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French EdF Signs Social Responsibility Pact in Electric Sector

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17 July, 2005

FCE-CFDT also announced the draft of a social responsibility agreement with Electricité de France (EdF), discussions which have involved the ICEM. Besides standard language upholding health and safety standards, social conditions and consistent policies on worker training and mobility, the draft contains commitments by EdF to provide access to electricity to those least able to afford it, careful and demanding selection of contractors, and stringent defence of the environment with the necessary equipment to promote energy efficiency.