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BOUYGUES TELECOM
• waste management (optimisation of
the storage area, waste-paper sorting,
etc.);
• acoustic and visual comfort of customer
advisers (thicker than usual
false ceiling, anti-noise shields on
skylights, indirect lighting integrated
into the fixtures and fittings, etc.);
• ergonomics of workstations (use of
sustainable materials, layout validated
by ergonomists, etc.).
OUR COMMITMENT
TO SOCIETY
Promoting health
and safety
■ Transparency about
the health effects of
radiofrequencies
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The Health and Radiofrequencies
Foundation was created in July 2005
under the aegis of the Research
Ministry.
A public interest body of which
Bouygues Telecom is a founder member,
its aim is to define, promote and
fund epidemiological, experimental
and sociological research into the
effects of exposure to radiofrequencies
and to disseminate the results to
professionals and the public.
Always attentive to the health of its
employees, in 2005 the company
trained all its maintenance staff in
the use of isotropic sensing devices
to monitor exposure levels during
assignments.
Bouygues Telecom also continues to:
• answer all correspondence it receives
on the subject;
• send out a brochure entitled
“Radiofrequencies and Health: The
Facts” free of charge on request
(45,300 copies had been circulated
by end-2005);
• organise conferences and debates
on the subject;
• commission an accredited independent
inspector, according to a
protocol drawn up by the National
Frequencies Agency, to measure the
various components of electromagnetic
fields around its installations
in response to written requests from
local residents, elected officials or
local authorities.
To find out more, visit the website
www.sante.bouyguestelecom.fr
■ Workplace health and
safety
With an accident frequency rate of 1.36
and a severity rate of 0.052, Bouygues
Telecom’s results in 2005 were once
again better than the average for the
industry.
In addition to its statutory obligations,
Bouygues Telecom is continuing to
invest in preventive measures to provide
staff with a safe working environment
and enhance the quality of life
and well-being within the company.
Significant actions in 2005 included:
• the introduction of day-long accident
prevention forums comprising workshops
and teach-ins (extinguishing
real fires, road safety, etc.), in which
354 employees participated in 2005;
• a study of the ergonomics of customer
adviser workstations (computer
applications, atmosphere, workload),
resulting in a switch to low-reflection
flat screens that cause less
eye-strain;
• the development and enhancement
of software to manage accident prevention
plans in the context of network
maintenance operations.
A number of preventive health initiatives
for staff were carried out in
2005, including:
• the production of a guide to risk prevention
in handling operations;
• a ban on phoning when driving, even
with a hands-free kit or earpiece;
• an AIDS campaign organised in all
the company’s establishments;
• an anti-drinking campaign.
The establishment of a Stress and
Well-Being Observatory enables occupational
health professionals to identify
the best solutions to problems
encountered by individual employees.
In 2005, 3,800 people agreed to take
the test on a personal basis.
Supporting our
customers in their
phone use
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■ Protecting children
against offensive content
Bouygues Telecom, as a responsible
corporate citizen, takes steps to protect
children against offensive content.
It stepped up its communication on
the subject in 2005 through articles
in magazines for prospective and
actual customers, enclosures with
invoices and a Child Protection link
on the home page of its website,
www.bouyguestelecom.fr
In November 2005, Bouygues
Telecom helped to draw up the first
free guide, entitled “Your Child and
Mobile Telephony”, published by
Afom in partnership with the publisher
Autrement, the National Union
of Family Associations and Dr. Claude
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