2014 Annual Report64

Measures in favor of the employment of people with disabilities For these indicators, the scope represents 98.8% of employees as of December 31, 2014.

The Group invests in facilitating the access to and continuing employment of handicapped persons via initiatives such as:

Appropriate recruitment processes; Adaptation of premises, workstations and working hours; Individualized welcome and integration; Support and training; Collaboration with sheltered workshops.

The Handicap Week provides the occasion for events and workshops designed to raise employees awareness of people's perceptions of handicaps.

Certain subsidiaries have signed agreements to support their staff in the process of obtaining Recognition of Handicapped Worker Status.

In 2014, the Group employed 2.6% of handicapped persons. In France, the proportion amounted to 4.0%.

SOCIAL AND SOCIETAL RESPONSIBILITY

A responsible approach to restructuring and organizational change The Group pays attention to adapting and developing its employees skills so that they are able to respond to the ongo- ing changes in our organizations and jobs. We encourage training leading to diplomas that enhance staff employability. The Group s Ethical Charter recalls that when restructuring is required, the Group undertakes never to leave an employee confront a problem of employment alone .

In conjunction with trade unions, the Group places the accent on training, mobility and career management. When it is found to be impossible to resolve an issue of employment by mobility, the Group implements a set of measures to help employees find work elsewhere: skills assessment, training courses, outplacement, help with business creation, etc. In such circumstances, employees are always supported on an individual basis.

Compliance with International Labor Organization agreements and promotion thereof with subcontractors The Group s commitment Via its adherence to the UN s Global Compact since 2003, the Group is committed to complying with its ten principles governing human rights, working conditions, the environment and the fight against corruption.

The ten fundamental principles are recalled in the Group s Ethical Charter which states that each employee has a duty to alert: Whenever an employee believes that a violation of the Group s ethics is occurring, he or she has a duty to alert his or her immediate superior and if necessary, one of the Group s directors .

Promotion to subcontractors The Group gives preference to suppliers who share its commit- ments and accept its principles in particular with regard to best business practices, working conditions, human rights compli- ance and protection of the environment.

The Group does not significantly subcontract production: subcontracted work is essentially related to services including cleaning and maintenance. Service-providers are informed on the hygiene and safety requirements in force at the sites where they work.

Local social or environmental commitment The Group encourages its entities and their staff to support local initiatives. Group subsidiaries are generally located in rural areas where they play an active role in providing jobs and in local economic and social development. Numerous initiatives are conducted in cooperation with local and regional bodies, especially with regard to:

Jobs: partnership with national employment agencies, providing work experience and apprenticeships and publish- ing vacancies in schools; Training: cooperation with schools and universities, payment of business rates and taxes, sponsorship, educational inter- ventions in the framework of secondary school teaching; Providing work for people in difficulty: working with shel- tered employment institutions and associations for disabled workers.

Subsidiaries provide local support to cultural or humanitari- an associations, such as Restos du Cœur and food banks, and organize specific aid for the victims of natural catastrophes. Since 2011, the Group has proposed that its French employees adhere to the Arrondi Solidaire program under which volun- teers forfeit the centimes included in their net monthly pay, in return for which the employer also pays a contribution for the benefit of two associations providing micro-credit finance.