An agreement between Renault and the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques

The Diversity Day concluded with Renault signing an agreement with Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques. The Group has pledged its support for an affirmative action policy to promote diversity by making high-level recruitments from social groups whose talents are often undervalued. Renault will also provide financial support of €150,000 per year to the project for three years. Senior Renault managers will also be on the jury of the Conventions Education Prioritaire, a separate SciencesPo admissions system for young people from disadvantaged areas. Finally a number of senior Renault managers will take part in conferences to share their own experiences of diversity.

Renault has a long-term commitment to promoting diversity, non-discrimination and equal opportunities. In 2004 it signed the Group’s Declaration of Employees' Fundamental Rights and a Diversity Charter. It has also taken a range of measures in favor of the recruitment, career development and equal treatment of all members of society, and in particular young people, women, people with disabilities and seniors.

Practical examples

Renault’s 1999 Alliance with Nissan was founded on mutual respect of two very different corporate cultures, one French, the other Japanese. This initiative, which has enabled the Group to carry out joint projects from a win-win perspective, was a landmark event in opening up the Group to other cultures.

It was in that same spirit that the Renault Foundation was established in 2001. The Foundation encourages cultural dialog through exchanges of students from a broad range of countries, with a focus on cultural discovery and mutual respect. The Foundation promotes multicultural management methods and provides high-flying students with access to top jobs in international corporations.

Find out more on the Renault Foundation website

Renault and Women

Renault promotes the hiring of women and the advancement of their careers within the Group. Although women are under-represented in the schools that prepare young people for jobs in the automobile industry, one third of Renault’s annual new hires are women (28%). Thanks to this widescale recruitment, the percentage of women in the company is increasing year by year.

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Measures to help people with disabilities

In 1995 Renault was one of the first companies in France to sign an agreement with trade unions to support the inclusion of disabled people in the workplace. A range of measures has been taken on the basis of that agreement, which has already been updated four times, to promote the employment and careers of people with disabilities and to make life easier for them in the workplace. At end-2007 disabled employees accounted for 7.6% of the total payroll.

Find out more about health, safety and working conditions

Measures to help young graduates

Renault recruits young people from a wide variety of educational backgrounds, ranging from university graduates to engineers trained at top-level schools. In 2007 42% of new recruits were university graduates, 51% had graduated from engineering schools and 9% from business schools.

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Bringing young people into the workplace

In the past 15 years Renault has been committed to a policy of giving young people a start in working life, under the terms of an agreement with the government. This policy, implemented in all the local labor markets around Renault plants, has enabled 2,900 unemployed young people to earn a vocational or educational diploma while working in a company.

Measures in favor of hiring seniors

Senior employees are a source of valuable experience—and one that Renault had no intention of losing. Today, one Renault employee in three is aged over 50. Renault decided early on to support voluntary career extension and has taken a number of measures to this end, such as ensuring that working conditions are senior-friendly and updating employees’ skills with career-long training programs.

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