CSR is at the heart of our raison d’être and values
Alsinova fully shares the Astek Group’s raison d’être that we encompass in a very strong mission statement:
“Technology at the service of humanity to build a sustainable future.”
The advent of digital technologies, now everywhere, has become a major challenge for individuals and businesses alike. Since the creation of the Astek Group, we have worked for the development of these technologies, and we consider that the great challenge of digital transformation is to ensure that they are mastered by humans and deployed at their service. People must be placed at the heart of this technological revolution and the societal changes it is driving, just as they must be at the center of our Group’s development model.
Contributing to the success of a virtuous digital transformation for all of society, by putting people at the heart of our development, is essential and guides all of our actions.
“Humans at the heart of innovation. Innovation serving the planet.”
Bringing our contribution to today's and tomorrow's innovations
We support our clients on a daily basis in carrying out their complex projects or give them the tools and skills necessary for their own transformation. Making our contribution to new energy, mobility, telecommunications or health solutions – solutions that are useful, green, ethical, accessible and shared – is a source of pride for us.
Human beings at the heart of these innovations are, first of all, all of our employees. They are the actors of our influence, they realize our ambitions, they constitute our most precious capital and are at the heart of the company’s development model. Our responsibility to them is enormous. Propose a peaceful working environment, open to diversity and concerned about equality; ensure their well-being, the development of their skills, their opportunities for advancement within or outside Astek; inventing new operating methods with them, combining teleworking, agility and accountability are both a moral obligation, a key to the Group’s performance and a challenge for attracting talent.
The human element at the heart of these innovations is also our local involvement to give young talents the opportunity to train for professions of the future. We offer them exciting missions, at the heart of company strategies, we entrust them with real responsibilities and real possibilities for development.
The human being at the heart of these innovations is finally our commitment to serving man and his environment. Respect for the 10 fundamental principles in terms of human rights, adherence to the United Nations Global Compact, the signing of Planet Tech’Care, as well as the participation of numerous employees in skills sponsorship in the territories, are all significant steps to put people at the center of our concerns and our businesses.
Our approach is aimed at ensuring that we make measurable and impactful progress in the four domains of CSR in balanced way, through precise ESG commitment :
- Environment
- Society
- Governance
- Social
Our Group values
Our position at the heart of these technological upheavals gives us a role to play in the human success of this transformation. It is a great responsibility, materialized by anchored values which guide our daily behavior.
Ambition
Going further in offering our customers the solutions they need, with the same level of expertise throughout the world, while offering our employees a real career springboard in a fulfilling and challenging environment.
Challenge
Building on our entrepreneur’s and challenger’s DNA to surpass ourselves, to demonstrate creativity and to take risks and seize opportunities to develop an offer adapted to our customers.
Agility
Constantly reinventing ourselves to adapt to the new challenges of today and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow, listening to our customers and employees’ expectations.
Proximity
Creating connections in all the relationships we have with our customers and colleagues, combining transnational management with a local presence, cultivating a close bond with teams, focusing on conviviality and sharing.
Our commitment to our employees: our CARE policy
Corporate culture, talent management, career development, everything we offer our employees is consolidated in our HR CARE policy.
Conviviality
We offer people a stimulating and friendly environment, by encouraging meetings, interactions and proximity from day one.
Achievement
We create an environment for people to thrive through personal development, meaningful work, emphasis on work life balance and strong dedication to corporate social responsability.
Recognition
We value people’s work, initiatives and daily achievements, in a fair and equal way.
Evolution
We enable people to create the career path they want by encouraging continuous training, supporting initiatives and offering broad prospects for development.
This commitment is reflected in three main areas:
- adherence to engaging values,
- an ambitious policy towards our employees,
- and a broad, effective and responsible CSR approach.
We are constantly accelerating our CSR maturity
A career springboard for everyone
- Investment in youth inclusion
- Will to offer a journey of experiences that creates value, expertise, and meaning
- Improving skills and career paths
- Promoting open-mindedness and diversity
Promoting Green IT
- Raising awareness among all our employees
- Developping solid expertise through specialized training
- Developping appropriate commercial offers
We have established clear strategic CSR pillars and strengthened governance
We have built our CSR policy around 10 commitments with specific key performance indicators and objectives, with supporting initiatives.
Our first DPEF (Extra-Fincial Performance Report) was published for 2022 and a CSR Director was appointed in 2023.
We are continuously strengthening our « philanthropy » team.
We have launched various environmental performance efforts
We are calculating our carbon footprint since 2021 (on a worldwide perimeter covering more than 95% of our employees), and keep on expanding the scope.
We are improving long-standing initiatives in waste management and recycling within operations.
We have also successfully launched new initiatives targeting all types of emissions. For example, optimization of employee travels commitment to the SBTi (Steering of Waste Management and Recycling) initiative.
We develop holistic business ethics policies
We developed an advanced CSR policy, part of a broader QMS and EMS, supported by lower-level policies.
Governance is strengthened by the existence of a specific department in charge of periodic internal implementation reviews.
We run an ISO-based Information Security Management System (ISMS), with GDPR compliance mechanisms.
We have designed sustainable offerings addressing customer concerns
We have been involved in several projects aimed at helping customers develop sustainable solutions in key sectors (e.g., e-mobility engineering projects, development of a low-energy consumption code, etc.).
We have adhered to the 74 best practices recommended by the Green IT association, including definition of a complete and precise action plan, and marking of ongoing projects.
We improved the score of our social performance indicators
Our dedicated CARE policy has been designed to answer our employees’ new expectations regarding CSR policies.
As a result, we clearly improved our performance on social/HR KPIs, particularly in terms of diversity, and high level of training deployment.
We developed an increasing attention to employee agreements on CSR issues, including a specific renewed Disability Plan for 2024-26.
We improved our supplier selection and social focus
We are currently working towards being ISO 20400:2017 certified within 3 years.
We developped a continuous active participation in skills sponsorship.
Committed to a Sustainable Future
Driving Positive Change Through Responsible Practices in Environment, Society, Governance, and People.
Environment
Our environmental initiatives are targeted at all types of emissions, based on the SBTi (Science-Based Targets initiative) approach, as well as a long-standing waste recycling initiative.
Our main drivers are:
- Carbon neutrality
- Responsible consumption
- Sustainable computing
Our ESG commitments
- Help limit climate change
- Accelerate the transformation towards a more responsible digital environment
Society
We participate in building a better society by promoting decarbonisation and sustainability.
Our main drivers are:
- Responsible Purchasing
- Local Development
- Eco-Responsibility
- Skills Sponsorship
Our ESG commitments
- Support local development and socially oriented organizations
- Ensure that suppliers adopt Astek’s sustainable practices
Governance
We are convinced that a world with better ethics starts by implementing strict ones in our own company.
Our main drivers are:
- Responsibility and ethics
- Anti-corruption
- Whistleblowers protection
- Data protection
Our ESG commitments
- Promote responsible and diverse governance
- Ensure ethical practices
- Ensure data security
Social
We focus on people and developping talents.
Our main drivers are:
- Diversity and equality
- Youth integration
- Inclusion
- Health and safety
- Well-being
Our ESG commitments
- Provide a diverse, high-quality, and tailored work environment
- Develop talent through our investments in training
- Promote inclusion of young people