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Colas is rehabilitating
pathways in the grounds
of the Château de Versailles
under a skills
sponsorship agreement
such as safety, quality, controls of illegal labour,
regulatory compliance, design and proper use of
equipment, etc. Colas is trying out various methods
for rating suppliers, though it is not possible
to cover all of them. Supplier audits are being
introduced in France. A risk assessment is also
being conducted to target priority categories of
purchases.
As far as purchasing from southern hemisphere
countries is concerned, the question of transferring
production is of negligible importance for Colas
because of the nature of its business, though its
presence in these countries is an issue. 1
Involvement in community life, support
for projects
Sponsorship initiatives are mainly local, managed
by subsidiaries and their profit centres. In
mainland France, Colas again spent €2.5 million
on sponsorship, mainly sporting (50%) or cultural
(40%). Outside France the proportions are different:
30% for sport, 20% for humanitarian aid, 15% for
education and 10% for culture, in a budget that also
remained unchanged at €1.1 million.
The parent company rehabilitated pathways in the
grounds of the Château de Versailles Palace under
a skills sponsorship agreement, commissioned
paintings for the Colas Foundation and sponsored
Akram Khan, an international dance company,
and the GoodPlanet Foundation’s "On the Road to
School" initiative for access to education, at a total
cost of €1.5 million.
scope for any transfer between the two is rather
limited, Colas’ priority is to improve the situation
in each one, applying a policy of technical and
methodological innovation that favours balanced,
multimodal transport.
Lifecycle cost of public infrastructure
Colas defends a partnership approach that focuses
on lifecycle cost and favours innovative forms of
public procurement like PPP, PFI, MAC and concessions.
Infrastructure that is designed and built
for the long term and regularly maintained offers
the best return on investment and reduces the consumption
of resources. Contracts in various stages
of completion and operation include concessions
for the Rheims tramway and the A41 and A63
motorways in northern and south-western France
respectively, PPP contracts for the M6-M60 motorway
in Hungary, the Vichy bypass, public lighting
and roads in Plessis-Robinson, near Paris, and
public lighting in Libourne (France), a PFI contract
for urban road maintenance in Portsmouth (UK), an
EPC for public lighting and traffic lights in Paris,
four MAC maintenance contracts in the UK covering
a third of the national road network, five similar
CMA contracts in Alberta and Red Deer County in
Canada and two MAC-type rail contracts in the UK.
Responsible purchasing
Colas' network of more than 100,000 suppliers and
subcontractors around the world can be divided
into six categories: local subcontractors, local
materials suppliers, global raw materials suppliers,
national or international equipment suppliers,
national or international service providers and
miscellaneous suppliers.
Work has been carried out to identify each category
and the extent of freedom in relation to them,
and to define responsible purchasing priorities
In their own words
Kadarusman Loba, lecturer at Apsor 1
"I could never have
imagined what is
happening to me, even in
my dreams: I am preparing
a doctoral thesis at Paul
Sabatier University in
Toulouse.
My thesis is on the
rainbow fish, a species
that has almost
disappeared. It was
found in a karst zone of
Papua (Indonesia) during
the Lengguru mission, a
major multi-disciplinary
scientific expedition.
The mission was
instigated by the IRD 2
with other international
and local institutions like
Apsor.
Each year from 2007
until the last expedition
in 2010, ABS and Wasco 3
generously supported
this scientific biodiversity
research mission. It was
the first time we came into
contact with each other
on the long path that has
led me to an international
project to protect the
rainbow fish.
I know the managers and
people of ABS and Wasco
well and I keep them
regularly informed of the
results of our expeditions
and my research. They
are genuinely interested
in protecting the
environment."
(1) Sorong Fishery Academy,
Indonesia
(2) French Development Research
Institute
(3) Colas subsidiaries in Indonesia
CMA: Contract Maintenance Area (Canada) - EPC: Energy Performance Contract - MAC: Managing Agent Contractors (UK) - PFI: Private Finance Initiative - PPP: Public-Private Partnership
(1) See Social responsibility in southern hemisphere countries
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