Assystem - Registration Document 2016

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2016 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORT (CSR)

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMITMENTS

In Romania, from time to time Assystem sponsors employees participating in football tournaments or in marathons. MEDICAL RESEARCH In 2016, Assystem provided skills-based support to the Clinatec medical research organisation (see Section 4.1, page 48 of this Registration Document). The Group also led the entire project. CULTURE The Lyon Festival of Lights was an opportunity for Assystem to lead the development of a project using robots to recount 2,000 years of history and progress in video and music, from the birth of watchmaking to the first steam engines, the invention of electricity and today’s digital solutions. The two objectives were to demonstrate with humour that without the past, there would be no present and no future, and that successful robotic solutions are those where robots serve humans, allowing them to flourish by spending their time on more rewarding activities. Assystem’s office in Saint-Priest, a suburb of Lyon, is conducting research on collaborative robots, especially for use in hospital environments such as the Lyon hospices or the Nantes University Hospital. 4.5.5.2 Charitable commitment and community outreach Assystem supports and partners employees in their charitable undertakings. These initiatives are usually decided and managed at a local level so that they address the concerns of the communities to which the employees concerned belong. For example, in the United Kingdom, Assystem supports CLIC Sargent, a child and teen cancer charity, through donations and the organisation of fund-raising events. In Romania, Assystem partners a charity set up to protect children in difficulty.

EDUCATION In addition to working in partnership with various INSA science institutes, Assystem also supports their foundations. In 2016, the Group renewed its partnership with the Toulouse INSA for three years as a benefactor of the Institute’s foundation. Under the partnership, the Group supports equal opportunity and diversity programs, provides funding for certain student initiatives, and supports innovative systems designed by the Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology Departments by promoting professions, internships and job creation, organising technical and scientific conferences, participating in student research projects, etc. The corporate sponsorship agreement between the Lyon INSA partnership foundation and Assystem is due to be renewed in 2017 with the addition of a technological dimension. The agreement provides for implementation of several joint diversity initiatives by the Centre Diversité & Réussite, and a recognition program aimed at promoting the Group within the Lyon INSA. Assystem supports the Cordées de la Réussite – Convention Diversité program to support the best students throughout their studies in the Lyon INSA, by providing scholarships, mentoring, internships and other help. In 2015, Assystem made a commitment to work with the École des Mines de Nantes engineering school to jointly support the MERITE project for two years (MERITE is a French acronym standing for “Using experience of industrial and technical realities to help schools”). The aim of this project bringing together scientists and educational experts, school inspectors and teachers, is to “restore children’s appetite for learning, self-confidence, joy in creating and innovating, and give technological culture the place it deserves in education”. SPORT Since 2012, Assystem has been a proud supporter of Racing Club de France Rugby which works to secure the lasting social inclusion of young people from all social backgrounds, by teaching them to play rugby and embrace the game’s values (respect, bravery, teamwork, etc.).

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