Cap Gemini - Registration Document 2016

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CAPGEMINI: PEOPLE, CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) AND BUSINESS ETHICS

3.3 Managing our environmental impact

Business Travel Emissions by Type

new controls to the expenses system in Brazil – so that only ◗ CEO of Capgemini Brazil can approve travel expenditure once the business unit budget has been exceeded; flight routes and new policies introduced to control these and provide alternatives. More sustainable hotel choices have also in Germany, an analysis has been carried out on the top five ◗ budget. been identified near each office location and a feasibility study was completed on the introduction of a personal mobility Waste and circular economy largely generated from office consumables and packaging and makes up a relatively small portion of our overall GHG emissions As a provider of consulting and technology services, our waste is (less than 0.15%). Nonetheless we are taking steps to minimize and reduce the volume of waste we generate across the Group sending Zero Waste to Landfill by 2017. and some of our larger entities have ambitious waste reduction targets in place, such as Capgemini India which is committed to disposal is of course to not generate waste in the first place. The The most efficient way of reducing our impacts from waste concept of “circular economy” is the idea of effectively “closing the loop” – maintaining products and materials in a positive development cycle for as long as possible to ensure as much value as possible can be extracted. As a provider of services, we have limited opportunities to practice circular economy principles as part of our core business model. However, circular economy a few examples: thinking has influenced the way we buy goods and our overall waste strategy in various different ways across the Group. To give in various Capgemini entities including the UK, India and North ◗ bottles reduces the use of disposable cups. The deployment of follow-me-printing and double-sided printer settings in entities America, the provision of reusable mugs and water glasses or such as Netherlands and the UK has also significantly reduced the amount of paper printed; in France, in 2016 we launched a program called Je recycle & Je ◗ gagne , through which we arrange the purchase of employees’ reused it is recycled to the latest environmental standards. As smartphones at a competitive price for reuse and recycling. We ensure personal data is erased and where a phone cannot be part of the same program, our people can buy reconditioned PCs or smartphones from Capgemini employees at prices up to to re-use more than 75% of our waste Electronic Equipment which is used to create reconditioned computers. This initiative 70% cheaper than buying a new one. In addition, since 2014, a collaboration with the company Nodixia has enabled Capgemini projects; also has social benefits, with Nodixia employing people with disabilities and reinvesting part of the profits in innovative social for a number of years to minimize packaging on the goods we buy. In addition, the development and launch of a new supplier the need for paper towels. We have been working with suppliers in the UK, the provision of energy-efficient hand dryers avoids ◗ principles; assessment tool during 2016 gives us a better ability to identify and engage with suppliers who have strong circular economy

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Whilst recognizing the importance of face-to-face time with our clients, we continue to take pragmatic steps to reduce our travel-related impacts. Across the Group, the deployment of integrated mobile, audio and video conferencing technology enables our people to work more flexibly without the need to average headcount of 7% within the same period; In India, emissions from business travel slightly reduced by 2% in ◗ 2016, a positive achievement given a corresponding increase in where a Mobility Plan has been developed at our new site in Lyon, electric vehicle charging points were installed at business travel emissions have decreased by 1% in France ◗ Capgemini’s headquarters in Suresnes and five car pooling only parking spaces were established in Montbonnot; car pooling and a Sustainable Business Travel focus week; topic of sustainable travel have helped reduce travel emissions per head by around 4.3%. Initiatives included the promotion of in North America, communications and engagement on the ◗ long haul flights; Whilst there has been a reduction in car and rail journeys within the UK, this is counterbalanced by the significant increase in in the UK, business travel emissions have increased by 1.7%. ◗ a sustained focus on reducing emissions from business travel in ◗ The Netherlands has contributed to a further 7.4% reduction in business travel emissions since 2015. Capgemini Netherlands is part of the Dutch Business Sustainable Mobility Pledge and helped initiate the program Anders Reizen (“Travel Differently”) . Sogeti Netherlands introduced a new “Bike to Work” Day in the Company car fleet is only 95 g CO 2 per km. 2016 and was awarded the Cleaner Car Contracts Award in March, in recognition of the fact that the average emissions of Group included: Other initiatives implemented to reduce business travel across the an eight-week Green Commuting Challenge in Sweden, to ◗ promote more sustainable modes of transport; travel. At the country level, the main results were:

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