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48preserverationalizing our paper consumptionour ambitions:- reduce internal paper consumption by making personnel aware and through simple steps such assetting printers for double-sided printing- develop electronic billing to progressively reach 40% in all countries- give preference to sustainable production procedures by developing purchases of recycled or FSCcertifiedpaperThe world‟s consumption of pulp has doubled overthe course of the last 50 years and could increase40% between now and 2015. Of the commerciallyoperated forests in the world (some of which arebased on deforestation)- 42% serves for themanufacture of paper. Now forests, in absorbingCO 2 , play an important role in limiting the greenhouseeffect.As with any tertiary activity, the France TelecomGroup consumes significant amounts of paper for itsinternal use, its external communications media,customer billing, etc.In order to preserve forests and limit the impactassociated with the production, use and disposal ofpaper (consumption of energy, water and chemicalproducts, polluting discharges, waste production), theGroup has defined a program aimed at reducing itsconsumption and encouraging sustainable productionprocedures for usage that cannot be avoided.simple steps to consume lessAt our different subsidiaries, employees areencouraged to take simple steps helping to limitpaper consumption, such as encouraging reading onthe screen, filing on the computer or on a CD, orusing the double-sided printing setting on printers.Thus, the Green Gestures campaign organized in2008 in France, Spain, Poland and Slovakia includeda specific “I print better and less” flier, providing 10practical tips for reducing paper consumption.Between 2007 and 2008, the Group‟s internal paperconsumption decreased by 15%.I print less and better• I use all means that encourage reading on thescreen in order not to systematically print mydocuments• I scan my documents and I give preference tosending them by e-mail• at meetings, I give preference to projecting on ascreen and, if this is not possible, I provide onecopy of the presentation for every two people inorder to limit printouts• I avoid printing out my documents to file them : Istore them on my computer or on a CD• I choose the pages to print and I systematicallymake an “outline before printing”• On Excel, I choose the part to be printed andadjust the page layout• I set up 2 slides per sheet on PowerPoint or 2pages per sheet on Word• I do not print documents on a shaded or blackbackground• I make a black and white printout, rather than acolor one• I set my printer on double-sided printingour 2008 achievementsa 9% reduction in office paper in FranceIn France, the Green Gestures campaign organizedin 2008 helped to reduce the consumption of officepaper by 9% between 2007 and 2008Spain: reducing the size of noticesAs part of its environmental policy, Orange Spainhas taken several measures aimed at reducing itspaper consumption and limiting the amount ofpackaging waste. Thus, notices distributed inpackages are reduced to a minimum and printedonly in Spanish. Complete notices in severallanguages are provided on a CD. These measureshave made it possible to reduce paper consumptionfor notices by 8% between 2007 and 2008.