Worldline - Registration Document 2016

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

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Data centers energy efficiency

printing and print-job suspension. This, together with the use of lightweight paper (70 g), helps to cut waste and energy consumption. The introduction of more energy-efficient, communal printers rather than individual printers, combined with new procedures, has reduced the energy impact of offices. Default printer settings have also been modified, with duplex black and white Worldline to recycle most of its waste (see the waste management section). At Worldline Belgium, the Dynamo project, which was launched in 2013 to reduce the carbon The waste management policy for the buildings enables located in the most energy efficient building, enabling heating, ventilation and air conditioning to be turned off during non-working hours in other parts of the offices. impact of the offices, achieved a substantial reduction in office space and an increase in remote working in 2016. The new leased office space was selected (among other factors) for its energy efficiency. In addition, the 24/7 call center activity is now Worldline Belgium is also refurbishing part of its old building and replacing some of the old equipment with LEDs. In parallel, some of the switches in the kitchens and other less used areas have been replaced with motion sensors, and tests on ecofriendly/non-chemical processes are underway with a view to minimizing electricity use by avoiding lighting that is not strictly necessary. measures, such as installing timers on radiators (which stop for five minutes every half an hour) and lighting timers in Worldline France has introduced numerous environmental Blois, the Company has improved its office waste and has put all the floors and a recycling program has been put in place in Seclin and Blois and enlarged a partnership with a specialist company employing disabled staff was developed this year in communal areas, and managing ventilation systems (which only operate during office hours). In addition, more specifically in order to cover diversified activity including recent replacement of lighting equipment by LED’s. In the case of Worldline Germany, several actions have been implemented to improve the ecological footprint of the offices printer rooms and the upgrading with high efficiency pumps for heating distribution on the building ventilation system. Finally, waste separation has been put in place in the common rooms and the Company has reduced the storage of hazardous like the replacement of standard light by LED’s in areas used 24/7, the implementation of more efficient water boilers in all floor kitchenettes and of motion sensors in toilet areas and certificate on the number of trees saved. with HEPA filter and C fold tissue paper will be removed simultaneously and in Worldline Argentina, fluorescent tubes were replaced by LED’s and the Company has engaged the services of document recycling with a supplier that issues a Other actions have been implemented in other geographies like for instance in Worldline India have now automatic hand driers materials to less than 5 kg.

initiatives [GRI 302-5]

sizing of the infrastructure for the hot peak days allowing making substantial gains of energy. circuits; implementation of adiabatic cooling that avoids the Over the years, numerous actions have been implemented in Worldline data centers in terms of energy optimization. Best practices include for instance cooling systems based on water Since 2013, Worldline has managed five data centers in three different countries with a dedicated energy efficiency optimization program. As announced last year, the average power usage effectiveness (PUE) for Worldline data centers in 2016 is already 1.70 [GRI 302-5]. Further investigation is still under way to improve this average and reduce it to 1.65 within indicator: The last Worldline datacenter was built in 2009 and aimed for a PUE of 1.6. The following actions have been taken to reduce this Increase the temperature inside the data rooms and ● technical rooms; interaction between them; Install ventilation pipes above the chillers to avoid any ● Change CRAC (Computer Room Air Conditioner) settings ● from fixed to auto adjust; install a Kyoto wheel in the air handing unit; Increase temperatures on the cooling water network and ● Force air to cool computer only via a specific pipe. ● system allows Worldline to reduce energy consumption during the hot days in summer. In addition, Worldline takes the opportunity of the existing building configuration to add free cooling on the Vendôme DC. In the Vendôme data center, the installation of an adiabatic A further 10% decrease in the PUE was also achieved in 2015. The consolidation has had major implications for energy conservation. Migrations are an excellent opportunity to the next three years. upgrade our customers’ IT infrastructure. Customers are increasingly turning to cloud and virtualization solutions and using more eco-efficient hardware, together with other optimization methods. In addition, Worldline’s main datacenters use a data center infrastructure management (DCIM) solution for very precise, real-time monitoring of energy consumption. The solution has powerful features to optimize and reduce energy consumption. The latest internal report on datacenter power consumption showed that, overall, the various actions taken (migration, energy-efficient hardware and other optimization measures) have saved energy. adoption of cloud solutions, virtualization, increased use of

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