Management of the vehicle fleet INITIATIVES FROM ITALY An external firm performed an energy audit on French vehicles. The results were very good as the Corporate Vehicle Tax was relatively low with an average of 98.6 g of CO2 / km for the entire fleet of Optimization of energy consumption 302 vehicles. This represents an excellent grading as the Renault Clio vehicles mainly used in France are low CO2-emitting cars. Resana all laboratories Electrical power monitoring instruments were installed to measure the absorbed power and energy Raising awareness and training of drivers consumption attributable to the various users divided into: • laboratory instruments Since 2009, we propose Centaure training courses to raise awareness about responsible driving among • indoor and outdoor lighting the teams. In 2017, an e-learning module on responsible driving has been created internally and was • energy consumption hot / cold conditioning machines delivered to all auditors, consultants and sales representatives in France. • office equipment (PCs, printers, etc.) One of the main objectives of the installation is to study possible improvements to reduce the energy French headquarters building meeting the RT2012 standard consumption with ad hoc projects. The Cergy headquarters meets the RT2012 standard which objective is to limit primary energy Resana site via Castellana consumption in new buildings. In order to optimize preparation points for waste preparation laboratory, the manual mode of air intake control was installed to avoid the continuous and automatic mode with maximum power. This structural change leads to a control of suction power and relative operating times. Ecovadis evaluation Resana all sites A documentation audit was performed by the CSR rating platform EcoVadis in France. This method is based Outside lamps were replaced by newly designed led lighting to reduce energy consumption. on 21 criteria and 4 topics (environment, social, ethics, and supply chain) and Mérieux NutriSciences France got a rate of 58/100 corresponding to a silver medal. Among the evaluated documents were the diversity Resana all sites policy, internal and external training documents, disability and diversity disposals, ethical charters… All in use proprietary printers were replaced by high performance printers, with a software enabling to control the number of produced copies and the toner consumption. The used toners have zero residues and this reduces the environmental impact. Construction of a new lab in Merville, France In addition, the supplier plants a new tree in the Amazonia forest each 1 million of copies. The new laboratory in Merville, France has been smartly designed to improve the employees’ safety and Volpiano site comfort. It also includes specific equipment for energy and rainwater recovery such as : Each gas chromatograph (40 devices) has been equipped with a suitable conduit for expelling hot air • low consumption & variable flow fume hoods that detects presence and close automatically. The to the outside in such a way that does not overload the rooms with too much hot air. This reduces the fume hoods also recover chemical wastes, need of air conditioning to mitigate hot air in the laboratory. • LED light is used in the lab and is well balanced in the various areas of the lab to save energy while providing safety to employees, • Presence detection for lighting, OTHER INITIATIVES • Electric car charging stations, • Eco pasture possible for green spaces, • Energy recovery on the production of cold (Air conditioning), ELISE – France • Rainwater recovery for sanitary supply, • Safety showers with eye rinse in temperate / thermostatic water, • Rinse shower at each water point, In Tassin, France, Mérieux NutriSciences is working with ELISE, a company providing us recycling bins • Building meeting APSAD D14A requirements, for paper, plastic cups and bottles and electrical & electronic equipment. As an example, during 2017, • 1st category fire safety system (with detection in extraction plants), we recycled 2631 kg of paper and cardboard, 97.5 kg of plastic and 27 kg of electrical and electronic • Double stream mechanical ventilation, wastes. • Refreshed water loop for the supply of laboratory refrigerants. In addition to helping protecting the environment, this initiative also helps people with disabilities as ELISE promotes their employment. Waste Management in Barcelona Reduction of plastic bottles waste: Our Sensory Lab in Barcelona has installed a filtered water fountain for consumers and for our expert sensory assessors during evaluations. This action allows to reduce drastically the plastic waste (6.000 plastic bottles per year) by stopping the use of water plastic bottles. 36 37