Somaca issued the following announcement on May 18.

As World Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia was held yesterday and despite a strong awareness over the past ten years, there is still a lot to do to combat violence and discrimination against LGBT + people. By signing the “Free & Equal” charter of the United Nations and by offering training on inclusive management, the Renault Group is making its contribution.

Treat everyone equally regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, help and support employees so that they feel included, respected and valued, contribute to a more inclusive society inside and outside. outside the company. It is for all these reasons that the Renault Group has joined the companies that have signed the UN charter "Free & Equal".

The founding principles of this charter ask to support equal rights and the fair treatment of LBGT + * people in companies. Among these standards of conduct decreed by the United Nations, is the end of discrimination in the workplace, but also in commercial operations for customers and the public. The charter also encourages companies to defend the rights of LGBT + people in the countries where they are established, including by promoting and supporting local associations.

Business decisions, whether in human resources, investment, procurement, and even marketing, can have a real, sometimes profound, impact on human rights.

Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Half a million individuals interact in the physical and virtual workplaces of the Renault Group, as part of our Alliance with Nissan and Mitsubishi as well as with our many partners around the world.

There is still a long way to go before inclusion is a reality for everyone, without exception. We are all committed to this common goal and our progress is constant, with the firm conviction that diversity makes us stronger.

Francois Roger, Director of Human Resources, Real Estate Prevention and Protection and General Services, Groupe Renault

INCLUDE ALL DIVERSITIES WITHIN THE COMPANY

Accepting differences is a lever for individual well-being. This allows everyone to be themselves and work in a more serene environment. The worlds of professional and personal life are closely linked. We don't decide to leave our sexual orientation or gender identity at home in the morning before going to work. If diversity as such is not a performance criterion, promoting and integrating it clearly contributes to it.

THE ONE WHO MOVES THE MOUNTAIN IS THE ONE WHO STARTS TO REMOVE THE SMALL STONES

A company cannot undoubtedly alone transform the society in which it operates, but it can take measures to sanction discrimination, fight against stereotypes, support internal networks or events, educate employees to enforce rights people, use their influence to act positively.

Recognizing everyone in their differences thus helps build a business in which everyone feels heard, recognized and supported.

SUPPORTING CHANGE WITH TRAINING ON INCLUSIVE MANAGEMENT

Under the leadership of Valérie Hallouin, member of the internal network We're OutStandInG to support LGBT + people in the company, the Human Resources Department of France is at the origin of a “pilot” training on inclusive management. It was born in December 2019.

Valérie Hallouin, then Head of Training Management Product and Fabienne Schaffhauser, Head of Training Department relied on business inclusion experts for its design.

At the same time, Sylvie Dugenest, Project Manager and Anne Sophie Belloc, HR Academy Project Manager have formed within Groupe Renault an incubator that works on biases and stereotypes in the company.

What is the genesis of this training?

This training was born from a shared desire: to make the HR function a major player in inclusion, to have an influencing role with employees and help them become aware of their own stereotypes and their impacts.

It was also born out of an observation: many “job” training courses available to Group employees develop transversal skills via digital modules such as “international”, “multicultural”, etc. but few deal with inclusion in depth.

How to raise awareness on the subject of diversity and inclusion and how is this training different from others?

Educating employees through training actions allows everyone to listen better, understand each other and give way to more dynamic collectives. This avoids frustration and facilitates engagement and motivation.

Within the Renault Group, they can already raise awareness on the subject of diversity via a serious game , digital format, modules on diversity or access to conferences of experts like that of Pete Stone, one of the most recognized in France on the subjects of Diversity and Inclusion.

Our new training on inclusion is a little different and aims to enrich this journey, around the two key words interaction and adaptation. It is a two-stage face-to-face training that leaves space for reflection between each session. It deals in depth with the theme of inclusion via a very open concept to approach the practices of managers and share examples from the field.

A session has already taken place with two highlights in December 2019 and in January 2020 and managers have praised it because it responded to their problems with these very concrete scenarios.

What are your deployment prospects?

The UN Charter to which we adhere is international. Our ambition is that this training can benefit all employees because we want it to contribute to the transformation of the Group as a whole.

On the other hand, we want each country to be able to adapt it to its local specificities and its maturity on the subject. Each country can draw inspiration from the spirit and specifications and build with its local experts and trainers the system that best suits its reality on the ground.

* LGBT +: The terms "lesbian", "gay", "bisexual" (or "bi") refer to individuals who are attracted to people of the same sex; the term "transgender" (or "trans"), individuals whose gender identity differs from the sex assigned to them at birth and the term "intersex", those whose sexual characteristics do not correspond to the binary concept of male or female body.

Original source: https://group.renault.com/news-onair/actualites/lutte-contre-la-discrimination-des-lgbt-le-groupe-renault-sengage-et-signe-la-charte-de-lonu-free-and-equal/