ASF, which undertakes to promote equality and diversity, has stepped up its activities focused on recruitment, disabled induction and equal opportunities. In 2008, ASF employees once again worked within the VINCI Foundation to carry out projects supporting local associations that help people overcome social and vocational exclusion.

For many years now ASF has been committed to fostering diversity and equality. Equality of pay
between women and men, measures to induct young people and recruitment of disabled workers are some of the issues addressed as part of its social responsibility as a company.

Promoting diversity and ensuring equal opportunities is another strong focus of this policy. To foster best practices and combat all forms of discrimination, ASF offered Equal Opportunities training to members of the Central Works Council and to all ASF human resources managers.

In 2009 this training will be given to all ASF employees. In 2008, a renewed effort was made to recruit young people at ASF. Several partnerships were developed with schools to draw attention to ASF’s jobs and encourage young people to acquire work experience in the motorway sector.

 For the last seven years, the VINCI Foundation for the Community has been working in the field of
corporate citizenship and solidarity. It establishes links between the world of work and civic associations working to help people in difficulty back into the mainstream and into employment. With an annual budget of B2 million, the Foundation encourages the initiatives taken by these associations, supporting them financially and above all mobilising the expertise of VINCI Group employees. As a VINCI company, ASF encourage its teams to carry out such civic projects with local associations.

Every year, several projects sponsored by ASF employees are submitted to the VINCI Foundation for support. The work done by the employee plays a decisive role in implementing the project. While each project is different, all have the same goal: to enable people in difficulty to re-enter the mainstream, thanks to associations that offer them work. These structures are springboards that
enable them to put together new career plans and then become autonomous. ASF also develops synergies between the world of non-profit associations and the world of motorways. The maintenance of motorway green spaces is one example.

Projects supported in 2008 included help for employees of the Thenon district supporting the Entretien 24 association in Périgueux, which works with people seeking to enter employment, enabling them to clean riverbanks and hiking trails; support by the A89 construction operations department for the Jardin de Cocagne association, which grows and markets organic vegetables; and support by the West-Atlantic Regional Division for the Association d’Aide aux Chômeurs (AssDAC, help for the unemployed), which offers service jobs to socially excluded persons while helping them with their job search. The actions carried out every year forge close ties between ASF employees and the communities lying along the motorway.