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HSBC FRANCE
Corporate social responsibility policy (continued)
– Integrating and encouraging the employment of
people with disabilities.
CCF’s management and social partners signed
an agreement on the employment of people with
disabilities in 2004, with the aim of improving
employment and employment conditions. Within
the next two years, HSBC France is aiming to
increase employment of people with disabilities
by 9 per cent compared with 2002.
Development of an education policy in France
Education is one of the key factors in success. The aim
of HSBC’s education initiatives is to increase access to
education, particularly for children from disadvantaged
areas. HSBC assists local authorities’ education efforts
in regions where the Group operates, particularly
through foundations.
To fulfil the Group’s commitment to supporting
education, HSBC France announced the creation of its
“Fondation HSBC pour l’Education”in late 2005, under
the aegis of “Fondation de France”. The partnership
with Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris is the first project
supported by this foundation, and aims to facilitate access
to education for disadvantaged young people.
Outside France, HSBC has joined forces with SIFE
(Students in Free Entreprise), which every year
organises competitions in schools and universities
across more than 40 countries. The winners of these
competitions then take part in a global competition.
The HSBC Group’s worldwide Corporate Client teams
have partnered with SIFE since March 2005. The
French team was represented on the jury of SIFE
France’s national competition, encouraging students
of top French universities to create and develop
business plans.
2005 “NRE”Appendix – environmental section
Information regarding the consequences of the
company’s activity on environment, accordingly Article 2
of decree 2002-221 of 20 February 2002 enacting Article
L. 225-102-1 of the French Commercial Code.
Water consumption
In 2005, HSBC France consumed 270,586 m3 of water
and had 12,848 staff (full-time equivalent) in France,
giving water consumption of 21 m3 per employee. This
figure is almost the same as the previous year. However,
HSBC is committed to cutting water consumption
by 9 per cent in France between now and end-2007. To
achieve this, the Group intends to pursue its awarenessraising
campaign among staff, extending it to cover
reducing water consumption, and to replace airconditioning
systems that waste water. The group has
also initiated an action of equipment of its sanitary
facilities in order to reduce water consumption.
2005 2004 2003
Water consumption
in thousands of m3 . . . . . . 270 258 226
Water consumption
per person (m3) . . . . . . . . . 21 20.3 21
Raw materials consumption
Paper consumption
HSBC in France used 2,305 tonnes of paper in 2005,
an increase of more than 15 per cent. This rise was due
to increased communication efforts and higher business
levels related to the strategic plan and rebranding.
Measures are now being taken to reduce paper usage.
These include distributing all internal circulars in
electronic form, gradually removing all individual
printers, installing intranet-based absence management
software and messages to encourage employees to
reduce the number of documents they print.
2005 2004 2003
Paper purchased (tonnes) . . 2,305 1,993 1,956
Energy consumption
Electricity consumption:
74,009 MWh, giving average consumption
of 5.7 MWh per FTE employee.
Gas consumption:
16,604 MWh, giving average consumption
of 1.3 MWh per FTE employee.
Fuel oil consumption:
6,549 MWh, giving average consumption
of 0.5 MWh per FTE employee.
2005 2004 2003
Energy consumption (GWh) 111 109 91
The increase in energy consumption was due to
the build-up in business levels and IT hardware
requirements in 2005. However, HSBC France is
committed to reducing energy consumption by 2 per cent
between now and year-end 2007. To achieve this, energy
diagnostic work has been carried out at its central sites
by an ADEME-approved company. This work started in
the fourth quarter of 2005 and will continue in 2006.
The aim is to gain an overview of energy consumption
and to produce recommendations for improving energy
use. When this work is complete, an action plan will be
drawn up by the business premises department.
Air, water and ground pollution
HSBC in France estimates carbon dioxide (CO 2
)
emissions as part of environmental reporting carried
out by the HSBC Group worldwide. In 2005,
40