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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMITMENTS
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in 2015, the Group became the first member of the new Coboteam
cluster, as a demonstration of its commitment to the development of
the robotics industry in the Rhône-Alpes region;
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Assystem is a founder member of the Ingera cluster set up
in January 2015 to promote the engineering sector among companies,
high schools and engineering schools in the Rhône-Alpes region.
Ingera is also creating a research and innovation centre to promote
collaborative working between companies and schools and/or to
provide funding for university chairs.
The Group is also committed to contributing to local development by
supporting schools and universities. As well as offering internships and
apprenticeship contracts, Assystem sends engineers to make classroom
presentations and participate in on-campus career fairs, and invites
students to work on practical case studies or innovative research topics.
In France, for example, Assystem works in partnership with various
science institutes (INSAs) to support engineering students climb the first
rung on their career ladder.
In 2016, Assystem and the Rouen-Normandy INSA signed a partnership
agreement renewing the “Engineering and Commissioning” Academic
Excellence Chair they had created together three years previously. The
course is designed to teach students the engineering skills required
during the commissioning phase (including testing) which is a decisive
stage in any industrial project. This is an advanced course in an area
of study not previously covered by the market. In the last three years,
more than fifty students attending the Rouen-Normandy INSA have
had the opportunity to follow the course, which combines theory and
practice, project work overseen by Assystem experts and internships
within the Group.
A number of initiatives have also been launched by Assystem as part of
the Leo program (see Section 4.3.5.1.1 of this Registration Document).
In the United Kingdom, partnerships have been established with high
schools and universities, including Bristol, Lancaster and the University of
the West of England (UWE) with the aim of hiring young graduates and
developing specific educational programs. The Group is also a partner
of the Royal Aeronautical Society and The Institution of Mechanical
Engineers (IMechE). To facilitate communications, each establishment
has a single point of contact at Assystem and the Group’s employees
are actively encouraged to participate in the universities’ scientific and
technological activities.
In Germany, the Group has established partnerships with technical
universities located close to its main sites in Munich, Hamburg and
Berlin. It has recently started cooperating with Munich Technical
University to assist the 50 students working on the Racing Team TUfast
project to build a “green” racing car.
In Romania, many partnerships have been set up with local universities,
facilitated by the presence of Assystem offices on or close to the
campuses.
4.5.4
IMAGINING THE SOCIETY OF THE FUTURE
Looking beyond the projects discussed in Section 4.4.3 above, as an
engineering firm Assystem contributes to making innovation a driver
to bring about a sustainable world and launches various initiatives in
France and internationally in response to the major challenges facing
society, notably through the Assystem Innovation Factory:
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Assystem supports the Innovatome innovation challenge, which aims
to develop a spirit of creativeness and innovation among students
and young graduates from engineering and business schools and
universities, and also to attract young graduates to nuclear industry
jobs. In 2017, two “Think Innovation” workshops will be organised on
the topics of the Factory of the Future and Tomorrow’s Major Projects;
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the MITU project is an individual urban transport solution for the future,
positioned somewhere between the Twizy, the Segway, the Vélib’
public bike hire system and the Autolib’ public car hire system, that
aims to reduce city-centre congestion and share transport resources.
Initially a French project, other countries are coming on board,
including Romania;
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the Workplace@assystem corporate social network launched in 2016
aims to stimulate internal interaction, identify the Group’s best experts
on different topics, create knowledge and expertise networks and
generally step up the pace of innovation;
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the 3Dexperience Company was set up jointly by Dassault Systèmes
and Assystem in 2016 in the nuclear energy sector, with the
objective of using digital technologies to improve the management
of engineering projects and the performance of complex infrastructure;
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development of the innovative Energine project was pursued in 2016
with the signature of a license agreement with a start-up. Assystem
and its partner, the FEMTO-ST Institute, won first prize at the 2015
National Engineering Awards for the Energine new generation
engine, which contributes directly to reducing fuel consumption by
converting heat into electricity;
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in 2016, Assystem par ticipated in the Med’Innovant
challenge organised by Établissement Public d’Aménagement
Euroméditerranée and Cité des Entrepreneurs d’Euroméditerranée
in the areas of “city living, housing, environment, mobility, security,
contactless technologies and connected business objects”. The aim
of the challenge is to identify, promote and support innovative and
sustainable “Smart City” projects that will be tested directly in the
Marseille Euroméditerranée EcoCity.
4.5.5
ENGAGING WITH SOCIETY
4.5.5.1
Corporate sponsorship
In France, Assystem has launched several corporate sponsorship
initiatives in areas ranging from education and sport to medical research
and culture.
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