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AT THE SPEED OF IDEAS™ CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY REPORT 2011 Every year, Alcatel-Lucent shares its commitments, achievements and perspectives on Corporate Responsibility through the publication of this comprehensive report. For 2011, we expanded the report to thoroughly address the requirements of our key reporting frameworks. ABOUT CONTENT CEO C ORPORATE CP OM ANY SuPPLY GoE V RNANCE EthICS E ONVIR NMENT our PEOPLE SocIETY GRI V ERIFIcatION GLOSSarY THIS REPORT SUMMARY MESSAGE RESPONSIBILITY OVERVIEW CAH IN This Corporate Responsibility (CR) report And finally, we have attempted to ABOUT THIS covers Alcatel-Lucent’s performance for ensure, that this year our report is also READ OUR the year 2011 in the areas of corporate consistent with the principles being LATEST TWEETS REPORT responsibility and sustainability, with established by the French law Grenelle 2, additional information from early 2012. which will come into effect in 2013. Our Corporate Our report consolidates all Alcatel-Lucent Reporting Portal very year, Alcatel- CR activities worldwide, focusing on key The auditing firm Ernst & Young has features a new Lucent shares its achievements and future objectives. conducted an independent review of discussion forum so that commitments, It presents relevant facts and examples it — that review and its conclusions you can share your E of some of the most compelling local can be found in the Independent thoughts and ideas on achievements and initiatives our employees are engaged Verification Statement on page 171. some of the issues perspectives on Corporate in around the world. Unless otherwise described in our various Responsibility through the stated, all performance data concerns In 2012, for the first time, we are reports. We welcome the company’s global operations. providing integrated access to a variety you to engage with us at publication of this of major reports and general information C www.alcatel- comprehensive report. An important component of our overall about Alcatel-Lucent’s strategy, business lucent.com/corporate- For 2011, we expanded public reporting, this document is and financial performance on our reporting the report to thoroughly intended for the full range of Alcatel- new Corporate Reporting Portal at: Lucent stakeholders – customers, For the second year, the report was Read more address the requirements investors, employees, analysts, prepared according to the sustainability C of our key reporting media, suppliers, government and reporting guidelines of the Global This portal includes access to the Alcatel- non-governmental organizations, and Reporting Initiative (GRI). The 2010 edition frameworks. Lucent Annual Review, the Document de other members of the communities received the GRI Application grade B+. Référence, the Annual Report on Form in which we are present. We submitted this edition to the GRI 20-F, and Additional Information reports. organization for its assessment and this Alcatel-Lucent has been publishing year we earned a GRI Application Level This portal features a new discussion annual Corporate Responsibility reports Check Statement A+ Alcatel-Lucent has forum so that you can share your since 2002. Since 2007, this report also applied the ‘Guidance on Defining thoughts and ideas on some of the — along with regularly updated CR Report Content’ and the associated issues described in our various reports. information — is only available online at: Principles as defined by the GRI. C Read more on our Corporate Responsibility A For more information on GRI, see p. 152 Your feedback, suggestions and questions website are important to us. Please send them The report also follows the ten principles of to [email protected]. We have chosen not to print it for the United Nations Global Compact and is environmental reasons and urge you aligned with the Advanced Level principles to be eco-friendly and think of the of the United Nations Global Compact. environment before printing the report yourself. Our last edition A For more information on the United Nations Global Compact, see p. 31 was released in June 2011. i ABOUT CONTENT CEO CORPoratE COMPANY SuPPLY GoVERNANCE EthICS ENVIroNMENT our PEOPLE SocIETY GRI VERIFIcatION GLOSSarY THIS REPorT SuMMARY MESSAGE RESPONSIbILITY OVERVIEW ChaIN The interactiVE features of this EXperience AugMented RealitY ABOUT CONTENT CEO CORPORATE COMPANY SUPPLY GOVERNANCE ETHICS ENVIRONMENT OUR PEOPLE SOCIETY GRI VERIFICATION GLOSSARY report allow You to naVigate Augmented Reality could dramatically THIS REPORT SUMMARY MESSAGE RESPONSIBILITY OVERVIEW CHAIN CEO MESSAGE easilY between sections change the way we use mobile phones! 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