04 Sustainability Statement Own workforce (S1) 4.8.4.2 Employee health and safety: an absolute priority in every decision A core strategy and policies In all the Group’s office, production, research, logistics and retail facilities, employees may be exposed to the risk of accidents or work-related illnesses caused by mechanical or electrical installations, the handling of materials and finished products, chemicals, tooling and shopfloor movements. These risks can result in injury or illness of varying degrees of severity. Traffic accidents during business travel have also been identified as risks. In many host countries, employees may be exposed to health risks or the risk of assault, battery or kidnapping in the course of their work or while traveling. These risks are especially acute in countries experiencing political instability or heightened security situations. To acquire granular knowledge of specific conditions and features, each plant or office site is deploying risk assessments, workstation mapping exercises, annual or multiyear action plans, and equipment and process upgrades to drive continuous improvement. The Group’s health and safety strategy has three main objectives: n Maintaining a priority focus on protecting everyone’s health and safety (including health-related environmental impacts); n Fostering employer appeal and employee retention (a culture of prevention and monitoring, safety and cognitive ergonomics); n Supporting the organization’s transition from technological compliance to agile human behavior in an automated world (also known as Enterprise 5.0). The strategy is based on three pillars: n Building an agile, flexible ecosystem (organizational and human factors, addressing societal and generational change, data strategy and exploration, including AI); n Fostering personal fulfillment in the ecosystem, including the place of people in new technologies, skills development and adaptation, and the psychological acceptability of rules (buyin); n driving action with collective intelligence (connection to the outside world, health and safety culture, precursor analysis for predictive safety). Implementation is overseen by a dedicated Employee Health and Safety Governance body, chaired by the Chief Personnel Officer and the Executive Vice President, Manufacturing and comprising members from the business lines and the corporate and operational departments, which meet twice a year to define health and safety policy, objectives and strategy. The strategy emphasizes a holistic, people-centric approach to health and safety, reflecting the latest technological and societal developments to create a safe, attractive, fulfilling workplace environment for everyone. Employee health and safety are also being managed through risk mapping exercises. At Michelin, a Health and Safety Declaration describing the Group’s principles and objectives has been distributed to every Group site and posted in every meeting room. Its primary principle is that “each person is unique and his or her health and safety are all-important.” A Health, Safety and Quality of Worklife Policy incorporated into the policy and overseen by the Corporate Personnel Department, is based on the following general principles: n employee health and safety take precedence over any other activity; n everyone is expected to obey the rules and mitigate any atrisk situation. Everyone has the right to refuse to perform a task for which they have not been trained and authorized to perform safely; n the opinions of employees and their representatives are taken into account when defining action plans to improve working conditions; n the Group complies with the most protective of either corporate procedures or local regulations; n the Group deploys the resources and fosters the conditions to sustain an employee’s ability to work, ease ergonomic hardship, preserve his or her physical, mental and social health, and ensure everyone’s safety and well-being. In the Policy’s application notice, Michelin undertakes, in every aspect of its business, to: n make its best effort to ensure and safeguard the health and safety of its employees, subcontractor employees and visitors; n manage the health impact of its products and operations on its host communities, customers and the general public; n create and nurture working conditions that preserve the physical and mental health of employees, support work-life balance and personal well-being, maintain people’s ability to work and keep workstations accessible to as many people as possible. This last commitment is being supported by the Adaptation to Physical Climate Risks Policy (2023), which addresses the impact of climate change on people’s physical and mental health. It is overseen by the Corporate Audit, Quality and Customer Promises Department. A Chemical Risk Management Policy (2022) was also deployed and overseen by the Corporate Planning, Prevention and Protection Department, and is designed to protect human health and environmental ecosystems from the harmful effects of chemicals use. 267 2024 UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT_MICHELIN
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