A N N U A L R E P O R T - Bouygues

SUSTAINABLE DEVELO
Sustainable development
division
Bouygues has already taken many
steps to limit the impact of its activities
on the environment, improve working
conditions for staff and involve its
partners in actions for progress. The
aim now is to step up those efforts,
rationalise them and measure their
effects. A new organisation has been
put in place to achieve that aim.
Olivier Bouygues, one of the two
Deputy CEOs, has been given the task
of coordinating the Group’s sustainable
development policy. A sustainable
development division has been
created in order to help business units
share best practices, raise awareness
among employees and provide training,
and assist and advise sustainable
development liaison staff. It also
represents the Group to the outside
world.
A committee made up of representatives
from the five business areas
and Bouygues SA met for the first
time in November 2005. Two or three
times a year, its members will consider
sustainable development issues
and the action taken in each business.
The committee will also review posi-
Sustainable development is a response to the expectations of our customers
and staff. In 2005, the Group chose to increase, rationalise and formalise its
efforts in that direction. A new sustainable development division has been
created to coordinate Group strategy, with liaison units in each business area.
However, because the Group’s subsidiaries face specific challenges, they have
their own policies for matters relating to social and environmental responsibility.
Definition
Sustainable development is an integral
part of the Bouygues group’s
strategy. In accordance with its culture
and values, Bouygues is committed
to serving its customers while
assuming its social and environmental
responsibilities. Applying the principle
of continuous improvement and taking
proactive and innovative measures,
the strategies and processes
of Bouygues group entities take
account of environmental protection,
the conservation of natural resources,
improvements to living conditions, the
sharing of experience, use of the best
technologies, dialogue with stakeholders
and their involvement in decisions
that concern them.
In this context the role of Bouygues SA,
the parent company, is to provide help
and advice to all Group businesses as
they work to serve their customers
and provide them with relevant, highquality
goods and services at the best
cost, while taking care to preserve the
interests of future generations.
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