2007 Interactive Registration Document - Renault

“VALUED CITIZENS” PROGRAM IN SOUTH AFRICA
Renault has been a key sponsor of the Valued Citizens initiative in South Africa
since 2001. The program’s aim is to use the public schools to develop a sense of
responsible citizenship in young people and by doing so, create a culture based
on the values and principles established in the South African Constitution.
The program helps teachers and school principals to strengthen students’
confi dence and self-esteem. As a result, they take pride in their school and
become aware of their potential, which in turn builds a stronger democratic
culture and greater openness to the surrounding world. The idea is to develop
an environment conducive to a respect for human rights, with the broader
objective of fostering a fl ourishing civil society in South Africa.
Over the previous seven years, the Valued Citizens program was taught in
2,385 primary and secondary schools in townships, rural and urban areas in
Gauteng, Free State, and Limpopo Provinces. These multiracial, multiethnic and
multilingual public schools embody the Rainbow Nation. Renault is proud to
contribute to expanding the program, which has reached more than 395,000
students and more than 3,350 teachers and school principals since it was
started.
RENAULT RETAIL GROUP’S HUMANITARIAN AND SOCIAL
ASSISTANCE FUND
Since it was set up in 2003, the humanitarian and social assistance fund
of Renault Retail Group (formerly REAGROUP till year- end 2007), Renault’s
European distribution subsidiary, has fi nanced more than 50 projects run by
non-profi t organizations. These are humanitarian activities, concentrated in
France, Africa and Asia. Renault Retail Group’s work in 2007 included:
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emergency humanitarian assistance (it created a shelter for street children
in Mopti (Mali) with Planète Urgence and the Fondation Abbé Pierre);
health assistance (it continued to provide pharmaceutical supplies to the
dispensary that it created in Senegal);
alleviating serious illnesses (it helped set up a support structure for people
with Parkinson’s disease);
education and training (Aide et Action, Enfants de l’Ovale with Philippe
Sella);
fair trade (micro-projects in Africa and India);
humanitarian missions: Renault Retail Group funds a humanitarian mission
for a staff member who uses his/her skills to train local people in Africa with
Planète Urgence. Since 2004, Renault Retail Group has provided funding
for 14 employees to run training programs in Mali (12 in mechanics and
two in offi ce skills).
These activities earned Renault Retail Group a nomination in the HR Initiatives
2007 competition sponsored by Le Figaro, L’Express and Hudson.
✦ Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Directives
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SOCIAL PERFORMANCE
WOMEN FOR EDUCATION: PROMOTING WOMEN’S
EDUCATION AND DIVERSITY
In conjunction with its participation in the Women’s Forum this year, Renault
sponsored “Women for Education”, a contest created by the ELLE Foundation
in support of education and training for women around the world. Renault’s
chairman presented the award along with a donation to the winning project – a
program of education and training for Afghan girls and women that will be
carried out by the association Afghanistan Libre at Pagham, in the province
of Kabul.
This initiative is part of a broader Renault policy aimed at developing training
programs and promoting diversity in the company and more generally in the
surrounding community.
OTHER EXAMPLES OF SPONSORSHIP BY FOREIGN
SUBSIDIARIES
In Belgium, several vehicles were lent to UNICEF.
CACIA (Portugal) made donations to local theaters.
Renault UK lent cars for events organized by the charitable association
Barnardo’s, which cares for disadvantaged children.
Renault REVOZ (Slovenia) made donations to help purchase equipment for the
Novo Mesto hospital, to support a clean-up operation on the Krka River, and to
buy books for setting up French courses.
In Colombia, the Sofasa made a donation to the Fondation Vision Mundial,
which helps disadvantaged children, for each Renault Logan sold during a
three-month period.
In Brazil, there were numerous sponsorship initiatives: gifts and the loan of
vehicles to a social and food assistance program; the donation of over 96 tons
of goods (food, clothing, furniture, medications, etc.) for distribution to the
inhabitants of communities in northern and northeastern Brazil; fi nancial and
material support for the development of a primary school and an environmental
education program, along with the setting up of a selective waste collection
system, etc.
Renault Iran made several donations, including one to an association that
organizes sports events to collect money to help children suffering from cancer
and to support a French-Iranian music group.
In South Korea, donations were made to help the elderly, orphans, and disaster
victims, and tree-planting operations were carried out in the village of Shin-Ho
with local residents.
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