ENDD : Companies and Sustainable Development Survey - 2016
Data description
The questionnaire addresses the following topics based on mainly qualitative questions, i. e. calling for answers in the form of yes / no:
- societal: relations with customers, suppliers, civil society;
- social issues, including the fight against discrimination in the workplace, social dialogue;
- the environment: the fight against climate change, sobriety in the management of resources and energy, preservation of the natural environment;
- corporate social responsibility: knowledge of corporate social responsibility and actions carried out with a view to corporate social responsibility;
- corporate governance and internal organization.
The term "corporate social responsibility" did not appear in the survey name at the time of collection, and questions on corporate social responsibility are only asked at the end of the questionnaire. This is a voluntary approach because the term "sustainable development" was considered to be better known than the concept of corporate social responsibility. In this way, the survey makes it possible to assess, on the one hand, the awareness of the term "corporate social responsibility" among companies, and, on the other hand, the actions of companies that "do corporate social responsibility without knowing it".
Sector coverage
The sectors surveyed correspond to sections B to N and divisions 95-96 of section S of the French business nomenclature (NAF rev. 2).
So the field covers:
- the extractive industry (section B);
- manufacturing industry (section C);
- electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply(section D);
- water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities (section E);
- construction (section F);
- wholesale and retail trade ; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (section G);
- transport and storage (section H);
- accommodation and food service activities (Section I);
- information and communication (section J);
- real estate activities (section L);
- specialized, scientific and technical activities (section M);
- administrative and support services activities (section N);
- other service activities (Section S, Divisions 95 and 96).
The following are therefore excluded from the scope: agriculture, forestry and fishing (section A), financial and insurance activities (section K), public administration (section O), education (section P), health and social work (section Q), arts, entertainment and recreational activities (section R), activities of membership organisations (section S division 94), household activities as employers (section T), and extra-territorial activities (section U).
Statistical unit
The interrogation unit is the legal unit (UL), identified by its SIREN number.
Statistical population
The units surveyed are legal units with at least 20 employees, active as of May 1, 2016. The sectors surveyed correspond to sections B to N and divisions 95-96 of section S of NAF rev.2, with the exception of financial and insurance activities (section K).
Reference area
France
The situation described is that of the company at the time the information was collected in 2016.
Comparability - geographical
The unit investigated is the legal unit. The answers therefore concern the whole company, not its establishments. The location entered in the survey file is the location of the head office establishment.
Regional statistics should take into account their respective accuracies. See the tables provided in the accuracy indicators file.
Comparability - over time and CC2. Length of comparable time series for U
The results of the 2016 survey can be compared to those of the 2011 survey with certain precautions.
On the one hand, the field has evolved:
In the 2011 survey, companies are surveyed from 10 employees;
In 2016, companies are surveyed from 20 employees;
In 2011, network and group heads are specifically surveyed, which is no longer the case in 2016;
The employees taken into account were annual full-time equivalents in 2011, they are employees as at 31/12 in 2016;
In 2016, some questions are only asked of companies with 50 or more employees.
On the other hand, the questionnaires have evolved between the two vintages: comparisons can therefore only be made for common questions, with caution because the order and previous questions have been modified, and response behaviours may be slightly different.
Consequently, to compare the results, it is imperative to work on common questions and on the same field (20 or more employees). It is also necessary to use the same definition of size for both surveys, i.e. employment in full-time equivalent. This variable is called TAILLE for the 2011 survey and TAILLE_ETP for the 2016 survey.
The common field thus defined represents 71,658 companies with 20 or more employees for the 2011 survey and 69,785 for the 2016 survey.
As a result, the results for 2016 will be slightly different depending on whether we are reasoning in the 2016 scope of the survey or in this common scope.
For example, in the 2016 survey, to the question "Have you ever heard of corporate social responsibility", 61% of companies answered yes in the common field to the 2011 survey (69,785 companies), but only 59% in the entire scope of the survey (80,445 companies).
Data compilation
A document describing the individual data file and the processing operations that have been carried out is available to persons having access to the data.
The document "MET_ENQ_ENDD.pdf" is a summary of the operations.
Sample size
11,009 units
Data collection documents
- Questionnaire de l'enquête sur les entreprises et le développement durable / (EnDD) (pdf, fr)
- Notice du questionnaire de l'enquête sur les entreprises et le développement durable (pdf, fr)
The methodology is described in the document «Méthodes et pratique des enquêtes entreprises.pdf».