_256 2023 UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT_MICHELIN 4 NON-FINANCIAL STATEMENT Sustainable Development Report ● a project to renovate restrooms in a kindergarten and elementary school in Thailand’s Chonburi province; ● nature workshops in association with the Auvergne Regional Nature Conservancy (CENA) to preserve biodiversity in France. In addition, €2.6 million was donated to local communities during the year, of which the majority was allocated to health and outreach projects. 4.1.2.5 c) The Michelin Foundation: demonstrating our corporate culture and values €10.8 MILLION allocated in 2023 by the Michelin Foundation to 77 PROJECTS In November 2023, the Michelin Corporate Foundation's mandate was renewed for another five years, in a reaffirmation of the Michelin Group’s dedication to acting as a good corporate citizen and its commitment to pursuing its philanthropic and outreach initiatives in regional and global communities. As part of the Group’s corporate social responsibility, and in accordance with its purpose and values, the Foundation has defined a new strategic vision that will guide its actions in coming years and strengthen its positive impact for the common good. Areas of focus will include future-facing jobs, equal opportunity and inclusion, healthy living and eating, sustainable mobility, forest biodiversity, collaborative social models and regional development. Already in 2023, a number of these Foundation-supported projects illustrated the new areas of action for the 2024-2028 period. Future-facing jobs The Viva Fabrica Foundation (under the aegis of FACE(1)) is creating and leading annual nationwide events to change perceptions and encourage the embrace and inclusion of all kinds of people in manufacturing professions. In 2023, 18,000 people, including 6,000 middle school students, visited these gettogethers. Inclusion and equal opportunity Libraries Without Borders is developing Bonjour France, a new, free digital French language learning application designed specifically for refugees and immigrants. Ten new workplace health and safety training modules will be added to help Arabicspeakers to learn French quickly in ways that can be used immediately to enter the job market (note that there are four million native Arabic speakers in France). CeCler is supporting the mobility of refugees as they enter the job market in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and managing mobility solutions to enable people to return to work in the rural areas of the Puy-de-Dôme region. The program hopes to offer appropriate mobility solutions to 50 people. Healthy eating and living ASM Omnisports’ initiatives are fostering social inclusion for everyone through sports, while sharing best practices for a healthy, well-adjusted lifestyle. In one example, kitchen-truck cooking workshops held on October 18, 2023 at ASM Omnisports in partnership with the Les Insatiables (Groupe SOS) association gave some 60 budding young athletes a taste of a healthy, balanced diet. Forest biodiversity WWF Brazil is maintaining biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest by developing alternative deforestation-free business models for local communities. The social and environmental impact concerned 522 families or 2,600 people in 2023, when, in addition, a forest conservation reserve was extended to 1,380,000 hectares. Regional development Clermont Auvergne Opéra – On stage!: supporting the creation of an inclusive musical comedy involving around 15 amateur singers with various disabilities, to demonstrate that talent knows no handicap. The five performances in the Auvergne region in June 2023 were a huge success, with 1,535 spectators and the production of a documentary by Centre France entitled “En scène, dans les coulisses du spectacle.” These projects are described on the Foundation’s website, fondation.michelin.com/en/ (1) FACE is a French state-approved umbrella charity that brings together public, private-sector and associative stakeholders to combat exclusion, discrimination and poverty.
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