Global Compact International Yearbook 2009

CapGemini-Naandi Collaborative Partnership
help others strengthens our team spirit,
improves communication, and gives us
a better understanding of the communities
around us.
Capgemini has a strong desire to support
diversity – gender diversity in particular.
We believe that diversity and the
elimination of discrimination are key to
our long-term business health. Working
with the Naandi Foundation and supporting
education for girls in India has
made gender-specific issues more visible
to all employees and gives our people
the opportunity to be actively involved.
This too supports our commitment to
the first and the sixth principles of the
UN Global Compact, which concern the
protection of internationally proclaimed
Human Rights and the elimination of
discrimination with respect to employment
and occupation.
Our partnership with the Naandi Foundation
offers Indian girls dignity, education,
equality, and empowerment – the same
attributes that our people seek for themselves
and the company they work with.
Through our community programs, we
have the ability to bring the UN Global
Compact principles, our values, and our
own business principles alive.
Capgemini’s community focus
Aligning our corporate responsibility and
sustainability approach with our corporate
strategy provides benefits through
enhanced reputation, greater consumer
and employer brand-awareness, as well
as attracting and increasing employee
engagement, which have a longer-lasting
and more effective impact on the community.
At the heart of our business strategy,
we focus on creating a diverse, engaged,
and skilled workforce; developing strong
client relationships; developing our Rightshore®
approach; and supporting the
development of India as a long-term and
viable business location.
Our initiatives are aligned to three core
themes: Education – our conviction
is that education is the key to helping
countries and communities develop;
Diversity – a source of richness and
competitive advantage; Growth – our
growth in the developing world brings
specific duties and is especially relevant
for our current strategy in India.
Our partnership with the Naandi Foundation
is strongly aligned with our business
purpose and community strategy.
Not only does it make business-sense
and ensures employee engagement and
motivation, we are above all supporting
the education of many girls in India and
have a positive community impact.
Enabling cultural understanding
and awareness
Our corporate strategy and Rightshore®
approach has enabled us to work with
countries such as India. Our partnership
has enabled us to change the way we
think and embrace multiculturalism
as we become a truly open and diverse
company that is focussed on changing
the lives of the girls we support.
As a global multicultural company, we
celebrate many different religious festivities.
For the last two years, we have run
a holiday season e-card initiative lasting
from Diwali to the Chinese New Year
(taking in Christmas, Eid, Hanukkah,
and Thanksgiving). In the initiative, our
people are invited to send e-cards to family,
friends, colleagues, and clients. For
every 1000 e-cards sent, the Capgemini
Group funded the education of a girl in
India. Last year 75,000 e-cards were sent
and this year 113,000 e-cards. The e-card
artwork used was made by the girls in
India through various Art Camps run
by Capgemini Germany and Norway, in
which our people spend a day working
with the children on art pieces.
Capgemini also actively promotes International
Women’s Day around the
Group and we ran an online campaign in
support of the Naandi Foundation. Our
people were invited to express support
for the Nanhi Kali initiative through a
simple online click – for every 250 clicks,
“Government statistics in India
reveal that only three out of
10 girls who enter elementary
school complete 10 years of basic
education. Research has shown
that the reason for this dropout
may be as minor as the girl child
not being able to afford a uniform
to go to school and could include
more complex factors like girls
taking on the responsibility of
household chores at a very
young age as a result of gender
stereotyping”
Nanhi Kali Project, 2009
the Group supported the education of
a girl in India, translating into 33 more
girls who received support.
Our simple but effective e-card and click
campaigns have allowed us to demonstrate
that, although we may have a consistent
delivery model across the Group,
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Global Compact International Yearbook 2009