Our commitments

Promoting the well-being of our employees.

 

The individual development of its employees is at the heart of the strategy of the Bonduelle Group, which launched a major workplace conditions survey in 2008 and continues its efforts to optimize their working conditions.

 

For several years Bonduelle has been conducting various prevention and employee professional risk awareness programs. These continuous efforts, the fruits of a joint project undertaken by the human resources department, employees and company doctors resulted at June 30, 2009 in a 22.8 incidence rate and a 0.74 severity rate.

 


Workplace conditions survey

 While employee safety is clearly a priority, their individual development within the Group is also a major area of concern for the shareholders and the executive managers of Bonduelle. Over the years, the Group has changed size, geographical coverage, structure, etc.

All of these changes led the Group’s executive management to launch, in 2008, a workplace conditions survey aimed at improving understanding of employees’perceptions regarding their own situation and their vision for the Group. Conducted by IFOP, an independent French polling and surveys institute, the survey notably revealed that 70% of all employees were happy in their work, with at the top of the list of things with which they were satisfied: their autonomy to carry out their duties, the hours they worked and the responsibility they were granted.

 

Generalizing use of annual performance reviews

83% of employees are proud to be part of the Group, 85%are optimistic about the company’s future, and 63% have had a performance review during the most recent year.
Employees who have taken part in an annual appraisal are twice as positive about their individual position within the Group. At the end of the study, local and Group action plans were established, calling, among other things, for annual performance reviews to be performed for all employees starting in 2009.

 

Improving communication

In response to the stated need of our employees, local communications were also improved in 2009, with the launch of a corporate intranet and a quarterly newsletter providing Group-specific information and the latest news about each plant. Personnel transfers and lists of all job openings are now also posted on line. 

 

Honoring mobility and diversity

 

All these actions are aimed at improving mobility within the Group: in 2008-09, 80% of all available supervisory positions were filled by promotion within the Group.

Thanks to the initiatives undertaken in recent years, 80% of the Group’s managers on the current “Top 50” list were recruited in-house. Moreover, Bonduelle has also long been committed to diversity with regard to the hiring of disabled employees, and in France, in 2009, the Group renewed the Handipol I accord, committing notably to having disabled employees account for at least 6% of the total workforce. Lastly, to contribute to improving the health of its employees by promoting their awareness of the benefits of a balanced diet, Bonduelle launched a Nutrition Kit along with specific training modules designed

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