Healthcare and employee protection **
Objective:
- Improve social protection for all staff
Priorities for 2009:
- Develop humanitarian and social (health) projects to help those employee categories that are particularly vulnerable
- Support the HIV Committees in the Group’s African subsidiaries in the implementing their programmes for prevention
Highlights in 2008:
- The Group’s 11 African subsidiaries presented their HIV prevention programmes to their employees and their families
- Publication of an educational guide to HIV/AIDS for the children of the staff of the Group’s African subsidiaries on the 20th anniversary of World AIDS day *
- Post-trauma medical and psychological support for the victims or witnesses of attacks
- Monitoring food hygiene in the Group’s canteens
- Safeguarding the health of employees (annual medical check-ups, permanent medical unit at the head office, specific monitoring of the health of expatriate employees, etc.)
- The provision of information and screening as part of public health programs (tobacco, sleeping disorders, etc.)
Staff throughout Société Générale Group benefit from extensive health and invalidity cover, which in many countries goes beyond the minimum legal requirements.
The International Retail Banking launched a development programme in 11 african subsidiaries (sub-saharian) for social welfare concerning 4,000 staff members and totalling 15,000 beneficiaries. It aims to improve healthcare, pension plans and insurance policies in case of death or invalidity of the staff member.
Moreover, the subsidiaries in this countries are strongly involved in raising awareness and prevention programmes against fast spreading epidemics (such as HIV/AIDS and malaria) as well as in vaccination campaigns.
A similar project covering Eastern Europe is under study. ---------------------------------
* Verified by Ernst & Young (see Statutory Auditors' Report ) **As per our commitment under the Global Compact