Clariane welcomes employees of all backgrounds

Pluralism is valuable and drives us, each and every day, to promote an ever more inclusive organisation. Going beyond the requirements of the law, Clariane is committed to facilitating the professional integration of those who require special attention, and to fostering an in-house culture of openness to difference as part of a caring and respectful approach.

The Group takes account of the diversity of origins given the multiple nationalities represented in all the countries where Clariane operates. In Germany, the number of employees with foreign nationality doubled in 2022. Numerous initiatives have been carried out to take account of the diversity of origins, such as the production of a guide to “living well together” drawn up in France from 2020, the organisation participatory workshops with site directors and human resources managers, and the implementation of a diversity action plan in Belgium which led to the awarding of the “diversity label” for the Brussels region. The action plan implemented since 2020 has included the revision of recruitment procedures, unconscious bias training, and coaching.

Inclusion is also achieved through employment and recruitment. Clariane is a major recruiter in the 700 cities and communities served where the Group is established, and almost 30% of the French apprentices recruited by the Group come from priority urban areas.

Sophie Boissard co-chairs the Collectif d’Entreprises pour une économie plus inclusive (group of companies working in favour of a more inclusive economy), which means that Clariane is committed to a number of solidarity and inclusion initiatives in priority urban areas and via a responsible purchasing policy.

Living well together means enabling every employee to have a successful career path, regardless of their health status or disabilities. Clariane promotes access to and retention of employment for all people with disabilities in the six countries where the Group operates.

Clariane is committed to integrating disabled employees and ensuring that they have the same opportunities as all other employees. In France, the Group has a dedicated disability unit as part of its agreement in favour of the employment of disabled people, which was unanimously renewed in 2024 by the social partners for a period of three years, with the aim of continuing the actions undertaken in several major areas: communication and team awareness, recruitment and integration, training and job retention. Under this agreement, which promotes the integration and retention of disabled employees, 274 people have been recruited or declared disabled since 1 January 2022 (and 174 workstation adjustments and ergonomic studies have been carried out).

Clariane has been a partner of the Hello Handicap virtual recruitment fair since 2019 and holds a dedicated edition every year called Hello Handicap by Clariane. In 2021, a partnership was launched with the Synergie disability unit to offer apprenticeships for care assistants and cooks, and thus enable people with disabilities to develop their professional skills in our sectors of work. Apprenticeship is a key recruitment tool as seventy-eight work-study students with disabilities have joined us since 2021 to prepare the healthcare assistant state diploma or a professional qualification of cook.

Clariane is also highly active in terms of internal awareness-raising and communication and has been a partner of the European Week for the Employment of People with Disabilities alongside LADAPT for many years.

The #StOpE initiative – Stop Ordinary Sexism in the Workplace – was launched in 2018 by Accor, EY and L’Oréal France. Introduced alongside twenty-seven companies, it is the first cross-company initiative dedicated to combating everyday sexism at work. Its aim is to pool efforts, share best practices and encourage the implementation of concrete actions to drive lasting behavioural change.

Placed under the high patronage of the French Ministry for Gender Equality and the Fight Against Discrimination, the initiative has been led and coordinated by AFMD since 2021.

On 25 January 2024, Clariane signed the #StOpE commitment charter, joining a collective of employers and associations committed to preventing and combating everyday sexism in the workplace.

Convinced that everyone should be able to thrive in a respectful and inclusive working environment, the Group is committed to promoting, sharing and implementing concrete awareness-raising, prevention and support initiatives each year in order to sustainably reduce everyday sexism across its activities.