Société d'économie Mixte des Evènements Cannois (SEMEC)

Who we are

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A benchmark for business tourism in France and abroad with over 70 B2B events a year and nearly 300,000 accredited professionals. But who’s at the helm of Cannes’s flagship turned société à mission?
What are our missions? Our principles? Our values? Our priorities? Find out all about the CSR-QSE policy of le Palais des Festivals, a policy inseparable from our purpose “The (he)art of sustainable hospitality”.

Our delegated missions

Le Palais des Festivals et des Congrès de Cannes is a public facility owned by the City of Cannes, and SEMEC is the exclusive operator under a Délégation de Service Public with capital of €2,400,000.

Created in 1992 and entrusted with a Public Service Delegation, the Société d’Economie Mixte des Evènements Cannois (SEMEC) is responsible for the following missions:

  • Managing and operating the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès de Cannes and the Tourist Offices
  • Promoting and enhancing Cannes as a tourist destination
  • Planning the city’s cultural and event seasons
  • Hosting and organizing professional trade shows

Our principles

Our policy transversally integrates the principles of Sustainable Development:

Duty of inclusion: through continuous dialogue with our employees, clients, partners, and local stakeholders
Duty of vigilance: by making each actor accountable for the CSR policy
Integrity: by upholding ethical standards in all relationships with stakeholders
Transparency: by regularly communicating our approach and results to all stakeholders

Our 4 values

Our approach is built on three essential pillars — Reveal, Care, and Connect — around which revolve our four core values:

Creativity
openness
Sustainability
Passion

Together, they guide us in our mission to sustainably welcome the world, our raison d’être and the driving force behind our daily actions.

Our priority issues

Ecology
  • Reducing our environmental impact
  • Ensuring the long-term sustainability of the company
Social
  • Guaranteeing the safety of people and property at the Palais, the security of events and the safety of our international staff
  • Providing a welcoming environment and good working conditions
  • Guaranteeing respect for human rights and the rights of the child
  • Strengthening regional involvement and links with local playersethics charter
Economy
  • Strengthening the trust of all our stakeholders
  • Controlling our services and those of our contractors and suppliers
  • Continuously enhancing the “Palais” experience

We are committed to participating in the reinvention and development of the events industry, federating stakeholders along the path of Sustainable Development while meeting our compliance obligations to leave a legacy for future generations. The final objective being to support a dynamic transition approach in a continuous improvement process, driven by the expertise and enthusiasm of our employees.

Société à mission

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