Fostering diversity and fighting discrimination

Because our operations are anchored in local communities, our workforce shows a high level of diversity. Our aim is to maintain this diversity at every tier of the Group and to ensure that each individual is a candidate for internal promotion. [i]

Promoting employment of disabled people

In France and progressively throughout the world, Lafarge is pursuing an active policy to promote the integration of disabled people within the workforce through various means:

• from 1999 to 2005: three biannual meetings with the AGEFIPH helped to develop integration programs, to keep the disabled in employment and to improve outsourcing agreements with the sheltered sector. Over the past two years, 109 people have benefited from an integration contract and 15 from an internship.
• 2005: a specific program was developed and opened up to all the Group's Business Units to protect jobs and 11 training sessions were conducted on this subject.

The percentage of disabled workers at December 31, 2005 stood at 1%. 27 disabled workers were hired in 2005. [ii]

Monitoring our performance - diversity

In 2005 13.3% of business units pursued affirmative hiring or career development for the disabled.[iii]

Lafarge CSR Report 2005

Sources

1. [i] Lafarge CSR Report 2005, p.28
2. [ii] Lafarge CSR Report 2005, p.28. AGEFIPH is a French association managing a fund for the integration of disabled people.
3. [iii] Lafarge CSR Report 2005, p.42