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OUR COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

3.4 Environmental Sustainability

As well as reducing the amount of waste generated, we continue to identify opportunities to increase recycling rates and provide alternatives to sending waste to landfill: following our recent rebranding in late{2017, X Capgemini{Belgium collaborated with several local charities to re-use as many of items with the old branding as possible. T-shirts, notepads, pens, jackets were distributed to more than ten{charity projects with an estimated ten{cubic meters diverted from landfill; Capgemini{France have been focused on improving recycling X facilities and food waste collection across various sites, helping contribute to a 4% reduction in the overall amount of waste being sent to landfill; Capgemini{UK took part in the “Square Mile Challenge” in X London, to increase awareness about recycling of coffee cups and encourage people visiting local cafes to bring their own re-usable mugs. Food waste is not a material environmental impact across the whole Group, as many countries do not provide cafeterias or food for employees. However, a number of initiatives to reduce food waste are in place at a country-level including: in India (where on-site cafeterias are provided), people are X encouraged to self-serve to avoid foodwatage. Ongoing communication campaigns have helped raise awareness of the amount of food waste being generated, for example, by weighing the previous day’s waste and equating it to the number of meals that could have been provided. In addition, organic waste converters were installed in{2017 in Chennai, Pune and Hyderabad locations, with 250{kg of compost already being generated each year for gardening and landscaping. We are also in the process of installing organic waste converters at two further offices in Mumbai and a bio-gas plant in one{of our Pune offices; in Sweden, food waste is segregated for several of our X locations including Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö, Älmhult & Växjö. In these locations, the municipal waste system enables food waste to be used for the generation of biogas; in France, at our training campus (Les Fontaines), food waste X is used to create compost which is then is re-used by gardeners for the maintenance of the 52-hectare park; in the{UK, food waste is segregated at key sites and disposed X of through waste-to-energy schemes ( i.e. the food waste is used to generate electricity). In North America, cafeterias are not available on site but where food is brought in for team events, leftovers are made available to other employees. If there is a major event with large amount of excess food, caterers will donate to local shelters. Our total waste generation has remained relatively stable this year, reducing slightly by 1.5%, a positive outcome given that our workforce grew by 6% during the same period. We also increased recycling rates significantly, meaning that overall 11.8% less waste was sent to landfill in{2017 than the previous year, with our rate of diversion from landfill increasing from 27% last year to 35% this year.

The most efficient way of reducing our impacts from waste disposal is not to generate waste in the first{place. The 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 thinking has influenced the way we buy goods and our overall waste strategy in various ways across the Group. To give a few examples: the deployment of managed print services with secure X printing across various countries, as well as default black and white and double-sided print settings, has helped us significantly reduce the amount of paper and toner we use across the Group. In addition, our three{chosen printer suppliers are all notable for their commitments to embedding sustainability within product design – the printers themselves are highly energy efficient achieving Energy Star certification, whilst the components are designed for durability, and where possible are re-usable or recyclable at end-of-life; in both France and the{UK, we have programs to ensure reuse X and recycling of old phones. In the{UK, we launched a new campaign in{2017 “My 2 nd Life” which provides employees with a simple way to recycle old personal electronic devices with all proceeds going to “Closing the loop” a circular economy social enterprise working in Africa. The French program called Je{recycle{&{Je{gagne , involves purchasing employees’ smartphones at a competitive price for reuse and recycling. As part of the same program, our people can buy reconditioned PCs or smartphones from Capgemini employees at prices up to 70% cheaper than buying a new one. In addition, since{2014, a collaboration with the company Nodixia has enabled Capgemini France to re-use more than 93% of our old computers which are used to create reconditioned computers. This initiative also has social benefits, with Nodixia employing people with disabilities and reinvesting part of the profits in innovative social projects; in various Capgemini entities including the{UK, India and North X America, the provision of reusable mugs and water glasses or bottles has reduced the use of disposable cups; in the{UK, the provision of energy-efficient hand dryers avoids X the need for paper towels. We have also been working with suppliers for a number of years to minimize packaging on the goods we buy. In addition, the development and launch of a new supplier assessment tool during{2016 gives us a better ability to identify and engage with suppliers who have strong circular economy principles.

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