Séché Environnement Is One of the First 11 French Companies to Join the act4nature International Alliance for the Preservation of Biodiversity

Regulatory News:

Séché Environnement (Paris:SCHP):

The act4nature international initiative aims to mobilize leaders from every sector of the economy to treat biodiversity as an issue that is equally important as climate change. This new initiative, led by the French association Entreprises pour l’Environnement (EpE), is the next step for act4nature, launched in 2018 and coordinated with the French national project Entreprises Engagées pour la Nature – act4nature France.

Act4nature international’s steering committee, made up of representatives from the world of science, environmental NGOs and the world of business, has endorsed the relevance of the voluntary commitments made by companies in France and abroad, ensuring that they are defined in compliance with the SMART methodology (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Timebound).

The international coalition Business for Nature has recognized act4nature as one of the few cross-industry commitment models able to inspire companies worldwide.

Séché Environnement is proud today to be one of the 11 companies whose application was approved. Defined through four strategic priorities, Séché Environnement's new commitments are international in scope for the first time, including two sites abroad, one in Spain and one in Peru, in addition to 16 in France. These commitments include: 18 actions to preserve biodiversity, teaching 100% of employees at 18 sites (nature outings, training, etc.), 18 collaborative projects with our partners (NGOs, science institutes, unions, municipalities, etc.), and helping all of our employees, their families, and as many stakeholders as possible to go from being mere consumers to “consumer-doers”.

To meet all of these commitments, the Sustainable Development division coordinates a dedicated team of four ecologists and 18 biodiversity experts, each in a particular locality. These teams are tasked with avoiding, reducing, and if need be offsetting the impact of our operations on biodiversity.

A pioneering Group when it comes to biodiversity: A growing, locally-based commitment

With a focus on social and environmental issues since it was created in 1985, the Group takes a sustainable development approach.

In the 1990s, Séché Environnement hired an ecologist, who was assigned to the Group’s original storage facility in order to ensure it was properly integrated with the surrounding landscape and begin tracking local flora and fauna.