Corporate Social Responsibility societe generale group 2013 Environment for its own account and responsible procurement Societe Generale supports biodiversity Societe Generale is beginning to take biodiversity into account in its direct impact and is mobilising its employees in voluntary actions favouring biodiversity: ■■Societe Generale Benin provided its support to the Ministry of the Environment, Housing, and Urban Planning of Benin in its reforestation activities in connection with the Group’s solidarity week mobilising around one hundred employees to plant 841 acacia cultriformis plants over an area of nearly a hectare; ■■Societe Generale Expressbank (SGEB) in Bulgaria, as part of its two-year partnership with WWF to preserve Bulgarian nature, signed over two years, brought together more than 370 employees accompanied by their children to participate in the “Journée Verte” initiative. This day’s events included collecting waste abandoned in nature, clearing fallen trees and branches, uprooting invasive plant species, and polishing and repainting the tourist infrastructure and rest areas of several parks; ■■the new building constructed by Komerční banka in 2012, equipped with the latest energy efficiency technologies, also stands out from the point of view of consideration of urban biodiversity. It has a rooftop nesting box as well as a place reserved for lizard reproduction; ■■since winter 2011, the Regional Division of Rennes has sponsored a beekeeper’s hive through the company “Un toit pour les abeilles”, which puts companies or individuals into contact with apiaries, in La Rochelle, for EUR 900 per year. In exchange, the RD has received 100 pots of tasting honey that it will distribute to its customers. SGB Bénin 63 www.csr.societegenerale.com
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