Commit to our people and act locally

Quality of life at LACROIX

LACROIX participated to the survey Great Place To Work, the benchmark label for quality of life at work.

A 360° assessment was carried out on criteria of respect, equity, compensation, training and diversity, as well as an audit of the company’s managerial practices.

Since 2023, all LACROIX sites have been assessed to lead a continuous improvement process towards our commitment. 28% of our sites have been awarded the label, this represents 5 sites out of 18.

By 2030, our aim is to obtain the Great Place To Work label for all our sites:
a real challenge for industry.

Feminization of the management line

At LACROIX, women represent 53% of the workforce in 2023, but only 26% hold management positions.

Our target for 2030 is to achieve a representation of 40% women in our managers.

Currently, the parity at COMEX is representative of that of the rest of the Group with 2 women out of 9 members. The Board of Directors, for its part, presents a level of parity at the target with 3 women out of 7 members permanent.

We are convinced that diversity is a true lever for collective success to cultivate new perspectives and generate innovative ideas in our business sectors.

Supported by a network of international ambassador employees, our internal Women at LACROIX program is based on three pillars:

• Encourage exchanges between women and encourage female representation to inspire them towards management positions

• Evolving our organizations to promote gender collaboration and address equality issues

• Working upstream to introduce young women to the world of industry and technology

In addition to this program, LACROIX is involved in several initiatives and partnerships, including:

• The network Elles bougent, which actively encourages girls to pursue scientific and technical careers.
• The Industrie’Elles initiative, The Ministry of Industry’s initiative to mobilize men and women in industry to promote diversity in the industrial sector.
• The #StOpE initiative to combat ordinary sexism in the workplace.

Committed Site Initiative

The “Committed Site Initiative” has been set up at each LACROIX sites to sustain existing initiatives and meet team expectations.

A CSR committee has created a charter with actions on all CSR topics: energy, waste, food, mobility, working conditions, etc.

Now, LACROIX has 14 committed sites and over 100 referral staff.

For example, we take action:

• At our Kwidzyn site in Poland, with the “School Close To Work” program in partnership with schools, local authorities and training organizations to promote our professions.
• In Zriba, Tunisia, we support the children’s garden and crèche located next to the LACROIX plant.
• In Rennes, France, we are also partner of the school Simplon, a school dedicated to Artificial Intelligence on the initiative of Microsoft and Simplon.