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Annual Report -
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Vivendi
Societal, Social and
Environmental
Information
Key Messages
Section 4
Environmental Information
4.1.1.
Enhanced Employee Mobilization
Aside from initiatives to raise employees’ environmental awareness, in
the form of projects conducted by the business units, two transversal
axis structure the Group’s employees mobilization: reporting and
certification.
The reporting requirement
In 2013, the work of improving data-gathering and consolidating
environmental data continued, following regular exchanges with
business unit representatives. Three new indicators were informed:
training and employee information in the area of environmental
protection, the purchase of plastics and acrylics used in the
manufacture of products intended for sale, and purchases of paper
for internal use. The creation of a new indicator (Total energy
consumption) provides a global data. A stricter measure was
adopted for water consumption. Paper purchases for office use were
assessed as real data per entity.
In fiscal year 2013, the work of the Auditors related to reported data
in the Annual Report focused for the first time on several Universal
Music Group sites located in Berlin and London and on GVT sites in
Curitiba. This audit engagement was expanded within Canal+ Group
to include the head office of Canal+ Overseas. In order to assist
these three subsidiaries in the auditing process, briefing sessions
were held by the Vivendi’s CSR department and by the Auditors.
After the audit is completed, closing meetings are held by the
auditors. These meetings with the auditors, the business line
representatives and Vivendi’s CSR department allow to review
improvements. These meetings also provide Management with an
opportunity to discuss any recommendations to be implemented.
The Certification Process
Committing to a certification process allows the Company to
evaluate, improve and report on its environmental policy and also
to meet with its employees and its other stakeholders to discuss
common objectives.
For the eighth consecutive year, in an ongoing effort to reduce the
environmental impact attributable to employees, customers and
other stakeholders, SFR renewed the ISO 14001 certification of its
environmental management system.
This year, the headquarters of Universal Music Group in Santa
Monica received the Energy Star certification issued by the US
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the seventh time. This
distinction is reserved for top-ranking businesses recognized for
their energy performance at national level.
Registration of Vivendi’s headquarters for the EU’s Eco-Management
and Audit Scheme (EMAS regulations) with the French Ministry of
Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy was maintained, in
accordance with an annual follow-up audit. EMAS is a management
tool for Vivendi’s headquarters. Decisions on initiatives to reduce
impacts on the environment are made by the “Green Team”
Committee, which meets twice a year. This committee, which is
led by an EMAS coordinator, brings together approximately ten
members from different departments: administrative services,
computer support, human resources, finance, CSR communications,
and internal auditing, as well as the service provider in charge of
maintenance for the site. The strength of the Committee lies in the
motivation and expertise of its members.
4.1.2.
Improved Reporting on Energy Consumption
In 2013, as a result of improved environmental reporting process,
key indicators were developed that are better suited to the activities
of the various business units. In order to control the forms of energy
consumption that are the chief sources of the Group’s CO
2
emissions,
several measures were adopted, as described below:
Managing Facilities
: special attention was paid to air-
conditioning as a source of high electricity consumption. GVT and
Maroc Telecom have therefore invested in natural ventilation (“free
cooling”), which consumes less energy. The new site that gathers
together all the free channels of Canal+ Group is BREEAM certified
(BRE Environmental Assessment Method). This is the most wildely
used method of assessing the environmental performance of
buildings. The site is equipped with “free cooling” generators that
use air from outdoors to cool film sets and equipments, leading to
energy savings of 13% a year, which is the equivalent of 100 tons
of CO
2
.
4.1.
Key Messages
