Cap Gemini - Registration Document 2016

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

3.3 Managing our environmental impact

free at dinner) and ensuring meals are prepared on request where possible; products, re-offering lunch products at dinner time at reduced prices (for example, smoothies prepared at lunch are offered for in the Netherlands, food waste reduction is achieved by on-site cafeterias making careful purchasing decisions for fresh in the UK, food waste is segregated at key sites and disposed 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. In spite of these efforts, our reported total waste tonnage increased by 10% across the Group, which we believe is mainly comprehensive data.One positive sign, is that the percentage of waste being recycled has increased across the Group, from 27% due to improvements in the quality and coverage of our waste data, with India and France in particular providing more Other sources Water data continues to be collected where this is available, with no assessment done to date regarding potential scarcity of supply across our global locations. Across several locations, we have improvements to tap fittings, sensors and flush controls in several the UK), waterless urinals (Bangalore, India) and a hydro pneumatic pumping system (India). We have also made invested in innovative technology to reduce water use, including rainwater harvesting equipment (in two offices in India and one in locations, as well as giving water awareness tips on posters and as part of training courses. The volume of measured water (used and recycled) in 2016 was 1,236,685 m3, a reduction of around 16% compared to 2015 driven mostly by reductions in North America, India and the Netherlands. F-Gas emissions for 2016 are 1,545 tCO2e which is a reduction of over 17% compared to the restated value of 1,866 for 2015. The UK accounts for the most of this reduction with lower levels of F-gas leakage and emissions reported in 2016. footnotes below. Further country-level details are provided in the tables and the in 2015 to 30% in 2016.

plastics and an accompanying communications campaign to in India, we launched a “Zero Plastic” campaign in 2016, with all ◗ owned and leased facilities required to phase out the use of avoid the use of paper tissues. explain the impacts of plastic waste to our people. Three offices also organized a “No Tissue Paper Day”, to encourage people to to identify opportunities to increase recycling rates and provide alternatives to sending waste to landfill: As well as reducing the amount of waste generated, we continue in India, our “My Jashn” Capgemini celebration event not only ◗ broke the Guinness World Record for single largest Bollywood Dance Lesson (5,500 employees took part), it was also a successful example of a “Zero Waste” event. The event was held across eleven cities and generated 16.4 tons of waste (mainly food waste) out of which 85% was sent to a biogas plant and 15% distributed to a pig farm; segregation; in Poland, a communications campaign and new signage was ◗ developed to inform people about the importance of waste ranking by WWF and was the highest ranking consulting firm, a recognition for our sustainable approach to purchasing, use and in France, Capgemini was placed 13 th in the 2016 PAP50 ◗ disposal of paper; (reduce, reuse and recycle). segregation and awareness campaigns launched around e-waste to help encourage people follow the waste hierarchy in Germany, improvements have been implemented on waste ◗ Group, as many countries do not provide cafeterias or food for employees. However, a number of initiatives to reduce food waste Food waste is not a material environmental impact across the are in place at a country-level including: encouraged to self-serve to ensure they are not given more food in India (where on-site cafeterias are provided), people are ◗ than needed. Ongoing communication campaigns have helped raise awareness of the amount of food waste being generated, for example, by equating waste to the number of meals that could have been provided; in Sweden, food waste is segregated for several of our 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 is ◗ used to create compost which is then is re-used by gardeners for the maintenance of the 52-hectare park;

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