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Where does diversity stand in businesses in the PACA region? Organized with the support of the General Secretariat of the Diversity Charter, the Prefecture of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region, DIRECCTE, DRJSCS, the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region, the Regional Delegation for Women’s Rights and Equality, UPR PACA, and regional business networks, these awards recognized companies with innovative or exemplary actions in favor of diversity.
Five prizes were awarded: a Gender Equality Prize, an Integration Policy Prize, a Diversity Policy Prize, and two Disability Policy Prizes.
Two of these prizes were awarded to companies from the Alpes-Maritimes, the Gender Equality Prize to Amadeus, and the Integration Policy Prize to Veolia Eau.
Gender Equality Prize: AMADEUS (2,700 employees), presented by Françoise RASTIT, Regional Delegate for Women’s Rights and Equality, and Joëlle CLARY, member of the Essenti’elles EDF Women’s Network.
The largest employer on the Côte d’Azur, Amadeus is committed to setting an example in professional equality. In a predominantly male sector, the company has implemented an ambitious and innovative Gender Equality program for over four years.
Recruitment tools, the remuneration system, and access to training have been revised to ensure equal treatment for all. The company also ensures a fair balance in parity in its internal communication.
Work time flexibility and the balance with personal life have been rethought by offering part-time and telecommuting options to employees, encouraging the use of paternity leave, and offering 27 nursery spots in a multi-company nursery for parents.
Thanks to these actions, employee motivation and commitment regarding well-being at work are positively evolving within the company.
Integration Policy Prize: VEOLIA EAU – Nice Site (500 employees), presented by Patrice RUSSAC, Regional Director of DIRECCTE PACA.
As part of its social commitment, the Alpes-Maritimes Center of Veolia Eau implements a policy against the exclusion of vulnerable populations.
At the Nice Super Rimiez drinking water production plant site, concrete actions are being implemented for disadvantaged groups:
– The regular maintenance of 6 hectares of green spaces in the plant park by people with disabilities;
– A 600 m² solidarity vegetable garden is cultivated by young people in integration;
– The harvest of olives from the 200 olive trees in the park and the production of oil by young people out of school within the framework of integration projects;
– The creation of information panels in mosaic by the Mosaicities association as part of integration projects;
– The renovation work of the plant by adults in professional integration courses;
– Regular presentations of environmental and water-related professions to job seekers for over a year in collaboration with the Marine World Exploration Center association.
