- Alliance to provide 200 pure electric vehicles to 2015 Paris climate conference
- Fleet expected to cover 400,000 km during event and emit zero emissions* while driving
- Fleet comprised of Renault ZOE, Nissan LEAF and Nissan e-NV200
- 200 Renault and Nissan employee volunteers to drive cars, alongside team of professional drivers
The Renault-Nissan Alliance will provide the world's largest electric-vehicle fleet ever to an international conference. As the official passenger-car provider for the United Nation's COP21 climate conference in Paris, the Alliance will provide 200 pure electric vehicles to the annual summit which runs from Nov. 30 to Dec. 11.
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Together, the vehicles are expected to cover more than 400,000 km, emitting zero emissions* while shuttling delegates during the 21st annual Conference of Parties (better known as COP21). More than 20,000 U.N. participants from 195 countries are expected to attend COP21.
"Electric vehicles are a practical and affordable mode of transportation. At the same time, they offer a solution for drastically reducing tailpipe CO2 emissions. They also reduce regulated exhaust pollutants, helping us to improve the air quality in our cities. Together, the public and private sectors can accelerate the transition to a zero-emission society," said Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance.
The COP21 car fleet will feature the Renault ZOE subcompact car, the Nissan LEAF compact car and the 7-seater Nissan e-NV200 van. The vehicles will be available to shuttle delegates 24 hours, seven days a week to and from the Le Bourget conference venue, as a complement to public transportation.
This marks the first time the U.N. will use a zero-emission or 100% electric fleet for its entire passenger-car shuttle at a climate summit
200 Renault and Nissan employees volunteer to drive at COP21
The 100% electric cars will be driven by a team of 200 professional drivers and 200 volunteers from Renault and Nissan. In June, the Renault-Nissan Alliance launched a call for volunteers to allow employees in and around Paris the opportunity to be part of COP21 as volunteer drivers. The response was overwhelming with more than 450 employees applying before the recruitment process was closed. The 200 successful Renault and Nissan applicants, as well as the professional drivers, will undergo a rigorous training program in preparation for the event.
For the entire press release please click here:
http://www.media.blog.alliance-renault-nissan.com/news/5656
Contact:
Rachel Konrad, Renault-Nissan Alliance Communications, rachel.konrad@renault-nissan.com ; Aline Henry, Renault-Nissan Alliance Communications, aline.henry@renault-nissan.com
Source: Renault-Nissan Alliance
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Renault-Nissan Alliance Accelerates Gender Diversity
- Percentage of women employees, particularly those in manager-level positions, keeps increasing year over year
- At Renault, 22% of global key positions are held by women; Nissan Japan has more than triple the national average percentage of women
- Renault and Nissan launch new programs to recruit, retain and promote women--and to attract more female car buyers
The Renault-Nissan Alliance, one of the world's largest car groups, continues to make progress in its commitment to closing the gender gap. The company launched numerous programs globally and particularly in the "home markets" to recruit, retain and advance women.
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The percentage of women employees at both Renault and Nissan has increased from a year ago, particularly in manager-level positions.
At Renault, women accounted for 18.4% of all employees globally in the most recent study, up from 17.6% in 2013 and up from 10% in 2000. Women accounted for 18.3% of Renault's manager-level positions globally in 2014, up from 17% in 2013. Women accounted for 22% of the company's 2,000 global "key positions," up from 19.6% in 2013.
Renault is a leader in the auto industry in terms of women at the most senior ranks. Two members of the 11-person executive committee are women: Mouna Sepehri, Executive Vice President of the Office of the CEO; and Marie-Francoise Damesin, Executive Vice President for Human Resources. Damesin is also Renault-Nissan Alliance Executive Vice President for Human Resources.
Renault aims to have women account for 30% of engineering or technical positions and 50% of sales positions worldwide by 2016. Renault also aims to have women account for 25% of its key global positions by next year.
At Nissan, women accounted for 11.7% of manager-level positions globally in fiscal year 2014, up from 10.6% in fiscal year 2013. In Japan, women at Nissan accounted for 8.2% of such positions, up from 7.1% in the previous year and more than 5 times higher than 2004.
Nissan remains an industry benchmark in its home market of Japan, with the percentage of its women managers more than triple the national average for large manufacturers. Nissan's goal is to have women represent 10% of managers in Japan and 14% of all management positions globally by 2017.
Renault-Nissan Alliance launches initiatives to close the global gender-gap
2014 was an unprecedented year for new initiatives aimed at the recruitment, retention and advancement of women across Renault and Nissan, which together are responsible for one in 10 car sales globally:
- Renault became the first manufacturing company to sign a United Nations pledge to promote gender equality in Latin America, a key region for long-term growth. The goal of the UN's Women Empowerment Principles is to ensure human rights for women and to help women participate more fully in the economy, across all industrial sectors and levels of corporate hierarchy.
- Renault launched a women recruitment program in its Algerian factory that resulted in 350 new hires --40% of which were women. This makes the Renault plant in Oran one of the auto industry's best in the world for gender equity.
- Renault has a growing internal women network called Women@Renault which now counts more than 4500 members in key markets (Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, France, India, Korea, Morocco, Romania, Russia, Spain and Turkey).
- In 2014, Renault received the coveted "Label of Equality" from the Spanish government. The government particularly praised Renault for its " Women@Renault " internal support and career network.
- Nissan introduced an official mentoring program for women manager candidates in Japan. The program is available for female general managers and offers reinforcement on issues of leadership, strategy and career advancement.
- Nissan launched a workshop for young women engineers. The workshop, which is held twice a year, offers women advice on how to build a career before having children.
- Nissan continues to expand the "Ladies First" retail program in Japan. Ladies First dealerships are managed and staffed mostly by women. The dealership in the Tokyo suburb of Fuchu features stylish interiors, a nursing room and a spacious area where children can play and is aimed at making the shopping experience more welcoming to women and first-time buyers.
- By the summer of 2015, Nissan had 151 Ladies First dealerships. Nissan plans to have 300 across Japan by the end of 2016. It is also considering expanding the program to overseas markets. Nissan will take lessons learned from the "Ladies First" project and apply it wherever applicable.
- Nissan is also boosting the percentage of women salespeople. Women represented 8.5% of salespeople in Japan in mid-2015, up from 7% at the end of 2014. Nissan aims for 10% by 2018.
Renault-Nissan focuses on mentoring at Women's Forum
Renault and Nissan provide an update on gender progress and diversity every year in advance of the Women's Forum for the Economy and Society. This year's conference takes place Oct. 14-16 in Deauville, France. The annual gathering, which the Alliance has supported since 2006, aims to level the playing field for women in industry academia, politics and society.
The Renault-Nissan Alliance sends 50 top-performing women from around the world to the conference. This year, the car group will host a special session about mentoring for all internal delegates.
In addition, the Renault-Nissan Alliance will have three public speakers at this year's event.
- Oct. 14: Mouna Sepehri, Executive Vice-President Office of the CEO, will participate in the plenary session "How do you energize the World?"
- Oct. 15: The Renault-Nissan Alliance will host a session on "Wellbeing and the car" with Sidonie Camplan, Studio Chief Designer, Colors and Material, Renault.
- Oct. 16: The Renault-Nissan Alliance will host a session on "Intrapreneurship, a new model" with Claire Martin, Vice-President Renault CSR, MD Renault Foundation and Alliance Renault-Nissan Leader for COP21.
For more information on Renault's diversity initiatives, go to:
http://www.renault.com/en/groupe/developpement-durable/responsabilite-sociale-de-l-entreprise/pages/diversite.asp
For more information on Nissan's diversity initiatives, go to:
http://www.nissan-global.com/EN/COMPANY/DIVERSITY
About the Renault-Nissan Alliance
The Renault-Nissan Alliance is a strategic partnership between Paris-based Renault and Yokohama, Japan-based Nissan, which together sell one in 10 cars worldwide. The companies, which have been strategic partners since 1999, sold 8.4 million cars in nearly 200 countries in 2014. The Alliance also operates strategic collaborations with automakers including Germany's Daimler, China's Dongfeng, India's Ashok Leyland and Japan's Mitsubishi Motors. It also owns a majority stake in the joint venture that controls Russia's top automaker, AVTOVAZ.
http://www.media.renault.com
http://www.nissan-newsroom.com
blog.alliance-renault-nissan.com
Contacts:
Aline Henry
Renault-Nissan Alliance
+33(0)6-03-09-54-97
aline.henry@renault-nissan.com
Alejandra Kaufman
Renault SAS
+33(0)6-71-00-25-56
alejandra.kaufman@renault.com
Toshitake Inoshita
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
+81(0)45-523-5552
t-inoshita@mail.nissan.co.jp
Source: Renault-Nissan Alliance
PRNewswire
- At Renault, 22% of global key positions are held by women; Nissan Japan has more than triple the national average percentage of women
- Renault and Nissan launch new programs to recruit, retain and promote women--and to attract more female car buyers
The Renault-Nissan Alliance, one of the world's largest car groups, continues to make progress in its commitment to closing the gender gap. The company launched numerous programs globally and particularly in the "home markets" to recruit, retain and advance women.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140130/666713-a )
(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20151012/276146 )
(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20151012/276147 )
(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20151012/276148 )
The percentage of women employees at both Renault and Nissan has increased from a year ago, particularly in manager-level positions.
At Renault, women accounted for 18.4% of all employees globally in the most recent study, up from 17.6% in 2013 and up from 10% in 2000. Women accounted for 18.3% of Renault's manager-level positions globally in 2014, up from 17% in 2013. Women accounted for 22% of the company's 2,000 global "key positions," up from 19.6% in 2013.
Renault is a leader in the auto industry in terms of women at the most senior ranks. Two members of the 11-person executive committee are women: Mouna Sepehri, Executive Vice President of the Office of the CEO; and Marie-Francoise Damesin, Executive Vice President for Human Resources. Damesin is also Renault-Nissan Alliance Executive Vice President for Human Resources.
Renault aims to have women account for 30% of engineering or technical positions and 50% of sales positions worldwide by 2016. Renault also aims to have women account for 25% of its key global positions by next year.
At Nissan, women accounted for 11.7% of manager-level positions globally in fiscal year 2014, up from 10.6% in fiscal year 2013. In Japan, women at Nissan accounted for 8.2% of such positions, up from 7.1% in the previous year and more than 5 times higher than 2004.
Nissan remains an industry benchmark in its home market of Japan, with the percentage of its women managers more than triple the national average for large manufacturers. Nissan's goal is to have women represent 10% of managers in Japan and 14% of all management positions globally by 2017.
Renault-Nissan Alliance launches initiatives to close the global gender-gap
2014 was an unprecedented year for new initiatives aimed at the recruitment, retention and advancement of women across Renault and Nissan, which together are responsible for one in 10 car sales globally:
- Renault became the first manufacturing company to sign a United Nations pledge to promote gender equality in Latin America, a key region for long-term growth. The goal of the UN's Women Empowerment Principles is to ensure human rights for women and to help women participate more fully in the economy, across all industrial sectors and levels of corporate hierarchy.
- Renault launched a women recruitment program in its Algerian factory that resulted in 350 new hires --40% of which were women. This makes the Renault plant in Oran one of the auto industry's best in the world for gender equity.
- Renault has a growing internal women network called Women@Renault which now counts more than 4500 members in key markets (Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, France, India, Korea, Morocco, Romania, Russia, Spain and Turkey).
- In 2014, Renault received the coveted "Label of Equality" from the Spanish government. The government particularly praised Renault for its " Women@Renault " internal support and career network.
- Nissan introduced an official mentoring program for women manager candidates in Japan. The program is available for female general managers and offers reinforcement on issues of leadership, strategy and career advancement.
- Nissan launched a workshop for young women engineers. The workshop, which is held twice a year, offers women advice on how to build a career before having children.
- Nissan continues to expand the "Ladies First" retail program in Japan. Ladies First dealerships are managed and staffed mostly by women. The dealership in the Tokyo suburb of Fuchu features stylish interiors, a nursing room and a spacious area where children can play and is aimed at making the shopping experience more welcoming to women and first-time buyers.
- By the summer of 2015, Nissan had 151 Ladies First dealerships. Nissan plans to have 300 across Japan by the end of 2016. It is also considering expanding the program to overseas markets. Nissan will take lessons learned from the "Ladies First" project and apply it wherever applicable.
- Nissan is also boosting the percentage of women salespeople. Women represented 8.5% of salespeople in Japan in mid-2015, up from 7% at the end of 2014. Nissan aims for 10% by 2018.
Renault-Nissan focuses on mentoring at Women's Forum
Renault and Nissan provide an update on gender progress and diversity every year in advance of the Women's Forum for the Economy and Society. This year's conference takes place Oct. 14-16 in Deauville, France. The annual gathering, which the Alliance has supported since 2006, aims to level the playing field for women in industry academia, politics and society.
The Renault-Nissan Alliance sends 50 top-performing women from around the world to the conference. This year, the car group will host a special session about mentoring for all internal delegates.
In addition, the Renault-Nissan Alliance will have three public speakers at this year's event.
- Oct. 14: Mouna Sepehri, Executive Vice-President Office of the CEO, will participate in the plenary session "How do you energize the World?"
- Oct. 15: The Renault-Nissan Alliance will host a session on "Wellbeing and the car" with Sidonie Camplan, Studio Chief Designer, Colors and Material, Renault.
- Oct. 16: The Renault-Nissan Alliance will host a session on "Intrapreneurship, a new model" with Claire Martin, Vice-President Renault CSR, MD Renault Foundation and Alliance Renault-Nissan Leader for COP21.
For more information on Renault's diversity initiatives, go to:
http://www.renault.com/en/groupe/developpement-durable/responsabilite-sociale-de-l-entreprise/pages/diversite.asp
For more information on Nissan's diversity initiatives, go to:
http://www.nissan-global.com/EN/COMPANY/DIVERSITY
About the Renault-Nissan Alliance
The Renault-Nissan Alliance is a strategic partnership between Paris-based Renault and Yokohama, Japan-based Nissan, which together sell one in 10 cars worldwide. The companies, which have been strategic partners since 1999, sold 8.4 million cars in nearly 200 countries in 2014. The Alliance also operates strategic collaborations with automakers including Germany's Daimler, China's Dongfeng, India's Ashok Leyland and Japan's Mitsubishi Motors. It also owns a majority stake in the joint venture that controls Russia's top automaker, AVTOVAZ.
http://www.media.renault.com
http://www.nissan-newsroom.com
blog.alliance-renault-nissan.com
Contacts:
Aline Henry
Renault-Nissan Alliance
+33(0)6-03-09-54-97
aline.henry@renault-nissan.com
Alejandra Kaufman
Renault SAS
+33(0)6-71-00-25-56
alejandra.kaufman@renault.com
Toshitake Inoshita
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
+81(0)45-523-5552
t-inoshita@mail.nissan.co.jp
Source: Renault-Nissan Alliance
PRNewswire
Monday, September 21, 2015
Cooperation of Daimler and Renault-Nissan Alliance Accelerates, Strengthens in 2015
- Original project portfolio has more than quadrupled to 13 projects on three continents
- Significant 2015 milestones include groundbreaking of joint assembly plant in Mexico, expansion of cooperation portfolio into pickup trucks
- Infiniti Q30 production starts later this year; car on display at Frankfurt International Motor Show
- EV versions of new smart fortwo and forfour to be powered by Renault electric motors
The partnership between the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler AG accelerated and strengthened as it entered its sixth year in 2015, the companies' leaders said today in their annual media update during the Frankfurt International Motor Show.
Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of the Alliance, described the partnership as "one of the most productive in the auto industry."
"It has accelerated the time-to-market for vehicle launches and has been an obvious strategic advantage for each partner," Ghosn said. "We look forward to its continued growth, with more joint projects in the future."
Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, agreed.
"Since the start of our cooperation in 2010, our joint projects have created value for our customers worldwide," Zetsche said. "This year we further deepened the collaboration and announced two completely new projects. We cooperate when it is mutually beneficial. And that is the way we will keep it."
Major milestones so far in 2015 include:
- Groundbreaking of a jointly owned assembly plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico: Nissan and Daimler recently broke ground on the U.S. $1 billion Aguascalientes plant, which will produce next-generation premium compact vehicles for Infiniti from 2017, and Mercedes-Benz starting in 2018. Nissan and Daimler will co-develop the vehicles. The plant is expected to produce more than 230,000 cars a year by 2020. They will also be produced at other Daimler and Nissan plants in Europe and China. The joint assembly plant is located next to the Nissan plant in Aguascalientes.
- Development of a 1-ton pickup truck for Mercedes-Benz : Earlier this year, Daimler and Nissan announced development of the first Mercedes-Benz entry into the pickup segment. The new pickup will share some of its architecture with the all-new Nissan NP300, but will be engineered and designed by Daimler to meet the specific needs of its customers in Europe, Australia, South Africa and Latin America.
Full release available here: http://www.media.blog.alliance-renault-nissan.com/news/5561
Contacts:
Jorg Howe, Daimler AG
Phone: +49-711-17-41341
Email: joerg.howe@daimler.com
Mia Nielsen, Renault-Nissan Alliance
Phone: +33-(0)6-10-83-31-33
Email: mia.nielsen@renault-nissan.com
Source: Renault-Nissan Alliance
- Significant 2015 milestones include groundbreaking of joint assembly plant in Mexico, expansion of cooperation portfolio into pickup trucks
- Infiniti Q30 production starts later this year; car on display at Frankfurt International Motor Show
- EV versions of new smart fortwo and forfour to be powered by Renault electric motors
The partnership between the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler AG accelerated and strengthened as it entered its sixth year in 2015, the companies' leaders said today in their annual media update during the Frankfurt International Motor Show.
"It has accelerated the time-to-market for vehicle launches and has been an obvious strategic advantage for each partner," Ghosn said. "We look forward to its continued growth, with more joint projects in the future."
Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, agreed.
"Since the start of our cooperation in 2010, our joint projects have created value for our customers worldwide," Zetsche said. "This year we further deepened the collaboration and announced two completely new projects. We cooperate when it is mutually beneficial. And that is the way we will keep it."
Major milestones so far in 2015 include:
- Groundbreaking of a jointly owned assembly plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico: Nissan and Daimler recently broke ground on the U.S. $1 billion Aguascalientes plant, which will produce next-generation premium compact vehicles for Infiniti from 2017, and Mercedes-Benz starting in 2018. Nissan and Daimler will co-develop the vehicles. The plant is expected to produce more than 230,000 cars a year by 2020. They will also be produced at other Daimler and Nissan plants in Europe and China. The joint assembly plant is located next to the Nissan plant in Aguascalientes.
- Development of a 1-ton pickup truck for Mercedes-Benz : Earlier this year, Daimler and Nissan announced development of the first Mercedes-Benz entry into the pickup segment. The new pickup will share some of its architecture with the all-new Nissan NP300, but will be engineered and designed by Daimler to meet the specific needs of its customers in Europe, Australia, South Africa and Latin America.
Full release available here: http://www.media.blog.alliance-renault-nissan.com/news/5561
Contacts:
Jorg Howe, Daimler AG
Phone: +49-711-17-41341
Email: joerg.howe@daimler.com
Mia Nielsen, Renault-Nissan Alliance
Phone: +33-(0)6-10-83-31-33
Email: mia.nielsen@renault-nissan.com
Source: Renault-Nissan Alliance
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