AUCHAN FRANCE promotes its policy for the disabled

In 2013, Auchan France celebrated 20 years of action campaigns aimed at reintegrating the disabled into the company workforce thanks to annual corporate agreements being renewed with the company's labor and social partners every year throughout this period.In recognition of this anniversary, Auchan had sought to associate Trisomy 21 France (Down's syndrome protection association) with the celebration in order to build awareness among both employees and customers while debunking some of the misconceptions regarding Down syndrome sufferers. In 2014, we conducted a number of actions in conjunction with the World Down Syndrome Day event (21st March). Since these steps met with a favorable response from the host sites as well as from the Department's Down syndrome associations, the 2015 renewal of this partnership struck us as perfectly sensible. This partnership had not fizzled out since during the year 2014, several young victims of the disorder were welcomed to work at our stores, either on an internship basis, on an availability basis or under a permanent employment contract.Such actions enable the company to build awareness among team members on the topic of disability and showcase the commitment of our partner associations. The site's Sustainable Development Committee, the local disability community and the company's Human Resources Division pooled their efforts to energize these valuable partnerships. Best Practice spotted by World Forum for a Responsible Economy in 2013 and updated in 2015.