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Vivendi
Societal, Social and
Environmental
Information
Environmental Indicators
4.2.
Environmental Indicators
In 2013, the process of improving environmental data gathering
continued. For some data, the striving for thoroughness has led to a
significant change in the result compared with the previous year.
4.2.1.
General Environmental Policy
The Group’s business units with little exposure to environmental risks
prepare their own action plans to measure and control their impacts.
The methods used include energy assessments, certifications, and
training and information sessions for employees.
Conducted energy assessment and evaluation of
environmental impacts (number of assessments)
GRI
UNGC
OECD
DMA Environment,
EN30
7, 8
VI.1.a
2013
2012
Consolidated data
13
106
C+G
0
UMG
2
GVT
0
SFR
9
MT
1
Corporate
1
In 2012, the Group’s business units located in France conducted an
assessment of their greenhouse gas emissions. This resulted in energy
assessments and impact evaluations at numerous sites. French law
stipulates that these evaluations must be renewed every three years.
The measures taken during the Energy Star certification of the UMG
headquarters in Santa Monica, issued by the US Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), revealed that the buildings were 48% more
energy-efficient than standard buildings in the United States.
In 2013, at SFR, environmental impact measurements concerned
predominantly light sites
(1)
(including the analysis of energy
consumption, production of electric and electronic waste, treatment of
used batteries and the treatment of refrigerants during maintenance
operations). There were fewer of these measurements than in 2012.
For Maroc Telecom, the energy efficiency assessment involved, among
other things, an analysis of uses related to renewable energy. A new
project using hybrid renewable energy (solar/wind) is being launched
at two pilot sites.
Environmental certification (number of sites)
GRI
UNGC
OECD
DMA Environment
7, 8
-
2013
2012
Consolidated data
6
3
C+G
1
UMG
2
GVT
0
SFR
2
MT
0
Corporate
1
NB: For SFR, the certification concerns two activities, please refer
to commentary below.
The number of certifications remained unchanged compared with the
previous year. They mainly relate to Vivendi’s corporate headquarters,
which, since 2009, has been certified by the European Management
Audit Scheme (EMAS), UMG’s headquarters in Santa Monica, which
was yet again awarded the Energy Star label, and UMG’s Woodland
Hills site in California, which received Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED) certification. SFR obtained the ISO 14001
certification of its Environmental Management System for the two
following activities: activity linked to maintenance and hosting of data
centers and the SRR
(2)
activity (fixed and mobile telecommunication,
tertiary and commercial, reparation centers, deployment and
maintenance of relay antennae).
Employee training and information on environmental protection
GRI
UNGC
OECD
DMA LA Training
and education aspect
8
VI.7.
The business units hold information and awareness sessions in relation
to protection of the environment. These sessions may be educational
in nature (as in UMG Australia), or they may be held in connection
with certifications, or may serve to assist the correspondents at the
subsidiaries in charge of reporting environmental data.
(1)
SFR distinguishes between three categories of sites: “light” sites are generally relay antennae and “points of presence” (POP) which are traffic collection points; “strategic”
sites are net centers and mobile switch centers (MSC); and “tertiary” sites include the corporate headquarters, retail sales outlets, and miscellaneous office premises.
(2)
Société réunionnaise du radiotéléphone
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