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2014 Registration Document
Social responsibility
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Action plans
Carrefour Spain launched a partnership with the University of Córdoba
in 2014 to recruit young people and help fund tuition for the most
disadvantaged students.
In Poland, Carrefour employees participated in Talent Day, the largest
job and internship fair in Poland, receiving nearly 200 CVs.
In Argentina, the “Youth with the Future” programme aims to offer job
opportunities to young people from difficult areas. In 2014, 60 young
people were trained and given internships with Carrefour.
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Older workers’ employment and working conditions
Carrefour pays particular attention to employing older people and ensuring
they enjoy good working conditions in the later stages of their careers.
In 2013, the French entities signed inter-generational agreements
designed to define concrete actions to support younger people’s
integration into the workplace through access to a permanent employment
contract. The agreements also aim to support the recruitment of older
people and help keep them in employment, as well as ensuring knowledge
and skills are passed onto younger generations.
Carrefour Belgium developed a plan of 18 actions, following a detailed
analysis of the employment of staff over the age of 45 and a collective
work effort.
Carrefour Argentina launched a programme called “I Work” to offer
job opportunities to unemployed people over the age of 40. Since the
programme was founded in 2013, 97 people have been hired, including
29 in 2014.
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Concrete actions to integrate disabled workers and keep
them in employment
At the end of 2011, Carrefour was the first large company to enter into
a partnership agreement with the Disability Network of the International
Labour Organisation (ILO) in order to work on promoting, alongside
community organisations and other institutions, the employment of the
disabled around the world.
In 2014, in honour of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
(3 December), Carrefour collected testimonials from employees with
disabilities and managers in every country and sent the compilation
to all the country teams in an effort to change people’s behaviour and
overcome stereotypes.
In France, in early 2014, the hypermarkets and supermarkets renewed
their Disability agreements. The sixth Disability agreement signed by the
hypermarkets with all trade union organisations includes four components:
hiring, integration/retention, access, and training/communication,
education/management of the approach. Training for in-store disability
supervisors and manager education were both reinforced. The fourth
agreement on promoting employment among persons with disabilities,
signed with Carrefour
market
, calls for a commitment to hire 120 workers
with disabilities (including 10% as work/study hires), a support fund for
workers with disabilities who are experiencing difficulties in their private
lives, one day of paid leave per year for parents of a child with disabilities
who need to complete administrative tasks, and equal access to training
and career advancement.
For the second year, Carrefour Supply Chain participated in the Free
Handi’se Trophy race from 23-31 May 2014: three teams, each made
up of two employees with disabilities and two able-bodied employees,
covered 682 km on tandem bicycles and in canoes. This initiative was
featured in the ILO Disability Network’s newsletter.
In France, the logistics entity has renewed an agreement to develop
employment for people with disabilities for the period 2013-2016.
The entity intends to use the agreement to pursue its commitment by
capitalising on the experience it has gained to continue progress in
recruiting disabled people, keeping them in employment and supporting
their training, integration and career development.
Carrefour Poland, which has long been committed to promoting
employment for people with disabilities, received the Credible Company
award in 2014 in recognition of its diversity policy in particular. Since
2006, Carrefour Poland was the first business to act for the employment
of people with a hearing impairment. By year-end 2014, it employs
227 disabled people. Carrefour is also demonstrating its commitment
in France, where it has been working with the Arpejeh association
since January 2014 on awareness-raising, job introduction, and equal
opportunity initiatives targeting high school students.
Carrefour Brazil, meanwhile, is prioritising employment and promotion
for people with disabilities through its global Diversity programme.
In 2014, 287 people were hired thanks to partnerships with NGOs
and associations supporting jobs for people with disabilities. Carrefour
Brazil and Atacadão employed more than 1,600 disabled employees
by year-end 2014.
2014
2013
2012
2011
% vs. 11
% of employees recognised as having a disability
3.0%
2.8%
2.7%
2.6% + 15.4%
Like-for-like BUs (scope: 100% of 2014 consolidated sales, excl. VAT).
2014
2013
2012
2011
% vs. 11
Number of employees with a disability
11,218
9,709
9,602
9,248
+ 21.3%
Like-for-like BUs (scope: 100% of 2014 consolidated sales, excl. VAT).