Committed to working together
Caroline, Business Analyst
More than coexisting, we’re co-building
Diversity is a reality within the Group with more than 126,000 employees of 152 different nationalities, present in more than 60 countries and 54% of employees working outside France. And herein we see our greatest strength: the ability to combine cultures, viewpoints, and personalities to move forward together.
Our strength lies in our differences. That’s why our Group is committed to fighting all forms of discrimination and is devoted to the respect, recognition, and promotion of all talents.
Here, your beliefs, age, disability, parenthood, ethnic origins, nationality, gender identity, sexual or affective orientation, and affiliation to any political, religious, political, union or minority organization will have no negative impact whatsoever on your growth with us.
Societe Generale has defined five priority areas in terms of diversity, equity and inclusion: gender, disabilities and neurodiversity, diversity of ethnic, social or cultural origin, intergenerational and the inclusion of LGBT+ people.
The future is you, all of you
- WAY (We Are Young): French and British network supporting the Group's trainees, apprentices, juniors through differents business and playful activities (ex : coaching).
- WISE (We Instill Senior Experience): A group dedicated to experienced employees. Its aim is to propose and promote actions within the Group to ensure that senior employees have their place, in line with their experience, skills and aspirations.
- Great Minds: A neurodiversity network raising awareness of people with atypical functioning (High Intellectual Potential, DYS, etc…).
- Differently Abled Network: Based in the Asia-Pacific region, this network contributes to enhance the unique capacity of every personn and overcome the perceived limitations which can be associated to visible and invisible disabilities.
- Mix & Win: The association to promote at the Group scale the gender mixity and women career development.
- Prides & Allies: International network (France, United Kingdoms, North America, Brasil, Asia-Pacific, India, Romania, Luxembourg and Poland) working to build an inclusive work environment for the LGBT+ people and helping allies and management to make this environment safe and respectful.
- S’engaGer: collective of employees of Societe Generale group whose aim is to drive and catalyse change within our company, helping to build a responsible, sustainable and caring bank. S’engaGer takes action through concrete initiatives on social and environmental topics.
LET’S WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE INVISIBLE DISABILITY VISIBLE
Find out what Florence, a manager with the Finance Division, has to say about her experience and everyday reality.
Putting our employees at the heart of decisions
According to Lucile :
“Companies are rated by external agencies based on environmental, social, and governance criteria. But these arbitrary criteria don’t really reflect the reality – you can have a very good environmental score and still be very harmful to the planet. At SG, we’ve created a tool that allows us to see a company’s real reputation through press articles on the topic of CSR.”
- Lucile, Data Scientist
We’re fighting for the same causes
DISABILITY
Under the aegis of the International Labor Organization, Société Générale is a signatory of the Business and Disability Charter concerning the promotion and employment of people with disabilities.
More than 6,500 jobs have been adapted since 2007 in France.
LGBT+
As a signatory of the 5 U.N. Guiding Principles against the discrimination of LGBTI+ individuals in the work force (June 26, 2018), the Group has committed to fighting against any type of discrimination and building an inclusive culture in accordance with human rights.
GENDER EQUALITY
In 2024, the Group has strengthened its commitment towards gender equity through its positioning among two indexes:
Equileap’s international Gender Equality ranking
Bloomberg’s Gender Equality index
SOCIETE GENERALE
FOUNDATION
The Societe Generale Corporate Foundation supports some projects in three areas. To go further, employees can get involved alongside the Foundation's NGO partners.
115 projects supported in 2023
and a yearly budget of 7M€.
Shaping your training
Careers move fast here, and we are committed to helping you pursue your desires and ambitions. Take Caroline, for example, who discovered the job of Scrum Master during her VIE in London in 2019. She was able to further explore the subject and master new skills after just a few weeks of training.
TRAINING AT THE SOCIETE GENERALE GROUP MEANS :
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
at the heart of the Group's strategy
Our Group has a leading role to play in helping build greener and more inclusive development models, and enabling the emergence of new drivers of sustainable growth. Social responsibility is at the heart of Societe Generale group’s corporate purpose: “Building together, with our clients, a better and sustainable future through responsible and innovative financial solutions.”
Over 20 years of commitment to the environmental transition, Societe Generale aims to reduce its carbon footprint on its own account to -50% between 2019 and 2030.
We have identified the four key and interconnected areas of our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ambition. Two of the pillars form the framework of responsible banking: a culture of responsibility and being a responsible employer. The other two areas are the springboards for positive transformations driven by the Group’s actions as a responsible bank: supporting the environmental transition and having a positive local impact.
Find out more about our CSR commitments: https://www.societegenerale.com/en/responsibility/csr-ambition/csr-commitments