At a ceremony in the Lille suburb of Marcq-en-Barœul, French salad and prepared food specialist Bonduelle picked up the Responsible Economy Gold Trophy from the Alliances Network, given in recognition of the group's insertion policy for disabled workers.
Bonduelle landed the trophy in the category of companies with over 500 employees, with the award presented to Christophe Bonduelle, group CEO, and Hélène D’Huyveter, director of the Renescure plant, which was the pilot site for the disability policy.
'Social diversity is an integral part of Bonduelle's CSR strategy (Corporate social responsibility), and includes the insertion of disabled people, initiated over five years ago, particularly at Renescure,' the group explained.
'Since 2008, this long-standing site and cradle of the Bonduelle Group, employs three people with intellectual disabilities on permanent contracts,' Bonduelle added. 'After extensive preparatory work, human resources have implemented a selection and recruitment procedure. This enabled three people with intellectual disabilities to be hired on workstations that needed little adaptation of equipment but especially prior communication to all Renescure employees regarding disability, and three Bonduelle referents were trained to enhance their integration.'
