Faced with an industry undergoing far-reaching change, Plastic Omnium is redefining its business model and uniting its employees around a common goal. They embody its purpose and are leading players in a new generation of mobility. People make the difference ENGAGEMENT SURVEY At Plastic Omnium, people are a precious resource to protect and In 2022, Plastic Omnium carried out a nurture. The merger between the sustainability and human resources Pulse survey to find out more about what departments underlines the convergence between human, social and its employees think, strengthen dialogue environmental concerns. Employee engagement and satisfaction are between managers and theirteams, and central to the purpose of a Group working to invent the mobility of provide the tools for actions at local level. tomorrow. As it continues its transformation, the Group supports Over 20,000 colleagues were invited to take its employees and ensures new arrivals have a positive onboarding part, representing all Group sites around experience. Over 7,000 people joined the Group in 2022 as a result the world. Response and engagement rates of acquisitions, primarilyin electrification and lighting. The target is were high, reaching as much as 80% among to hire 1,000 young people motivated by sustainable mobility and managers and executives. The survey will be innovation every year. an annual event. Navigating change A family-run business with its roots in France, Plastic Omnium has become a diversified global group with synergies between its divisions increasing all the time. Plastic Omnium’s growth has been achieved without compromising its values and by leveraging its deeply held human principles: safety, well-being in the workplace and WOMEN@PO ROLLED professional development. At Plastic Omnium, diversity – including OUT WORLDWIDE in terms of generation, culture, gender and origin – is a strength that Developed originally in Europe, this network boosts its performance. At a time of unprecedented transformations focuses on gender diversity and is now active in mobility,Plastic Omnium is adapting its leadership model to everywhere the Group operates. With 474 encourage the emergence of the new types of behaviors the Group members, 27% of them men, it works to raise needs to successfully navigate this turning point in its history. It has awareness of diversity in all its forms (gender, also decided to create a head of change management role as part age, culture, minorities, etc.) by creating events of its Human Resources department to oversee changes across locally and sharing best practices. the entire organization. Specifically, this includes providing change management training to project leaders and their managers so they can take ownership of the new approach and introduce a change-led mindset into their teams. Committed to the environment and communities Inspired by its ACT FOR ALL™ program and annual day, its employees OPTIMIZING EMPLOYABILITY turn the Group’s commitments, based on its three pillars, into realities.The carbon neutrality roadmap was among the central Launched in August 2022, U.Learn is a digi- concerns of 2022, with concrete actions at every site (energy tal platform that offers a catalogue of 5,000 efficiency,green energy procurement, etc.). To ensure messages informative training modules. Over 3,000 are heard by everyone, encourage actions at the local level and executives used it during the second half of share best practices, a network of Sustainability Ambassadors 2022 to help them improve their skills. This was set up in April 2022. It already has 200 members. Working with platform supplements all the specialist and Plastic Omnium environment experts, the first group of ambassadors technical training offered by each division. launched an initiative called 6 Must-Does for the Environment, designed to encourage colleagues to adopt a range of simple habits to boost energy frugality and protect resources on a day-to-day basis. 49