Develop apprenticeships and build lasting relationships with students
In all countries where VINCI operates, its companies form partnerships with vocational training and higher education establishments by helping to build career paths for students from middle school to university level. In 2021, VINCI launched the “Apprenticeships: VINCI is all in!” platform to connect students looking for work-based training programmes with partner schools and Group companies throughout France.
In 2024, the Group hosted more than 8,000 young people on work-based training programmes.
VINCI is also forging special, long-term relationships with partner schools – universities, management schools, engineering schools, vocational colleges, etc. – and recruited 750 students in 2024.
In 2024, the Group renewed its partnership with Fondation INSA (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées) for a further three years, to promote the model of the humanist engineer who is open to the world and capable of tackling complex challenges while serving the collective interest. Each year, the sponsorship awards grants to 200 students with a secondary school scholarship. It also includes a mentoring programme.
The two partners organised the second national eloquence contest open to all INSA students, under this year’s theme “Work and its (rightful) place”.
VINCI, sponsor of the 2023-2027 class at École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, has also created
a challenge for these students
in conjunction with the VINCI Environment Awards and a mentoring programme for women. VINCI leverages its many research partnerships to recruit PhD students, with more than 30 currently employed by the Group.
General Delegate, INSA Foundation, Centre Val de Loire, France
It’s important for us to work with large groups like VINCI to better train our engineers.
Performance in 2024
VINCI is ranked in the most attractive employers in France by engineering, business and IT schools (source :Universum ranking – 2 or 3 and 5 years post-secondary education; young workers).
In 2024, more than young people were enrolled in work-based training programmes in the Group.
Act to promote inclusion and diversity
VINCI seeks to foster equal opportunity and prevent all forms of discrimination in its businesses in line with the commitments set out in its Manifesto. To ensure the practical application of this policy, the Group has created a network of inclusion and diversity coordinators totalling 600 active members worldwide.
In celebration of the UN’s Zero Discrimination Day, VINCI employees met to share the strategies and actions implemented by the Group.
VINCI is committed to promoting gender diversity, particularly in management. The percentage of women in management positions was 23.6% in 2024 (26.3% in France). The Group has set a target to increase both the percentage of women in management positions and the percentage of women members on the Group’s management committees to 30% by 2030. This policy is underpinned by a range of training courses, including one on inclusive management, available on the Up! platform.
Since 2018, VINCI has also been a partner of the Elles Bougent association. More than 800 employees worldwide are working alongside this association to encourage young girls to take up technical and scientific careers.
VINCI continues its concerted policy to support the employment of people with disabilities. With a view to their integration and sustainable employment, 294 people were recruited through the Habileo’h and Trajeo’h organisations in 2024, and 1,186 people with disabilities received support over the year (9,306 since 2014).
In addition, €17.6 million in revenue was outsourced by Group entities to companies operating in the sheltered sector, with assistance from the Supplyeo’h platform.
To meet the challenges of retaining skills and expertise while managing its intergenerational workforce, VINCI launched Les Experts in 2024. Under this programme, VINCI retirees can take on expert assignments for Group subsidiaries or mentor young hires to facilitate their integration.