Worldline - Registration Document 2016

Corporate and social responsibility report Annex III - Reducing our environmental footprint through eco-efficient operations

from each main geography. The team is led by Worldline’s CSR Officer, who coordinates the proceedings and organizes the work for the months ahead. Also, Worldline counts with an Environmental Board that holds regular meetings on a quarterly basis. This Environmental Board is composed by the Environmental Director of Worldline and Atos, the Real Estate Director, the Director of the ISO 14001 multi-site certification and an environmental reference point The purpose of the Environmental Board meetings is to: Follow up on environmental initiatives including ● target-setting and roadmap; Review ISO 14001 certification and the associated progress ● plan; Ensure fully alignment within Atos environmental strategy; ● with the Group. Share the environmental strategy and the joint opportunities ● stakeholders so that they can better understand the engagement of Worldline in favor of the environment. ambitions of the Atos group and with its CSR program. The purpose of this policy to provide high level principles, over the short and long term regarding the main environmental challenges and also being a reference document for In 2016, Atos and Worldline launched a new global environmental policy. The policy is aligned with the strategic non-renewable resources. procurement, recycling and data center energy optimization policies. It also sets targets for carbon emissions, energy consumption, electronic waste management, protection of natural resources and reduction of dependency on The environmental policy covers IT aspects through In the light of this policy, Worldline has designed a specific action plan containing concrete actions for each department concerned in order to achieve the global environmental objectives. [GRI 103-2 Energy] Environmental policy and processes A.5.2.2

be compliant with environmental standards and engages all Worldline employees to apply our environmental policy. In recent years, this approach has already proved effective and is in line with local and global environmental regulations. The Worldline environmental roadmap encourages our suppliers to In 2012, Worldline decided to seek ISO 14001 certification for its main sites (over 500 employees) and datacenters. In 2016, the Albazans and Diagonal from Worldline Iberia, the site of Frankfurt from Worldline Germany and the datacenter Vendôme in France were certified ISO 14001: 2004. In addition, the sites of Blois, Seclin Dassault and Seclin La Pointe are certified ISO 14001: 2015. In total, 9 sites of Worldline are certified [AO14], which represents 68% of the total headcount. datacenter and the office of Worldline Brussels, the sites of During the 2016 financial year, Worldline had not been fined or been the subject of any administrative, legal or arbitration proceedings (including those of which Worldline is aware and which could pose a threat to the Company) having taken place or which could have a significant impact on Worldline’s financial position or profitability. The Company confirms that it complies fully with local environmental regulations [GRI 419-1]. The EMS rollout at Worldline’s main sites is a key component of its CSR program. The Worldline environmental ambition aims to benefit the Company’s customers, employees and internal organization. The environmental action plan helps to improve Company’s general performance. the Company’s competitiveness, ensure compliance with applicable environmental regulations, reduce risks and costs, develop citizen engagement and consequently boost the The EU Energy Efficiency Directive (EED – 2012/27/EU) came into force on November 14, 2012 and is being progressively implemented across the European Union member states. The directive belongs to a number of measures intended to increase energy efficiency across Europe. In countries where the directive has been transposed, the first energy audits were due to take place before the end of 2015. Worldline is following this directive and consequently launched in 2015 a program of energy audits across its major European national registrations. Worldline France has already performed the audit in 2015 and Worldline Germany and Worldline Belgium performed it in 2016. sites and for business travel every four years in compliance with

A.5.2.3

Energy] [GRI 103-3 Emissions] and [GRI 419-1] Environmental Management System and energy audit [AO14] [GRI 103-3

A.5.2.4

Managing risks and opportunities

[GRI 201-2]

potential cost savings. seen as opportunities leading to alternative ways of working, improved internal processes, better operating efficiency and energy efficiency and carbon reduction challenges are clearly Improving Worldline’s performance regarding its environmental challenges generates numerous benefits. In particular, the

environmental issues specific to Worldline’s sites and introduce regular additional actions to reduce its environmental footprint. own Environmental Management System (EMS) in line with the Atos group’s environmental policy. The EMS seeks to address With its history and know-how, Worldline has also developed its

A

331

Worldline 2016 Registration Document