ARBORUS ENDOWMENT FUND
The Arborus Endowment Fund was created on April 8, 2010 by the Arborus Association and major international companies under the patronage of the European Economic and Social Council*. Its action is directed towards the promotion of equality between women and men in the world through the dissemination of a European and global standard: the European and international label GEEIS:
Gender Equality European & International Standard.
The Arborus Endowment Fund works in the general interest based on the idea that the human race must find its balance in the equality of its two poles, female and male. This equality then becomes the lever for any change in society and system.
The global stakes, the motivations of the new generations and global warming lead us to reinforce this absolute necessity for change and the GEEIS appears to us as a major structuring tool in this perspective.
Indeed, it is through human resources, their awareness of equality and the exemplary actions of companies that this lever can be activated. Initially built on a European scale, the international nature of the Arborus Fund's member companies led to a rapid expansion of the scope of the label to all continents of the planet.
To meet the demands of this growing internationalization, the Arborus Fund opened the GEEIS label to diversity 2017, with an eye toward inclusion, to the SDGs in 2019, and to AI in 2020.
The originality of the approach consists in proposing a permanent progress, flexible, adaptable to all the companies whatever their size or their field of activity, and that it is in the private sector as public.
This label is based on the human race made up of women and men and takes into account their diversity. Indeed, the Arborus Fund's desire is to include and not to create groups. The principle of universalism is one of the general founding principles of the Arborus approach and is part of a dimension of general interest on a planetary scale.
THE ARBORUS FUND IS DRIVEN BY STRONG VALUES SHARED BY ALL ITS MEMBERS, NAMELY :
The pioneering nature of Arborus and GEEIS leads GEEIS to propose additional branches when needed.
Thus, the impetus given by the United Nations, which developed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), led Arborus, in 2019, to propose
companies involved in the GEEIS to compete for a Trophy awarded at the United Nations: the GEEIS-SDG
In 2020, Arborus proposes an ethical commitment to the development of responsible Artificial Intelligence by correlating it with the strategies of professional equality and inclusion.
In partnership with the Orange Group, a founding member of the Arborus Endowment Fund and holder of the GEEIS label in 17 countries, a charter
The "International Charter for an Inclusive AI" was launched on March 24 under the high patronage of the Secretary of State.
A GEEIS-AI label will be launched at the United Nations conferences to be held in Paris in July 2020, Beijing +25.
The GEEIS label, and its extensions GEEIS-Diversity or GEEIS-AI, is set up with the world leader in certification, Bureau Veritas Certification.
GOVERNANCE
NICOLE AMELINE
President
Nicole Ameline is a member of the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights and an expert member of CEDAW.
She was a Member of Parliament for Calvados from 1991 to 2017. She was Minister for Parity and Professional Equality from 2002 to 2005. It was in this position that she initiated the establishment of the Professional Equality Label, aimed at calibrating the commitment of companies and the implementation of concrete actions in terms of gender equality. This national label is managed by Afnor.
CRISTINA LUNGHI
Executive Director
Founding president of the Arborus association and international expert on Gender UNWomen, Cristina Lunghi has been working with companies and public authorities to help them take into account the reality of the world of work in the various legislative and normative measures on the issue of gender equality and, more broadly, equal opportunities.
It supports companies in their efforts to integrate professional equality into their strategy and human resources policy in a sustainable manner, using innovative approaches.
For example, since 2008, with the GEEIS label for companies wishing to enter into a professional equality process at the European and international level.
ARNAUD FRANQUINET
Secretary General
A graduate of Sciences Po in 1992, Arnaud Franquinet began his career in major international audit firms: PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Mazars, Michael Page International, and Bernard Julhiet in 2001.
In 2002, he was recruited by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons.
In 2005, he joined Grant Thornton, to create the position of Director of Human Capital Development. He is a member of the
People & Culture Advisory Committee and the Women International Leadership Link Board within Grant Thornton International.
In 2016, he co-founded BestAdvizor SAS, a BtB community web platform.
In 2018, he joined Gandi SAS, a French Registrar & Cloud Hosting company accredited to ICANN, as COO.
CENDRINE CHAPEL
Treasurer
- French ambassador for companies with the gender equality label
- Treasurer of the association Arborus Promotion of women Label " Gender Equality-European Standard ".
1999 to present - Funeral Services of the City of Paris / mixed economy company of the City of Paris
Executive Director / Assistant Executive Director
Director of Family Services
Publication:
- Just two little waltz steps - Accompanying to the end of life" - Editions l'Harmattan
Honorary members
The Arborus Endowment Fund presents its committee of honorary members to thank them for their commitment
MATHILDE TABARY
Mathilde Tabary is an HR professional who initially held various positions in Recruitment and HR Development, before joining the Carrefour Group's Social Relations Department for nearly 10 years.
As part of the international social dialogue, it has launched the worldwide Equality between Women and Men program and set up the GEEIS certification process to ensure precise monitoring of the implementation of equality actions in each country. She has worked to ensure that the Group's CSR Index includes an objective of GEEIS certification for all countries within three years.
Mathilde Tabary has been Director of Social Relations and Employee Engagement at the European level for the Korian group since June 2020.
JEAN-LUC DELENNE
Jean-Luc DELENNE has spent his entire career with the CARREFOUR Group. He first held several responsibilities in the Finance-Management department and then joined the Human Resources Department of CARREFOUR France in the early 1990s as Director of Labor Relations for the Hypermarkets branch. In this capacity, he managed the integration and harmonization of several major mergers and acquisitions in France.
In 2003, he was appointed Director of International Social Relations and Mobility for the Group, and then, in 2005, Director of Social Relations for the Group and France. In addition to his social responsibilities, for two years he was Director of Human Resources for the European banking subsidiary of CARREFOUR at the time of its creation. From the beginning of the 2010s, his Group Social Relations Department has been developing an in-depth and high-quality international social dialogue, which has resulted in the negotiation and signing of two successive International Framework Agreements (IFAs) with an International Trade Union Federation on social dialogue, respect for fundamental rights at work and the promotion and development of diversity at the international level.
Consultant and trainer in Labor Relations and International Labor Relations since 2019.
SERGE CHRISTIANE
Serge Christiane is now retired after 35 years of professional life in the European institutions. He is also Head of Cabinet and has been working as a Minister in the European Union Delegation to the United Nations in New York, since May 2018. During this mandate, he represented the European Union in various assemblies and meetings, including on employment, gender equality, etc.Serge Christiane previously held the position of Head of the Infrastructure, Protocol and Conferences Division at the European External Action Service (EEAS), mainly managing the European Union's property portfolio in third countries.
He studied finance at the Catholic University of Leuven.
He is Belgian and was born in 1956. He is married and has three children.
French is his mother tongue and he is fluent in English. He also has a very good knowledge of Dutch and Spanish.
BERNADETTE GIARD
Passionate about management and sensitive to equity, Bernadette Giard has worked in the Sodexo Group for more than 20 years in various leadership positions, both in the human resources function and in operations as Regional Director, then, at the international level, as Global Vice President Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
Convinced that companies have a central role to play in developing more inclusive growth and creating a future that addresses the challenges of social justice, equity and well-being, she has promoted GEEIS certification within Sodexo to help different entities assess themselves for improvement, benchmark themselves and share their best practices. She has also acted as an ambassador for GEEIS to other companies and organizations because she is convinced that the GEEIS approach can help improve gender equality and other diversities in companies and in society as a whole.
She is the founder of InclusionMakers, a consulting firm for managers and HRDs on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion policies and strategies.
Passionate about management and mindful of equity, Bernadette Giard has worked in the Sodexo Group for more than 20 years in various leadership positions, both in the human resources function and in operations as Regional Director, then, at the international level, as Global Vice President Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
Convinced that companies have a pivotal role to play in developing more inclusive growth and creating a future that addresses the challenges of social justice, equity and well-being, she has promoted GEEIS certification within Sodexo to help different entities assess themselves for improvement, benchmark and share best practices. She has also acted as an ambassador for GEEIS to other companies and organizations, believing that the GEEIS approach can help advance gender equality and other diversities in companies and society as a whole.
She is the founder of InclusionMakers, a consulting firm for managers and HRDs on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion policies and strategies.
BECOME A MEMBER OF THE ARBORUS FUND
It is to be part of a human and heart adventure. It means participating in the construction of tomorrow's world. A better world that puts human resources at the heart of change. It means participating in a work of general interest.