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Mission Handicap

Our engagement towards people with disabilities in France

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Introduction

Mission Handicap was established by Technip Energies France to place the issue of disability among its human resources and ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) priorities. The objective of Mission Handicap is to implement the guidelines adopted by Technip Energies France to ensure the continued employment and professional integration of people with disabilities in France.

Challenge

Promoting a fair, diverse and inclusive work culture leads to more innovative, efficient and successful teams. To that end, embracing all types of diversities in our workforce is ultimately beneficent for the whole organization, not just the right thing to do as per our global diversity and inclusion standards.

At Technip Energies France, the actions to foster inclusion of people with disabilities are divided into four main axes:​

  1. Recruitment and integration of disabled people
  2. Job retention
  3. Awareness, communication, and training
  4. Responsible purchasing

Solutions

Recruitment and integration

The first axis of our program aims to increase the number of disabled people in our recruitment process and, consequently, in our payroll.

Main actions:

  • Participation in recruitment events designed entirely for disabled workers
  • Job offers published including a disabled-friendly mention
  • Job offers published on Job boards dedicated to disabled workers
  • Training of our recruitment officers to inclusive recruitment
  • Training of our managers to ensure fair and inclusive recruitment practices

 

Job retention

It is essential we have measures in place so people with a disability can do their job in the same way as everyone else, while preserving their health.

Mission Handicap offers measures to compensate disability affecting the job performance of our current employees. This is not special treatment, but a way to ensure equity amongst our current employees​.

Job retention actions are put in place by Mission Handicap, after recommendation of the Occupational Health department.

Main actions:

  • ​Financing disability aids like hearing aids, ergonomic seats, height adjustable standing desks, softwares, wheelchairs, etc.
  • Extended work from home when needed​
  • Ergonomic study of workstations at office and at home​
  • Specific follow up from the Occupational Health department
  • Coverage of transport on the condition that the occupational doctor establishes the need for the employee to use adapted transport
  • Authorized days of absence to carry out medical procedures and absence to take steps to apply for or renew the status of disabled worker

 

Awareness and communication

Communicating and training are crucial to promote awareness about disability in the workplace and reaffirm Technip Energies’ commitment to nurture a culture of inclusion for all.

Also, the company wishes to participate in the improvement of the qualification of disabled people through trainings, skills development and recruitment of trainees and alternating work experience students with disabilities.

Main actions:

  • Dedicated intranet page for the Mission Handicap program, communications on the company's internal social network, in company and department magazines, external communications on Welcome To The Jungle and LinkedIn
  • Internal awareness campaigns, news, events and conferences (Paralympic Games event, theater play on invisible disabilities, escape game, etc.)
  • ​​Dedicated training on disability and inclusion to Human Resources, Purchasing, and Proposals departments

 

Responsible Purchasing

Another way to boost indirect employment of disabled people is to foster partnerships with the Protected Sector​.

In France, the Protected Sector means centers and adapted companies providing care through employment for persons with disabilities. They count more than 80% of people with disabilities on their staff.​

Mission Handicap's goal is to encourage our procurement to source services and goods, when possible, with the Protected Sector.

Some examples of services hired through the Protected Sector in Paris and Lyon:​

  • Mail sorting and dispatch​
  • Waste treatment
  • Stationery supplies
  • Archiving
  • Give-aways
  • EDEW (European Disability Employment Week) events
80%

of disabilities are invisible

85%

of disabilities occur after the age of 15

50%

of people will experience a disability – temporary or permanent – in their lives

Results

Since its creation, Technip Energies France’s Mission Handicap has organized a series of events, notably:

  • Paralympic Games organized with the FFH (French Federation for disabled sports). Our employees could try activities such as wheelchair table tennis and fencing, visual impairment path, boccia and blind soccer
  • Theater play on invisible disabilities
  • Escape game with disability simulation
  • Conference on specific learning disabilities (dys-type disorders)

In partnership with Technip Energies France Talent Acquisition department, Mission Handicap participated in two editions of the ‘Hello Handicap’ Forum this year. This was a recruitment event designed entirely for disabled workers. It was a 100% virtual forum featuring our job offers, facilitating the meeting between talents and those who are looking for them.