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CAPGEMINI: PEOPLE, CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) AND BUSINESS ETHICS
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Registration Document 2016 — Capgemini
Other national initiatives with a focus on
education and skills
In 2016 we revisited the Global Community Engagement Awards,
focusing on of the best Skills and Education projects carried out
across diverse Capgemini locations, fully committed to enhancing
the educational capabilities of local communities. The awards
encompass five categories:
Basic & Secondary Education;
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Higher Education;
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Skills and Education for Women;
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Skills for Innovation;
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The People’s Choice Award (open to all employees’ voting).
In 2016, 45 projects referring to skills and education were received
from nine Group countries, with over 4,662 of our people voting
for their choice in the ‘People’s Choice’ award. The following
section highlights some of those entries along with other notable
initiatives from around the Group.
Basic Education and Infrastructure
matching, we were able to raise 45,000 euros in nine months. On
a three day volunteering action, our team members built
four classrooms, restrooms, and provided the furniture needed to
increase school capability and provide the children with a safe
environment.
2014, thus destroying the one-room teaching facility. With the
monthly volunteer contribution of 480 employees and Capgemini
Capgemini Guatemala
provided Guatemalan children of Ciudad
Quetzal Community with the basic infrastructure conditions to
support their education journey. This community is located in a
marginal area of the country and was flooded by heavy rains in
traditional Indian families. The underprivileged communities they
Capgemini India
initiated a unique girl children education
program, called Enlight. It aims at reaching 10,400 girls from
disadvantaged families who are left out from the educational
journey because of secondary preference for girl education in the
live in or the health issues they face build up for further
discrimination, and higher risk of abuse. Enlight works closely with
the girl children of these families and provides them with the
opportunities to access quality education. The program aims to
ensure that each girl completes a minimum 10 years of schooling.
As part of our employee engagement initiatives, we link the 2,000
girls in the program with 2,000 employees for mentorship support.
The program has created high impact in the communities, and
strong engagement in the workforce.
Education and Inclusion for Refugees
Capgemini Netherlands
has created solutions to support the
education of specific groups of students. These groups include
migrant children and youngsters which face issues in attending
regular education programs. As the language barriers is one of the
foremost issues faced by migrant children, they have been
provided with managed tablets with applications to support them
in learning Dutch.
Capgemini Germany
supports the integration of refugees in the
German economy and society through its program
refugees@capgemini. The program helps refugees to obtain
knowledge about the German IT sector, to provide access to IT
tooling and learn the German language. Other initiatives include
CV reviews and specific internship opportunities. To achieve the
program’s objective, all units and functions within Capgemini
Germany also collaborate with external partners, e.g. with Kiron
Open Higher Education.
Digital Literacy in India
Capgemini’s National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) Project is a
CSR initiative that supports the nationwide “Digital India”
movement, which aims at ‘One digitally literate person in every
its beneficiaries to adopt internet technology and improve their
living.
Indian household by 2020’. The program intends not only to
bridge the digital divide existing within the country but to empower
Currently, Capgemini supports twelve operational centers that
match major cities where we operate – Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune,
Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Noida, Trichy and Salem. A specific
initiative has consisted of setting up a Digital Literacy center for
differently abled youth and children to equip them with essential
digital skills at the Navi Mumbai Center.
government of India.
The training on Digital literacy is provided free of cost to the most
marginalized communities and upon successful completion of the
training, the candidates are awarded with certificate recognized by
program in the UK
Over the past three years, Capgemini UK has supported over
15,000 young people to build skills, confidence, networks and
technical knowledge In order to inspire and prepare young people
for the working world. In 2016, we worked with 60 schools
supporting employability skills and demonstrating to students
we work with clients to create digital solutions for all UK
consumers and citizens, the ability to understand and reflect
society as its widest points has become critical. The schools
program provides a diverse talent and recruitment pool for the
Apprentice program, a chance for employees to support local
schools which are at the heart of their communities, and ultimately
what they need to succeed. In addition to this, Capgemini has an
absolute commitment to focus on young girls encouraging them
to join the Tech industry and on social mobility, so that the
industry and Capgemini best reflect the UK society as a whole. As
skilled youngsters with more and better employment
opportunities. At least 1% of UK employees volunteer on the
schools support program.
Education for Employability
contribute to the reduction of the dramatic youth unemployment
(locally at +40%) in Italy. Using digital channels we aim to foster
the dialogue between graduates looking for jobs and young
professionals in various organizations. For that reason we’ve also
teamed up with companies such as l Sky, Fastweb, Sirti, Techint
Capgemini Italy
initiated the #imiglioridavvero® campaign to
job, to grow their career.
and Sodalitas. Using the #imiglioridavvero® digital open space,
young professionals, who recently joined these companies or
Capgemini, can share their experiences with those who are
searching for a first job. This enables young graduates to learn
from failures and successes how to write an effective CV, to
approach an interview and, once they’ve succeeded in finding a