Our commitments
For more than 20 years, Thales has pursued a robust corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy based on the highest international standards. The principles behind this policy are now captured in the company’s purpose of “building a future we can all trust”, which was adopted in 2020.
Through this approach, the Group is striving to meet the expectations of customers, employees, investors and the financial markets in terms of its business performance, its potential for innovation and awareness of its responsibilities, and to respond to current demand for greater trust and transparency in stakeholder relations.
Being a responsible company
For more than 20 years, Thales has pursued a strong corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy based on the highest international standards, close cooperation with the company’s stakeholders and commitments supported by the Group’s highest governance bodies.
Committing to Environmental Protection
Thales has been committed to a proactive and responsible approach to environmental protection for more than 15 years.
Being a socially engaged company
Teams that reflect the diversity of Thales's customer base and of the company itself make a real difference, enabling us to transform the most innovative technologies into creative, resilient and sustainable solutions that meet people’s needs.
Thales signed the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) in 2003 and has reaffirmed its support for its 10 principles every year since then. The Group has also signed the Statement from Business Leaders for Renewed Global Cooperation, which was introduced by the UNGC in 2020.
In 2025, the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industrial Sovereignty, along with the Conseil National des Achats (CNA), has renewed the ‘Supplier Relations and Sustainable Procurement’ label awarded to Thales for a period of three years. This distinction honours companies or public entities maintaining sustainable and balanced relationships with their suppliers.
Thales has been awarded Prime status (C+ in 2024), signifying that its overall ESG performance meets an ambitious set of requirements and exceeds a given sector-specific threshold. In September 2024, Thales also became part of the CAC 40 ESG index, a French stock market index comprising 40 stocks selected on the basis of ESG criteria from among the CAC 40 and Next 20 indexes
Thales received an A rating for the second consecutive year, placing it among the 2% of companies to obtain this score (out of the 22,700 companies assessed worldwide in 2024).
Thales’s greenhouse gas emission reduction targets were determined using the methodology developed by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), and are in line with the 1.5°C commitments of COP26.
The methodology is also recognised by the TCFD (Task Force on Climate related Financial Disclosures) set up by the G20, to which the Group committed in 2020 by becoming a signatory to its principles and recommendations.