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Social responsibility
Action programs
The Carrefour group is committed to contributing to the local Carrefour Romania has been developing partnerships with
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development of the communities in which it operates and has always universities and schools. The “best practical teaching partner” prize
focused on recruiting local young people through work-based learning was awarded to the Company by the Dumitru Motoc food industry
schemes and/or by providing mentoring for new recruits. high school in Bucharest. 150 to 200 young people are accepted for
internships every year.
In 2015, Carrefour France held a Youth Employment Day.
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Carrefour also pays particular attention to employing older people and Throughout France, hypermarkets and supermarkets opened their
ensuring that they enjoy good working conditions in the later stages of
doors to young people to discuss recruitment possibilities and career
their careers. paths with them, irrespective of their level of education, and to
enable them to find out about the business lines in-store. Through Carrefour Belgium launched a joint working group composed of
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its offer of 5,500 work-study contracts, Carrefour offers young members of management and Trade union representatives, who are
people practical experience through training courses and support working together on topics relating to gender equality, disability and
from 6,800 tutors. In 2015, Carrefour recruited 3,984 employees on the employment of people aged over 45.
vocational training contracts (hypermarkets, supermarkets, supply
Practical actions to integrate disabled workers chain). Nearly 2,500 of them are preparing for a CQP “commercial
business” qualification during their vocational training. and keep them in employment
1,154 apprentices are currently being trained (hypermarkets,
At the end of 2011, Carrefour was the first large company to enter into supermarkets) in preparation for a CAP Bac+5 diploma. Carrefour is
a partnership agreement wih the Disability network of the ILO in order also pursuing its partnership with an association called “Talent in
to work together with community organisations and other institutions our neighbourhood”. More than 580 young people have been
to promote the employment of disabled people around the world. sponsored since this partnership was started in 2010 by Carrefour
employees. Carrefour France was certified “Best company in which to In 2015, Carrefour signed the charter in support of the employment of
begin your career” by and obtained the disabled people proposed by the ILO’s Disability network. This charter,
Happy Trainees badge. 89% of interns and work-study students signed jointly by the CEO of Carrefour and the director general of the
would recommend Carrefour to anyone starting an internship or ILO, reinforces Carrefour’s commitment and actions in this respect
work-study programme; throughout the world.
Carrefour Argentina is continuing the Jovenes con Futuro
● The percentage of Carrefour employees recognised as having a
programme in collaboration with the Ministry of labour. In 2015, a
disability (3 % in 2015) has risen since 2011, when it was 2.6 %.
further 60 young people aged under 24 were given the opportunity
Given the size of the Group, this represents a significant number of to spend three months training in a business line in-store. 28 stores
employees with disabilities: 11,271 in 2015. Many actions are across the country participated in the programme;
undertaken by the Group to integrate disabled workers and keep them
Carrefour Spain recruited more than 2,400 young people on
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in employment ( see below).
permanent contracts in 2015, following on from its 2,000 hirings in
2014;
2015 2014 2013
Percentage of employees recognised as having a disability 3.0% 2.9% 2.8%
Like-for-like BUs (scope 100% of 2015 consolidated sales, excl. VAT).
% of evolution
2015 2014 2013 vs. 2014
Number of employees with a disability 11,271 10,523* 9,709 7.1%
Like-for-like BUs (scope 100% of 2015 consolidated sales, excl. VAT).
* 2014 data has been adjusted.
In France, Carrefour has made a commitment to the disability
● Carrefour market celebrated the 10th anniversary of Mission
support charity ARPEJH to employ young people with disabilities. Handicap Market in 2015. More than 450 stores sprang into action
Carrefour is now organising workshops in which young people receive during Disability Employment Week. CDs were sold and the
personalised advice on their CVs and attend simulated interviews. proceeds were donated to the organisation Différent comme tout le
Carrefour Supply Chain participated in the Free Handi’se Trophy race monde (Different like everybody else), the aim of which is to raise
for the third consecutive year in 2015: three teams, each consisting of awareness of difference and disabilities among 8th grade
two employees with disabilities and two able-bodied employees, schoolchildren. For having initiated this operation, Carrefour market
covered 713 km on tandem bicycles and in canoes. In early 2014, the received an award from France’s PACA region for “raising awareness
hypermarkets and supermarkets renewed their Disability of the Diversity charter among the general public”. Carrefour market
agreements. The sixth Disability Agreement signed by the efforts implemented for 10 years allow it this year to go over the
hypermarkets with all the trade union organisations includes five legal rate of 6%;
components: hiring and integration; retention, access, and training;
communication and education; and management of the approach.
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