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Moreover, in the other countries where Worldline operates,
Worldline Social Engagement and citizenship approach.
and are described below through the other drivers of the
other social initiatives are undertaken to support the good cause
Supporting education
A.4.2.2.2
around their local communities in order to ensure the equal
knowledge, skills and expertise of the IT industry in schools
examples of activities implemented in different countries are:
access to education and fight against social exclusion. Some
Worldline employees volunteer their time and share their
Worldline’s main office in France.
located in deprived areas, in particular those surrounding
organization in France, Énergie Jeunes, whose primary aim is to
Since 2011, Worldline has had a partnership with a non-profit
Worldline are volunteering and work with secondary schools
their studies, thus fighting a sense of “failure”. Employees of
areas. Another objective is to encourage them to persevere with
fight school drop-out in secondary schools located in deprived
In addition, Worldline Malaysia counts with long term
employment.
order to build opportunities for internships and permanent
relations with the UTAR (Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman) in
involvement in community partnerships in a way to strengthen
time to contribute to their social engagement. In 2016 the main
rewards the projects eligible by offering to the project owners
associative projects that have a societal dimension. Worldline
Worldline employees who are involved or wish to be involved in
experience and testify to the importance to include women in
Worldline employees went to some schools to talk about their
related to women empowerment on education. For instance,
activities that have been sponsored by the Company were
companies.
the technical areas and lead their careers in IT and innovative
ago by Worldline to encourage the social engagement of
France, named the “Jury Associatif” has been launched 5 years
Last but not least, another initiative that has been developed in
Looking out for children
A.4.2.2.3
responsibility.
Worldline launches and promotes initiatives to raise funds to
Early years is a key theme of Worldline’s corporate social
protection services and even health and education services.
Company and its employees lend their support to child
help sick children or those living in deprived areas. The
climb the highest mountain in Kenya to raise funds to help the
team of Worldline employees in the UK (London site) set off to
in low-income or developing countries. By way of illustration, a
have a go at computer programming.
awareness of, the digital world. The children were also able to
took part in a school visit to develop interest in, and raise
most deprived children. Other employees from the Beeston site
Railway children Charity which raises funds to support children
worldwide: In the UK, Worldline employees are involved in the
Many of initiatives linked to such issues are organized
publish adverts to find these children.
with the RedBus project, provides multimedia services to help
missing children. To support this cause, Worldline, in partnership
received support from Worldline to help families search for their
In Argentina, the Argentina’s missing Children organization
toys, food etc. Worldline also supports Catalysts for Social Action
In India, employees also made in-kind donations such as clothes,
through nutrition, health, education, personal development etc.
which promotes child welfare and facilitates social change
family backgrounds and behavioral disorders.
psycho-social education of children and teenagers with difficult
is a social project run by the Catholic Church that focuses on the
Monikahaus family center, via its Frankfurt site, since 1999. This
In Germany, Worldline has been supporting children from the
children and teenagers. Many projects were made possible as a
institution offers care and in-patient and out-patient services to
Brand project from Worldline’s Aix-La-Chapelle site. This
In addition, donations were made to the Kinder- und Jugendhilfe
work in their free time.
or employees acting on a voluntary basis and doing unpaid
result of employees being made available during working hours,
illness
Organizing to combat disease and
A.4.2.2.4
and wellbeing initiatives via the local charities and NGOs that
Worldline and its employees are very actively involved in health
healthcare so as to improve people’s quality of life. Worldline has
worldwide to fund research and provide access to better
has a presence. The Worldline Group raises funds across its sites
form part of the local fabric of the countries where the Company
are organized worldwide:
support of this cause and many initiatives linked to such issues
also developed innovative solutions to facilitate donations in
by mobile devices free of charge during the national campaign
payment gateway for donations made by credit cards online or
a faithful partner of Téléthon, providing its multi-channel secure
Téléthon. This great solidarity initiative is possible thanks to
different Worldline sites in France, and the proceeds are paid to
fund-raising activities are also organized by employees at
led by AFM-Téléthon. Within the scope of this partnership,
every year.
organizing committee, who help make the event a success
employees’ involvement: about 40 volunteers are on the
For example, in France, for the last 18 years, Worldline has been
test out a product in-house with a solidarity-based objective.
develop the concept on a larger scale.
Worldline plans to repeat this experience in 2017 and aims to
money for Téléthon, to promote a feeling of solidarity within the
in France with Donation Boxes, an innovative idea to raise
with microDON, provided employees at the majority of its sites
During one week in December
2016, Worldline, in partnership
with massive involvement by Worldline employees, both in
(nationwide) via contactless NFC bank cards, was a real success
to make it easier to collect donations for the 2016 Téléthon
Company through €
3 micro-donations. This initiative, designed
major first for Worldline employees, who had the opportunity to
setting up the initiative and in collecting donations. This was a