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we offer stable, decent working conditions and a safe
working environment, while encouraging work-family
balance through a wide range of activities and initiatives
adapted to geographical and cultural contexts.
In all countries where we are based, we promote gender
equality and equal employment opportunities for
all, especially for young people. We also support the
recruitment of people facing high risk of poverty and
social exclusion, such as vulnerable groups and people
with disabilities. Today, our workforce counts almost
all nationalities, comes from very different social and
economic backgrounds, and has a highly diverse level
of education.
Poverty reduction and promotion of health are interrelated.
For instance, in some countries, our employees’
productivity may be affected by existing development
and social gaps, such as the lack of access to health
facilities preventing them to carry out a healthy active life
and compromising their ability to work. MSC’s actions
in this regard do not have the ambition to replace
local governments’ development strategies and the
international community’s efforts, yet, whenever
necessary and within our sphere of influence, we seek
to complement those actions by improving nutrition
and hygiene practices among our local staff and their
families through food security and health training.
Recently, one of MSC’s subsidiaries with operations
in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, approved in its business plan
to build health facilities and a nursery for its local
workforce and families, providing health check-ups to
prevent illnesses and limit the spreading of diseases.
ALLEVIATING POVERTY We offer the possibility to all our employees, without
THROUGH SOCIAL INCLUSION We strongly promote discrimination of any kind, to have an enhanced
human existence, contributing to improving their living
MSC believes that sustained economic growth can be developed and developing countries, offering life-long social inclusion through conditions and being recognised by the global
labour market as highly-skilled professionals. For
achieved through a holistic approach promoting social employment opportunities and career paths. Our primary the recruitment of us, this is the only effective way to alleviate poverty.
progress, human dignity and pro-poor business models. responsibility is to have the whole of MSC grow as a Providing a participatory and inclusive access to quality
Thus, all our strategies aim to realise productivity in team for our company to become stronger and capable local workforce in education, health facilities as well as to stable financial
the long term, while at the same time also providing to face ongoing and future challenges. We value both developed and revenues means providing people with the right
a long-term positive impact on the local communities motivation and passion and we are proud to support tools to lift themselves out from poverty, combating
where we operate. This includes our efforts to incorporate the development of our employees’ professional skills, developing countries, the cycle of poverty as well as reducing the risk of
poverty reduction considerations and non-economic enabling all our staff to contribute to their maximum offering life-long transmitting poverty to the next generations.
dimensions in our business plans. potential and attain the highest standards of know-how, This can only be progressively realised by empowering
In this respect, we strongly promote social inclusion expertise and professionalism that we require for our employment
through the recruitment of local workforce in both operations and activities worldwide. To our workforce, opportunities and human beings, increasing their sense of ownership
and improving their access to basic needs and to
career paths the enjoyment of their fundamental rights.

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