Alstef Group’s Commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility: Leading the Way to a Sustainable Future

 In 2023, Alstef Group is taking steps to improve its corporate responsibility by setting targets to reduce its Greenhouse Gas emissions. This initiative starts with an assessment of its facilities in France and New Zealand, resulting in a plan to address key emission sources, including our systems, procurement strategies, and travel practices.

 Alstef Group is actively implementing its holistic strategy to reduce environmental impact, which includes the following pivotal initiatives:

 System Installation and Support:

• Applying an eco-conscious product design strategy with a global perspective to promote sustainability throughout our system’s lifecycle.
• Prioritizing and advocating for products with minimal environmental footprints, driving responsible consumption and waste management.
• Incorporating energy-saving measures to curtail energy consumption, thereby reducing our carbon footprint.
• Championing predictive maintenance technology to enhance the longevity of our installed systems, while concurrently optimizing energy efficiency through data-driven insights.

Procurement:

• Embracing an eco-design-oriented procurement policy that emphasizes environmentally responsible choices.
• Initiating awareness campaigns among our suppliers, highlighting the core values of our sustainable procurement policy and encouraging their active participation via a supplier ethics charter.
• Strategically designing our supply chain based on stringent environmental criteria to minimize our ecological impact.

Travel:

• Evolving our mobility plan with a strong focus on advocating the use of public transportation, electric vehicles, carpooling, or sustainable means of commuting for shorter distances.

These resolute commitments reflect Alstef Group’s unwavering dedication to a sustainable and responsible future, where corporate social responsibility takes centre stage.

Alstef Group companies – Alstef Mobile Robotics (previously BA Systèmes) and Alstef Automation SAS – are both EcoVadis accredited.

Alstef Mobile Robotics has renewed a silver medal for the third time consecutively and Alstef Automation obtained a gold medal for its third accreditation. Their score places them it among the top 25% of companies rated by Ecovadis.

Top 4% for Alstef Mobile Robotics in the business sector “manufacture of special-purpose machinery”.

Top 5% for Alstef Automation SAS across all business sectors.

The evaluation is based on four main categories: Environment, Social & Human Rights, Ethics and Responsible Purchasing. Alstef Group is fully committed to the continuous improvement of its social, human and environmental initiatives.

Alstef Group is committed to an eco-responsible approach based on continuous innovation and an ambitious R&D program, in order to offer ever more durable and sustainable solutions.

Because our employees are at the heart of Alstef Group’s life, we make it a point of honor to celebrate our successes and organize activities throughout the year: festive events, awareness workshops, Clean walks, sports races… This is an opportunity to reinforce well-being at work and to participate collectively in actions in favor of local and environmental associations.

Each event offers unique and memorable moments for everyone, while strengthening team cohesion.

Alstef Group is committed to equal opportunity employment with a dedicated charter to ensure there is no discrimination in our HR practices. We also have a dedicated focus on ensuring employee satisfaction, measure through an annual benchmarking survey, and maintained through initiatives generated from survey responses.

Alstef Group employs on average, over 30 apprentices each year and as a global business, offers a wide variety of travel and training opportunities.

Historically and today, more than ever, Alstef Group offers investment in the support of its employee’s wellbeing through sponsorship of sports, associative or cultural activities outside the workplace with a shared mutual value of supporting our teams.

Alstef Group sponsors the Basketball club of Boigny-sur-Bionne, close to the company’s headquarters in Boigny-sur-Bionne, France.

In Auckland, New Zealand, we have sponsored our Corporate Dragon Boating team in annual tournaments for four years running where the team has placed in the top four each year. In Lima, Peru, the Group supports its Operations and Maintenance – football team.

Employees are regularly encouraged to nominate their local team or club for sponsorship:

For the year 2022/2023, Alstef Group is partner of the association Alliance Canoë Kayak Centre Val de Loire, the association Loir’Espoir Athlé, and sponsors the project “un cour, un filet” launched by the Ille et Vilaine Volleyball Committee. We also support Kokan Ngo childrens charity India.

We have also been supporting the Open Paratennis of Loiret since 2022. We are delighted to collaborate with other sponsors and contribute to this initiative that promotes inclusion for all and enables everyone to reach their full potential, regardless of their disabilities.

We are committed to continuing our support for events and causes that place the well-being of individuals at the core of our concerns.

Alstef Group hosts three beehives on its site in Boigny-sur-Bionne, France.

Bees play a hugely important role in our ecosystem but our dear foragers are under threat. For several years, honey production has been on the decline.

Alstef Group has therefore chosen to install beehives. By taking action for biodiversity in favor of bees, in an environment that favors the development of fauna and flora, we wish to contribute to environmental sustainability.

It is also an opportunity to participate in local life and associations, by promoting the development of our partner, the association L’abeille Olivetaine, and by responding to a mission of general interest in the town of Boigny-sur-Bionne, which has the label “flowered city”.

Since 2019, Alstef Group has been sponsoring French athlete Mathilde Sénéchal in a partnership formed around energy and performance. This high-level runner is aspiring to participate in the 2024 Olympics in Paris (#objectifparis2024).

Mathilde Sénéchal has been selected for several international competitions and is on the French national team. As part of the ATHLE 2024 program and in partnership with the Performance Pact Foundation, Alstef Group supports the athlete in her sports and professional development. Mathilde is a student at the Law Faculty of Lyon while also pursuing her sporting career at AJ Blois-Onzain in the 5000 meters (middle distance).

Pierre Marol, president of Alstef Group, explains: “Mathilde is a remarkable young woman. We were won over by her dedication, her energy, and of course her performance! We are very happy to stand beside her in her projects, and to contribute to the performance of French sport”.

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