(Boursier.com) — The results of the 2022 Gaïa Rating campaign were unveiled in October 2022. As part of its evaluation campaign, the extra-financial rating agency EthiFinance reviewed performance in terms of responsible investment of 384 listed SMEs and ETIs, according to demanding and quantitative criteria.
Thanks to the development and implementation of its ESG policy, the Gorged Group improved its score by 8 points this year, reaching 66/100, and thus ranks 19th in its category. Thanks to this progress, Groupe Gorgé is rewarded with a silver medal for its extra-financial performance in 2021.
This is the fifth consecutive year of improvement in the rating, which is progressing again this year thanks to progress on the 4 pillars of the Gaïa assessment: Environment, Social, Governance and External Stakeholders.
Groupe Gorgé intends to pursue this trajectory of continuous improvement of its extra-financial performance. A next step in December should also make it possible to strengthen the group’s governance.
Appointments of two new independent directors
Groupe Gorgé convened Monday the Combined General Meeting which will meet on December 8 to decide on the operation to simplify its activities and the adoption of a new identity, Exail Technologies. The documents relating to this General Meeting are available on the company’s website (www.groupe-gorge.com/assemblees-generales). They include in particular the independent expert’s report attesting to the fair valuation of the Engineering & Protection Systems division and the fairness of the terms of the operation for all Groupe Gorgé shareholders.
During this General Meeting, Groupe Gorgé will also propose the appointment of two new independent directors, Julie Avrane and Pierre Verzat. Their expertise in cutting-edge industrial sectors, including the defense sector, will strengthen the Board of Directors in its work on the group’s activities. They will also bring their experience of issues of strategy, growth, mergers and acquisitions, post-merger integration as well as transformation plans within technological industrial sectors. These skills are particularly relevant in the current context of the structuring of the new cutting-edge industrial champion, Exail, formed by the merger between the companies ECA Group and iXblue.
Subject to the approval of the General Meeting, the Board of Directors will thus be composed of 9 members with 63% independent and 50% women.
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