Ensuring the safety of Axens’ teams and subcontractors is not only a moral obligation, but also a performance factor: it is the same mindset that keeps people safe, fosters excellence in operations and pride in a job well done. Without this pillar, there is no solid foundation on which to build.

It is important to acknowledge that Axens’ business carries risks. In order to reduce these risks, rules and standards must be put in place and behavior that protects employees must be encouraged. Axens Health and Safety Management System includes objectives based around two axes:

• Safety on Axens industrial sites
  Axens makes every effort to guarantee the health and safety of its staff, that of the subcontracting companies and other interested parties on all its sites.
   
• Safety on Axens subcontractors and client sites
  Axens also takes into account the health, safety requirements and the safe working conditions of all its processes and its products, from conception to utilization, to eliminate / reduce harm to its staff or to that of its clients or subcontractors.

Axens’ goals are ambitious and its standards are high, but the Group has all the assets and expertise it needs to guide its customers through their transformation to meet their objectives, while it advances its own decarbonization. That value to its customers, combined with its resolute determination, gives Axens the strength and legitimacy to take action to protect the environment.

At Axens, engaged teams are the first performance factor. The Human Resources policy focuses on the sustainable development of the skills needed to carry out its current and future activities and adapt to social, environmental and economic issues.

Cultivating Equity is a fundamental commitment of Axens' Human Resources ambition, including professional equality between men and women, contributing to the sustainability of the company's economic and social performance.

Axens has been committed for several years to professional equality between women and men, as a pillar of our commitments in terms of equity and a vector of long-term performance.

In France, every year companies with at least 50 employees must calculate and publish their Gender Equality Index on their website.

The Axens' index for 2023 is 92/100. The index assesses the level of equality between women and men out of 100 points, based on the following criteria:

• Gender remuneration gap: for 2023, Axens scored 37/40, up one point on the 2022 score
• Individual pay rise distribution gap: for 2023, Axens maintained its score of 20/20
• Number of employees receiving raises on return from maternity leave: for 2023, Axens maintained its score of 15/15
• Parity among the 10 highest earners: for 2023, Axens is stable at 5/10
• Promotion distribution gap: for 2023, Axens maintains its score of 15/15

In mid 2017 a women’s internal professional network called TW’In (Together We are Inspired) was set up in the Group’s headquarters in Rueil. This network is a space for sharing, reflecting and seeking inspiration to promote diversity at every level in the company. The network is backed by members of the Company’s Executive Committee and based on values of optimism, open-mindedness, sharing, caring and commitment. Today, TW’In has 200 members in Rueil (HQ) among which 30% are men. Given its success, TW’In will be deployed in Axens Regional Operational Centers around the world. 

In addition, Axens is taking the action outside the company's walls and in partnership with the Elles Bougent association is reaching out to junior and senior high school students to foster technical and scientific vocations among girls.

Raising awareness on climate change and natural resources depletion is also one of Axens teams' major concern: in 2020, an internal professional network, PlaNet’, was launched to support environmental actions. Backed by members of the Company’s Executive Committee, this network comprises employees who wish to take action on environmental issues. Currently it has over 200 members. The PlaNet’ network offers educational conferences to Axens employees (3 to 4 per year) and also participates in environmental actions on the Hanami site (Axens headquarters) such as electric bicycles sale, for example.

Moreover, Axens has Axens has implemented a number of actions in support of the work of people with disabilities, including outsourcing certain activities to adapted companies and occasional use of service providers.

Axens is concerned, in the event of a disability, to ensure that employees remain employed.

Axens has pledged to aim ever higher in order to help its customers achieve their ambitions. To reach this level of excellence, Axens is committed to providing all its employees with the training they need to do their job, expand their skill set, or support their professional advancement. The Axens Group rolls out its training programs within the budget set throughout each employee's career, regardless of age or function.