A collective adventure
Acting as a crew means continuing to make Groupe Beneteau first and foremost a human project. A collective adventure where men and women, united in their great diversity, are our company’s greatest strength.
In a fast-changing job market, we want to develop an inspiring and unifying social model that reconciles the demands of performance and the expectations of our employees and future talent.
Our commitments to act as a crew
In March 2025, the Group will have 6,500 employees in 6 countries. Including, protecting, developing and engaging each and every one of them is an absolute priority for us.
1. Ensuring a safe and healthy working environment
To protect the physical integrity and guarantee the safety of every employee, we have drawn up a multi-year B-SAFE action plan to achieve the levels of excellence defined in our production standards. It is based on safety training and awareness-raising for all our employees, permanent, temporary, apprentices and work-study students.
By 2023 :
- 26% reduction in accident frequency rate for Boat Division employees vs. 2022.
2. Maintaining the appeal of all our professions
The Beneteau Group is multiplying its initiatives to maintain the attractiveness of its professions: co-optation programs, training in nautical culture, a fleet of employee boats, membership of the Nautical Professions Campus. To facilitate the induction of new employees, each of our subsidiaries has also set up an induction path and program in cooperation with our training centers.
By 2023 :
- 1,073 new permanent hires worldwide.
- 71 new work-study contracts signed.
- 69% positive opinion of the company in the internal satisfaction survey.
3. Developing skills and raising awareness of climate issues
Initial training, ongoing skills development and internal mobility paths are a priority for Groupe Beneteau. Our training catalog covers more than 350 themes, including: technical know-how, industrial excellence, managerial efficiency, safety and quality, Ethics & Compliance, environment and climate.
By 2023 :
- + 555 employees and partners sensitized to global warming through the Fresque du Climat and The Arch ecological transition seminar.
- + More than 96,000 hours of training (an average of 12 hours per employee).
- 74% of the Group’s permanent and temporary employees have taken at least one training course.
- 4 in-house training centers (France and Poland)
4. Reinforcing gender equality and promoting diversity
With operations in 6 countries, Groupe Beneteau is particularly attentive to the diversity of its teams: it is our greatest strength. Gender equality is one of our priorities.
In 2023, we launched the B-EQUAL program around 3 axes: guaranteeing “0 tolerance” of sexist remarks, behavior and sexual harassment, working towards parity and fairness in all our professions (aiming for 0 pay gap by 2024 for work of equal value), and developing female potential. Every month, more than 50 employees get involved in 6 project groups to propose and implement concrete actions to advance equal opportunities within Groupe Beneteau.
In 2024 :
- Signature of the #StOpE initiative (Stop so-called “Ordinary” Sexism in the Workplace) to make a lasting dent in sexism in the workplace.
- Fight against sexual harassment and sexist behaviour: over 435 Managers trained, a poster campaign distributed to all Group entities worldwide and a practical guide for employees to help them take action.
- Creation of an internal Groupe Beneteau index, inspired by the national Egapro index (Egapro 2025 index results) and taking into account parity and equity criteria.
- A mentoring program has been validated and a parenting charter has been written for deployment in 2025.
