Transport Societe Generale is committed to continuing to reduce its environmental footprint from transport and travel generated by its activity through several actions. Employe travel Professionally In 2012, the Group travelled 390 million km by train, air, and car, which corresponds to 2,483 km per occupant. The Group thus decreased its travel per occupant by more than 27% compared with 2011, with a reduction of more than 23% in CO2 emissions. As an extension of this approach, an eco-comparison tool for business travel was established in France in 2008 on the travel booking platform. It allows the quantity of CO2 emitted to be calculated according to the chosen transport method. As part of the “Green IT” programme, particularly with the goal of developing technical resources to take the place of business travel, audio and video-conference systems are encouraged in order to limit business travel. A new range of remote collaborative offers was established in 2012 (Team@nywhere) and includes an instant messaging offer, an audio and web conference offer, and a video conference offer, thus helping to reduce business travel and therefore the environmental impact. In partnership with its automobile leasing subsidiary, ALD Automotive, Societe Generale is also making efforts to reduce the carbon content of its vehicle fleet. Each year, the “New Car Solution” project helps to reduce the average rate of the fleet replaced. Since the beginning of the project in 2009, this rate has decreased from 123.9g CO2/km to 87g CO2/km in 2013. At the end of 2012, the average of Societe Generale’s existing fleet in France amounted to 111g/km of CO2 and 129.6g/km of CO2 at the global level. As an extension of the “New Car Solution”, a project to assess the appropriateness of electric vehicles for the Group was launched with the monitoring of the development of 100% electric models with car-makers and the performance of an economic feasibility study for the pilot deployment of electric vehicles. The Societe Generale branch in Aix-en-Provence will be the first to be equipped with a 100% electric Renault ZOE. Home/work commutes Since October 2007, Societe Generale has offered a carpooling service for its employees in Île-de-France (France). Nearly 5,000 employees have already signed up on the dedicated website www.roulons-ensemble.com An intercompany travel plan approach, in which Societe Generale participates, was initiated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry during the second half of 2012 and will continue in 2013. 58 Olivier Romeu, Purchaser, tells us… “New Car Solution” project Set up in 2010, the aim of Societe Generale’s New Car Solution project implemented by the Group’s players is to integrate environmental criteria at every stage of the Group’s policy governing the purchase of new vehicles so as to reduce the carbon footprint of its fleet. Pre-selection of vehicles purchased by invitation to tender and likely to be included in the Group’s catalogue: “best in class” models in terms of engine performance, mixed cycle fuel consumption, and CO2 emissions. Only models with CO2 emissions below a set threshold per category have been selected: ■■city cars: 89g CO2/km; ■■cars for medium-distance journeys: 99g CO2/km; ■■cars for long-distance journeys: 115g CO2/km (reduction of 5g/km vs 2011). The “New Car Solution” project harmonised the catalogue of vehicles within the Group while incorporating environmental criteria into the selection of vehicles in the catalogue. ■■85% of the 900 vehicles replaced in 2012 emit less than 99g of CO2/km; ■■continued reduction in average CO2 emissions renewed year after year (2012: 94.3g CO2/km vs 102.3g CO2/km in 2011). Replacements in 2013 should mark a new record with a level estimated at 87g/CO2 on average (particularly thanks to the exclusive choice on segment B and for the banking network of Clio 4 posting 83g/CO2 at 100km). No vehicles with CO2 emissions exceeding 120g/km listed in the catalogue. (2) For 2013, estimate according to the volumes allocated by segment in the invitation to tender.
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