Acting in solidarity: a corporate vision

Heppner has been involved since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, organising the collection and delivery of staples, equipment and generators, in cooperation with the METI (Medium-Sized Companies Movement). In 2024, alongside the NGO SOS Attitude, which specialises in emergency humanitarian aid, Heppner provided 30,000 euros in funding for a monthly operation to distribute parcels containing essential items to people with reduced mobility in the largely deserted region of Kherson, close to the front line.

Heppner x Emmaüs Défi – Banque Solidaire de l’Équipement (BSE)

Heppner has been supporting the Banque Solidaire de l’Équipement since 2022. Its mission is to combat poor housing and improve the material security of people in very precarious situations.

In 2024, this renewed commitment resulted in: a donation of 10,000 euros, transportation free or at preferential rates of 90 tonnes of donations from Emmaüs Défi’s partners to the BSE’s branches, the participation of employees in sorting and cataloguing donations at l’Equipage, Emmaüs Défi’s back-to-work project, and free delivery to beneficiaries of the Roubaix BSE in the Lille metropolitan area. Finally, in collaboration with l’Equipage, the work-study training programme for a truck driver, started last autumn with the Heppner branch in Rungis, will lead to a permanent contract in 2025.

Sponsorship agreement signed with the French Federation of Banques Alimentaires

Already volunteering locally for the Banques Alimentaires (food bank)’ collection drives in recent years, Heppner’s employees will be able to take their commitment to a higher level with this sponsorship agreement signed in April 2024: organisation of transport services throughout the year, volunteer work in shops during the national collection drive at the end of November, and the provision of vehicles and drivers for the event. In 2024, for the 40th National Banques Alimentaires Collection Drive, nearly 85 tonnes of foodstuffs and other supplies were transported free of charge by our teams throughout the country.

Since 2012, Heppner has unfailingly assisted the association in bringing joy to hospitalised children and their families. In 2024, Heppner contributed to the 6^th Festival au Tours du Rire (Laughing Tower Festival), whose profits are donated to the association. A donation of €20,000 was made to support the association’s projects, and a container containing 10,000 Christmas magic sets for hospitalised children was shipped from the port of Le Havre to Touraine at Heppner’s expense. A great way to bring thousands of smiles to the faces of the children, their families and their carers! And to keep the magic going, this partnership will be formalised with a sponsorship agreement in 2025.

As every year, Heppner’s branches and subsidiaries showed their solidarity, which has become a source of great pride for all Heppner employees.

At Safram, the teams threw themselves wholeheartedly into the “Pink October” campaign for breast cancer and also took part in collections of food and basic necessities with the Fondation Partage in Geneva during the national food collection drive at the beginning of December.

In Barcelona, as every year, employees took part in the Banc dels Aliments food collection drive by volunteering in the shops.

In Strasbourg, the Association Regards Solidaires, supported by Heppner from the outset, continues its commitment to students in need by organising fruit and vegetable deliveries.

In Gronau (Germany), the tradition of distributing food baskets to truck drivers far from their families on Christmas Eve was continued in 2024.
Supporting children’s schooling in Africa

The Brittany branch showed its support for the Fondation Kéba Mbaye, distributing 1,000 school kits in the Dakar region.
Working with the Association Nan Bara in Metz, the Lorraine branch helped transport three pallets of textbooks to a primary school in the Saint-Louis region of Senegal.