Our 5 employer convictions
Working at Business France is the guarantee of working in the interest of the French economy, in a climate of trust and respect, to serve our customers.
Impact
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Our actions have an impact on entrepreneurs, foreign investors and the French economy.
We supported 58% of the 1,815 foreign investment decisions in France in 2023, which should enable 59,254 jobs to be created or maintained over three years.
At the same time, we advised and supported SMEs and mid-size companies, thereby generating €3.3 billion in additional export revenues in 2023, the equivalent of 27,111 additional jobs!
Proof of our effectiveness is the fact that our Export clients recommend Business France, with a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 7.7/10.
Lastly, we created the VIE International Internship Program, which will see export businesses in November 2024 rely on 11,500 talented young graduates and young professionals aged 18 to 28.
Career path
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At Business France, the culture of training and mobility enables you to be a key player in your career journey.
By joining our business, we promise you’ll discover a range of professions and develop in different areas.
Key figures
- 85% of our employees receive at least one training session a year.
- 45% of our employees’ mobility projects in 2023 were successful.
- 31 international mobility placements in 2023.
- Two-thirds of our hires are completed internally, with one-third externally, including 34% from our talent pool (work-study students, VIA interns, etc.).
We value all kinds of career development, starting with advancement in one's job through experience and training.
We value all career paths, both short and long, to develop employability, both internally and externally.
Cohesion
Within our organization, individual and collective successes form the basis for our team development.
With 65 nationalities, we rely daily on diverse talent to help shape our collective performance.
Our diversity is what shapes our performance. With this conviction in mind, we’re putting in place various measures to promote it in all its forms. For example, we pay close attention to intergenerational cohesion within the business: it’s the subject of dedicated measures and increasing investment by management.
We’ve already taken important steps in favor of professional gender equality, with a score of 91/100 on the Professional Equality Index for Men and Women for 2023:
- Gender pay gap: 36/40.
- Difference in individual increase rates (excluding promotions) between men and women: 20/20.
- Gender promotion gap between men and women: 15/15.
- Percentage of employees who received a raise in the year of their return from maternity leave: 15/15.
- Number of employees of the under-represented sex among the ten employees having received the highest remuneration: 5/10.
We’re focusing our future efforts on achieving a balance within management positions and in particular within the international network (where women count for one-third of country directors to date).
We pay close attention to intergenerational cohesion within the company. It is the subject of dedicated measures and a growing investment on the part of management.
Flexibility
Trust is at the heart of the relationship we have with our employees.
We pay particular attention to the importance of a work-life balance, by offering advantageous schemes, in France and across our network, which sometimes exceed the national standards of certain countries, particularly regarding the number of days of annual leave.
Our practice of remote working is part of a clear collective framework to boost our individual flexibility and our collective achievement. In France, for example, we allow our employees to work remotely for up to 2.5 days per week.
We believe in the right to disconnect, which we defend through the use of good practices on a global scale. In France, a framework agreement limits the use of professional messaging services between 8.30pm and 8.00am the following day.
Lastly, our managers are supported and trained to ensure they embody our business culture values.
We’ve also set up an HR unit dedicated to supporting individual situations. We facilitate access to daycare centers for our employees who are parents of young children. We also offer Vouchers for Universal Employment Services (CESU) for the employment of people in the areas of childcare, assistance to people with disabilities and services to people at home relating to household and family chores.
Coherence
At Business France, we’ve established a framework to ensure we meet our commitments, both internally and with our customers and partners.
The ecological transition is a priority, and we’re reducing our environmental footprint by adopting an eco-responsible approach.
Our aim ?
To reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2030, knowing that a large part of these are linked to our travels around the world.
We also evaluate the impact of each of our missions and offer, for example, the possibility for our customers to participate, via a carbon contribution, in projects with a positive impact. Lastly, we’re gradually implementing the 15 measures of the French government’s ecological transformation plan for Eco-Responsible Public Services (PES).
In terms of the quality of life at work, we provide a clear framework for our employees, to reduce any psycho-social risks, harassment and discomfort at work. Our policy guarantees zero tolerance towards any form of violence at work, whether it be physical, sexual, moral or psychological. To ensure this, we have dedicated units, both internally and externally, with specialized experts who will listen and offer advice and support.
Our contribution to the ecological transition
Our values
Within Business France, we’ve a strong foundation of shared values which make up our DNA.
We help our clients to export and our regions to attract foreign investors.
We combine our general interest role with an impact and performance-driven culture.
All our investments, whether they’re carried out by a French business or a foreign investor, are focused on supporting France’s economic influence.
We work alongside inspiring talented people and entrepreneurs, and we take on challenges together, by pooling our strengths.