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2016 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORT (CSR)

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMITMENTS

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;

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:

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;

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;

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;

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;

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;

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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REGISTRATION DOCUMENT

2016

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