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COMMITMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY: SHARED INTERESTS
2015 NEWS
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In 2015 Assystem was one of the leading recruiters in France
according to the annual ranking published by Challenges magazine,
and 30
th
in the sector of industry and services to industry (
L’Usine
Nouvelle magazine
, January 2016).
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Assystem now offers schools the Group works with on a regular basis
a toolbox to promote innovation within their institution: partnership on
specific projects, creativity days, innovation management session, etc.
This toolbox has been presented to the Group’s campus managers
and tested with a number of target schools. A brochure has also been
produced and proactive actions have been organised that should
increase in scale so as to lead to long-term actions in future years.
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In 2015 Assystem launched the Assystem Innovation Factory virtual
gallery. First and foremost it is for internal use. Its aim is to publicise
research work and projects conducted by teams in the Group’s
different sectors and countries. The content of the exhibition rooms is
periodically renewed to highlight particularly successful projects. One
room focuses on activites linked to innovation in a more day-to-day
manner, and visitors’ books are available to make comments and
interact. This gallery is in addition to the Company’s social network.
4.8.3
INVESTING IN SOCIETY
Assystem draws on the latest standards of its profession and the broader
business world in order to shape its vision of CSR practices. In line with
this, in 2014 the Group continued to roll out a wide variety of initiatives
both in France and abroad with a view to responding to some of the
major challenges faced by today’s society.
Playing a role with decision-makers
Through its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dominique Louis,
Assystem participates in the
Entreprise et Progrès
think-tank. The aim of
this group, which since 1970 has been bringing together leaders of
the main French companies, is to maintain a constructive dialogue with
political decision-makers and economic players, aiming to put
“People
at the heart of enterprise, and enterprise at the heart of society”
.
Corporate sponsorship
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Sports sponsorship
Since 2012, Assystem has been a proud supporter of the Racing Métro
92 rugby schools and the social initiatives they undertake in favour
of youngsters. These schools promote the personal development and
integration of young people through rugby and aim to train around
one thousand pupils under the age of 21 in facilities that are dedicated
to teaching this sport. This sponsorship deal was renewed for a two-
year period in 2015.
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Cultural and educational sponsorship
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 from
nine higher education institutions in the west of France, in collaboration
with the Nantes and Rennes education authorities (school inspectors
and teachers), is to “once more give numerous children a hunger for
learning, self-confidence, the joy of creating and innovating, and to
restore technological culture to its rightful position”.
Charity and community work
Solidarity is a shared value disseminated worldwide. Assystem supports
and assists its employees in their community work. 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. This is the case in Canada, where initiatives are taken to
support Cancer NGO and ENA aerospace school, and in the United
Kingdom, where help is given to CLIC Sargent, a cancer charity for
children and young people.
Some of the information required by the implementing decree for
Article 225 of the Grenelle II Act has not been included in this CSR
report because it is not relevant to the activities carried out by the
Assystem Group. The following themes have not been covered:
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resources devoted to the prevention of environmental risks and
pollution;
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measures to prevent, reduce or repair environmentally damaging
discharges into the air, water and soil;
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measures to prevent, recycle and eliminate waste;
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noise pollution and all other forms of pollution specific to an
activity;
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water consumption and water supply according to local
constraints;
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the consumption of raw materials and measures taken to improve
their efficiency;
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land use;
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adapting to the consequences of climate change;
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measures taken to protect or develop biodiversity;
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measures taken in favour of consumer health and safety.
No provisions or guarantees for environmental risks have been
recognised on the liabilities side of the Group’s balance sheet.
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