The Corporation has been collecting detailed information on social parameters since 2005. These data, compiled with the help of the Sustainability Information System (SIS), are the basis used for setting targets in this area.

Social goals by 2009 or ongoing

• Training and professional development: Ongoing improvement in employee qualifications and fostering cooperation.
• Training and professional development: Annual meetings of specialists in HR, environmental issues and occupational safety.
• Occupational health and safety: By end-2011, all production companies will be certified to OHSAS 18001. Newly acquired or established production companies are to be certified within three years.
• Occupational health and safety: Reduction in accident rate of at least 15 percent in each Corporate Group.
• Occupational health and safety: Reduction in absence rate of at least ten percent in each Corporate Group.
• Social commitment: Social commitment amounting to at least two million francs per annum.