RUBIS_REGISTRATION_DOCUMENT_2017

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) 5 Employee relations

5.1.4 TRAINING

The Group places particular importance on employee training and career progression. The number of training hours delivered within the Group totaled 68,899 hours in 2017, up 23.6% on 2016 (55,747). The number of employees trained was up 26.1% (2,133 in 2017, up from 1,692 in 2016), the percentage remaining almost unchanged despite the major acquisitions made by the Group

to the nature of the activities performed and the related risks. Lastly, the table below shows the total number of hours of training delivered and the number of employees receiving training. The number varies significantly from one year to another, as it depends in part on new obligations resulting from changes in national regulations.

(59.8% of Group employees received training in 2017, compared with 60% in 2016). Analysis by type of activity showed that the percentage of employees receiving training was higher for the storage activity (84.9% of Rubis Terminal employees) than for the distribution and support and services activities (56.6% of Rubis Énergie employees). This difference was largely due

2016

2017

Number of employee recipients

Number of employee recipients

Total training hours

Total training hours

Rubis Terminal (storage)

16,418

342 204 138 359 618 806

11,505

291 183 108 487 492 413

France

4,321

2,668 8,837

Outside France

12,097 52,115

Rubis Énergie (distribution / support and services)

1,783

43,947

1,392

Europe

7,140

8,105

Caribbean

31,919 13,056

29,799

Africa Rubis

6,043

366

8

295

9

68,899

2,133

55,747

1,692

TOTAL

• in terms of industrial safety , with the assistance of professional bodies such as the GESIP (Groupe d’Étude et de Sécurité des Industries Pétrolières et Chimiques –Group for Safety Research in the Petroleum and Chemicals Industries). These training courses are designed to continually improve the safety of people and facilities on industrial sites, in an environmentally friendly manner; • in terms of road safety . To avoid traffic accidents in areas with inadequate road infrastructure and/or poor driver training, some Rubis Énergie subsidiaries have decided to step up defensive driving trainingprograms for their ownemployees and/or some of their subcontractors;

• in terms of the environment or quality (assimilation of ISO standards); • in control of systems designed to protect facilities (maintenance of tanks, training in operating fire systems, etc.); • through partnerships with providers, such as the Association for Prevention in the Transport of Petroleum Products (Association pour la Prévention dans le Transport d’Hydrocarbures –APTH), which provides training and assistance to safety advisers, theAssociation of Training in the Tradingof Fuel (Association de Formation dans le Négoce des Combustibles – Asfoneco), the Red Cross, etc.

5.1.4.1 TRAINING AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING RISK

Given the risks associated with its activities, the Group invests: • in terms of health , through the provision of “gestures and postures” training for workstations presenting a risk to the health of employees, as well as safety training for different “at risk” jobs for staff and external workers, product training (welding, handling of chemical products), workplace first aid and rescue, etc.;

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