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3 June 2010 week 22 Driving smart Commuting, Films and Fair Trade: At the ‘environMINDday 2010’ RTL Group companies showed that they care about the Environment Germany Netherlands RTL Interactive launches Jaap has the ‘X Factor’ football quiz United Kingdom Belgium Five gets prominent support for RTL Belgium prepares cricket coverage election campaign week 22 the RTL Group intranet 3 June 2010 week 22 Cover: ‘environMINDteam’-member Caroline Chartier testing an electric bicycle (Montage) Driving smart Commuting, Films and Fair Trade: At the ‘environMINDday 2010’ RTL Group companies showed that they care about the Environment Germany Netherlands 2 RTL Interactive launches Jaap has the ‘X Factor’ football quiz United Kingdom Belgium Five gets prominent support for RTL Belgium prepares cricket coverage election campaign week 22 the RTL Group intranet Alternative means of transport This week, environmental awareness days were held at RTL Group and several profit centres. RTL Group’s Corporate Centre focussed on Elmar Heggen, Chief Financial Officer and eco-mobility. Head of the RTL Group Corporate Centre Luxembourg - 3 June 2010 Environment days have become a tradition at RTL Group. A few Profit Centres, including Jeroen Marre, RTL Nederland Talkback Thames in the UK and RTL Belgium “People really enjoyed the green lunch and the have already organised their own ‘Earth Days’. movie Earth was shown throughout the day. They all share a common purpose: building The colleagues were pleasantly surprised that awareness among employees for the dangers CO2 reduction is an issue for the Group.” of climate change and appropriate measures to protect the environment – true to the motto to provide information on carpooling. RTL Group “No one can do everything, but everyone can do also gauged employees’ interest, especially something.” The initiative, now in its third year, that of cross-border commuters, in the reduced encourages employees to address environmen- public-transport tariffs offered by the annual tal issues and helps everyone to understand M-Pass”. Finally, given the increasingly how they can reduce their environmental impact crucial role of cycling in mobility, RTL Group in real terms, both at work and in their own has provided three electric bikes to help personal lives. employees scale the city’s many hills. In Luxembourg, the third “environMINDday” was officially opened at 11:30 by Elmar Heggen, Chief Financial Officer and Head of the RTL Group Corporate Centre, in the presence of Claude Wiseler, Luxembourg’s Minister for Sustain- able Development and Infrastructure. Heggen said: “For this third ‘environMINDday’, we have chosen the theme of mobility. We have a wide range of alternative means of transport – some not yet on the market – available to test drive, including Segways, bikes, electric scooters and hybrid, electric or even hydrogen cars. Everyone can do more to protect the environment if they’re so inclined.” Claude Wiseler, the Luxembourg Minister for Sustainable The issue of commuting to work is especially Development and Infrastructure relevant for Luxembourg, given the high number of trans-border commuters and the fragmented Minister Claude Wiseler said: “Above all else, public transport. Being aware of that, Heggen mobility is a great freedom that allows us to went on to present a number of tools designed travel, to get around and to discover new to help employees in Luxembourg become horizons”. However, he added that “pressing more responsible in terms of mobility. On the mobility needs” were “leading to congestion on company’s local intranet site, a page was set up the roads”. The Minister continued to outline 3 week 22 the RTL Group intranet ‘environMINDdays’ around the group Remi Prime, Internal Auditor at RTL Group In Brussels, RTL Belgium invited “I wanted to try an electric motorcycle for a long its personnel to an ’Earth Chal- time, now it’s done and I am pleasantly surprised. lenge‘ evening for a screening and First, I had the impression to drive a toy due to discussion of the film Earth Chal- the almost complete silence of the small elec- lenge WWF directed by RTL TVI news presenter tric engine. But it’s a real pleasure in terms of Michael Maegd. At the RTL House premises the performance. At the start, its acceleration is only worthy of a 125cc of comparable power and top cafeteria also switched to green where Sodexo speed seems to be enough to have very good prepared a Fair Trade lunch with fresh and lo- feelings! Moreover, the bike is really easy to ride cally sourced ingredients for the employees. as there is no clutch or gears, just two simple brake handles and a throttle! I changed my mind about electric vehicles; it‘s probably a right alter- native to petrol engines without impacting our freedom of movement, so our way of life.” investment plans and government priorities with regard both to public transport and more eco-friendly mobility options, concluding that “everything must be done to avoid restricting the freedom afforded by mobility”. Throughout the day, employees were free to explore the eco-mobility exhibition and to discover and test-drive a whole host of more environmentally friendly vehicles from electric In the Netherlands, employees eat green cars to bikes (with or without electric motors), motorbikes and electric scooters. In Hilversum in the Netherlands, RTL Nederland’s 540 employees The programme for the third environMIND- were made aware of carbon-neu- day also included the “Bike To Work” initiative, tral behaviour (turning off the lights which involved around ten employees travelling and the computer, using the stairs instead of the to the Kirchberg site from a joint meeting-place lift). Even the noontime meals served in the can- at Glacis. A “Car-Free Challenge” was also held teen were prepared without wasting energy: on 1 to encourage employees to leave their cars at June frozen food and hot snacks were excluded home and opt for a more environmentally friendly from the menu at the company restaurant. mode of transport (bike, train, bus or car-share). The competition was held between departments In Paris, at RTL Radio France more and the three teams which opted for the most than 600 employees within seven environmentally friendly mode of transport each affiliated companies of RTL Ra- received a prize. dio France (including Fun Radio, RTL 2, IP…) participated in the environment day of “Caring about the environment can be a lot of 1 June 2010. People were encouraged to leave fun”, says Oliver Herrgesell, Environmental Chief their cars, scooters and motorbikes at home Officer at RTL Group. “and some of us definitely and to walk, cycle, share a car or use the public enjoyed riding these exclusive vehicles. The transport instead. RTL branded tricycles were other great thing is that within RTL Group, more and more profit centres coordinate in joint action.” Cyril Hanouna and Jean-Pierre Foucault, moderators of La Bonne Touche on RTL Radio France enjoying 4 a zero-emission ride in Paris week 22 the RTL Group intranet Jean-Pierre Bozet, Corporate Marie-Magali Sarry, Issues Manager IT Developments at CLT-UFA at RTL Group “From the electric bicycle (very practical) to “This environMIND-day dedicated to ecomobil- the electric car (very quiet and becoming truly ity was an occasion for me to test the carpool- usable), not to mention the Segway (the most ing solution for the first time. In the end, instead fun), it was a very enjoyable and instructive day. of being alone in my car, there were three of us The possibility of trying different vehicles allows playing the game. I must say that I found this ex- one to appreciate the substantial developments perience very pleasant, even though we had to that have been made during these last two years well synchronise our watches. Anyhow, with a lit- in terms of ecological transportation. I made tle organising it was done and we arrived at the the most of this day by coming by bus. There office on time while causing less pollution. At the were several advantages, but there remains the end of the experiment, I realised that it is possi- problem of the amount of time spent travelling. ble to do things differently, and more ecologically. Despite certain reserved lanes, one still gets And, as we face major congestion on the Lux- caught in traffic during rush hours. Making three embourg highway in the next months, we even electric bicycles available to employees as well as might repeat this in future.” the carpooling solution launched on our intranet are excellent ideas. Let’s hope that they will be a success with the employees. ” duce energy consumption. All the employees of Radio Center Berlin were invited to the specially rented for that day to taxi drive journal- activities at Bertelsmann Unter den Linden. ists and moderators to their appointments. In London, the environment days In Berlin, Stephan Schmitter, Man- started as early as 13 May, when aging Director of Radio Center FremantleMedia organised a green Berlin e-mailed his personnel and exhibit with a number of partner called on them to do something companies that included Mammacha, a supplier positive for the environment: “Every single one of fair-trade clothing, Regenersis, a company can do his bit and take responsibility – even that recycles mobile telephones, and the Fair at work. Small things can make a difference Trade organisation. like turning off your computer and monitor or using paper responsibly”. Like at RTL Group’s ‘be green’ at Bertelsmann Corporate Centre in Luxembourg, the morning of 1 June began with a “Bike to Work” campaign. In the run-up to World Environment Day on 5 In strategic locations throughout the company June, RTL Group’s profit centres weren’t the post-it notes were stuck to printers, photocopiers only ones to take this opportunity to raise aware- and light switches advising people on how to re- ness of environmental issues among their em- Ar Kirchberg, employees had the chance to explore various alternative vehicles from Hydro-, Hybrid- and Electric powered cars to scooters and bicylces 5 week 22 the RTL Group intranet ployees.

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