REDUCE IT’S A SET OF CAUSE REUSE RECYCLE AND EFFECT THAT RECOVER IMPROVES THE ENTIRE SYSTEM
INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT 2017 SUMMARY
4 12 18 26 32 42 48 PUTTING WASTE BACK THROUGH THE LENS ECONOMIC EMPLOYEE RELATIONS INTEGRATION INTO SYMBIOSIS WITH RESEARCH IN THE ON TRACK OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT EXPECTATIONS LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS SOCIETY SERVICE OF THE DEVELOPMENT GOALS CIRCULAR ECONOMY 5 19 27 33 43 An environment favorable 13 Key financial figures Dynamics of employment Environmental issues Socio-economic footprint 49 to the circular economy Commitment of the policy Recycle to reduce disposal 20 awareness Chairman and Chief 43 Industrial challenges 28 50 6 Executive Officer 34 Sharing the wealth Major social balances Creating bio-sourced Diagram depicting the Preservation of natural 21 44 products fate of waste in France 14 29 environments and Overview of the activities A business at the heart of based on type and Stakeholders and GOOD PRACTICE resources 51 of Séché Environnement job catchment areas treatment process their concerns Séché Day Controlling industrial 35 22 45 processes 7 15 30 A positive energy business GOOD PRACTICE Inclusion in socio-cultural The choice between the Targets shared by all Commitment to helping A “first” In France 36 activities recycling of materials and economic operators the disabled Safeguarding of natural energy recovery 23 46 16 30 capital Valuation of economic Biodiversity beyond the 8 Specific targets that are The quality of social capital 39 walls Contributing to the particularly relevant to dialog Day-to-day biodiversity circular economy Séché Environnement 24 47 31 Asset and stock market GOOD PRACTICE 9 Health and safety at work 40 valuation management AInside Amazonian Implementation Biodiversity initiatives communities 10 41 Specialized sites GOOD PRACTICE according to strategic National Biodiversity recovery challenges Strategy (SNB)
11 GOOD PRACTICE Exporting know-how EDITORIAL As a company that recycles waste, the circular economy From the viewpoint of some of its stakeholders, the “An imaginary and an impractical scheme for building a is at the very heart of Séché Environnement’s business. Group’s activities may be seen as sensitive. The policy of society which, in the eyes of person who builds it, represents Environmental consciousness is the corollary of exercising a incorporating biodiversity into our business fosters social an ideal”. That’s the definition of utopia. profession with respect for humanity and nature. acceptance of our facilities. It improves management in The circular economy resembles a utopia in the sense the field (maintaining a nursery of endemic plant species Founded in 1985, the Group began incorporating the that it involves rebuilding an ideal company organization combined with safeguarding the character of the landscape) concept of sustainable development into its corporate policy (or something like it) based on modified behaviors and and helps create a true corporate culture. from its inception and has supported all the strides made rethinking of the organization’s activities, for the common since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio helped by regulatory It is with this goal in mind that Séché Environnement, with good of humanity, preserving resources for the future. changes which supported these initiatives. its 2,500 employees worldwide, recycles whatever can Waste is one of the major factors, after frugality, necessary be recycled into raw materials or failing that, recovers the Listening to our stakeholders is another key factor of for consumption. Waste is in the spotlight, it is part of the energy they contain. In 2017, the Group was 219% energy the Group’s development, in harmony not only with its solution: it allows the loop to be closed. self-sufficient, a level high enough to satisfy the electric employees, neighbors and customers but with the volunteer, power needs (excluding heating and hot water) of one With this in mind, today more than ever before, we are educational and academic sectors. million people. building our future business so that it may contribute to making the planet a pleasant environment in which to live. These activities linked to waste recovery are constantly This is the task for our employees, in France and worldwide. evolving and require innovation and investment in technologies that are becoming increasingly sophisticated. This entire adventure would not have been possible without all the men and women who contribute to it daily. Above all, it should not be forgotten that a fraction of this waste may be relatively hazardous and must be controlled I would like to publicly acknowledge and thank them here. and monitored, which is just another aspect of the Group’s
work. We decontaminate and process some of the most Joël Séché Chairman and Chief Executive Officer hazardous waste in existence and we recover sought-after metals or molecules such as bromine.
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Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) energy recovery unit
The circular economy is defined as It is reflected inecodesign , new business a system for production, trade and models (product-service systems and consumption designed and organized industrial ecology) and by the recovery RECOVER WASTE AND TRANSFORM to minimize the draining of resources of waste and energy. (fossil fuels, raw materials, water, land, THEM IN MATERIALS AND ENERGY habitat) and polluting emissions, sources of negative environmental and health impacts, both locally and worldwide.
Séché Environnement Integrated Report 2017 - 4 PUTTING WASTE BACK ON TRACK initiative involving the efficient use of resources established in established resources of use efficient the involving initiative The transition toacircular economyisat the theheart of EUROPEAN AN ASPIRATION THAT ISBOTH NATIONAL AND ECONOMY THE CIRCULAR FAVORABLE AN ENVIRONMENT Package intoFrench law. the Circularadditional articles Economy on the enactment of in addressed being even perhaps legislation, of pieces specific 2019 Budget Act or, fora few very technicalmeasures, become The mainmeasures are expected toberestated inthedraft arrangements for itsimplementation. a “Circular Economy Roadmap”, which will lay down the practical in early 2018 in discussions having astheir objective the drafting nationalGrowth”few targets,a set (2015) werewhich picked up In France, the “Act Respecting Energy Transition for Green deadlines. by 2030or, 65%and70%forbio-wastebythesame targets of municipalwaste by 2025and70% such astherecycling 60%of European the Commission by in 2017 establishesambitiousrecycling targets, up drawn Package” Economy “Circular The and inclusivegrowth. connection withtheEurope 2020strategy forsmart, sustainable recycling, notwaste. Package, Europe istargeting theCircular Economy With
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industry andlocalcommunities. theleadingSéché Environnementplayersintherecovery wasteinFrance, isoneof andtreatment alltypesof of from both Multi-skilling andhightechnicalsophistication SÉCHÉ ENVIRONNEMENT’SRESPONSE 75 metrictonsproduced. help to reduce the use of landfill to 17.3 metric tons for every At thenational level, theimplemented recovery techniques recovered fuel(SRF). from whichraw materials cannotbereclaimed intosolid Mobilier, and Valdelia and recycles wastesorting rejects producer responsibility organizations suchasCiteo, Eco- The Group servicestolocalauthoritiesand isaprovider of delivery tothe brokered secondary raw materials market. sorting know-how andinvolvinglogisticaloperations for paper/cardboard, etc.) requiring more or less complex recycle as-is, suchassecondaryraw materials (wood, non-hazardousThe wasteiseasy bulkof tocollectand From thesimplestwaste... comprehensive solutions to offer high-quality Its waste treatmentIts waste facilities enableit all environmental that incorporate requirements. Biogas andSRFenergy recovery hazardous waste). whichresults from 6.1Mt(0.4of thetreatment non- of of 1.6 Mt/year for a total primary productionthe stockpiling of Nationally, thetreatment hazardous wastehelpstolimit of technical, politicalandgeostrategic reasons. for them mobilizing of difficulty the to resources,naturalor of bromine, rare earths, etc.)isinpart aresponse tothe depletion Recycling theserare elements(zinc, nickel, lead, molybdenum, and are sought-after by geostrategically important markets. which exist insmallquantitiesbuthavehighvalueadded This recovery effort isprimarilyfocusedonnoblematerials, sludges, etc.) purify the scarce materials they contain (solvents, hydroxide chemical treatment techniques toseparate, concentrate and they canbeextracted byusingpredominantly sophisticated thesesecondaryrawmajor characteristicmaterials isthat of in connectionwiththetreatment hazardous waste, of butthe The usable materials recovery goesonallaround of us, even ...to themostcomplex Séché Environnement Integrated Report2017 - 5 PUTTING WASTE BACK ON TRACK
DIAGRAM DEPICTING THE FATE OF WASTE IN FRANCE BASED ON TYPE AND TREATMENT PROCESS RETURNS TO NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AFTER PURIFICATION ENERGY RECOVERY MATERIAL RECYCLING EFFLUENTS TOBE TREATED NON-HAZARDOUS WASTEFLOWS HAZARDOUS WASTEFLOWS 2,4 Mt Metals, earths, solvents WATER PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT GAS Sludges, flyash, RPIFIW 0,2
HAZARDOUS WASTE (HW)PRODUCTION HAZARDOUS WASTE Mt SECONDARY HW PROCESSING PRIMARY HW PROCESSING FACILITY FACILITY
Slag 5,7 Mt HAZARDOUS WASTE 0,4 STORAGE FACILITY SORTING, TRANSIT, PRE-PROCESSING Mt GROUPING
5,2 (leachates ) Non-Haz *o/w 0.1excl. 1,6 ENERGY MATERIAL RECYCLING Mt * Mt 0,6 Mt 0,4 12,6 Mt NON-HAZARDOUS WASTE (NHW)PRODUCTION NON-HAZARDOUS WASTE
Residual household waste ... Mt NON-HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE FACILITY PURIFIED WATER RETURNED TO NATURE PURIFIED ATMOSFERICEMISSIONS 4,4 PLATFORM SORTING Mt Non-recyclable material waste 17,3
Mt
14,2 INCINERATION 0,3 HOUSEHOLD 74,8 WASTE Mt Mt
NHW slag Mt
Separate collection Fly ash, RPIFHW schemes metals Slags and RECOVERED S FUEL OLID
VALUES INM 2014 REPORT ON WASTE PRODUCTION INFRANCE VALUES INM
TREATMENT t t TAKEN FROM 2015 TAKEN FROM DATALAB SOES SMOKE
Séché Environnement Integrated Report2017 - GEREP DECLARATIONS 37,6 Mt 6 PUTTING WASTE BACK ON TRACK ENERGY RECOVERY MATERIALS RECYCLING OF BETWEEN THE CHOICE BE REUSEDORRECYCLED RESERVED TO THAT WASTE CANNOT DISPOSAL BUT PREFERRED OVER METHOD OFTREATMENT ENERGY RECOVERY ISA THE
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Final wastelandfill conditions: of number a fulfilling across the on economy) relies success andsolidarity-based its but country, the social the of field the circular emerging the economy creates wealth andjobs(includingthoserelated to benefits, environmental to addition In THE PREREQUISITESFORSUCCESS Potential thecycle renewal of consumption ortoxicity) coursemitigated. are of negative impacts (greenhouse gas emissions, water periods before reverting to the market. The processes inthereclamationLimiting thenumberof thecycle Compactness of consumer waste-sorting iscrucial. (or unconsolidated) materials. In this regard, initial post- non-contaminated of flow the with connection Increasing therecovery andrecycling potentialin materials Cycle purity:noco-mingledorcontaminated recovery (noblemetalsin alloys) which canonlyrarely beisolated foroptimal Seeking trace elementssubmerged inmassand materials Dispersion of to cardboard) less and less noble as they are recycled (from paper Diversifying usesinaworldwhere materials become Utilization cascades textile fibertoinsulation material) Product-service systems serve this purpose (from consecutivecycles.Maximizing thenumberof combustion. reasons becausetheyplugfurnacegrates andinterfere with waste fractions) whichrecyclers turnawayforlegitimate technical mixed from recyclates (notably “sub-waste” generate recovery Sorting operations aiming at recycling materials orenergy fornon- facility hazardous waste: of a storage use the requiring waste” “final to theoretically recyclablequantities of wasteare downgraded material andforenergy, thefactthat isanillustration large of for both life, second a waste high-quality give to specifications The processors’ necessarystrengthening requirements of LIMITATIONS TO TOTALRECYCLING
plants andplasticties, etc. Rockwool used as agardening medium, withremnants of outdoors andiswet. Paper andcardboard that hasbeenimproperly stored to extract plant and mineral debris caughtupinthemeshandimpossible with shells, issoiled material this nets: fishing Nylon downgraded tonon-recoverable from demolitionsites:dirty andsandy, theyare consistently Hypothetically recyclable plastic pipe (PET, HDPE, etc.) Séché Environnement Integrated Report2017 - 7 PUTTING WASTE BACK ON TRACK communities). local of platforms includinghouseholdpackaging onbehalf secondary raw materials (non-hazardous wastesorting theirwastetosectorswherethe orientation theybecome of producers, the Group works with them indirectly by facilitating chain withitswaste-producing customers. Regarding these The Group often operates asalinkinwidercircular economy ECONOMY THE CIRCULAR CONTRIBUTING TO produced from renewable sources. renewablea substantialshare energy of orenergy electrical powergridsand heating networks with energypositioned asanoutrightproducer in of is self-sufficiency and 200% nearly achieved has it consumption isenergy recovery, thanks towhich The Group’s mainactivitywith respect to Responsible consumption: Mayenne). or the agriculture fodder world in (dehydration of communities (district-heating inNantesandLaval) in Rouen, chemicalsinSalaise, etc.), local it and its customers operate (petrochemicals in material andenergy intheareas inwhich The Group trading hasalong-standingpractice of Industrial andregional ecology: they woulduseonlytemporarily. investinginfacilitiesthat customers theexpense of waste.spectrum of As aresult, itspares itsindustrial facilitiestotreatvery widerange of abroader centers. Bymakingthemso, theGroup poolsa designed forhazardous waste)are collective The Group’s treatment facilities(inparticular those Product-service systems:
SÉCHÉ ENVIRONNEMENT CHANNELSDEVELOPEDEXTRACTION BY Biosourced materials Energy recovery biogas Anaerobic landfill Methanization RENEWABLE Composting BIOMASS MATTER Energy recovery incineration Consumption Manufacture SORTING Distribution WASTE landfill waste ENERGY Final MINERAL MATTER FOSSIL FOSSIL Re-use Séché Environnement Integrated Report2017 - Regeneration Recycling 8 PUTTING WASTE BACK ON TRACK with thewastetreatment hierarchy aslaiddownbythe Waste to best satisfy itscustomers in compliance the expectations of out, facilities technologyismadefrom apanelof thechoiceof Based onthegeographic location where theactivity iscarried and non-hazardous waste. treatmentcover theentire spectrumof required forhazardous operated underservicedelegation contracts (publicandprivate) The facilitiesownedoutrightbySéchéEnvironnement or A high-performancefacilities range of IMPLEMENTATION multi-year servicecontracts forwaste management. comprehensive managementcontracts, namelycustomized to take theirwasteproblem charge intheframework of of Environnement has, overtheyears, developedaframework - primarily major international industrial groups - Séché By outsourcing itscustomers theenvironmental servicesof thewastefunction Outsourcing of beingdrawn up.of resulting from The Circular EconomyRoadmap, intheprocess Transition for a Green Economy (2015) pending future texts Framework 2008andthe DirectiveAct Respecting of Energy Unlike householdrefuse, whichistreated closetotheirplaceof treatment. has acquired both the know-how and the facilities for their includes harmfulresidues forwhichSéchéEnvironnement The wastespectrumisnotlimitedtohouseholdbutalso Specialization inhazardous waste the disposal of technologicalwaste. the disposalof specially trained teams supported bylogisticsdedicated to low radioactivity orbiologicalproducts) are carriedoutby useful livescontainingharmfulproducts (reactive, toxic, their plantandequipmentat theendof demolition of Interventions inhostileenvironments orinvolvingthe Interventions inhostileenvironments industry, andmanyotherindustrialsegments. customers, namelythechemical, oilandgascosmetics facilities located in proximity to the main waste-producing production, hazardous wasteisdirected tohighly-specialized Sorting facilityforhouseholdpackaging Solvent regeneration ADAPTING TO CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS AN OFFERINGTHAT ISCONSTANTLY FAO orEuropean bodies. customerslike theUnitedNations, of tender onbehalf the decontamination orcontaminantprocessing invitations to major with connection in continents five over itself project decontamination know-howalsoenablestheGroup to facilitiesinFranceBut thecombination of and recently, inPeru andChile. facilities inGermany, Spain, Mexico and Argentina, or, more through itshazardous theoperation wastetreatment of This extensive know-howisexported bytheGroup either In France andworldwide hours aday(SéchéUrgences Interventions). accidental pollutioneventwithin4hours, 7daysaweek, 24 These facilitiesare alsocommitted tointerveninginany accurately direct theirwastetothemostappropriate facility. France in order tobeinproximity towasteproducers andto crisscrossing platforms sorting and identification The schemeissupplementedbywastegrouping, Capability forrapid deployment Quick intervention capability(SUI) Séché Environnement Integrated Report2017 - 9 PUTTING WASTE BACK ON TRACK
SPECIALIZED SITES ACCORDING TO STRATEGIC RECOVERY CHALLENGES business andassociated challenges according totheirprimary Séché Environnement’s sites Non-hazardous waste Hazardous waste Services businesses Regeneration, purification Physical-chemical andothertreatments Storage Incineration 2 Séché Environnement Ouest +Ecosite Séché Eco-IndustriesLaDominelais 1 Séché Eco-IndutriesLe Vigeant Gabarre Energie (Guadeloupe) Séché Eco-IndustriesChangé Opale Environnement Calais DRIMM Montech-Escatalens Trédi(Argentina) Argentina Séché Eco-IndustriesLacq Sénerval Strasbourg SEM Trédi (Mexico) Béarn Env. Pau Alcéa Nantes TARIS (Peru) SAN (Chile) Séché Eco-Services Séché Transport Séché Energies Solarca (Spain) 3 4 Speichim Processing St-Vulbas Speichim Processing Mourenx Speichim Processing Beaufort Valls Quimica(Spain) Trédi Saint-Vulbas Trédi Hombourg Sotrefi Etupes Trédi Salaise Trédi Strasbourg Sodicome Séché Healthcare UTM (Germany) Triadis ServicesBeaufort TriadisServices Toulouse Triadis ServicesRennes Triadis ServicesEtampes Triadis ServicesBéziers Triadis ServicesRouen Kanay (Peru) 4 3 2 1 Séché Environnement Integrated Report2017 - MANAGEMENT HAZARD THERMAL ENERGY RECOVERY ELECTRICITY ENERGY RECOVERY USABLE MATERIALS RECOVERY OF logistics, decontamination) (services, storage, 10 PUTTING WASTE BACK ON TRACK GOOD PRACTICE Hazardous wastelandfillinChile on behalf of customers like the United Nations, of on behalf the FAO or European bodies. with majordecontamination orcontaminant processing invitations totender connection in continents five over itself project to Group the enables also facilitiesinFranceBut thecombination of anddecontamination know-how “global offering” designedforitsindustrialcustomers. projects usingchemicalcleaning allowsSéchéEnvironnement toaddits SolarcaThe (Spain2017), acquisitionof aspecialistinindustrialmaintenance and gasexploration sectors. SAN(Chile) and Tarisacquisitions of (Peru) tofocusontheminingandoil an ownershipinterest in Kanay in2015 and, more recently (2017)the The group haschosentogrow inChileandPeru withthepurchase of and Argentina. hazardousoperation waste treatment of facilitiesinGermany, Spain, Mexico most suitablefacility. This know-how isexported bytheGroup through the be in proximity to waste producers and to accurately direct their waste to the Séché Environnement has purposelydesigneditsorganization inFrance to KNOW-HOW EXPORTING
Hazardous wasteincinerator openingin Peru Séché Environnement Integrated Report2017 - 11 THROUGH THE LENS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Staff members taking part to the Séché Day (2017)
Les The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals The acquisition – on a voluntary basis – of skills, methods (SDGs), which officially came into force on January 1, 2016, and thought processes that foster the creation of shared apply to all, whether governments or civil society. sustainable value, paves the way for a true corporate culture. They call for a model of “green” growth that is less This culture incorporates the concerns of other players into resource-intensive. its own activities and its interactions with them in the context of a globalized market where public policy must act as the guarantor of international regulation of trade that avoids of social and environmental dumping.
Séché Environnement Integrated Report 2017 - 12 GOALS GOALS
COMMITMENT OF THE CHAIRMAN THE TEN PRINCIPLES OF THE AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER UN GLOBAL COMPACT The Global Compact Human rights 1. Businesses should support and respect the THE LENS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THE LENS OF SUSTAINABLE has 12,200 signatories, protection of internationally proclaimed including 9,200 human rights. THROUGH businesses 2. Businesses shouldmake sure that they are not Séché Environnement joined the United Nations Global (1,200 in France alone) complicit in human rights abuses Compact in 2003 within the framework of the voluntary arrangement instituted by the United Nations through which International labor standards businesses, associations and NGOs are urged to adhere 3. Businesses should uphold the freedom of to ten universally accepted principles involving human association and the effective recognition of rights, labor standards, the environment and combating the right to collective bargaining. corruption. 4. Businesses are urged to eliminate of all forms In 2014 we satisfied the criteria for the Advanced Level due to the quality of our efforts of forced and compulsory labor. and reporting. 5. Businesses are urged to contribute to the From these guidelines we adapted our own business ethics commitments through effective abolition of child labor. the corporate-level Sustainable Development Charter, the facility-level Safety, 6. Businesses are urged to contribute to the Environmental and Quality Policies and a Code of Conduct and Actions at individual effective abolition of child labor. employee level, currently in the process of being updated in the light of the entry into effect of the Sapin 2 Act. Environnement The regulations set out in these charters, policies and codes do not substitute or 7. Businesses should support a precautionary replace national or international law with which the Group must strictly comply. These approach to environmental challenges. commitments are not binding but must nonetheless be made known to and applied 8. Businesses should undertake initiatives by all the Group’s employees. Their application is everyone’s responsibility and, more to promote greater environmental specifically, that of persons assuming executive roles. responsibility. The objective is not to anticipate or codify everything. However, a few clear, precise 9. Businesses should encourage the principles combined with a sense of individual responsibility and good practice are a development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies. useful frame of reference for everyone in the Group. The Ten Principles of the UN Combating corruption Joël Séché Global Compact 10. Businesses should work against corruption Chairman and CEO underpin the map in all its forms, including extortion and of stakeholder bribery. Involve all the concerns and their employees of the Group expectations Participants must certify the actual implementation of the Ten Principles in a “Communication of Progress” (COP), a report that is uploaded and made available on the company’s website.
Séché Environnement Integrated Report 2017 - 13 GOALS GOALS 3 1 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Administrations, regional environmental authorities Banks
The relationship between Séché Environnement Environmental NGOs Shareholders
THE LENS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THE LENS OF SUSTAINABLE and its environment and its stakeholders, i.e. all those who for whatever reason feel impacted Economic and tax regulations
THROUGH (not only those who are impacted) by its activities have been mapped with the help of Comité 21. The concerns can be grouped into Clients four main categories, which the Group must EMPLOYEE RELATIONS 2 address. RECORD Association EXPECTATIONS
Professional trade unions, Chemical Industry Union
National Federation of Waste and Environment Activities Trade unions Trade
MEDEF
4 companies Insurance Sanitation departments Sanitation SRI Funds
Orée Association
GLOBAL COMPACT
Residents, populations AND Media MNHN (National Museum of History) MNHN (National Natural FRB (Foundation for Research on Biodiversity) for Research FRB (Foundation LPO (Bird Protection League) Protection LPO (Bird EpE (Entreprises pour l’environnement) EpE (Entreprises Rating agencies 3 INTEGRATION INTO LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS Regions, Departments, municipalities Social NGOs 1 2 INSPIRA COMITÉ 21 COMITÉ SYMBIOSIS WITH 4 SOCIETY S
Public authorities NGOs Employees Company players Scientific support STAKEHOLDERS STAKEHOLDERS THEIR CONCERNS
Séché Environnement Integrated Report 2017 - 14 GOALS GOALS TARGETS SHARED BY ALL ECONOMIC OPERATORS THE LENS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THE LENS OF SUSTAINABLE THROUGH
GENDER EQUALITY INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
Séché Environnement is a member of RECORD, WORLDWIDE EMPLOYEES IN FRANCE PERCENTAGE OF EMPLOYEES 23% a cooperative network for research into waste (2,508 worldwide) 1,881 WHO ARE WOMEN Construction of two schools and a community center for the partnering with industry, government bodies and people living in Nueva Esperanza in the virgin Amazonian researchers. It is a privileged place for the exchange forest. PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN of ideas and experiences as well as a technology and PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN SITTING ON THE BOARD OF 44% 25% science intelligence tool. Inauguration by the Minister for the Environment of the EXECUTIVES largest facility for the thermal treatment of waste in Peru DIRECTORS Launch in the city of Laval of the first local district- (Kanay), providing to the local population, among other heating network supplied by a specially prepared fuel things, access to safe treatment of infectious clinical waste. derived from waste that in the past was regarded as non-recoverable. Innovative research programs investigating recovery IN FRANCE of usable materials from waste, the development of bio-sourced and biologically compostable materials CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COLLECTED AS based on waste from the agro-food industry. REGIONAL ECONOMY 5.3M€ APPRENTICESHIP TAX 0.4M€
TRAINEES WORKING UNDER STAFF LIVE WITHIN 50 KM OF ARRANGEMENTS LASTING MORE THE WORKPLACE 95% 90 THAN ONE MONTH
DECENT WORK AND REDUCED YEARS OF SERVICE ON 12 ECONOMIC GROWTH INEQUALITIES AVERAGE
COVERAGE RATE BY AN AGREEMENT HOURS OF TRAINING AVERAGE AGE OF DISABLED FTEs ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR 76 PROVIDED 30,656 EMPLOYEES 43 96% WOMEN AND MEN AT WORK
Séché Environnement Integrated Report 2017 - 15 GOALS GOALS SPECIFIC TARGETS THAT ARE PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO SÉCHÉ ENVIRONNEMENT THE LENS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THE LENS OF SUSTAINABLE THROUGH
CLEAN WATER AND AFFORDABLE AND RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND SANITATION CLEAN ENERGY PRODUCTION
RETURNED TO THE NATURAL PERCENTAGE OF RAW MATERIALS MILLION M3 OF REDUCTION IN NET ENVIRONMENT AFTER ENERGY GENERATED ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENT NECESSARY FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF WATER CONSUMED 3.2 69% 696.9 219% 50% CONSUMPTION OF WATER -10.3% PURIFICATION THE GROUP DERIVED FROM WASTE
RELATIVE TO 2016 -4.2% RELATIVE TO 2016 +5,3% RELATIVE TO 2016 +3pt RENEWABLE ENERGY OR By signing the Responsible Care® charter of TAKEN FROM GROUNDWATER 37% 80% RECOVERED FROM WASTE HEAT the Union des Industries Chimiques (French chemical industries trade body) Trédi and Speichim Processing confirmed their drive Water is taken either from water supply systems or for improvement in the areas of health, impoundment areas, or by pumping it from wells, none of safety, the management of chemicals and which is situated in a RAMSAR protected wetland. the protection of the environment. Séché Environnement Ouest has been awarded Ecocert certification for its production of compost SEI - Le Vigeant
SEO - La Croix Irtelle SEO - Vallet
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THROUGH PROTECTION OF CLIMATE ACTION TERRESTRIAL FAUNA AND FLORA CLIMATE AND BIODIVERSITY IN PERU
IN 5 YEARS The certification of TARIS (Peru) to ISO 14064-1 was renewed for another three years for quantifying, reporting and fighting against greenhouse gas emissions. This certification TREES AND SHRUBS covers all its activities (treatment plant, business offices and PLANTED 27 000 activities relating to its global offer to its customers).
To offset any CO2 emissions, TARIS has launched a LINEAR KM OF reforestation project on the site of its treatment plant. So HA. SOWN PLANTINGS 33 85 far, 130 Peruvian peppertrees (Schinus molle) have been planted and a further 500 will be planted by 2020.
GHG AVOIDED =15% OF GHG EMISSIONS THANKS TO RECOVERY FROM FOSSIL FUELS
INDUSTRIAL GAS GHG = ERASURE OF THE CARBON FOOTPRINT EMISSIONS CONSIDERABLY REDUCED OF NEARLY 350,000 PEOPLE
CO2 / t.km in 3 years TRANSPORTED -7.7%
AVERAGE NUMBER OF SPECIES IDENTIFIED PER SITE CONCERNED
OBIRDS 43 AMPHIBIANS 8
DRAGONFLIES 14 BATS 6
Séché Environnement Integrated Report 2017 - 17 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Control room in an incineration plant
PROVIDE CUSTOMERS WITH SERVICES Ensure the Group’s future through controlled, profitable, long-term growth. SUCH AS GLOBAL WASTE RECOVERY Provide its clients with a global waste handling and treatment service meeting all regulatory requirements, and guaranteeing safety, traceability and transparency, which AND TREATMENT SOLUTIONS is reflected in respect for man and the environment on a daily basis.
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REVENUE 2017 confirmed the internal and external growth dynamic of a half-billion euros in revenue in 2017. Net income, which is 511.9 M€ Séché Environnement in the waste recovery and treatment up sharply, confirms the relevance of its profitable growth markets in France and abroad. strategy, founded on targeted investments to address changes in customer needs with value-added, is bearing fruit. The scale and high quality of our acquisitions, as well as their contribution to the year’s activity and net income, have In 2018, Séché Environnement will continue its profitable growth EBITDA strengthened the Group’s profitable growth strategy and strategy, founded on increases in its capabilities, a development 98.1 M€ its core business in France as well as abroad, where Séché investment policy with greater selectivity, and generating positive Environnement doubled its revenue in 2017. cash flows. To do so, the Group will work to optimize all of its operational and financial tools to accelerate its deleveraging. In its historical scope, Séché Environnement benefited from the increase in new recovery and treatment capacity, which enabled These goals make it possible to predict that 2018 will bring a Operating income it to respond with the volume and value added needed to meet further increase in our net income and solid generation of free 37.3 M€ the increasing demand of its clients, especially industrial ones. cash flow, while maintaining our business’ pace of growth. Furthermore, Séché Environnement substantially expanded its permits to operate its Changé site and finalized its landmark Net income Joël Séché Financing activities project to provide energy from Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) to 15.4 M€ Chairman and CEO the local district-heating network of the city of Laval. These 0.8 M€ Board of Directors Meeting, achievements, combined with the acquisition of Séché February 28, 2018 Environnement Ouest, will help it remain a leader in the non- hazardous waste recovery markets in Western France. New CAPEX investments 57.1 M€ For the first time in its history, Séché Environnement exceeded
SIMPLIFIED CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT 2016 2017 Acquisition of subsidiaries (IN € MILLIONS)
70 M€ Revenue (reported) 478.3 534.4
o/w contributed revenue 460.1 511.9
EBITDA 89.1 98.1
Current operating income 34.4 39.7
Cash flow Operating income 26.2 37.3 83,3 M€ Financial income (10.7) (13.6) Taxes (10.5) (7.7)
NET INCOME (GROUP SHARE) 3.9 15.4 City of Laval (France - 53)
Séché Environnement Integrated Report 2017 - 19 DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIC CHALLENGES C C SRF: a new method of recovering non-hazardous waste Breakdown of contributedpar secteur revenue d’activités at December 31,2017 Breakdown of contributed C par secteur revenue d’activités at December 31,2017 Derived from the combustible components of non-recoverable by activity sector by division andpar client filière type et par nature de clients waste (such as recycling rejects), SRF is one of the new methods 48% 48% NHW revenue: 36% HW revenue: 64% of recovery identified and promoted by the Act Respecting Other Industries Other Industries(vs. 35%*) (vs. 65%*) Energy Transition to Support Green Growth. Derived from waste (vs. 49%*) 5% (vs. 49%*) 5% Others <1% 18% Others <1% 1% 1% once regarded as final and therefore destined for landfill, they Automotive AutomotiveNHW industrials are an alternative source of energy to fossil fuels. 1% 1% 54% 28% 28% Transport Transport NW industrials A local energy source, their use is in response to national 2% Local authorities 2% Local authorities Consumer goods (vs. 29%*) Consumer goods 18% (vs. 29%*) development objectives promoting regional circular economy 2% NHW local2% auth. Equipment Equipment solutions. With this new method of recovery, waste produced by 2% 2% Construction Construction a region is also its energy resource. 4% 24% 4% 24% Metallurgical Environmental services Metallurgical Environmental services 5% (vs. 22%*) 5% (vs. 22%*) Health-Pharma Health-Pharma 10% 11% 11% Energy-comm. Energy-comm. NW local auth. 13% 13% Chimicals Chimicals
RECOVERY OF USABLE MATERIALS ENERGY RECOVERY HAZARD MANAGEMENT
Séché Environnement considers the recovery of materials through The Group is positioned in the areas of renewable energy or By extracting resources from waste and limiting the potential dedicated facilities as a better option. The household packaging energy extracted from waste in the form of heat or electricity and harm from “final” waste by playing a role in site decontamination sorting center at Changé is one example, as is the center in is heavily involved in the development of green, eco-innovative and in the rehabilitation of polluted industrial sites, Séché Montech. They have assembled the very latest technology. More technologies in connection with the recovery of waste (green Environnement works on a daily basis to protect health and the specifically, for its hazardous waste management component, its chemistry or gasification of waste). Cogeneration at Changé environment and, in doing so, places great importance on dialog purpose is to support the growth of its industrial customer base represents progress in this area, the first facility that recovers with its stakeholders and on safeguarding ecosystems. Over the by making is chemical treatment expertise available for both sorting rejects (solid recovered fuel) to provide heating to a local years, our decontamination and transport management teams the recovery of usable materials (solvent regeneration, bromine community. have developed facilities closer to our customers across the recovery, recovery of metal hydroxide sludges, etc.) and energy. whole of France.
Sorted waste collection Biogas capture UMICORE site remediation (France – Vivier (52))
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