Assystem - Registration Document 2016

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2016 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORT (CSR)

ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION: ASSYSTEM’S COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING RESOURCES

4.4.2.2 Energy performance and environmental management The Group is committed to dynamically managing its energy performance and all decisions about working space are measured against financial, social and environmental yardsticks. ISO 14001-certification is obtained for the environmental management systems at Group sites where this is required due to the nature of their activities. This is the case for example at the Preston site in the United Kingdom and at Silver Atena in Germany. All of these sites are subject to regular independent energy audits (annually in Germany and in the United Kingdom under the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme – ESOS). Action to improve energy performance mainly concerns the following two areas: energy and paper use A certain number of initiatives have been launched at various sites to reduce energy and paper use, particularly in the United Kingdom. Objectives are set for each site, and performance in relation to the objectives is measured. Examples of these initiatives include installing low-energy lighting and energy-efficient air-conditioning systems that switch off automatically at certain times of day, regularly maintaining air-conditioning and heating systems to improve their efficiency, displaying reminders to avoid documents being printed unnecessarily, installing movement sensors and remote computer shutdown systems. These measures have led to a significant reduction in energy use in the United Kingdom. The Group also takes specific measures to improve the energy performance of its infrastructure, in particular by renting office space in energy-efficient buildings and reducing office space per employee. In Romania, the Group decided to rent space in an old building that had been renovated and restructured in accordance with high environmental and sustainability standards (with the installation of a heat pump, double-glazing, etc.). Teleworking also helps to reduce the Group’s carbon footprint, mainly by reducing the need for office space (see Section 4.3.1.4 of this Registration Document). ● ● energy efficient buildings The Group does not have an overall waste management, reduction and recycling policy. However, action is taken at many sites to raise employee awareness of the necessary routine gestures in this regard: ● in France, used ink cartridges are collected and recycled, at Saint- Quentin-en-Yvelines individual wastepaper bins were removed and a selective sorting system was trialled in 2016 (with the aim of continuing the trial in 2017), directors desk paperless boardroom 4.4.2.3 The circular economy - preventing and managing waste

software was introduced for meetings of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee; ● in the United Kingdom, a waste reduction target is set each year, supported by incentives to reduce paper use (for example, recto-verso printing as the default printer setting), posters reminding staff of the importance of preventing and managing waste, and the recycling and sale of metal waste from the workshops; ● in Romania, obsolete computer equipment is kept so that re-usable parts can be recycled. The Group recognises that clients are increasingly sensitive to environmental issues and has set the following objectives: ● develop the skills that will be needed in the future, through an ambitious training plan (see Section 4.3.5.2 of this Registration Document); ● encourage employee initiatives in this direction, notably through the Assystem Innovation Factory, an experimental laboratory that develops innovative projects and brings them to fruition. Priority is given to developing creative, durable and resource-efficient solutions for clients. The Group also works on many projects that have an impact on the environment, supporting clients in their energy transition and helping them to reduce their overall carbon footprint. The following are just some of the projects the Group participated in during 2016: Assystem and Distech Controls won a contract to provide turnkey systems integration services for the Building Technical Management (BTM) system of the new Paris High Court (TGI) building, which has set new standards in terms of energy efficiency in high-rise buildings, with automatically controlled heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, lighting and window-blind systems. The Momentum joint venture set up between UK-based Amec Foster Wheeler, AEOS and South Korea’s Kepco E&C was chosen to be the construction management-as-agent contractor for the ITER project in Cadarache (France), responsible for managing the assembly of more than one million components for the world’s largest nuclear fusion reactor with a tokamak at its core. A tokamak is an experimental machine designed to harness the energy of fusion, the nuclear reaction that powers the sun. Momentum will therefore play a key role in the international effort to make fusion a viable source of almost limitless carbon-free energy. The Proxemys consortium led by Assystem and also comprising Louis Berger and Antea Group won a contract to assist Société du Grand Paris in developing the Grand Paris Express low carbon automatic metro system for inhabitants of the Greater Paris area. The aim of the ● Energy & Infrastructure division 4.4.3 ASSYSTEM’S PARTICIPATION IN ENERGY TRANSITION

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