2007 Interactive Registration Document - Renault

USE
Use-phase waste is generated by the commercial activities of vehicle
maintenance and repair. Renault cannot quantify this waste single-handedly, but
is involved in local and regional actions to establish quantitative indicators.
In France, the Sales & Marketing department assists the network by providing
a panel of national service providers for waste collection and treatment.
Renault has selected Autoeco.com to help the network to monitor the volume
and traceability of its waste. Renault is also partnering the CNPA (National Council
of Motor Industry Professionals) in the “Environment Challenge” and ADEME
(Environment and Energy Management Agency) in the “Clean Oil Operation”.
These national actions are part of the policy of global waste management and
continuous improvement.
There are initiatives such as these in several European countries, conducted
through a network of recycling correspondents in each country.
END-OF-LIFE ✦
Building on the Group’s commitment to the operational implementation of new
recycling processes for end-of-life vehicles (ELVs), and on the development of inhouse
eco-design processes, Renault aims to include 50 kg of recycled plastic
in its cars by 2015, i.e. 20% of the average quantity used. Results will improve
from generation to generation, as the sources of recycled plastic increase
with the development of the plastics recycling industry. New Laguna pointed
the way forward in 2007. From design, it used 35 kg of recycled plastic, i.e.
17% of the plastics total. The following fi gures are true for all vehicles: 95%
recyclable by weight, with vehicles in the Renault eco2 range using more than
5% of recycled plastics.
3.2.2.5 PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT:
WATER TABLES AND SOIL
Pollution from the past can potentially come into contact with humans and
the natural environment through the soil and water tables. Renault therefore
implements a policy to prevent pollution of the soil and water tables, and decides
on specifi c management strategies when there is suspicion of past pollution.
In some cases, if environmental or health hazards are identifi ed, remediation
is undertaken. Management of past pollution of the subsoil is based on an
assessment of the state of the environment and aims to reach the best tradeoff
between impacts and use. The sustainable development section of the
website (see www.renault.com) contains a description of the approach used
and explains the rehabilitation of two major worksites: Boulogne Billancourt
(France) and Dacia (Romania). All the sites in which Renault has a majority
interest are managed.
Renault’s know-how in the fi eld is recognized nationally: a specialist from Renault
was appointed by the French Ministry for the Environment and Sustainable
Development to the group of French experts on site and soil pollution.
Renault’s prevention strategy is based on a detailed environmental assessment
of potentially hazardous facilities and sites. It aims to identify and organize by
order of priority the upgrades to be included in management plans. To date,
this approach has been deployed in 70% of plants.
✦ Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Directives
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3.2.2.6 WATER RESOURCES
MANUFACTURING
Water consumption
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 03
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
WATER CONSUMPTION AND VEHICLE PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1998 AND 2007* ✦
* The 2007 reporting scope includes production, logistics and engineering sites (see
c hapter 8.4.2). The vehicles included in the production data are those manufactured by the
industrial sites in which Renault has a majority interest.
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The Group’s total water consumption fell by 43% between 1998 and 2007, of
which 25% between 2005 and 2007 owing to the installation of closed-circuit
cooling systems at the Flins power plant (France).
Discharges to water
LIQUID EFFLUENTS FROM PLANTS BETWEEN 1998 AND 2007* ✦
* The 2007 reporting scope includes production, logistics and engineering sites (see
c hapter 8.4.2).
Quantities of SS (suspended solids) and OM (organic matter) are stable, or even
slightly lower than in 2006. The most signifi cant reduction concerns heavy
metals. However, this improvement is partially linked to a fall in production at
the Flins site in 2007.
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