Hector Miliotiss

The goal of this project was to know better about the waste generated by group member of CAC 40 and analyze the action they have undertaken to be more sustainable, action such as recycling, or changing the energy used.

Once the goal found, I decided to search information about four metrics which was for me and my group relevant if we want to know better about the impact on the environment of companies we choose. The five companies were Carrefour, Accor hotel, Sodexo, Pernod Ricard and Danone and I found interesting to take this group because they are all involved in the food sector.

Thanks to all the data founded, I could know better about the corporate social responsibility of all this companies. It appears that all those groups have the willing to reduce their impact on the environment in managing their waste and in using more and more renewable energy. All the companies have created different strategy on 5 to 10 years to manage the problem of emission of Co2 and the problem of waste. Strategy such as Planet 21 used by Accor Hotel which has helped them to reduce their emission of CO2 by 6,2% between 2011 and 2015.

All the companies involved in our group research have for main goals to reduce their impact in getting a zero-product waste by not over producing and recycling 100% of their waste. One of their goals is to use 100 % of renewable energy.

This project was not easy because it was difficult to find information on internet because even if CSR report are generally posted by companies on internet, the information given by them were not really what I was expected. Generally, to talk about waste they were comparing with past year and we didn’t have the exact amount of waste in tone but only the percentage of increase or decrease from the year n to the year n+1. They give the solution and action they have undertaken but they didn’t give the metrics we need. For example, it was easy to found the amount of recycled waste generated in percent but I couldn’t find the total waste generated in tone.

Thanks to this research I could learn more about CSR responsibilities of companies’ member of CAC 40. I could learn about all the plan they have built to reduce their impact on their environment. Today every big group are involved and want to do business in a sustainable way to meet their own need and letting a better world for the future generation.

However I was surprised to see the lack of transparency of some of companies about different metrics, they all have tendency to show only the positive aspect of their business in avoiding the negative aspect such as waste generated.

Hector Milio.....2017-12-03 23:50:38 UTC