Sopra Steria - 2019 Universal registration document

4 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY

Social responsibility: A committed and responsible collective

2019 achievements Psychological counselling unit: 81% of Group employees are p eligible for this service (Belgium, France, Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom and Scandinavia). Work/life balance: introduction of the “right to disconnect” and p remote working; 70.4% of Group employees are eligible for this service (Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom). Training in safety rules and emergency first aid: 81.3% of p employees are covered by training programmes to prevent accidents and improve employee health and safety (Belgium, France, Germany, India, Italy, Switzerland, Tunisia and the United Kingdom). Launched an exercise to map personal insurance and prevention p measures in each country and analyse results (including social security cover, death benefit cover, early retirement and retirement), exercise to be continued in 2020. No occupational illnesses recognised in France by CPAM, the p national health insurance body (42.3% of the Group’s scope: France – national health insurance body). The absence rate remained nearly stable, at 2.6% in 2019, p compared with 2.5% in 2018 (42.3% of the Group’s scope: France). The workplace accident frequency rate increased in 2019 to p 2.47% (1.91% in 2018, 42.3% of the Group’s scope: France). This increase was linked to unforeseeable non-serious health conditions in the workforce, as attested by the decline in the severity rate. The severity rate was 0.023%, down from 0.056% in 2018 p (42.3% of the Group’s scope: France). Findings of the Great Place to Work survey: 88% of p employees responding to the survey felt that “Safety conditions are appropriate”.

Goals for 2020: Continue to roll out shared tools for use across the Group.

Other labour-related information 2.2.

JOBS AND THE WORKFORCE 2.2.1. For many years, the Group’s growth has been backed by a proactive employment policy of recruiting talented individuals and developing employees’ skills. External growth is also a strong driver of the Group’s development and increased business volumes. Thanks to the various acquisitions completed in 2019 (1,092 employees), the Group can offer a comprehensive response to its clients’ needs in the areas of transformation and competitiveness. At 31 December 2019, Sopra Steria Group had a total of 46,245 employees (45,153 employees excluding 2019 acquisitions), mainly based in Germany, Spain, France, India, the United Kingdom and Scandinavia, which together account for 89.8% of the Group’s workforce. The proportion of permanent contracts, which was slightly higher in 2019 (96.1% in 2019, compared with 95.7% in 2018), and that of temporary contracts, which was slightly lower (3.3% in 2019, compared with 3.6% in 2018, excluding interns) demonstrate the Group’s long-standing commitment to offer stable jobs while favouring the professional integration of young people on permanent contracts and on work placements (96.1% of fixed-term contracts were for students on work placements in 2019, compared with 96% in 2018).

The age pyramid illustrated below, showing the workforce breakdown for the Group (excluding acquisitions) by gender and age, has remained stable for the past three years, with a very slight improvement in the proportion of women, particularly in the 25-35 age bracket.

2%

5%

>55

3%

6% 6%

3%

13% 13%

5% 5%

45 to 55

12%

5%

7% 7% 7%

18%

35 to 45

17% 17%

13%

27% 27% 27%

14%

25 to 35

14%

3%

6% 6%

3%

<25

7%

3%

15

10

5

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Women 2019 Women 2018 Women 2017

Men 2019 Men 2018 Men 2017

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