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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMITMENTS
EDUCATION
In addition to working in partnership with various INSA science institutes,
Assystem also supports their foundations.
In 2016, the Group renewed its partnership with the Toulouse INSA
for three years as a benefactor of the Institute’s foundation. Under
the partnership, the Group supports equal opportunity and diversity
programs, provides funding for certain student initiatives, and supports
innovative systems designed by the Mechanical Engineering, Electrical
Engineering and Information Technology Departments by promoting
professions, internships and job creation, organising technical and
scientific conferences, participating in student research projects, etc.
The corporate sponsorship agreement between the Lyon INSA
partnership foundation and Assystem is due to be renewed in 2017
with the addition of a technological dimension. The agreement provides
for implementation of several joint diversity initiatives by the Centre
Diversité & Réussite, and a recognition program aimed at promoting
the Group within the Lyon INSA. Assystem supports the
Cordées de la
Réussite
–
Convention Diversité
program to support the best students
throughout their studies in the Lyon INSA, by providing scholarships,
mentoring, internships and other help.
In 2015, Assystem made a commitment to work with the École des
Mines de Nantes engineering school to jointly support the MERITE
project for two years (MERITE is a French acronym standing for “Using
experience of industrial and technical realities to help schools”). The
aim of this project bringing together scientists and educational experts,
school inspectors and teachers, is to “restore children’s appetite for
learning, self-confidence, joy in creating and innovating, and give
technological culture the place it deserves in education”.
SPORT
Since 2012, Assystem has been a proud supporter of Racing Club de
France Rugby which works to secure the lasting social inclusion of young
people from all social backgrounds, by teaching them to play rugby
and embrace the game’s values (respect, bravery, teamwork, etc.).
In Romania, from time to time Assystem sponsors employees participating
in football tournaments or in marathons.
MEDICAL RESEARCH
In 2016, Assystem provided skills-based support to the Clinatec medical
research organisation (see Section 4.1, page 48 of this Registration
Document).
The Group also led the entire project.
CULTURE
The Lyon Festival of Lights was an opportunity for Assystem to lead the
development of a project using robots to recount 2,000 years of history
and progress in video and music, from the birth of watchmaking to the first
steam engines, the invention of electricity and today’s digital solutions.
The two objectives were to demonstrate with humour that without the
past, there would be no present and no future, and that successful
robotic solutions are those where robots serve humans, allowing
them to flourish by spending their time on more rewarding activities.
Assystem’s office in Saint-Priest, a suburb of Lyon, is conducting research
on collaborative robots, especially for use in hospital environments such
as the Lyon hospices or the Nantes University Hospital.
4.5.5.2
Charitable commitment and community
outreach
Assystem supports and partners employees in their charitable
undertakings. These initiatives are usually decided and managed at
a local level so that they address the concerns of the communities to
which the employees concerned belong.
For example, in the United Kingdom, Assystem supports CLIC Sargent,
a child and teen cancer charity, through donations and the organisation
of fund-raising events. In Romania, Assystem partners a charity set up
to protect children in difficulty.
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