CSR commitments

SOCIAL

Being a responsible and committed company with people at the heart of our concerns

 

Promoting diversity and inclusion within the company and combating all forms of discrimination

  • No discrimination against employees on grounds of ethnic origin, nationality, age, religion, gender or sexual orientation
  • Gender equality
  • Integration of disabled employees
  • Partnership with adapted companies.

Putting people first

  • Improving working conditions by reducing the impact of work on health and ensuring the safety and well-being of employees

- Regular Safety Committee meetings: annual review of the Document Unique, commitment to preventive actions
- Annual survey on employee well-being
- Welcoming and integrating new employees
- Voluntary teleworking

  • Promoting social dialogue and employee participation

- Monthly meetings with Comité Social Economique (CSE) representatives
- Annual personal interviews and career management
- General information meetings
- Suggestion box

  • Investing in employees training and skills development

- Welcoming work-study students and trainees (all levels of study)
- Carrying out the training, accreditation and refresher courses required by law to ensure the safety of employees when carrying out assignments.

Ensuring regulatory compliance and keeping a watchful eye

  • Respecting human rights throughout the value chain
  • Respecting the Labour Code and all applicable regulations in each of the countries in which we operate
  • Protecting individuals' data in the context of personal data processing (GDPR).

Exemplary corporate governance

  • Having in place a Board of Directors that respects and is attentive to good governance practices
  • Being ethical and transparent
  • Annual publication of Corporate Governance Report
  • Combating fraud, corruption and conflicts of interest
  • Respecting the confidentiality (NDA) and intellectual property of goods and data entrusted to us by third parties.

Contributing to the local economy

  • Restaurants and shops, service providers and partners from local actors..

Ensuring the company's growth and sustainability

 

Steering the company through the quality management system and customer requirements

  • Being ISO 9001:2015 certified, a standard that promotes customer awareness and satisfaction, as well as continuous improvement
  • Adopting ethical and transparent business practices.

Applying a fair compensation policy

  • Applying the Metallurgy Collective Bargaining Agreement
  • Retaining and attracting talent through an attractive working environment: pleasant working conditions, social benefits and attractive remuneration.

- Mutual insurance, provident scheme, luncheon vouchers, bonuses, inter-company savings plan, stock options

  • Applying fair compensation rules in our subsidiaries.

Practicing responsible purchasing

  • Applying our supplier selection and qualification procedures
  • Giving preference to local, responsible suppliers
  • Seeking long-term partnerships with our suppliers.

Investing in innovation, research and sustainable development

  • Rejecting any programmed obsolescence in our products, ensuring maximum operational lifetime.

Reducing our environmental impact


 

Optimizing waste management and promoting recycling

  • Internal waste sorting
  • Sorting and specific flows for hazardous products
  • Rational and "just necessary" use of chemicals in our laboratories
  • Service provided by an approved eco-company for the disposal of sorted paper, cardboard, plastic, coffee, neon lights, WEEE and IT equipment.
  • Development of repair processes for defective parts and sale of used parts.

Marketing innovative environmental products

  • With our instruments  we can help customers monitor their emissions of chemical pollutants and optimize resources consumption
  • Saving water, energy and chemical resources
  • Improving our customers' testing and quality processes
  • Reducing wastage of resources in our customers' production processes (reduction in the number of defective batches that should have been destroyed).

Reducing the company's carbon footprint

  • Data dematerialization and continuous improvement of our information system
  • Good daily practices to reduce energy consumption by applying government guidelines:"We act! We're cutting back!"

Turn off lights, limit air conditioning to just what is necessary, switch off unused equipment

  • Greening our offices with plants
  • Extending hardware life - only obsolete hardware is replaced
  • Transition to responsible mobility and communication

- Hybrid company fleet

- Limiting air travel, videoconferencing, voluntary teleworking

- IP business telephony.

Customer reference