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Corporate Social Responsibility societe generale group 2013 Responsible employer: Diversity and employability ■■Cooperation from the General Inspection, in order to join the team that conducts audit and consulting missions on all of the Group’s activities in France and abroad on behalf of the General Management. In 2012, this cooperation allowed 25 young graduates of 9 different nationalities to join the General Inspection. Training MyLearning Access to the different training offers is facilitated by the Group MyLearning platform, which was set up in 2010. The platform notably allows the development of e-learning within the Group’s French and international subsidiaries. In 2012, 173,881 e-learning sessions were distributed throughout the world by the Group’s training teams. MyLearning is part of the Group’s ambition to provide each employee with the best possible training for their position by providing custom-designed courses. Since November 2012, each employee can use MyLearning to gain access to the Group training catalogue, which provides a comprehensive view of the available training. Training and information about risks In addition, in 2012, the Group’s training division initiated a series of actions to streamline and optimise risk training and information, in keeping with the approach to revitalise the risk culture of the ERM (Enterprise Risk Management) programme. Several priority actions were conducted: homogenisation of the risk training offer within the Group, the creation of new risk training, and the launch of an intranet site open to all Group employees where they can assess their knowledge about the various risks to which the Group may be exposed, access a document collection, and identify the risk training. Qualifying courses In France, the Cursus Cadre, an 18-month training programme, enables highpotential employees to obtain “cadre” status, thereby preparing them for greater responsibility, possibly including team leadership. It is an internal tool that fosters equal opportunity for advancement in the company and helps ensure diversity among employees who achieve executive status. The programme is currently open to all Societe Generale France employees, regardless of their division, as the content of the training applies to all business lines and case studies come from across the Group. Passerell’E, a 10-month qualifying course, is designed to help employees with their skills development in order to achieve France’s banking classification Level E. Since its overhaul in 2012 (formerly TMB: banking professions), it features new teaching content that is suited to all Group divisions. These two courses are constructed around varied apprenticeship methods and alternate between in-person and distance training. They are an effective vector for employee development: in 2012, a total of 561 employees of Societe Generale SA in France completed these qualifying courses1. 173,881 e-learning sessions distributed by Societe Generale in 2012 41 www.csr.societegenerale.com throughout the world (1) Cursus Cadres, Passerell’E, and the final TMB graduates (before modification of the programme).


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