Our Working \to Change the \World Plan

Messages from our Chairman & CEO \and Chief Sustainability Officer

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To be truly sustainable, our ESG strategy must be embedded in our business strategy. That is how we can focus most on delivering Environment action, modelling our Social impact and leading with good Governance, and it is how we can accelerate our plans to Diversify, Digitize and Innovate.

In recent years, we have seen the momentum of wider climate actions and increasing focus on climate solutions. I am proud of the dedication of the ManpowerGroup team to be first in our industry to have our 2030 climate goals validated by the Science Based Target initiative, identifying the levers to reach net zero by 2045 or sooner. What is increasingly urgent, however, is the need to make the same kind of global collective progress to address the S — and decades faster than we did on climate action.

We know that global economics, current geopolitics and other accelerating trends are exacerbating the divide between knowledge workers, skilled and other workers – those that have the skills and those that have not. And we are seeing a perceptible impact on the world of work, changing as stealthily and dramatically as it did at the time of the Industrial Revolution. While I am convinced that various forms of worker flexibility will be a lasting legacy of the pandemic, unless we as leaders, policy makers and change-makers act now – we will see a further bifurcation of opportunity and wealth creation by gender, race, education, skill set and now remote versus onsite workers.

We believe what gets measured gets done — but reporting should not come at the expense of progress. So we welcome the continued harmonization of standards – especially the IBC Stakeholder Capitalist Metrics and work of the ISSB. We also acknowledge that an organization’s full social impact cannot always be measured in shared ESG criteria, the extraordinary work of our team in response to the Ukraine war is one example.

This is why our Working to Change the World Plan lays out goals that reflect our True North, rooted in our values and leaning into our people and purpose – that meaningful work has the power to change the world.

This is why our Working to Change the World Plan lays out goals that reflect our True North — rooted in our values and leaning into our people and purpose – that meaningful work has the power to change the world. It is why we will continue to build partnerships that collectively create positive impact for People and Planet. And it is why we believe our ESG strategy is a winning business strategy benefiting our clients, our associates, our shareholders and the world at large.

Thank you for joining us in Working to Change the World.

– those that have the skills and those that have not. And we are seeing a perceptible impact on the world of work, changing as stealthily and dramatically as it did at the time of the Industrial Revolution. While I am convinced that various forms of worker flexibility will be a lasting legacy of the pandemic, unless we as leaders, policy makers and change-makers act now – we will see a further bifurcation of opportunity and wealth creation by gender, race, education, skill set and now remote versus onsite workers.

full social impact cannot always be measured in shared ESG criteria, the extraordinary work of our team in response to the Ukraine war is one example.

This is why our Working to Change the World Plan lays out goals that reflect our True North — rooted in our values and leaning into our people and purpose – that meaningful work has the power to change the world. It is why we will continue to build partnerships that collectively create positive impact for People and Planet. And it is why we believe our ESG strategy is a winning business strategy benefiting our clients, our associates, our shareholders and the world at large. Thank you for joining us in Working to Change the World.

_{Jonas Prising, Chairman & CEO}

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Just as we are committed to reaching Net Zero on the E, we believe in shared ambitions to achieve Net Positive on the S.

Since we launched our Working to Change the World report in 2021, we’ve made good progress towards our 2030 Planet goals of reducing Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 60% and Scope 3 by 30%. We have decreased our operational emissions by 39%, and are especially focused on renewables, decarbonizing the travel of 2 million people we find work for every year, while partnering with our supply chain to scale our impact.

At the same time, People and their Prosperity are core to our business and foundational to our Purpose, that meaningful and sustainable employment has the power to change the world. That’s why we believe in Net Positive employment – so that people are better off while they are with us or even if they leave us, than they were when they first met us.

For us that means helping people reskill and develop their talents so they know more about themselves and their potential than they did before. It means broadening diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in the workplace, increasing people’s individual employability and providing them with greater control of their prosperity and earnings potential. And it means supporting people’s balance of work, life and wellbeing, to have confidence they have the skills for today along with the awareness to access the opportunities of tomorrow.

We believe a more science-based approach to the S is required to make progress faster than that on climate. It must be diligent in setting lofty goals, laying out targets, tracking progress and being mindful of how we impact individuals’ lives, yet not derailed by reporting standards and rankings.

ESG is neither a bolt-on, an outcome, a nice to have or a fad. It’s a journey, in good times and during challenges, and the only way of doing business to create broader shared value for all. This is how we can be Creators of Talent at Scale, making Meaningful Work, Work for All, and making life better for the many, not just the few.

Thank you for reading our progress report and joining us in Working to Change the World.

while they are with us or even if they leave us, than they were when they first met us.

We believe a more science-based approach to the S is required to make progress faster than that on climate. We must be diligent in setting lofty goals, laying out targets, tracking progress and being mindful of how we impact individuals’ lives, yet not derailed by reporting standards and rankings.

Thank you for reading our progress report and joining us in Working to Change the World.

individuals’ lives, yet not derailed by reporting standards and rankings.

Thank you for reading our progress report and joining us in Working to Change the World.