Vilmorin & Cie - Annual report 2017-2018

ANNUAL REPORT Vilmorin & Cie 110 2017-2018 Social, environmental and societal INFORMATION 4 4.3.1.1. Vilmorin & Cie's employees Permanent headcount With a permanent headcount of 6,653, up 1.42% compared with the previous fiscal year, Vilmorin & Cie enjoys a wealth of 74 different nationalities. Number of employees 15-16 16-17 17-18 Division > Vegetable Seeds 3,561 3,653 3,714 > Field Seeds 2,328 2,363 2,413 > Garden Products 292 281 258 > Holding 258 263 268 Geographical area > France 2,062 2,076 2,062 > Non-France 4,377 4,484 4,591 Gender > Men 4,014 4,087 4,141 > Women 2,425 2,473 2,512 Category > Managers (1) 1,938 1,938 2,002 > Non-Managers 4,501 4,622 4,651 Total 6,439 6,560 6,653 (1) According to the definition adopted by Vilmorin & Cie, a manager is a supervisor or expert with further education of five years or the equivalent acquired by experience. Evolution of the permanent headcount by function The permanent headcount per function in relation to 2016-2017 was slightly lower for sales and marketing functions for the second consecutive year (-0.11%), but the other profiles increased: +0.50% for logistics and production, +2.96% for research, and +2.92% for support functions. Trainees The number of trainees fell to 347, a drop of 8.68%, as opposed to 380 in 2016-2017, yet still remained higher than in 2015-2016 ( 323 trainees). The distribution of trainees per business line remained in the same proportions except for the support function with 8 percentage points less. 53.03% of the trainees were in R&D, 17% in sales and marketing, 15.56 % in support functions, and 14.41% in logistics and production. In 2017-2018, most of the trainees were located in Europe (82.42%), corresponding to a very strong increase (+18 percentage points on average) compared to the past two years. In all the other geographical areas numbers dropped considerably: 8.07% in South America; 5.76% in North America; 2.02% in Africa/the Middle East and 1.73% in Asia/Oceania. Age pyramid In 2017-2018, the average age of employees at Vilmorin & Cie was 42.3. The age pyramid is overall balanced and shows that all age groups are represented, illustrating the stability of the organization model. 1,860 1,899 1,784 1,017 Support functions  Logistics & production  R&D Sales and marketing 1,847 1,945 1,803 1,058 16 - 17 17 - 18 1,857 1,849 1,722 1,011 15 - 16 In number of persons 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 0 26-30 years 31-35 years 36-40 years 41-45 years 46-50 years 51-55 years 56-60 years > 60 years < 26 years 332 616 805 859 978 1,022 1,079 766 196 Distribution of the permanent headcount per continent 31 % FRANCE 11 % AFRICA MIDDLE EAST 19 % ASIA OCEANIA 8 % NORTH AMERICA 8 % SOUTH AMERICA 23 % EUROPE (EXCL. FRANCE) 4.3. Conducting activities in an ethical, sustainable and effective manner