Why Friendly & Committed?

For several years, FDI has been committed to an organizational, industrial and competitive approach with a growing consideration of its customers and their requirements, always in compliance with the regulatory framework imposed by the laws and markets in force.

At FDI, we are committed to being friendly but also committed to economic, environmental, social and societal issues. We have therefore created our “Friendly & Committed” approach to frame and record our commitments.

To achieve this, FDI focuses on 4 areas of commitment

Economic commitments

Promote local suppliers Rationalize purchases and expenses: packaging, container rotation, flow optimization, energy savings, etc.

Environmental commitments

Limit the impact of our activities on our immediate environment. To develop FDI products while limiting their overall impact on the environment.

Social commitments

To conduct a dynamic and responsible employment policy. Preserve the health, safety and well-being of our employees. Promote the training of young people and the development of internal skills.

Societal commitments

Respect and promote ethics in the workplace and get FDI partners to adhere to this approach. Listen to and take into account the issues of FDI stakeholders.

FDI social commitments

A responsible employment policy

FDI has chosen to pursue a dynamic and responsible employment policy and to:

  • Be a player to its recruitments,

  • To increase its capacity to integrate young people in contracted internships,

  • Train work-study students by meeting the quota of 5% of the workforce,

  • Develop partnerships with schools,

  • Promote inclusion by integrating disabled workers into our teams every month for 3 days.

Support for professional integration and local partnerships

Convinced of the social impact of companies, FDI has also set up several partnerships with local associations to help people with disabilities find employment. FDI supports the professional integration of these employees by entrusting them with various missions and production operations that represent nearly 100,000 euros of turnover per year, such as

    • The cutting and cutting to length of sheaths and wires,

    • Personalization and pad printing of finished products,

    • Manual welding of components,

    • Complete assembly of finished products,

    • Packaging and labeling.

Some of our partners in professional integration:

ADAPEI 49 – EA AVRILLE – Avrillé (49) | For over 15 years

The Association départementale d’amis et parents d’enfants inadaptés (departmental association of friends and parents of maladjusted children) welcomes and accompanies disabled people in the fields of education, care, training, adapted work and accommodation. It also aims to defend the rights and interests of people with disabilities, their families and their relatives.

ADAPEI 49 – EA CHOLET, ODEA – Cholet (49) | For over 15 years

The Adapted Company of Cholet employs 43 disabled workers Its activities are centered on 5 major sectors of activity: a central kitchen, in partnership with RESTORIA, electrical wiring for industry, construction, pad printing for advertising and industrial objects, preparation of orders for industrial carpentry and door and window frames, the provision of a team with a technical supervisor in a company in Cholet.

ESATCO VENDEE – Les Herbiers (85) | Since 2017

As a player in the social and solidarity economy, ESATCO Vendée’s mission is to build positive and lasting relationships between partner companies and disabled workers with high quality skills and know-how.

ESAT – APF LE CORMIER – Cholet (49) | For over 15 years

The objective of the ESAT – APF Le CORMIER is to give access to a social and professional life to people who are temporarily or permanently unable to work in the ordinary production sector or in an adapted company.

APAHRC – ESAT ARC-EN-CIEL – Cholet (49) | SInce 2014

The APAHRC provides a balance between promotional actions, by developing the autonomy and citizenship of the disabled adult, and protective actions, by developing his or her fulfillment and quality of life.

Create a favorable, secure and privileged work environment

In addition, FDI protects the health, safety and well-being of its employees and is committed to:

  • To be a good listener, to be benevolent and to engage in dialogue in order to create a climate conducive to work,
  • Meet our safety training obligations,
  • Define an integration program for new employees and make them aware of this when they are hired by giving them a welcome booklet,
  • To offer mutual insurance and provident coverage for all,
  • To offer a privileged working environment: bright, pleasant and functional premises, convivial spaces, outdoor space (petanque court, picnic table, etc.),
  • Reconcile professional and private life by offering an advantageous distribution of working hours,
  • Organize moments of conviviality to encourage exchanges and team cohesion.

Promote, enhance and develop skills

Finally, FDI promotes the training of young people and the development of internal skills through the training of our employees and the implementation of annual and professional interviews.

FDI sensitive to its environmental impact

FDI is sensitive to and concerned about the impact of its activity on the environment. For this, FDI has chosen to:

  • Installing a green roof,
  • Install waste separation bins and limit the number of office bins,
  • Initiate the sorting of waste electrical and electronic equipment: FDI is a founding member of the WEEE Pro recycling scheme,
  • Review the share of combustion engine vehicles in its fleet,
  • Install charging stations for electric vehicles,
  • Limit energy consumption,
  • Opt for eco-pasture and welcome several sheep from the association Les Moutons de l’Ouest – Eco-Pâturage,
  • Installing beehives.

FDI societal commitments

In addition to its economic and environmental commitments, FDI also wishes to make a social commitment by focusing on three major areas.

First, by choosing to pursue a dynamic and responsible employment policy. To do this, FDI has chosen to :

  • To be actors of its recruitments,

  • To increase its capacity to integrate young people in contracted internships,

  • Train work-study students by meeting the quota of 5% of the workforce.

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