Groupe Renault - 2020 Universal Registration Document

222 GROUPE RENAULT I UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2020 Find out more at group.renault.com 02 OUR SOCIAL COMMITMENT GROUPE RENAULT: A COMPANY THAT ACTS RESPONSIBLY Groupe Renault, well aware that knowledge is acquired by the practical application of academic knowledge, made numerous gifts of vehicles and tools to schools for educational purposes: in France , many plants make such donations for educational P purposes to high school students in their area; in Argentina , Renault donates test vehicles to technical P institutions to be used for student training. Since the beginning of the program, more than 100 vehicles have been donated to institutions in the provinces of Buenos Aires and Cordoba. This action has a three-fold economic, environmental and social impact: the destruction of test vehicles is avoided, final disposal of waste is avoided and it contributes to the training of future automotive industry employees; in Morocco , Groupe Renault regularly donates its used and P upgraded IT equipment to schools and training and integration centers. In 2020, several training centers for underprivileged young people benefited from the provision of IT tools that allowed the continuation of courses during lockdown. Teacher training and leadership development , to give them the means to transform their institutions, inspire and bring about change among young people, are further challenges for the company as great as that of training students: the Renault Argentina Foundation , in partnership with NGO P Fundación Cordoba Mejora and the Renault Technology America (RTA) department, is supporting the Leaders in Education program for secondary school principals in the province of Cordoba. It aims to improve the quality of education, reduce the number of school dropouts and promote equal opportunities for young people through leadership development strategies; the Renault Colombia Foundation continued its collaboration P with the Empresarios por la Educacion Foundation in 2019 to train 20 school principals in Envigado (the city where the Groupe Renault plant is located). The program goes by the name Rectores lideres transformadores . Supporting access to education 2.4.3.2 throughout the world Groupe Renault conducts a large number of CSR initiatives designed to promote inclusion, access to education and fight against student drop-out: as such, the Douai plant (France) and its local employment, P vocational training and social work partners have been working together since 1999, and have already helped more than 1,500 people obtain a degree. Each year, a New Skills class starts preparing for a qualification as part of a professionalization contract. With the Renault Foundation, the Douai plant has supported the Lens Production School from the outset. Its support comes in the form of visits and the donation of an ESPACE. But it also includes sponsorship: the Groupe Renault Regional External Affairs Manager is sponsoring the second class going through the school. The Production School is a private technical school that prepares pupils for CAP and bac pro diplomas and certifications. In addition, the Douai plant (France) welcomed high school students from the Denain high school (Nord), in partnership with the Elles Bougent association, to enable them to meet women working in industry who can talk about their careers; meanwhile, in 2020, Renault Argentina , supported the NGO P Mujeres 2000 through a program developed on a voluntary basis. For example, 15 employees from the marketing department, with the help of a communication agency, participated in the creation and development of digital workshops on business management for vulnerable women supported by the NGO. In Argentina, in partnership with NGO Las Omas, Renault is supporting a community program for a vulnerable population living in the vicinity of the plant. In particular, Las Omas has set up a sewing workshop to train women and encourage them to set up their own businesses; in Brazil , the Renault Experience innovation and entrepreneurship P program, organized by the Renault Institute, continued into its twelfth consecutive year. The program is aimed at students wishing to create start-ups. Candidates whose applications are selected by the Institute benefit from a year’s support for their project. On top of financial support, the winners are mentored by people from Renault and the broader automotive world and universities, who give them advice throughout the year. For more information, go to: http://institutorenault.com.br . Future Generation is another important vocational training program targeting young people in socially vulnerable situations in Brazil . This free six-month training course, intended for young people aged 15 to 24 who are still enrolled in secondary school or who have completed their schooling, is designed to prepare them for entry into the labor market. It includes courses in computer science, management, citizenship, behavior and civics. In 2020, courses were held at a distance due to the health crisis. A total of 21 young people graduated from this second class. Of the 40 students in the first class, who graduated in 2019, 18 have found jobs or are doing internships at Renault do Brasil or other companies in the region, despite unfavorable health and economic conditions; in Morocco , Renault contributes to improving school conditions in P the province of Fahs Anjra. It encourages the schooling of children, in particular girls, and is fighting to reduce school drop-out rates in rural areas through the supply of school buses, and initiatives such as educational workshops. A total of 1,900 pupils benefited from the school transport service every day in 2020 thanks to the Renault Morocco Foundation . In addition, the Foundation has enabled the opening of four pre-school classes in the province of Fahs Anjra, which since 2018 has been welcoming more than 90 children from the region each year. The educational approach was reinforced with two new initiatives in 2020: the adaptation of the Bibliobus project, launched in 2019, to P effectively support school children in the current health context. Initially designed to bring culture closer to young people in rural and peri-urban areas, the 2020 edition integrated teacher training through distance learning, as well as a pedagogical approach to tutoring for all primary school levels, the scholarship program for deserving baccalaureate students P in the town of Melloussa, from which four young people have benefited for this first year of launch. The Renault Maroc Foundation is also very involved in the prevention of road risks. With the Tkayes school initiative, more than 8,000 children and their families benefited from the road safety education program in 2020.