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B U S I N E S S A N D S U S T A I N A B L E D E V E L O P M E N T R E P O R T<br />
2010<br />
CIVIL SOCIETY: ALL INVOLVED<br />
AT THE MOOCA SITE IN SÃO PAULO, GROUPE <strong>SEB</strong> EMPLOYEES HELP<br />
WITH GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES fOR 32 YOUNG PEOPLE : fIVE<br />
YOUTHS ALREADY HIRED<br />
PROMOTING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY<br />
Committed to encouraging diversity within its own workforce, <strong>the</strong><br />
Group also carries this message into <strong>the</strong> community. It does this<br />
in particular through educational institutions at several levels: in<br />
<strong>the</strong> high school classrooms of deprived areas it offers a perspective<br />
on <strong>the</strong> world of work; in universities and advanced institutes<br />
it draws <strong>the</strong> attention of potential future managers to <strong>the</strong> importance<br />
of respecting difference and appreciating <strong>the</strong> wealth of<br />
diversity. At local level, <strong>the</strong> Group’s entities participate in discussions<br />
on this <strong>the</strong>me – as in Burgundy, France, in November 2010<br />
at a get-toge<strong>the</strong>r with young entrepreneurs from inner-city areas.<br />
This message in favour of diversity is fully in line with <strong>the</strong> work<br />
of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Groupe</strong> <strong>SEB</strong> Foundation in promoting social integration.<br />
ANOTHER VIEW Of HANDICAP<br />
Ryadh Sallem, three times European wheelchair<br />
basketball champion, President of <strong>the</strong> CAPSAAA<br />
Association (CAP Sport Art Aventure Amitié)<br />
“So long as we have <strong>the</strong> right tools to compensate for our handicap, we<br />
can perform extremely well. That is as true in sport as it is in business!”<br />
This is easy to believe for anyone who has seen European wheelchair<br />
basketball champion Ryadh Sallem in action on a court. He is also<br />
President of CAPSAAA, an association for <strong>the</strong> alleviation of handicap<br />
and for promoting awareness of handicap via sport. On <strong>the</strong> initiative of<br />
<strong>Groupe</strong> <strong>SEB</strong>, Ryadh Sallem hosted a meeting of Group employees in<br />
Lyon in April 2010. A basketball match was organized between mixed<br />
teams of able and handicapped players in wheelchairs. The CAPSAAA<br />
players also put on an exhibition match to show <strong>the</strong>ir talent. “Too often,<br />
we associate handicap with suffering and failure. The point was to get<br />
rid of this received idea.” That this goal was achieved was clear from<br />
conversations with <strong>the</strong> participants, who appreciated <strong>the</strong> experience.<br />
A visit to <strong>the</strong> Pont-Evêque factory<br />
as part of a partnership project with<br />
‘Sport dans la ville’.<br />
A basketball match between handicapped<br />
players and <strong>Groupe</strong> <strong>SEB</strong> employees.