Encouraging volunteer activities
As our employees are all stakeholders of our society, we have a responsibility to support and encourage their civic engagement.
The commitments of Sixense and its business units go hand in hand with employee engagement in solidarity and citizenship-based initiatives, notably through sponsorship. We also encourage employee civic engagement through local actions and the VINCI Foundation.
With the support of local associations and the VINCI Foundation
The civic engagement of our employees is most meaningful when it is based on local structures that understand local needs. To promote civic engagement, we rely on:
- Promoting the VINCI Foundation among our employees
- Supporting solidarity initiatives
- Sharing good practices
- Organising events with local charities
Acting together to collect waste and protect the oceans
In 2022, Sixense employees in France, United States, Canada and the Middle East took part in the Project Rescue Ocean waste collection challenge. Equipped with gloves and bags provided by the association, they travelled in small groups, sometimes with their families, to beaches and places near their homes to take part in a challenge lasting several months, organised by our holding company Soletanche Freyssinet and relayed by our environment teams.
The Project Rescue Ocean association organises eco-citizen actions on beaches and inland. Its aim is simple: to raise public awareness on the state of the environment, the seas, and the oceans. Project Rescue Ocean is officially recognised by UNESCO World Heritage.
400+ kg of waste collected by our teams on beaches and inland by 2022
Investing in helping others
It is easy for our employees to get involved in voluntary work with community associations. In France, the VINCI Foundation regularly provides information on these opportunities. This platform connects interested employees with partners who facilitate their participation in various solidarity activities, such as homework help through local associations such as Proxité.
Taking part in solidarity actions during the “on-boarding day”
Every year since 2021, employees who have recently joined Sixense’s French business units are invited to an “on-boarding day”.
The last 4 editions were held in the Parisian premises of a specialised cooking school, founded by the famous French chef Thierry Marx for people who have been excluded from the labour market, and in partnership with La Tablée des Chefs, an association whose mission is to combat food insecurity and raise awareness regarding food waste. During these solidarity cooking workshops, employees prepared full meals (starters, main courses and desserts), which were then distributed the same evening to people in need, in partnership with other local charity organisations in Paris.
650 meals prepared between 2021 and 2023