2012 Activity and sustainable development report - RTE

INVOLVING STAKEHOLDERSclose-up on…Local residents and associationsTHE “JARDIN DES POSSIBLES”, WHERE NATURE PLAYS A SOCIAL ROLE/Created in 2012 near Loscoat, an industrial district of Brest, in Brittany, the Jardin desPossibles is the materialisation of a project instigated by RTE employees in westernFrance. Offered to the League Against Cancer and a Brest association, Vert le Jardin,this public garden – which incorporates a children’s playground – is a place wherepeople can relax and socialise with each other. This initiative won a prize in RTE’sInternal Challenge for Sustainable Development.THE NEW “WORKS ALERT”SERVICE FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS/Launched in June 2012, a new RTE serviceenables land owners and farmers to haveat least three weeks’ advance noticeby email of tree-pruning or painting workplanned for network installations on theirland. This information service supplementsnotices already displayed in town halls,information published in the press andinformation sent to owners and tenantfarmers of closed plots.FOR MORE INFORMATION:www.infotravaux.rte-france.com“TAKE CARE BELOW POWER LINESAND KEEP YOUR DISTANCE”/In 2012,RTE gathered together 150 employeesto share best practice for information andsafety measures in regions where RTEpermanently strives to make constructionindustry workers, farmers, anglers, andall those who practise outdoor sports andleisure activities, as well as fire-fighters,more aware of the dangers of power lines.Innovations introduced include a kit forraising anglers’ awareness and apparatusfor checking that towers are earthed.FOR MORE INFORMATION:www.sousleslignesprudence.fr66