Sanofi announces Paris 2024 Premium partnership for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris
13 Juli 2021 - 07:30AM
Sanofi announces Paris 2024 Premium partnership for the Olympic and
Paralympic Games in Paris
Press releaseSource: Sanofi
(EURONEXT: SAN) (NASDAQ: SNY)
Sanofi announces Paris
2024 Premium partnership
for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris
PARIS -
07/13/2021 - Tony Estanguet, Chairman of
Paris 2024, Paul Hudson, Sanofi Chief Executive Officer, and Serge
Weinberg, Chairman of Sanofi’s Board of Directors, today announced
Sanofi will become a Premium Partner of Paris 2024 for the Olympic
and Paralympic Games being held in Paris in 2024. Paris will become
the second city to host the summer Olympic Games three times with
the last Games held in Paris 100 years ago in 1924.
For Sanofi, whose headquarters are based in
Paris, this commitment to Paris 2024 is a unique opportunity to
engage its 100,000 employees in one of the largest sporting events
in the world.
Sanofi’s commitment to Paris 2024 also
highlights the company’s societal impact strategy and affirms its
commitment to the values of inclusion, diversity and openness to
the world, as well as its environmental ambition.
The company welcomes the desire of Paris 2024
foster the values of the Games to make them even more open to the
public and more sustainable and intends to contribute by
highlighting the benefits of physical activity on health.
Sanofi CEO Paul Hudson added:"Sanofi is proud to
contribute to the success of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris
2024. It represents a great opportunity to unite our employees
around values shared with the Olympics and Paralympics, such as
inclusion and diversity, openness to the world, courage,
determination and excellence."
As with the work the Company has been doing with
the Sport dans la ville association for more than 15 years to
integrate young people socially and professionally, sport is a
vector of hope and perseverance. Sporting events bring progress and
each year, Sanofi employees from throughout the world are actively
involved in raising awareness among the population about the impact
of diseases and on the daily lives of patients who suffer from
them.
Tony Estanguet, Chairman of Paris 2024, said:"I
am happy that a leading French company like Sanofi is joining the
Paris 2024 adventure. We share the same values of high standards,
creativity and sharing, and the same desire to be useful. Sanofi's
mobilization alongside us will enable us to promote the Games
throughout France, to share the benefits of sport with as many
people as possible, and to contribute to a more active and
healthier society."
Finally, through this partnership and the
engagement programs that will be offered by Paris 2024, the French
Company intends to mobilize its employees and its sites in Paris
and throughout France to contribute to the success of the Olympic
and Paralympic Games in its native country.
Serge Weinberg, Chairman of Sanofi’s Board of
Directors, comments:"Paris 2024 will be a major global event for
France and it is important for Sanofi to contribute to its success.
The Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 will highlight Sanofi’s
exceptional footprint in France and our contribution to the
dynamism of its regions."
About Paris 2024
The Organising Committee for the Olympic and
Paralympic Games Paris 2024 (Paris 2024) has the task of planning
for, organising, financing and delivering the Olympic and
Paralympic Games in Paris in 2024 in accordance with the host city
contract signed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the
French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) and the City
of Paris.
The Olympic and Paralympic Games are the leading
sports event in the world and have a unique media impact, bringing
together some 10,500 Olympic and 4,350 Paralympic athletes
respectively representing 206 and 182 delegations from five
continents. The Games are followed by over 13 million spectators
and 4 billion viewers around the world through more than 100,000
hours of TV coverage, and their impact as a global event of great
sporting, economic and cultural importance is unparalleled.
Founded in January 2018, Paris 2024 is headed by
Tony Estanguet, a three-time Olympic champion and IOC member. It is
administered by an Executive Board (EB) that brings together all
the project’s founding members: CNOSF, the City of Paris, the
state, the Île-de-France Region, CPSF, the Greater Paris
Metropolitan Area, the Seine-Saint-Denis Departmental Council and
representatives of the local authorities involved in the Games.
About Sanofi Sanofi is
dedicated to supporting people through their health challenges. We
are a global biopharmaceutical company focused on human health. We
prevent illness with vaccines, provide innovative treatments to
fight pain and ease suffering. We stand by the few who suffer from
rare diseases and the millions with long-term chronic
conditions. With more than 100,000 people
in 100 countries, Sanofi is transforming scientific innovation into
healthcare solutions around the globe. |
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PROUST – cproust@paris2024.orgAnne-Solène ROUDEL –
asroudel@paris2024.orgAlexandre VILLEGER –
avilleger@paris2024.org
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