Communication on Progress 2010/11 (Global Compact Charter)
Rémy Cointreau Social and Environmental Responsibility (SER): a 360° deployment
As part of the ratification and application of the Global Compact Charter, Rémy Cointreau is maintaining its commitments relative to its aim to be the ambassador of good practices in this global commitment in the field of human rights, working standards, the environment and the fight against corruption.
As a member of the "Forum des Amis du Pacte Mondial in France" Association (Forum of Friends of the Global Compact in France) for several years, Rémy Cointreau respects and regularly shares the charter's ten principles with its employees and partners. The idea of social and environmental responsibility is thus diffused throughout the company, as well as up and downstream of its perimeter, to its customers, suppliers and stakeholders.
Our environmental and social concerns are fully coherent with our value strategy and economic performance objectives. Our specific requirements in France are also applied internationally, no matter which geographical area is concerned. Our SER policy therefore aims to have the support of all our stakeholders, in France and overseas. They work beside us and implement a strict procedure taking our commitments into account. Their involvement and mobilisation have now reached 360° support.
The discussion we have continued throughout the year has enabled us to design our new SER 2013 plan for the next three years. It confirms our commitments in an economy which is environmentally responsible and careful.
Convince by example
Our SER policy is historically based on discussions of the company's ethical values. Indeed, the impact of our activities has always been at the centre of our concerns. For three years, we have noted a development in global stakes relative to sustainable development. This is why our aim has been to adapt our policy to these new demands. More than just an adaptation, we are taking up an alignment in anticipation of regulatory orientations by adopting measures which conform to them even before they come into force.
In France, the “Stratégie Nationale du Développement Durable” (National Sustainable Development Strategy) forms the basis of a method of sustainable development based on a green, fair trade economy, emitting very little greenhouse gas and including human and social dimensions. To achieve this more just and integral development, nine challenges have been defined. We have incorporated them into the Group's strategy and SER plan 2013.
Within the context of the Grenelle Environment Round Table, our objectives are to meet the needs of future edicts currently in preparation. We intend to comply immediately no matter what the applicable thresholds may be. The priority edicts include two which we have identified for the Group. The first concerns certification of SER indicators by an external third party whose identification is in progress. The second, applicable on 31 December 2012, is relative to the Carbon footprint. In view of this prospect, Rémy Cointreau has set up an annual update of the carbon footprint and a plan to reduce CO2 emissions in its SER 2013 plan. It has led us to promote action plans encouraging ecodesign packaging. The new projects take three progress themes into consideration, relative to the greenhouse effect, water and recyclability. Several energy consumption optimisation plans are in effect. They have led to a substantial reduction in carbon emissions.
The Rémy Cointreau Social and Environmental Responsibility Charter (SER) confirms its commitments relative to sustainable development, defined since it joined the International Global Compact Charter in 2003 and based on six main themes :
1. Wine-growing
2. Supplier Relations
3 Quality/Safety/Environment
4. Marketing and commercial ethics
5. Human Resources
6. Stakeholders and Sustainable Territorial Development
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