SOMFY - Annual financial report 2019

04 MANAGEMENT BOARDMANAGEMENT REPORT

Percentage of employees who received training

99%

0 20 40 60 80 100

2018 2019

96%

95%

84%

79%

71%

68%

63% 62%

59%

51%

48%

43%

34%

Americas

Asia-Pacific

France

Germany

Central & Eastern Europe

Northern Europe

Southern Europe, Middle East & Africa

Monitoring this policy relies on the introduction, which took place in 2018, of the indicator relating to the number of employees who received two hours of training or more at least once . For 2018, this indicator stood at 70.4%, i.e. more than two of every three employees. In 2019, 3,679 employees received training on at least one occasion, equating to 70% of staff, the same level as the previous year. Number of hours training delivered to employees, by training area (Improving Operational Excellence, Working Better Together and Specific Business Training) 

Operational Excellence Working Better Together Business Training

39,945

33,011

21,174

14,465

11,040

6,281

6,192

5,473

5,371

4,366

3,634

3,269

2,251

2,517 2,889

1,410

1,263

348

903 159 651 1,374

6 0

Americas

Asia-Pacific

France

Germany

Central & Eastern Europe

Northern Europe Southern Europe, Middle East & Africa

Total

Representing a total of 83,996 hours’ training, an increase of 10.2% in relation to 2018, a figure far higher than the increase in the number of employees.

GUARANTEEING THE PERFORMANCE OF OPERATIONS AND RESPECT FOR EMPLOYEES WHILE ENSURING THAT OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CONDITIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THEIR EXPECTATIONS The development of health and safety is one of the key pillars of Somfy’s human resources project. The health and safety risk is inherent in the performance of manufacturing and logistics activities. Employees at head office and the distribution subsidiaries are also exposed to psychosocial risks and the risk of on-site accidents. Somfy’s primary corporate responsibility is to ensure the physical safety of employees and to provide them with a working environment that supports their professional development.

Prevention of accidents at work and reduction of musculoskeletal disorders

Efforts have been made in many countries to reduce the exposure to risks and to improve working conditions: within the French entity Somfy Activités SA, all managers – attended an on-site refresher course on health and safety at work; within the Tunisian entity SITEM the following elements were – introduced: fire safety action plan (vulnerability study), ● processing of all accidents and safety risks via 8D analysis and ● implementation of resulting measures, assessment of occupational risks, ● identification of pedestrian zones within production, ●

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SOMFY – ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT 2019