Relatório Integrado da Edenred 2024-2025 | Entrevista com Bertrand Dumazy, Presidente e CEO [PT-BR]

Hello to you. Indeed, in the form of an interview it is the first time. You may be virtual collaborators, but you embody the passion for the client, the first of the group's five values. I am very happy that The Headers can count on you every day to help us better serve our more than 60 million users, 1 million corporate clients, and more than 2 million establishments in 45 countries. And they are not just virtual. To begin, let's talk about last year's results. The year 2024 was another record year for Edenred. Our total sales for the year reached 2.9 billion euros. Thanks to the successful execution of our strategic plan Beyond, we improved our profitability, increased our earnings per share, and generated strong cash flow. This financial strength allowed us to invest in external growth while increasing returns to our shareholders. Speaking of external growth, 2024 was a year of acceleration for Beyond Food and Beyond Fuel. That's right. One of the focuses of our strategic plan is to expand beyond our traditional businesses, such as fuel cards and meal vouchers. Our performance was driven by the growth of the Beyond Food and Beyond Fuel businesses, which today account for 37% of our revenue. Three operations directly contributed to this. In the mobility field, which TEN knows well, Aspiri now allows us to offer our clients a complete solution for managing electric charging on the road, with a network of nearly 900,000 charging stations across Europe, at home and at the workplace. We have already deployed this offer in France and Germany with several important accounts. In Brazil, we are expanding our benefits and engagement business with RB, which offers transportation benefits to 15,000 corporate clients. This is a perfect continuation of the work carried out in 2023 with the integration of the employee engagement platforms Rear, Getway, and Goltegro. Finally, in Italy, in a cross-selling logic, the acquisition of the fuel card business from IP brought 50,000 new B2B clients to our Beyond Fuel solutions. This operation makes Edenred the second largest card issuer of energy in the country. 2024 was also an important year for the social responsibility of the company Edenred. This is an essential dimension of our strategy. Our carbon reduction targets were validated by the Science Based Targets initiative, which commits us to achieving net zero carbon by 2050. We made progress on all performance indicators of our ideal policy. This progress allowed us to confirm our inclusion in the CAC 40 ESG index and to enter the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for Europe and the world. The uncertain economic environment means that 2025 will be full of new challenges. We are ready to face them. Our business lines, benefits and engagement, mobility, and complementary solutions, have proven to be strong growth drivers. We can capitalize on the penetration potential of our markets, the loyalty of our clients, the strong recurrence of our revenues, and the successful integration of our recent acquisitions. We will also strengthen our operational performance by working on the agility of our organization, the scale effect of our platform, and the optimization of our costs. I also know that we can count on the unwavering commitment of our 12,000 employees and the scalability of our distributed digital platform and distribution. By combining the best of people and technology, there is nothing we cannot achieve. Finally, 2025 will be a special year. 15 years of Edenred and 10 years at the head of the group. How does that inspire? These anniversaries will certainly be an opportunity to celebrate with all our Dream Team the progress we have made over the past 10 years. But I also know that, as a matter of principle at Edenred, we prefer to look to the future, continuing to innovate, exploring new markets, and strengthening our digital platform model to ensure our sustainable and profitable growth. In the short term, we confirm our objectives for 2025. Furthermore, our vision remains clear: to achieve sales of more than 5 billion euros by 2030, without ever forgetting what guides us every day on this path, our five values, the principles of our Dream Team culture. And of course, our purpose.