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As energy needs grow, so does the value of constantly searching for and developing every possible resource. Geological resources, of course, as well as new resources, but also human resources, since, after all, it’s women and men and their myriad knowledge and skills that we rely on to find solutions to our energy challenges. Access to knowledge is therefore critical to our activity and it is our duty to share it.
Over many years, Total has partnered up national bodies, suppliers and contracting parties to ambitious knowledge transfer programmes. Subsequently, the creation of Total Professeurs Associés in 2001 has given over 60,000 students the opportunity to receive classes given by current and former employees. |
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Two years ago, the Université Total, the Group’s in-house school, was founded to demonstrate Total’s commitment to broadening its openness to the field of knowledge. Since the energy sector is subject to sharp, fundamental changes, which can be lasting or fleeting, the Université Total provides an environment where others can understand such changes and consider them at a distance from multiple viewpoints.
Several hundred students receive grants from the Group every year or are selected to attend the Total Summer School, a week of seminars on energy organised by the Université Total, which you can picture more clearly in this issue. This initiative is a melting pot of cultures and paves a clear future for a global-wide company such as ours. |
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Diversity is essential to the Group, because it is a source of innovation and creativity. A broad cross-section of mindsets, sensibilities and the convergence of multiple perceptions of the world are vital for the projects, increasingly complex, we are required to take up.
This issue of Energies features an analysis of the place for women in the scientific world as an illustration of one facet of diversity. We thought it opportune to obtain the views of experts from inside and outside the Group to ensure as impartial an approach as possible to the matter. Of course, these complex questions can only be addressed with the support of all our combined energies.
Jean-Jacques Guilbaud,
Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Communications, Total
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