Rueil-Malmaison, 15 july 2009
Press release
VINCI mesure its diversity
• A
uniquely transparent approach in France
• Improvement in 2008 in all four categories audited
In the VINCI Manifesto signed by Xavier Huillard in 2006, the Group
committed to promoting diversity and equal opportunities and to
publishing the findings of an independent audit each year.
In 2007, these commitments led to the introduction of an annual audit,
in collaboration with Vigeo, Europe’s leading agency for
measuring companies’ social responsibility performance, and
the publication of the results. Through this uniquely transparent
approach in France, the entire Group is demonstrating its determination
to achieve continuous improvement in its human resource management
policy through open dialogue with all its internal and external
stakeholders.
The 2008 edition focused on the practices in four categories
of 40 previously unaudited subsidiaries, representing all the
Group’s business lines: gender
equality, professional integration of people with disabilities, equal
opportunities for people of immigrant background and the employment of
people aged 55 or over. The audit was extended to cover 11 countries
(France, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Greece, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland), i.e. five more than in
2007. As part of the process, almost 800 people (manual workers, office
employees, managers, etc.) were interviewed.
The results showed an improvement in all four categories audited, with a particularly strong rating obtained for the policy of managing employees aged 55 or over.
Based on this deeper insight into its weaknesses and best
practices, VINCI can strengthen and increase its actions with a view to
placing each individual at the centre of the Group’s system
and success by guaranteeing equal opportunities and treatment.
VINCI press contact: Vanessa
Lattès
Tel: +33 1 47 16 31 82
vanessa.lattes@vinci.com