a biennial survey on top leading French companies
THE VCOMV CAC 40 SURVEY:
• interviewed journalist;
• company under observation
• All types of media: financial news agencies, TV and radio networks, daily press, news magazines and wealth management publications;
• All types of publications: daily or weekly press;
• All hierarchy levels: managing editors, news editors, columnists and section editors.
An extended CAC 40 with 10 additional companies selected according to three key criteria:
modernity, market capitalization and benchmark with other similar CAC 40 companies.
AIR LIQUIDE
AIRBUS
ALSTOM
ARCELORMITTAL
ATOS
AXA
BNP PARIBAS
BOUYGUES
CAPGEMINI
CARREFOUR
CREDIT AGRICOLE
DANONE
DASSAULT SYSTEMES
ENGIE
ESSILORLUXOTTICA
HERMES
KERING
LVMH
LEGRAND
L’OREAL
MICHELIN
ORANGE
PERNOD RICARD
PEUGEOT
PUBLICIS GROUPE
RENAULT
SAFRAN
SAINT-GOBAIN
SANOFI
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
SOCIETE GENERALE
STMICROELECTRONICS
TELEPERFORMANCE
THALES
TOTAL
UNIBAIL-RODAMCO
VEOLIA
VINCI
VIVENDI
WORLDLINE
ARKEMA
BUREAU VERITAS
CASINO
EDF
FNAC DARTY
ILIAD
KLEPIERRE
SFR
SUEZ
VALEO
Interviews :
• The interviews are conducted face to face;
• They last an average of 1.5 hrs to ensure that every slight nuance and difference of opinion is properly grasped. Censorship is banned but, of course, every journalist remains anonymous;
• The interviews are conducted from the beginning of September (current year) until the end of February (following year);
• All aspects of the company are thoroughly scrutinized: the vision and the depth of management, governance, strategy, activities, geography, performance, corporate culture, innovation capacity, digitalization, corporate and stock-market image, etc.
3 main criteria :