Corporate Strategy

Responsibility: a mean to achieve our strategic goalsle

Our corporate responsibility strategy has three main goals:

•    It provides our customers and shareholders with the transparency they require, and sets us apart from competition.
•    It makes us discover new possibilities for innovation.
•    It offers the opportunity to anticipate risks that may harm our company.

 

 

« Acting responsibly is part of who we are — and it's critical to our long-term success. »

Recognised as a leader

  • Our partners and stakeholders regularly praise our performance in the field of ethics and corporate responsibility — and we're proud of the recognition.

  • Transparency International ranks us among the top 10 worldwide defence companies in its anti-corruption index.

  • Thales was one of the first companies in France to receive official recognition for its sustainable supplier relations policy.

  • We are the only French aerospace and defence company to achieve the highest level of reporting under the United Nations Global Compact. In 2020 for the 9th consecutive year, Thales has met the “Advanced” criteria, confirming its strong commitment to the values of the United Nations Global Compact.

Further information on the Group's corporate social responsibility policy can be found here.

Initiatives in Germany

Trust is the basis for a successful collaboration with our partners. We orient ourselves towards our customer’s sustainable success and maintain partnerships with institutions and companies with safety tasks as well as with local and international technology and research partners. We see ourselves as an attractive employer and engage in local social projects.

  • Diversity & Inclusion

    We actively advocate diversity, create the necessary framework conditions for it and are committed to consistently promoting all forms of diversity. We are convinced that we achieve the best results with mixed teams and that equal opportunities are a matter of course. The signing of the LGBT+ (Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender-Intersexual and Others) Charter in France in 2019 is the consistent continuation of this principle. In doing so, we want to encourage all employees to bring their different perspectives and experiences to the company. Although the LGBT+ Charter currently focuses only on companies in France, the goals and principles enshrined in it naturally also apply as a framework for our activities at Thales Germany. As an important part of our Diversity & Inclusion strategy, they should be reflected in our daily actions.

    The LGBT+ booklet aims to move beyond misconceptions and stereotypes and give everyone the opportunity to be more inclusive in the ways they behave:

  • Diversity Charta

    Since 2011, we have signed the Diversity Charter and are committed to advancing the recognition, appreciation and inclusion of diversity in the world of work in Germany and to creating a prejudice-free working environment.

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  • TOTAL E-QUALITY

    In 2019, we have been awarded the TOTAL E- QUALITY rating and are thus considered an employer that is particularly committed to equal opportunities for women and men.

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  • Our activities in the area of Diversity & Inclusion

  • „Go MINT.“

    We are pact partners of the National Pact for Women in MINT Careers (mathematics, engineering, natural sciences and technology). “Go MINT” is the only nationwide network initiative that gets girls and women interested in MINT studies and professions. As a global player with large international projects, one of our strengths is the diversity among our employees. We love equality of opportunities and actively support mixed teams. Getting young women interested in technical careers is one of our principal concerns.

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  • Girls'Day

    Girls often shy away from technical topics. They therefore often do not focus on technical professions in their career choice. The Girls‘Day provides girls from 5th grade onwards an insight into the interesting opportunities of technical professions, and shall get them interested in an apprenticeship or study in this field. On Girls‘Day, specifically young women can take the opportunity to get insights into the fields of work at Thales Deutschland, to learn about our educational and study opportunities in the technical field, and to gain first practical experiences in the course of a technical project. We as a company take our social responsibility seriously. Equality of opportunities must become a matter of course and we purposefully support that, especially with regard to development and career opportunities for women in all occupational fields.

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  • International Women in Engineering Day

    For Thales, the International Women in Engineering Day is an annual opportunity to bring together young female graduates, female students and young female professionals with female employees of the company. The aim is to provide insights into the various technical professions, to discuss career opportunities and to exchange experiences. We are convinced that mixed teams obtain the best results. Thales proactively supports gender equality. One of our principal concerns is getting women interested in technical professions and the technology sector, to attract them to our company and to support them in shaping their careers.

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  • DUOday

    Each year, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities is a global celebration to keep alive the public awareness of the challenges for persons with disabilities, and to promote the commitment for dignity, rights and well-being of these people. The DUOday is a campaign for more diversity and inclusion, where persons with disabilities are invited to companies and institutions to spend a day together with the employees as a DUO, and to gain insights into their everyday work. The close contact reduces fears of contacts and possible prejudices, experiences are shared and all persons involved learn from each other. Thales Deutschland uses this day as an opportunity to affirm our commitment to an inclusive company culture, and to address the situation of persons with disabilities.

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  • Integrative football tournament

    The integrative football tournament is organised together with different local companies and various institutions for persons with disabilities. For the teams, the focus is not on winning. It is more about fun, playing together as a team and natural togetherness of young people, because: It’s diversity that counts! The participation of the dual students and apprentices from Thales Deutschland as a team at the integrative football tournament offers young women and men the opportunity to campaign for inclusion and to send out a signal. One of our principal concerns is to make diversity and inclusion a matter of course and to deliberately build bridges between people.

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