Our commitment

Operating in a responsible and ethical manner

Manage our operations responsibly in accordance with the group's values, assess and truthfully report on our performance to shareholders and all stakeholders.



Main objectives

Implement an international e-learning program to raise ethics awareness among group employees
Participate proactively in discussion groups - led by the "Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights" - on the integration within companies of human rights issues
Integrate respect for human rights into the group's decision-making processes.

Some carried out actions

A charter supported and implemented by all
AREVA adopted a Values Charter, after collective deliberations by management and upon recommendation of the Science and Ethics Committee. Translated into 11 languages, the Charter defines the group's values through action principles and rules of conduct.

To support this Charter, the group has deployed training programs, such as:
seminars on ethics and values awareness aiming at group managers
an e-learning module, based on role-play, to make employees aware of the conduct to be adopted.

Each year, group executives commit by signing a letter of compliance with the Values Charter and by reporting on actions taken.

Strengthening the promotion of human rights
In its preamble, the AREVA Values Charter refers explicitly to the need to respect and promote human rights. The group has increased its involvement by:
integrating sustainable development commitments into the supply chain: suppliers make a commitment by signing a contractual document
promoting social diversity: AREVA seeks to integrate this element into its management system, as well as within its continuous improvement tools and processes.

Some figures

335 group managers had followed ethics training by the end of 2006
Innovest, a non-financial rating agency, evaluated the group's social and environmental performance and practices. In 2006, Innovest gave the group an A rating on a scale from A to D.

Consult the Innovest ratings for 2005 and 2006

Focus

Strengthening the sense of belonging around the group's values
A founding governance principle involves sharing the group's vision and values with the largest possible number of employees.

Among the means used, AREVA University offers the "Sustainable Generation" program, which mobilizes managers to implement practical projects related to sustainable development issues (balancing private/professional life, sharing knowledge, reducing CO2 emissions, etc.).