chap 11 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF THE MUNICIPALITY European Green Capital Award Nantes 2012 2013 161 11 A Current situation. By means of introduction, we point out that, since operations services are some- times shared between Nantes Métropole and the city of Nantes, environmental management is harmonised and coordinated according to the skills of the local authorities, to cover all public services provided to citizens. 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European Green Capital Award Nantes 2012 2013 162 Agenda 21 : an essential environmental-management tool. Agenda 21, adopted by the Nantes Métropole Community Council in February 2006, is the through line of environmental management. After a complete diagnosis and co-production with more than 600 territory stakeholders, its content was developed on the basis of 21 projects, all of which are regularly followed up : climate action plan, energy policy, eco-neighbourhoods, sustainable transport, reduction of pesticide consumption, management of humid areas, sustainable public contracting and limitation of waste at source are examples of these projects. Agenda 21 also includes more organisational-type projects : training in sustainable development, inter- nal mobilisation to provide outstanding environmental examples (see the Eco-Actions Guide annexed) or assessment tools and commune events. “Think globally, act locally”. The City of Nantes' Agenda 21 embraces this concept and makes it a reality. At the level of the public policies initiated by the city, since 2004 the accent has been clearly placed on energy effi ciency and greenhouse-gas reduction. Thus, preservation of biodiversity translates concretely into the environmental protection of fragile natural spaces such as Petite-Amazonie and the Mauves Prairie, both classifi ed as Natura 2000 areas. This does not imply any compromise to the Nantes development conditions. Continuing to densify the city by means of the new PLU (Local Urban Plan), by building the city on itself to fi ght against urban sprawl, developing eco-neighbourhoods such as the “Île de Nantes”, Bottière-Chenaie or Saint-Joseph-de-Porterie, encouraging environmental quality among promoters and social landlords... All of these actions are intended to make the city accessible to the greatest number of people so as to avoid urban sprawl and the devouring of city space. "Living together" remains a true challenge because it involves social cohesion, a pre-requisite for all sustainable development. European Green Capital Award Nantes 2012 2013 163 APPENDIX The brochure presenting Nantes Métropole’s Agenda 21 http://www.cmaintenant.eu/fi les/fi le/agenda_21.pdf The territorial Climate Action Plan and the Nantes metropolitan area’s action to promote efforts to curb the greenhouse effect and forestall climate change. The 21 projects in Agenda 21 http://www.cmaintenant.eu/fi les/fi le/fi ches_21_chantiers_Agenda_21.pdf Nantes Métropole’s Agenda 21 http://www.cmaintenant.eu/theme/152 Deliberation about the Climate Action Plan, 9 March 2007 http://www.cmaintenant.eu/fi les/fi le/nm_deliberation_plan_climat2007 Deliberation about the community’s Agenda 21 http://www.cmaintenant.eu/fi les/fi le/Deliberation_agenda21_17_02_06.pdf Deliberation about social and solidarity-driven economics, the three-year plan http://www.cmaintenant.eu/fi les/fi le/Deliberation_ess_15_06_09.pdf The guide presenting eco-attitude for municipal staff http://www.cmaintenant.eu/ressources/8 The Agenda 21 programmes in the City of Nantes http://www.cmaintenant.eu/ressources/8 The drinking-water public service charter, Nantes Métropole’s 12 pledges http://www.cmaintenant.eu/fi les/fi le/charte_service_eau_potable.pdf CO2 quantifi cation : a horizontal project involving all services. Following the logic of the Covenant of Mayors, Nantes Métropole is committed to systemising the quantifi cation of public-policy action in terms of CO2 avoided. The objective is both to monitor the greenhouse-gas emissions of actions carried out by Municipality of Nantes and to set in place a tool that will facilitate decision-making relative to the CO2 criterion for future actions. The climate action plan is intended to facilitate the setting up of a carbon culture within the administration's technical services. This culture will be applied equally to operations and administration to demonstrate the exemplary nature of local public service. Environmental certifi cation of the public services provided by the local authority guarantees quality and demonstrates the efforts taken. The process is primarily carried out with respect to water, administrative buildings, waste and water treatment. City of Nantes Nantes Métropole 11 % 7 % 93 % 89 % Number of FTE (full-time equivalent) local Number of FTE (full-time equivalent) local authority employees working in ISO 14001 authority employees working in ISO 14001 certifi ed departments certifi ed departments European Green Capital Award Nantes 2012 2013 164 The number of local authority departments with certifi ed ISO 14001 environmental management systems : 2 departments and 600 employees, i.e. 11% of FTE (full-time equivalent) staff in Nantes Métropole and 7% in the city of Nantes. On behalf of its public operator (the Authority), the Water department has set in place an integrated, QSE (Quality, Safety and Environment) certifi ed system, with ISO 9001 (2001), OHSAS 18001 (2004) and ISO 14001 (April 2010) certifi cation. This certifi cate concerns the collection, treatment and distribution of drinking water and management of customer relations, in the eight cities managed by the Authority (that is, 440,000 inhabitants, 120,000 subscribers and 270 agents). The Water department employs two ISO 14001 2004 certifi ed operators, who provide service to 110,000 inhabitants, that is, 67,000 subscribers. APPENDIX The commitment charter to promote professional integration through public contracts in the metropolitan area of Nantes http://www.cmaintenant.eu/fi les/fi le/charte_Insertion_18_06_04.pdf The Building department, which manages buildings and properties, is in the fi nal phase of implementing the QSE process and has requested ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 18001 certifi cation for all of its activities (it is expected that these certifi cations will be obtained in september 2010). As far as waste is concerned, our assignees are certifi ed, in particular those for the multi-sector complex "Arc en ciel" (triple certifi cation : AFNOR 2008 : ISO 9001, NF ISO 14001, OHSAS 8001). And for the Beau- lieu Malakoff domestic-waste incineration plant managed by Valorena (ISO 14000). The residual waste incineration plant in Nantes Métropole. Other departments are ISO 9001 certifi ed. These include Water Treatment, certifi ed as an organising body and for its activities as an authority (168 agents). European Green Capital Award Nantes 2012 2013 165 The COPR (the Nantes Métropole Risk Prevention Unit) : specifi cally designed for the environment. The Nantes Métropole COPR intervenes in the prevention of industrial risks (systematic visits to enterprises and activity