Building a community of "sustainability champions"
This year marked a turning point as the Group stepped up its CSR strategy. Rémy Cointreau formed a team of around 100 CSR Champions to galvanise its teams and partners around its commitments. Passionate about their mission, the CSR Champions are deployed in different departments, sites, brands and markets. They tailor their actions to the region and business and are accountable to the Group’s Head of CSR. Workshops, climate talks and internal communication and educational initiatives are organised across the Group on a regular basis.
Strengthening engagement through an employee shareholding plan
To strengthen the sense of belonging and nurture good employee relations, in 2021, the Group introduced "My Rémy Cointreau", its first employee shareholding plan for personnel in France.
The initiative is part of the Group’s 2030 transformation strategy and offers employees the opportunity to buy shares in the company at a discount.
Enthusiastically welcomed by employees, the plan has been a resounding success with a share subscription rate of almost 77%, confirming how much employees care about the company and their long-term commitment to achieving its aims.
Putting employees first by promoting well-being and skills development
Employees’ well-being and fulfilment are key to the success of the Group as a whole. To ensure everyone plays a role in advancing the Group’s CSR commitment, Rémy Cointreau fosters a sustainable approach to management to support employees over the long term.
To do this, the Group continues its unstinting proactive approach to strengthening social dialogue. It is committed to regular dialogue with the social partners through specific company agreements. For example in France, there are agreements in place covering strategic workforce planning, profit-sharing and a Group retirement savings plan. Similarly, employees in France are offered a free medical check-up every two years.
And the Group is committed to maintaining salaries and conditions that are significantly better than the international standard (it is currently 105 on the scale).
Human Resources policy must constantly anticipate the Group’s requirements, especially where training is concerned. Internal sessions tailored to the diversity of the Group’s businesses include the Brand Academy, to gain more insight into our brands, the Art of Selling Academy, for sales skills, the Finance Academy, to learn about finance, and the Quality Academy on products and their presentation. Three new academies will soon follow: the Digital Academy, the Management Academy and the We Care Academy.