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Management Report
2014
33
1.4.4 SOCIAL INDICATORS
1.4.4.1 TERRITORIAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE COMPANY’S
ACTIVITIES
1.4.4.1.1 Employment and regional development
The Group measures its territorial, economic and social impact in terms of regional development and
job creation.
Ubisoft contributes to the development of local employment primarily by creating jobs due to the fact
that it uses very few subcontractors, while at the same time encouraging multiculturalism with
international teams. The percentage of local employees represents 81.7% of the workforce.
1.4.4.1.2 Developing local populations
The Group has divided the actions conducted in collaboration with local and regional organizations
with the aim of encouraging the development of local populations into six categories:
- Employment: partnerships with national employment agencies, taking on interns and
apprentices, and circulating vacant positions to schools (see above)
- Training: cooperating with schools and universities, mentoring, teaching in schools and
universities (see above)
- Integration of disadvantaged persons: use of ESATs (organizations that support disabled
people in finding work) (see section 1.4.2.2.5) and partnerships with associations (see above)
- Investments in the community: voluntary contributions and funds invested in the community in
the wider sense (including donations) (see section 1.4.4.2.2)
- Solidarity: collecting clothes, food and games, sponsoring sports teams (see section 1.4.4.2.2)
- Health: blood drives, financial donations to health-care organizations (see section 1.4.4.2.2)
The sites conducted various actions in the financial year 2013/2014 to assist the development of
neighboring local populations.
The studio in Singapore has partnered up with the association “Very Special Art,” which aims to
promote access to artistic professions among disabled persons as a way of helping them to find
employment.
Many sites are in contact with local universities to develop internship, training or tutoring programs, or
to sit on the jury for project presentations or competitions, for example in Sweden, the United Kingdom
(Newcastle), Italy (Milan), Japan (Osaka), Morocco and India.
Red Storm Entertainment (Cary, NC) worked with the IGDA (International Game Developers
Association), East Coast Gaming Conference and other local academic establishments and art
institutes to help students understand technical developments and compile their portfolios to prepare
for interviews, thereby encouraging local employment.
Contribution to local development in terms of employment
03/31/2014
03/31/2013
Percentage of local employees registered at the end of the period
81.7%
82.5%