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3.3 Managing our environmental impact
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Key achievements this year at a country level include:
despite a 9.3% headcount increase, Capgemini India achieved a
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Digital expertise, we have also been looking at how we improve
upgrading Building Management systems and installing LED
lighting at our Mumbai and Bangalore offices. Drawing on our
chillers in our Hyderabad and Pune Offices, upgrading UPS
technology to a more efficient modular design in three offices,
2.3% reduction in energy use. Key energy initiatives
implemented this year include the installation of energy-efficient
now set for chillers and UPS, with automated alerts which
enable the engineering team to take swift action when a specific
our energy monitoring capabilities by digitizing engineering
maintenance services. For example, automated parameters are
threshold for a particular piece of equipment is breached;
closure of two data centers and reduction of area in one data
center. There is also a reduction of over 21% in office electricity;
in France, total energy consumption reduced by 13% due to
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within the UK, total reported energy use in MWh has reduced by
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around 9%. A significant portion of this reduction is due to
design to come up with a more efficient and more flexible way of
using the space. In addition, we closed one data center as part
London offices into one, closing the older, less efficient building,
and refurbishing the other office, using technology and intelligent
space optimization. We also consolidated our two existing
heating and cooling time settings. At our Toltec data center we
sophisticated data analytics and monitoring to identify
opportunities to optimize energy use, for example by adjusting
of a broader data center optimization strategy. In 2016, we also
implemented an innovative demand logic pilot at two sites, using
of old and inefficient kit, such as unnecessary battery UPS and
generator systems;
carried out a reconfiguration of equipment, with improvements
to cooling systems to run them more efficiently and the removal
the reduction in energy use of 3.5% and associated emissions
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(around 3%) in The Netherlands is largely a result of space
optimization with electricity use reduced at our Amersfoort office
by 56% due to the closure of part of the office;
in North America, energy use has remained flat despite an 8.3%
increase in headcount. Energy audits and energy efficiency plans
installed wherever possible;
new sites coming on board are now integrated into
energy-efficiency policies. Energy-efficient lighting is also now
were completed for the five largest sites during 2016, and all
over lighting in the Malmö and Helsingborg offices;
largely by the relocation of two sites into a more efficient, smaller
building. New timers were also installed to improve the control
Capgemini Sweden reduced energy use by 3.9% in 2016, driven
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20%, largely driven by the relocation to a more energy efficient,
Capgemini Finland reduced office energy emissions by around
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BREEAM certified building. Data center energy emissions were
also reduced by around 29% due to a reduction in floor area.
improving the control over emergency lighting and exhaust fans in
India and installing diesel leak check sensors in the UK.
in Norway, switch-off campaigns (with visual reminders) in
Germany, setting facility-level energy reduction targets in Brazil,
Other initiatives to control and reduce energy use across the
Group include: relocating an office into BREEAM certified building