Human Capital

In 2021, the Group unveiled its Human Rights Policy. This policy outlines the Group’s commitment to combat forced labor, combat child labor, uphold the freedom of association, promote fair employment conditions and ensure equal opportunity.

It is in line with the principles of the United Nations Global Compact, to which Mersen has been a signatory since 2009.

Throughout the world, the Group ensures that each employee performs his or her job on the basis of agreed upon terms and conditions of employment and receives a fair wage according to the number of hours worked. Freedom of association is guaranteed at all sites. The age of the employee is checked by a local team as part of the fight against child labor. An analysis of the human resources database is performed annually to make sure that employees under 18 have special employment contracts related to a specific course of study, such as apprenticeship contracts.

We firmly believe that promoting diversity will have a profound and positive impact on our organizations and business.

Diversity is a key asset for Mersen, driving collaboration between teams and sparking creativity so that we can better understand the needs of our customers around the world.

To preserve this diversity, our company culture seeks to inspire mutual respect and the appreciation of every individual, whatever their origin, and to combat all forms of discrimination.

Mersen operates in complex, high-tech sectors and owes much of its success to the expertise of its teams and skills of its employees.

The continuous skills development is at the heart of the human resources policy, as the Group seeks to retain its talents and attract new ones.

The Group encourage exchanges between its various segments and geographic areas by prioritizing mobility and the international diversity of managers.

The Group has created the “Mersen Academy” online training platform in order to:

• Support teams in their personal development
• Integrate new hires more easily
• Promote collaborative work
• Facilitate the rollout of on-line training on essentials, such as safety, ethics, management, …