Dassault Aviation, a major player in Aerospace, continues its commitment to protecting its employees and the preservation of the environment, from the perspective of Corporate Social Responsibility. In this dynamic, our Company relies for years to come on five fundamental pillars.
I expect everyone to participate in this responsible approach of the Company, while respecting the values it defines. I am counting particularly with the involvement of management, at every level and in every area, to drive the implementation of this policy and reach the level of performance sought. Éric Trappier, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
I expect everyone to participate in this responsible approach of the Company, while respecting the values it defines. I am counting particularly with the involvement of management, at every level and in every area, to drive the implementation of this policy and reach the level of performance sought.
Our strength lies in the individual and collective excellence of our employees and in their passion for aerospace. Supporting and integrating new employees, and helping them develop their skills, is key to our continued growth.
In 2025, Dassault Aviation hired more than 1,500 people. These new recruits undergo a structured induction program, including the opportunity to avail of Envol integration days, introduced by the Chairman and CEO or the COO, or courses at the Dassault Aviation Defense Academy. New hires also benefit from a personalized skills development and training plan.
We are committed to promoting skills and equal opportunities for our employees.
Women have a growing role at Dassault Aviation, accounting for 27.8% of new hires in France in 2025. In partnership with the Elles bougent and AirEmploi associations, we are reaching out to middle and high school girls in an effort to spark their interest in technical and scientific careers.
Dassault Aviation provides support to people undertaking professional retraining at its various facilities across France, for example with certified metallurgical courses for fitters as well as assembly and cable installation specialists. Our Argonay factory has set up a school for metalworkers and machine fitters. Our Mérignac and Martignas factories offer training to vocational apprenticeship students, specializing in aircraft systems, avionics, and structures, as part of a special internship program.
The Dassault Skill Academy program is designed to support the growth of our manufacturing operations in international markets. For example, we have set up aeronautics diploma programs in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.
For the past decade, Dassault Aviation has been consistently identified by engineering school students as one of the ten best companies to work for. In addition to featuring in the top ten in the Universum France 2025 rankings, the company has also been named as one of the three most popular industrial companies among students and recent graduates, according to the Epoka/Occurence survey.
Dassault Aviation took third place in the Aerospace, Rail and Naval category, in Statista’s 2025 ranking of France’s 500 best employers, conducted for Capital magazine.
While remaining responsive to changing economic conditions, our compensation policy is designed to attract, reward and retain employees. Our incentives policy is extremely competitive: in 2026, the average amount of profit-sharing and incentive payments made to Dassault Aviation parent company employees in respect of the 2025 fiscal year was equivalent to 3.8 months of salary; 35% of profits made by our French businesses are redistributed in this way.
Dassault Aviation’s primary social responsibility is to serve French national sovereignty, a vital precondition for achieving sustainability goals. In the face of emerging threats, we stand by our dual civil-defense strategy. While taking practical steps to address CSR issues, we remain steadfastly focused on our fundamental priorities.
Dassault Aviation complies with the requirements of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) which, since 2024, has governed corporate social responsibility in France. Our financial report includes an audited sustainability statement covering these requirements. Going beyond the 1,200 data points set out in the CSRD directive, we have highlighted the vital role we play in safeguarding sovereignty, which is key to achieving sustainability goals.
Dassault Aviation is committed to the worldwide target of carbon neutrality in the aviation sector by 2050.
Business aviation as a whole accounts for 0.04% of global CO2 emissions.
The European taxonomy—which excludes business aviation—and the recent hike in the French tax on airline tickets (TSBA), are just two of the counter-productive hindrances to our ongoing investment in decarbonization technologies.
In July 2025, the Falcon 8X was the first business jet in the world to earn CO2 certification from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). It is thus compliant with the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) international decarbonization regulations.
EASA is the first major regulatory authority to have adopted this standard. Compliance with these certification criteria will be mandatory for all civil aircraft manufactured from 2028 onwards.
Following this achievement, Dassault is moving ahead with certification for the Falcon 6X and 2000LXS. The Falcon 10X will be natively compliant with international energy efficiency standards.
Amid the continued expansion of our manufacturing operations, we are improving our energy efficiency on a per-hour basis and reducing our emissions through an increased use of carbon-free energy sources.
Dassault Aviation is committed to the French and European goals aimed at ensuring a sustainable supply of critical raw materials and a reduced dependence on imports.
We are pioneers when it comes to the recycling of composite products, working closely with the recycling facilities located near our plants. Thanks to the policies and practices we have put in place, we recycle a very high proportion of our waste.
Our vigorous and diligent approach to corporate social responsibility is accompanied by stringent business ethics, spearheaded by an independent body with a proactive focus on compliance.
Dassault Aviation adheres to strict ethical business standards, in compliance with national laws and international agreements. The Ethics Department, an independent body which reports directly to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is tasked with implementing measures to fight corruption and money laundering, as well as overseeing internal processes designed to ensure compliance with all statutory requirements.
Dassault Aviation has set up a rigorous and highly organized system for ethical compliance, based on the following procedures and tools:
An internal assessment and control process, run by the Audit and Risk Management Department, is also in place to support this system.
To ensure optimum management of the risks of serious harm to the environment, occupational health and safety, human rights and fundamental freedoms, Dassault Aviation has set up a vigilance plan covering its subsidiaries and suppliers. In 2025, more than 365 suppliers underwent assessment under this plan. Duty of care risk assessments ensure that serious breaches of human rights, as well as threats to the health and safety of personnel, are preempted.
Against a backdrop of heightened geopolitical tensions, Dassault Aviation is committed to a strict observance of embargoes and sanctions in all its business dealings.
In 2025, more than 870 “at risk” employees received training in the key aspects of the French “Sapin 2” law and in issues of compliance, while a further 4,850 individuals took part in an e-learning course to raise their awareness about these issues. In addition, each new hire is issued a “compliance passport.”