Alstom GRID with its presence in more than 70 countries recognises the many facets of diversity as a competitive advantage.
Our core values of "team", "trust" and "action" contribute to the cohesion of our teams and allow us to integrate diversity as an asset worldwide. Alstom Grid's performance relies on our engagement in recognising, supporting, hiring and developing a diverse team around the world.
Highlights
- In France Alstom Grid's global policy of equal opportunity received AFNOR certification in 2010, thanks to a comprehensive range of actions. In June 2011, we signed the Agreement on Disability
- In the UK Alstom Grid is recognised as an equal opportunities employer using the symbol "positive about disabled people"
- In Switzerland, Turkey, France, we count sheltered workshops amongst our suppliers
- In France, we recently joined the association "Elles bougent" to promote and encourage engineering as a career for young women.
- In China, we celebrate Women's Day with team building exercises designed to bring together all female employees
Women's Day in China
Social and Professional Inclusion
We actively promote the social and professional inclusion of people from underprivileged areas.
- For example in Villeurbanne, France, Alstom Grid and the "sport in the city" association organised a recruitment forum to integrate young people from underprivileged neighborhoods into the company on a rotating basis.
- In Taubaté, Brazil, the Grid and Power sectors regularly participate in the "Escola Formare" training program monitored by the Brazilian organisation, IOCHPE. In 2010, through this training we succeeded in integrating 34 young people between the ages of 16 and 17 from underprivileged backgrounds. It offers one year's training in a professional environment. This covers both technical and behavioural aspects in the workplace. Many Alstom employees readily volunteered to train the young people concerned.