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As the number of people suffering from Alzheimer’s has increased in France by around 14% in three years, the Foundation is increasing its capacity and creating three new workshops.

GSF recently appointed Thierry Chéron to the role of Group Vice President. This appointment follows the retirement of Bernard Leveau after 43 years with the company. On the back of a 25 year career with GSF, Thierry Chéron will be responsible for the Group’s general policy, working alongside Chief Executive Officer Jean Louis Noisiez.

As it celebrates its 50th anniversary, GSF has opted to have its entire management system certified to validate the standardisation of its tools and methods. Already recognised by AFNOR in 1998 for its quality system, the Group, under the impetus of its subsidiary GSF Celtus, has just obtained its QSE certification for the ILO OSH 2001, OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001 reference systems: a first in France for this sector!

On 23rd October 2016, GSF will inaugurate a new unique “health platform” in France, dedicated to training its staff. Hygiene and cleanliness are essential elements in the quality of treatment in hospital environments. Specialising in these services for fifty years, particularly in sensitive environments, the GSF Group is pursuing two major directions with this “health platform”: a growing demand for outsourced cleaning services in the healthcare sector and the implementation of specific training courses to reduce the risk of infection.

The family-owned group generated 659.7 million euros in turnover in 2012 with a net margin of 1.2%. The target is 800 million euros for 2016.

Within a context of renovating France’s nuclear power stations to increase their life-span and improve safety post-Fukushima, GSF is developing its activities in the nuclear industry and expanding its services. The Group’s presence at “Power Energies”, the energy partners trade fair (hydraulic, thermal, nuclear, etc.) from 25th to 27th September in Avignon, confirms its desire to be a permanent feature on the nuclear landscape.

To reduce the carbon footprint of its activities, GSF is demonstrating its commitment by providing eco-driving lessons. After an initial and convincing experimental phase with 40 unit managers and inspectors, the Group is launching a new challenge with the development of eco-driving lessons for GSF Concorde employees (Ile-de-France).

The 7th Arseg Awards Ceremony was held on 12th Decmeber at the Casino de Paris. Two companies from the GSF Group, a French leader in cleaning and associated services, won awards with their customers in 2 of the 6 competition categories: GSF Pluton and Arc International for the quality of the customer/supplier relationship and GSF Aries and Danone in the corporate social responsibility category.

Aware that cleanliness is a technical added value, for over 20 years GSF has developed expertise and skills in several sectors such as the nuclear industry. To accompany the safety and security challenges in this sector, GSF performs field diagnostics and constantly trains its personnel. In this sector, the Group also applies its commitment in terms of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the foundations of its culture which are based on the human values of respect, consideration, delegation, availability and trust.

In 2011, GSF will continue its spelling programme. These training sessions are part of the Group’s CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) programme. After several experimental phases, two of the Group’s cleaning and associated services companies, GSF Pluton (Nord, Pas de Calais) and GSF Concorde (Seine-et-Marne, Val d’Oise) are offering their employees spelling lessons. The objective of these lessons is to encourage easier writing and give employees confidence. In this way, they are responding to how the cleaning industry is changing as writing is becoming increasingly necessary.