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SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIETAL RESPONSIBILITY1) Social informationGuerbet's responsible social policy governing labour relations is based on core principles of Balanced, Fairand Ethical business practices in turn organised around five major areas: Diversity, Prevention,Recognition, Commitment and Responsibility.Guerbet affirms its rights, while developing with a constant commitment to respecting people, organisations,laws and the environment in full transparency. It guarantees the rights of employees while ensuring theyremain focused on fulfilling their obligations in the day-to-day performance of their duties.Guerbet applies a sustainable development approach and seeks to ensure a balance between the interestsof all internal and external stakeholders in its development (economic, environmental, operational).a) EmploymentWithin the framework of the GPEC forward-looking employment and skills management initiative, Guerbethas produced a map of its activities. Its purpose is to provide a global vision of the different activities withinthe company, notably through standard job descriptions that are regularly updated. This mapping system ispresented in the form of a scalable webpage. It displays the different careers possible within a business lineand as such represents a tool that contributes to internal mobility.• Total workforce and breakdown by gender, age and geographic regionAt 31 December 2012, Guerbet had 1,374 employees throughout the world on permanent contractsincluding 415 employees at its17 international subsidiaries.The European subsidiaries have a total workforce on permanent contracts of 184 employees. Guerbet has62 employees on permanent contracts working at its Asian subsidiaries, 141 in Brazil and Mexico and 28 inthe United States.In France, the Guerbet parent company has a workforce on permanent contracts of 825 employees plus 94at its subsidiary Simafex 94 and 40 at Medex.In France, the breakdown of employees on permanent contracts of Guerbet Group by location is as follows:- 605 in the greater Paris region;- 220 in Lanester (Morbihan);- 94 in Marans (Charente-Maritime);- 40 in Saint-Priest (Rhône).Women represent 43% of Guerbet Group's total workforce. For the international subsidiaries, womenaccount for 46% of the employees, with 42% at the level of the French entities.The average age of employees of the Guerbet Group is 43 both at the level of French entities andinternational subsidiaries. For the latter, there nevertheless exist disparities with respect to age. In effect,the average age for Guerbet employees is 38 for South Korea, 39 for Brazil, 46 for Germany and 52 forBelgium.60