were produced and broadcast on radio and TV on Guyanese channel 1re as well as on social media.

There is widespread solidarity for Saint Vincent following the eruption of Soufrière Saint Vincent volcano.
On 14 February 2021, GBH delivered aid to the inhabitants of Saint Vincent island, affected by the eruption of its volcano, La Soufrière.

Through its Carrefour subsidiary, the Group provided 100 tonnes of water – over 66,000 1.5-litre bottles – which were brought to the French West Indies by the army surveillance frigate Ventôse.

In April 2020, alongside many other companies in the fight against Covid-19, and in light of the shortage of healthcare equipment, GBH will be providing healthcare workers from the four French Overseas Regions and Communities with 1.35 million masks, including 450.000 FFP2-type masks.

These masks were delivered to the French Regional Health Agency (ARS) which will allocate them to workers at hospitals, clinics and other healthcare professionals on a priority basis.

The first batch, consisting of 1 million masks, will be delivered on Thursday 9 April across Réunion Island, Guadeloupe and French Guiana. The delivery for Martinique is planned for Friday 10 April 2020.

The remaining 350,000 masks will arrive next week across all four regions. The masks were divided between the territories: 600,000 for Réunion Island, 300,000 for Guadeloupe, 300,000 for Martinique and 150,000 for French Guiana.

In March 2020, in the fight against coronavirus and in light of the shortage of alcohol-based gel sanitiser, through its Rhum JM distillery and its Etablissements Clément in Martinique, GBH has adapted its rum production process to be able to manufacture an alcohol-based sanitiser and organise packaging for it.

This product is being delivered free of charge to healthcare workers, army personnel, police and emergency services. In liaison with the prefecture of Martinique and ARS, an initial delivery of 5,000 litres is being organised.

In Guadeloupe, GBH is also providing healthcare workers and security personnel with free alcohol-based sanitiser. This operation is being carried out in partnership with two local economic operators that manufacture and package the product. Some 10,000 75-ml bottles developed and packaged by the Alizée Nature Caraïbes laboratory and 18,500 500-ml bottles produced by the Chlorex company are being delivered from 30 March 2020 to French government agencies. The Prefecture of Guadeloupe has mobilised significant logistical resources to ensure emergency distribution to all the relevant public and private priority personnel.

On Réunion Island, GBH is also providing healthcare workers and security personnel with free alcohol-based sanitiser. This operation is being carried out in partnership with the Chatel distillery, a historic industrial operator on Réunion Island, which is manufacturing and packaging a batch of 5,000 1-litre bottles for GBH. The delivery will begin on Friday 3 April and is being organised by the Prefecture and ARS to best address the various public health priorities.

GBH is also taking action in French Guiana. Some 10,000 500-ml bottles were thus produced and donated by GBH to the Prefecture and the ARS, which took care of distributing them to health and safety personnel, from 8 April 2020. This operation was made possible thanks to the efforts of numerous Guianese economic operators coordinated by Medef Guyane: the company Rhum Saint-Maurice produces the ethanol, the laboratory Bio Stratège manufactures the alcohol-based solution at SARA, and SOLAM handles the packaging and labelling at Brasserie Guyanaise.

GBH would like to thank all those who made this possible, particularly the teams at JM and Clément in a spirit of solidarity and collective effort. All current health guidelines were followed to protect the employees involved in implementing this initiative.

As part of its efforts to combat Covid-19, GBH and its subsidiaries, like many companies, resolved to step into action to help the wider community. In a spirit of unanimous solidarity, working in conjunction with local organisations in territories and regions where the group has operations, they joined forces to do their bit. The main goal was to come to the aid of the local population by supplying masks and hand sanitiser. They led other actions to bring support to the medical teams in each region and help the disadvantaged, in particular by making donations to local food banks. Our priority was also to protect employees and customers: an internal set of Covid-19 best practices was put in place.

Here are some examples of actions:

GBH is providing 1,350,000 masks including 450,000 FFP2-type masks to health professionals in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique and Réunion Island. The masks were divided between the territories: 600,000 for Réunion Island, 300,000 for Guadeloupe, 300,000 for Martinique and 150,000 for French Guiana. These masks were delivered to the French Regional Health Agency (ARS) which will allocate them to hospitals, clinics and other healthcare workers on a priority basis.

What’s more, partnerships were fostered with the group’s distilleries to produce hand sanitiser. Over 30,000 litres of hand sanitiser was supplied free of charge to the health and safety services in Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Réunion Island. These products were delivered to the ARS in charge of their distribution to health professionals.

During lockdown, the group’s leasing companies supplied a loan vehicle to hospital staff in the event their own vehicle broke down.

In Martinique, Carrefour Martinique increased its support to the food bank by donating a tonne of food products.

Chocolat Elot is supporting children in hospital and the children of health workers at La Meynard university hospital by donating Easter chocolates.

Decathlon donated 180 Easybreath masks to the university hospital and Le Carbet hospital.

Yves Rocher supplied hydration kits to the university hospital.

Mr. Bricolage participated in the manufacture of 600 visors by supplying 600 eyelets and 30 sets of PPE to the university hospital.

Autobam gave 4,000 pairs of gloves, 405 sets of overalls, protective glasses, face shields and disposable masks to Martinique university hospital.

In Guadeloupe, CAMA loaned four vehicles and donated lots of PPE kits to the Red Cross.

Carrefour Destreland gave Easter chocolates to child in-patients in hospitals and clinics.

On Réunion Island, Carrefour Réunion delivered over 200 hot meals a day to the Red Cross for a whole month. And over 35,000 Easter chocolates to healthcare professionals and in-patients at Réunion Island university hospital, GHER and Mascareignes food bank to support islanders facing hard times and all of its employees.

The Grands Centres shopping centres had to adapt and make daily innovations to manage operations during the pandemic. Lots of prevention and protection initiatives were implemented during the pandemic. To remind people of social and physical distancing measures, new messages were displayed via various media and an audio message was broadcast. To protect employees and customers, new equipment such as hand gel distributors, barriers at entrances and exits and floor markings were implemented. To ensure the regulations in force concerning visitor numbers and information display, a computer platform and people counting cameras were installed to perform instant checks and control capacity. In the event the maximum threshold was exceeded, text messages and emails were sent to the different departments to implement door regulation procedures.

BPA, in conjunction with the police, distributed all of its FFP2-type masks, around 300 pieces, to Saint-Denis university hospital. The company also gave nurses 400 vehicle protection kits and gloves and also helped fire officers by donating surface protective film, masking tape, gloves and other items to help them protect their equipment and staff.

In French Guiana, to guarantee optimal protection of administrative personnel and the public, the management of Guyane Automobile went from town hall to town hall distributing masks and hand sanitiser. The villages of Cayenne, Macouria, Rémire-Montjoly, Roura, Kourou, Sinnamary, Mana and Saint-Laurent all received supplies. Consequently, all civil servants unable to work remotely because they are in contact with the public as well as members of the local population received useful PPE equipment.

On 9 April, Carrefour Matoury and Contact signed a charter with the IFIVEG (inter-professional association of fruit and vegetable production chains) for the distribution of fruit and veg to the group’s stores. This agreement aims to reinforce and develop the agricultural production chains and promote food autonomy in French Guiana. Carrefour Matoury and Contact have stepped up charity initiatives, such as donating around 8,500 euros’ worth of Easter chocolates to Cayenne hospital and the Épicerie Solidaire.

In Saint Lucia, Saint Lucia Distillers supplied hand sanitiser and implemented various aid actions.

In Africa, Citroën maintained its regular opening hours to help its customers in the event of emergency or breakdown.

Kia Maroc introduced a home assistance service and organised replacement vehicles for healthcare professionals and provided logistical support for the transportation of goods to disadvantaged members of the community.

SOCIDA: Uber adapted its technology and signed a partnership with the Ivory Coast’s Ministry of Health and Socida to offer free trips to healthcare workers in Abidjan. Health workers at the three public hospitals and the university hospitals in Treichville, Angré and Cocody were therefore able to make their way to their different places of work easily, comfortably and safely thanks to this partnership funded by Uber and Socida.

GBH signs up to support food banks: In January 2022, GBH signed an agreement with the Fédération des Banques Alimentaires, the food banks federation, to finance the transportation of containers of food items from mainland France to Martinique, Guadeloupe and Réunion Island.

For the three territories, the first operation brought over 75 tonnes of additional food products, the equivalent of over 150,000 meals donated to recipient nonprofits.

The first deliveries were made in Guadeloupe and Martinique in mid-March. Shipments to Réunion Island are planned for late March. These operations will be repeated several more times this year.

The GBH shared apprenticeship is an initiative of the partnership that has united Mr. Bricolage and the Las Palmas association for social integration for 20 years.

The teams from Mr. Bricolage, the association’s partner and financial support, are proud to take part in the Tour des Yoles Rondes sailing regatta in Martinique every year. With over 35 years of history, it has become a flagship event on the island. Every year is a new opportunity for the young people of the Las Palmas association to show what they can do. The crew, which has only gotten better over the years — as noted by the association’s directors and supervisors — was congratulated for its involvement and commitment.

The Group took action to help the Haitian people following the earthquake that hit Haiti on 14 August 2021. Through its subsidiary Carrefour Martinique, GBH gave the Red Cross 41 tonnes of water and essential foodstuffs that were transported to Haiti on the Army surveillance frigate Le Germinal.

Committed to emergency aid, the Red Cross and GBH have organised several food donation collections in the Carrefour outlets in the West Indies and Réunion, to help the people of the northern islands affected by hurricanes in 2018.

GBH provided humanitarian aid to the inhabitants of Saint Vincent island, affected by the eruption of its volcano, La Soufrière, in April 2021. Through its Carrefour subsidiary, the Group provided 100 tonnes of water – over 66,000 1.5-litre bottles – which were brought to the French West Indies by the army surveillance frigate Ventôse.

Both within the company and its subsidiaries, for several years now GBH has shown how important it values the employability of people with disabilities in Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Réunion Island. This is demonstrated by the increasing numbers of subsidiaries and their employees attending the various events held during SEEPH (European disability employment week).

A flagship event of the week, DuoDay is based on a simple principle: all over France, on this day, one company, one local authority or one nonprofit organisation welcomes a person with disabilities to train alongside a volunteer professional.

An excellent way to share experience, DuoDay is a win-win exchange: for the organisation, it’s a great way to shatter stereotypes and become more aware about what it’s like to be disabled in the workplace; for the person with disabilities, it’s a chance to discover a trade, begin a new opportunity, foster a direct relationship with an employer and find a job or work placement.

On Réunion Island, Mr. Bricolage, in line with its human resources policy and desire to help the disabled community, supports this initiative and its stores are all taking part in this international day. In 2020, 20 of its employees, compared to eight in 2019, signed up as volunteers to share their passion for their job and everyday responsibilities by partnering up with a person with disabilities.

In French Guiana, Carrefour Matoury also got involved with the disability employment week by leading several initiatives. The store participated in DuoDay and it organised a sign language beginner’s class with Serac, its nonprofit partner dedicated to improving the employability of people with disabilities. Its staff also played Handipoursuite, an educational chase game that makes a fun way to learn about disabilities in and outside the workplace.

Also in French Guiana, Norauto Guyane decided to shine a spotlight on a deaf-mute technician employed by the auto company on a permanent contract for the past four years. Two reports were produced and broadcast on radio and TV on Guyanese channel 1re as well as on social media.

In April 2020, alongside many other companies in the fight against Covid-19, and in light of the shortage of healthcare equipment, GBH will be providing healthcare workers from the four French Overseas Regions and Communities with 1.35 million masks, including 450.000 FFP2-type masks.

These masks were delivered to the French Regional Health Agency (ARS) which will allocate them to workers at hospitals, clinics and other healthcare professionals on a priority basis.

The first batch, consisting of 1 million masks, will be delivered on Thursday 9 April across Réunion Island, Guadeloupe and French Guiana. The delivery for Martinique is planned for Friday 10 April 2020.

The remaining 350,000 masks will arrive next week across all four regions. The masks were divided between the territories: 600,000 for Réunion Island, 300,000 for Guadeloupe, 300,000 for Martinique and 150,000 for French Guiana.

As part of its efforts to combat Covid-19, GBH and its subsidiaries, like many companies, resolved to step into action to help the wider community. In a spirit of unanimous solidarity, working in conjunction with local organisations in territories and regions where the group has operations, they joined forces to do their bit. The main goal was to come to the aid of the local population by supplying masks and hand sanitiser. They led other actions to bring support to the medical teams in each region and help the disadvantaged, in particular by making donations to local food banks. Our priority was also to protect employees and customers: an internal set of Covid-19 best practices was put in place.

Here are some examples of actions:

GBH is providing 1,350,000 masks including 450,000 FFP2-type masks to health professionals in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique and Réunion Island. The masks were divided between the territories: 600,000 for Réunion Island, 300,000 for Guadeloupe, 300,000 for Martinique and 150,000 for French Guiana. These masks were delivered to the French Regional Health Agency (ARS) which will allocate them to hospitals, clinics and other healthcare workers on a priority basis.

What’s more, partnerships were fostered with the group’s distilleries to produce hand sanitiser. Over 30,000 litres of hand sanitiser was supplied free of charge to the health and safety services in Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Réunion Island. These products were delivered to the ARS in charge of their distribution to health professionals.

During lockdown, the group’s leasing companies supplied a loan vehicle to hospital staff in the event their own vehicle broke down.

In Martinique, Carrefour Martinique increased its support to the food bank by donating a tonne of food products.

Chocolat Elot is supporting children in hospital and the children of health workers at La Meynard university hospital by donating Easter chocolates.

Decathlon donated 180 Easybreath masks to the university hospital and Le Carbet hospital.

Yves Rocher supplied hydration kits to the university hospital.

Mr. Bricolage participated in the manufacture of 600 visors by supplying 600 eyelets and 30 sets of PPE to the university hospital.

Autobam gave 4,000 pairs of gloves, 405 sets of overalls, protective glasses, face shields and disposable masks to Martinique university hospital.

In Guadeloupe, CAMA loaned four vehicles and donated lots of PPE kits to the Red Cross.

Carrefour Destreland gave Easter chocolates to child in-patients in hospitals and clinics.

On Réunion Island, Carrefour Réunion delivered over 200 hot meals a day to the Red Cross for a whole month. And over 35,000 Easter chocolates to healthcare professionals and in-patients at Réunion Island university hospital, GHER and Mascareignes food bank to support islanders facing hard times and all of its employees.

The Grands Centres shopping centres had to adapt and make daily innovations to manage operations during the pandemic. Lots of prevention and protection initiatives were implemented during the pandemic. To remind people of social and physical distancing measures, new messages were displayed via various media and an audio message was broadcast. To protect employees and customers, new equipment such as hand gel distributors, barriers at entrances and exits and floor markings were implemented. To ensure the regulations in force concerning visitor numbers and information display, a computer platform and people counting cameras were installed to perform instant checks and control capacity. In the event the maximum threshold was exceeded, text messages and emails were sent to the different departments to implement door regulation procedures.

BPA, in conjunction with the police, distributed all of its FFP2-type masks, around 300 pieces, to Saint-Denis university hospital. The company also gave nurses 400 vehicle protection kits and gloves and also helped fire officers by donating surface protective film, masking tape, gloves and other items to help them protect their equipment and staff.

In French Guiana, to guarantee optimal protection of administrative personnel and the public, the management of Guyane Automobile went from town hall to town hall distributing masks and hand sanitiser. The villages of Cayenne, Macouria, Rémire-Montjoly, Roura, Kourou, Sinnamary, Mana and Saint-Laurent all received supplies. Consequently, all civil servants unable to work remotely because they are in contact with the public as well as members of the local population received useful PPE equipment.

On 9 April, Carrefour Matoury and Contact signed a charter with the IFIVEG (inter-professional association of fruit and vegetable production chains) for the distribution of fruit and veg to the group’s stores. This agreement aims to reinforce and develop the agricultural production chains and promote food autonomy in French Guiana. Carrefour Matoury and Contact have stepped up charity initiatives, such as donating around 8,500 euros’ worth of Easter chocolates to Cayenne hospital and the Épicerie Solidaire.

In Saint Lucia, Saint Lucia Distillers supplied hand sanitiser and implemented various aid actions.

In Africa, Citroën maintained its regular opening hours to help its customers in the event of emergency or breakdown.

Kia Maroc introduced a home assistance service and organised replacement vehicles for healthcare professionals and provided logistical support for the transportation of goods to disadvantaged members of the community.

SOCIDA: Uber adapted its technology and signed a partnership with the Ivory Coast’s Ministry of Health and Socida to offer free trips to healthcare workers in Abidjan. Health workers at the three public hospitals and the university hospitals in Treichville, Angré and Cocody were therefore able to make their way to their different places of work easily, comfortably and safely thanks to this partnership funded by Uber and Socida.

The FFBA suffered a decline in stock of almost 100 tonnes due to the sudden rise in demand during the crisis and difficulties with supply. In addition, a shortage of fruits, vegetables, dairy products, and protein intended for Overseas France has been a lamentable issue for several years.

Confronted with these growing needs, GBH wanted to contribute to solidarity initiatives with the Food Banks to increase the volume of foodstuffs for the West Indies and Réunion, to fight against both food insecurity and food waste.

GBH provided humanitarian aid to the inhabitants of Saint Vincent island, affected by the eruption of its volcano, La Soufrière, in April 2021. Through its Carrefour subsidiary, the Group provided 100 tonnes of water — over 66,000 1.5 litre bottles — which were brought to the West Indies by the Armed Forces surveillance frigate Ventôse.

As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, Carrefour organised a Zumbathon and sold t-shirts provided by a sponsor. Thanks to this initiative, €1,800 was raised for a patient support association.

Committed to emergency aid, the Red Cross and GBH have organised several food donation collections in the Carrefour outlets in the West Indies and Réunion Island, to help the people of the northern islands affected by hurricanes in 2018.

Both within the company and its subsidiaries, for several years now GBH has shown how important it values the employability of people with disabilities in Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Réunion Island. This is demonstrated by the increasing numbers of subsidiaries and their employees attending the various events held during SEEPH (European disability employment week).

A flagship event of the week, DuoDay is based on a simple principle: all over France, on this day, one company, one local authority or one nonprofit organisation welcomes a person with disabilities to train alongside a volunteer professional.

An excellent way to share experience, DuoDay is a win-win exchange: for the organisation, it’s a great way to shatter stereotypes and become more aware about what it’s like to be disabled in the workplace; for the person with disabilities, it’s a chance to discover a trade, begin a new opportunity, foster a direct relationship with an employer and find a job or work placement.

On Réunion Island, Mr. Bricolage, in line with its human resources policy and desire to help the disabled community, supports this initiative and its stores are all taking part in this international day. In 2020, 20 of its employees, compared to eight in 2019, signed up as volunteers to share their passion for their job and everyday responsibilities by partnering up with a person with disabilities.

In French Guiana, Carrefour Matoury also got involved with the disability employment week by leading several initiatives. The store participated in DuoDay and it organised a sign language beginner’s class with Serac, its nonprofit partner dedicated to improving the employability of people with disabilities. Its staff also played Handipoursuite, an educational chase game that makes a fun way to learn about disabilities in and outside the workplace.

Also in French Guiana, Norauto Guyane decided to shine a spotlight on a deaf-mute technician employed by the auto company on a permanent contract for the past four years. Two reports were produced and broadcast on radio and TV on Guyanese channel 1re as well as on social media.

In April 2020, alongside many other companies in the fight against Covid-19, and in light of the shortage of healthcare equipment, GBH will be providing healthcare workers from the four French Overseas Regions and Communities with 1.35 million masks, including 450.000 FFP2-type masks.

These masks were delivered to the French Regional Health Agency (ARS) which will allocate them to workers at hospitals, clinics and other healthcare professionals on a priority basis.

The first batch, consisting of 1 million masks, will be delivered on Thursday 9 April across Réunion Island, Guadeloupe and French Guiana. The delivery for Martinique is planned for Friday 10 April 2020.

The remaining 350,000 masks will arrive next week across all four regions. The masks were divided between the territories: 600,000 for Réunion Island, 300,000 for Guadeloupe, 300,000 for Martinique and 150,000 for French Guiana.

In March 2020, in the fight against coronavirus and in light of the shortage of alcohol-based gel sanitiser, through its Rhum JM distillery and its Etablissements Clément in Martinique, GBH has adapted its rum production process to be able to manufacture an alcohol-based sanitiser and organise packaging for it.

This product is being delivered free of charge to healthcare workers, army personnel, police and emergency services. In liaison with the prefecture of Martinique and ARS, an initial delivery of 5,000 litres is being organised.

In Guadeloupe, GBH is also providing healthcare workers and security personnel with free alcohol-based sanitiser. This operation is being carried out in partnership with two local economic operators that manufacture and package the product. Some 10,000 75-ml bottles developed and packaged by the Alizée Nature Caraïbes laboratory and 18,500 500-ml bottles produced by the Chlorex company are being delivered from 30 March 2020 to French government agencies. The Prefecture of Guadeloupe has mobilised significant logistical resources to ensure emergency distribution to all the relevant public and private priority personnel.

On Réunion Island, GBH is also providing healthcare workers and security personnel with free alcohol-based sanitiser. This operation is being carried out in partnership with the Chatel distillery, a historic industrial operator on Réunion Island, which is manufacturing and packaging a batch of 5,000 1-litre bottles for GBH. The delivery will begin on Friday 3 April and is being organised by the Prefecture and ARS to best address the various public health priorities.

GBH is also taking action in French Guiana. Some 10,000 500-ml bottles were thus produced and donated by GBH to the Prefecture and the ARS, which took care of distributing them to health and safety personnel, from 8 April 2020. This operation was made possible thanks to the efforts of numerous Guianese economic operators coordinated by Medef Guyane: the company Rhum Saint-Maurice produces the ethanol, the laboratory Bio Stratège manufactures the alcohol-based solution at SARA, and SOLAM handles the packaging and labelling at Brasserie Guyanaise.

GBH would like to thank all those who made this possible, particularly the teams at JM and Clément in a spirit of solidarity and collective effort. All current health guidelines were followed to protect the employees involved in implementing this initiative.

As part of its efforts to combat Covid-19, GBH and its subsidiaries, like many companies, resolved to step into action to help the wider community. In a spirit of unanimous solidarity, working in conjunction with local organisations in territories and regions where the group has operations, they joined forces to do their bit. The main goal was to come to the aid of the local population by supplying masks and hand sanitiser. They led other actions to bring support to the medical teams in each region and help the disadvantaged, in particular by making donations to local food banks. Our priority was also to protect employees and customers: an internal set of Covid-19 best practices was put in place.

Here are some examples of actions:

GBH is providing 1,350,000 masks including 450,000 FFP2-type masks to health professionals in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique and Réunion Island. The masks were divided between the territories: 600,000 for Réunion Island, 300,000 for Guadeloupe, 300,000 for Martinique and 150,000 for French Guiana. These masks were delivered to the French Regional Health Agency (ARS) which will allocate them to hospitals, clinics and other healthcare workers on a priority basis.

What’s more, partnerships were fostered with the group’s distilleries to produce hand sanitiser. Over 30,000 litres of hand sanitiser was supplied free of charge to the health and safety services in Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Réunion Island. These products were delivered to the ARS in charge of their distribution to health professionals.

During lockdown, the group’s leasing companies supplied a loan vehicle to hospital staff in the event their own vehicle broke down.

In Martinique, Carrefour Martinique increased its support to the food bank by donating a tonne of food products.

Chocolat Elot is supporting children in hospital and the children of health workers at La Meynard university hospital by donating Easter chocolates.

Decathlon donated 180 Easybreath masks to the university hospital and Le Carbet hospital.

Yves Rocher supplied hydration kits to the university hospital.

Mr. Bricolage participated in the manufacture of 600 visors by supplying 600 eyelets and 30 sets of PPE to the university hospital.

Autobam gave 4,000 pairs of gloves, 405 sets of overalls, protective glasses, face shields and disposable masks to Martinique university hospital.

In Guadeloupe, CAMA loaned four vehicles and donated lots of PPE kits to the Red Cross.

Carrefour Destreland gave Easter chocolates to child in-patients in hospitals and clinics.

On Réunion Island, Carrefour Réunion delivered over 200 hot meals a day to the Red Cross for a whole month. And over 35,000 Easter chocolates to healthcare professionals and in-patients at Réunion Island university hospital, GHER and Mascareignes food bank to support islanders facing hard times and all of its employees.

The Grands Centres shopping centres had to adapt and make daily innovations to manage operations during the pandemic. Lots of prevention and protection initiatives were implemented during the pandemic. To remind people of social and physical distancing measures, new messages were displayed via various media and an audio message was broadcast. To protect employees and customers, new equipment such as hand gel distributors, barriers at entrances and exits and floor markings were implemented. To ensure the regulations in force concerning visitor numbers and information display, a computer platform and people counting cameras were installed to perform instant checks and control capacity. In the event the maximum threshold was exceeded, text messages and emails were sent to the different departments to implement door regulation procedures.

BPA, in conjunction with the police, distributed all of its FFP2-type masks, around 300 pieces, to Saint-Denis university hospital. The company also gave nurses 400 vehicle protection kits and gloves and also helped fire officers by donating surface protective film, masking tape, gloves and other items to help them protect their equipment and staff.

In French Guiana, to guarantee optimal protection of administrative personnel and the public, the management of Guyane Automobile went from town hall to town hall distributing masks and hand sanitiser. The villages of Cayenne, Macouria, Rémire-Montjoly, Roura, Kourou, Sinnamary, Mana and Saint-Laurent all received supplies. Consequently, all civil servants unable to work remotely because they are in contact with the public as well as members of the local population received useful PPE equipment.

On 9 April, Carrefour Matoury and Contact signed a charter with the IFIVEG (inter-professional association of fruit and vegetable production chains) for the distribution of fruit and veg to the group’s stores. This agreement aims to reinforce and develop the agricultural production chains and promote food autonomy in French Guiana. Carrefour Matoury and Contact have stepped up charity initiatives, such as donating around 8,500 euros’ worth of Easter chocolates to Cayenne hospital and the Épicerie Solidaire.

In Saint Lucia, Saint Lucia Distillers supplied hand sanitiser and implemented various aid actions.

In Africa, Citroën maintained its regular opening hours to help its customers in the event of emergency or breakdown.

Kia Maroc introduced a home assistance service and organised replacement vehicles for healthcare professionals and provided logistical support for the transportation of goods to disadvantaged members of the community.

SOCIDA: Uber adapted its technology and signed a partnership with the Ivory Coast’s Ministry of Health and Socida to offer free trips to healthcare workers in Abidjan. Health workers at the three public hospitals and the university hospitals in Treichville, Angré and Cocody were therefore able to make their way to their different places of work easily, comfortably and safely thanks to this partnership funded by Uber and Socida.

On the night of 12 to 13 December 2021, 110 families lost everything when a fire broke out in their building in Saint-Denis, on Réunion Island.

Carrefour Réunion contributed to the appeal for donations by the French Red Cross by donating 200 €50 vouchers to be given to the destitute families.

Donations for people in need

Two hundred €50 vouchers donated to the Red Cross for families left destitute by the Montgaillard fire

For the past several years, Carrefour Réunion has supported Emmaüs Réunion in their efforts to combat exclusion and insecurity. The company regularly collects donations at checkouts to help the charitable organisation continue its work to help the most disadvantaged.

In 2021, appealing to its customers’ generosity resulted in a collection of €33,748.60, all of which was donated to the nonprofit.

Emmaüs Réunion also upcycles and gives a second life to non-food items (textiles, tableware, toys, electrical appliances and more) that are donated all year long in stores.

Make a donation of €0.50 or more at the checkout

Help Emmaüs Réunion with the work it does to combat exclusion and insecurity for individuals and families requiring emergency social assistance.

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GBH signs up to support food banks: In January 2022, GBH signed an agreement with the Fédération des Banques Alimentaires, the food banks federation, to finance the transportation of containers of food items from mainland France to Martinique, Guadeloupe and Réunion Island.

For the three territories, the first operation brought over 75 tonnes of additional food products, the equivalent of over 150,000 meals donated to recipient nonprofits.

The first deliveries were made in Guadeloupe and Martinique in mid-March. Shipments to Réunion Island are planned for late March. These operations will be repeated several more times this year.

GBH signs up to support food banks: it signed an agreement with the Fédération des Banques Alimentaires, the food banks federation, to finance the transportation of containers of food items from mainland France to Réunion Island and the French West Indies. On 20 May 2022, Réunion Island received its first shipment of food, nine tonnes of donations received by the Mascareignes food bank which included basic staples, mostly for young children, much in demand from people in need. The operation will be repeated soon.

Because 90,000 Réunion islanders struggle to stock their cupboards, Carrefour Réunion has been supporting Banques Alimentaires des Mascareignes, a local food bank association, since 2016. Support comes in the form of making food donations and responding to calls for collection. This year, Carrefour and Carrefour Market de l’île stores on the island all got involved and sent out an appeal to their customers to help disadvantaged families. Following a collection promoted by a wide advertising campaign (billboards and social media), six tonnes of food donations were collected. A strong show of solidarity. A big thankyou to everyone on Réunion Island who shops at Carrefour!

The Danone Nations Cup is the largest football tournament in the world for children aged 10 to 12.

Fifteen hundred players from Réunion took part in the competition in 2020. For this new edition, the young people got involved with a solidarity project enabling them to collect 14 tonnes of foodstuffs for the Food Bank.

Cotrans Automobiles took part in the Rotary Karting Telethon, raising €53,850 for AFM-Téléthon, the French Muscular Dystrophy Association, as part of the fight against myopathies.

The Mercedes-AMG team was made up of ten employees who are crazy about karting. They took turns every 15 minutes over 24 hours; starting in pole position, the team managed to maintain this lead for almost the whole race.

Committed to emergency aid, the Red Cross and GBH have organised several food donation collections in the Carrefour outlets in the West Indies and Réunion, to help the people of the northern islands affected by hurricanes in 2018.

As part of its efforts to combat Covid-19, GBH and its subsidiaries, like many companies, resolved to step into action to help the wider community. In a spirit of unanimous solidarity, working in conjunction with local organisations in territories and regions where the group has operations, they joined forces to do their bit. The main goal was to come to the aid of the local population by supplying masks and hand sanitiser. They led other actions to bring support to the medical teams in each region and help the disadvantaged, in particular by making donations to local food banks. Our priority was also to protect employees and customers: an internal set of Covid-19 best practices was put in place.

Here are some examples of actions:

GBH is providing 1,350,000 masks including 450,000 FFP2-type masks to health professionals in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique and Réunion Island. The masks were divided between the territories: 600,000 for Réunion Island, 300,000 for Guadeloupe, 300,000 for Martinique and 150,000 for French Guiana. These masks were delivered to the French Regional Health Agency (ARS) which will allocate them to hospitals, clinics and other healthcare workers on a priority basis.

What’s more, partnerships were fostered with the group’s distilleries to produce hand sanitiser. Over 30,000 litres of hand sanitiser was supplied free of charge to the health and safety services in Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Réunion Island. These products were delivered to the ARS in charge of their distribution to health professionals.

During lockdown, the group’s leasing companies supplied a loan vehicle to hospital staff in the event their own vehicle broke down.

In Martinique, Carrefour Martinique increased its support to the food bank by donating a tonne of food products.

Chocolat Elot is supporting children in hospital and the children of health workers at La Meynard university hospital by donating Easter chocolates.

Decathlon donated 180 Easybreath masks to the university hospital and Le Carbet hospital.

Yves Rocher supplied hydration kits to the university hospital.

Mr. Bricolage participated in the manufacture of 600 visors by supplying 600 eyelets and 30 sets of PPE to the university hospital.

Autobam gave 4,000 pairs of gloves, 405 sets of overalls, protective glasses, face shields and disposable masks to Martinique university hospital.

In Guadeloupe, CAMA loaned four vehicles and donated lots of PPE kits to the Red Cross.

Carrefour Destreland gave Easter chocolates to child in-patients in hospitals and clinics.

On Réunion Island, Carrefour Réunion delivered over 200 hot meals a day to the Red Cross for a whole month. And over 35,000 Easter chocolates to healthcare professionals and in-patients at Réunion Island university hospital, GHER and Mascareignes food bank to support islanders facing hard times and all of its employees.

The Grands Centres shopping centres had to adapt and make daily innovations to manage operations during the pandemic. Lots of prevention and protection initiatives were implemented during the pandemic. To remind people of social and physical distancing measures, new messages were displayed via various media and an audio message was broadcast. To protect employees and customers, new equipment such as hand gel distributors, barriers at entrances and exits and floor markings were implemented. To ensure the regulations in force concerning visitor numbers and information display, a computer platform and people counting cameras were installed to perform instant checks and control capacity. In the event the maximum threshold was exceeded, text messages and emails were sent to the different departments to implement door regulation procedures.

BPA, in conjunction with the police, distributed all of its FFP2-type masks, around 300 pieces, to Saint-Denis university hospital. The company also gave nurses 400 vehicle protection kits and gloves and also helped fire officers by donating surface protective film, masking tape, gloves and other items to help them protect their equipment and staff.

In French Guiana, to guarantee optimal protection of administrative personnel and the public, the management of Guyane Automobile went from town hall to town hall distributing masks and hand sanitiser. The villages of Cayenne, Macouria, Rémire-Montjoly, Roura, Kourou, Sinnamary, Mana and Saint-Laurent all received supplies. Consequently, all civil servants unable to work remotely because they are in contact with the public as well as members of the local population received useful PPE equipment.

On 9 April, Carrefour Matoury and Contact signed a charter with the IFIVEG (inter-professional association of fruit and vegetable production chains) for the distribution of fruit and veg to the group’s stores. This agreement aims to reinforce and develop the agricultural production chains and promote food autonomy in French Guiana. Carrefour Matoury and Contact have stepped up charity initiatives, such as donating around 8,500 euros’ worth of Easter chocolates to Cayenne hospital and the Épicerie Solidaire.

In Saint Lucia, Saint Lucia Distillers supplied hand sanitiser and implemented various aid actions.

In Africa, Citroën maintained its regular opening hours to help its customers in the event of emergency or breakdown.

Kia Maroc introduced a home assistance service and organised replacement vehicles for healthcare professionals and provided logistical support for the transportation of goods to disadvantaged members of the community.

SOCIDA: Uber adapted its technology and signed a partnership with the Ivory Coast’s Ministry of Health and Socida to offer free trips to healthcare workers in Abidjan. Health workers at the three public hospitals and the university hospitals in Treichville, Angré and Cocody were therefore able to make their way to their different places of work easily, comfortably and safely thanks to this partnership funded by Uber and Socida.