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For the last six years, Total’s French corporate foundation has been working with nonprofit organizations to help refugees enter the workforce through the Total Foundation program.

This year, our partner Alliance pour l’Éducation – United Way aims to support 10,500 French high school students from priority neighborhoods and rural areas in their schooling.

French search and rescue organization SNSM (Société Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer) and Total’s French corporate foundation have signed a new €9 million philanthropy agreement for a period of five years.

Total’s French corporate foundation is enthusiastically supporting the scientific program and the educational approach behind the Polar Pod expedition being led by Jean-Louis Etienne.

Whether an activist, entrepreneur or project manager, each one is committed to achieving greater social impact. And of course, these women are just a few of the many with whom we work under our global citizenship program.

Check out these images of a remarkable day at L’Industreet on March 1, 2021, when the campus was visited by French President Emmanuel Macron, accompanied by Total Chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanné. It was a memorable occasion full of sharing views and exchanging ideas with our 62 current students.

Faced with an unprecedented crisis, we stood together with our partners and nonprofits, taking emergency measures and continuing our positive-impact projects to give impetus to young people.

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In 2020, eight nonprofit organizations working to promote youth inclusion and education were selected as part of a call for partners by Total Foundation. Another call is being held this year, beginning on February 15.

Last November, L’Industreet welcomed its first 13 students at a temporary off-site location in Stains. Today, the building is fully completed and opening its doors to 38 young pioneers, who will receive free training in highly specialized industry trades through innovative teaching methods.