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.
The team expanded starting in 2005, deploying biodiversity
inclusion at every new site that began operating.
In 2003, the company joined the Global Compact France, created
by Kofi Annan in 2000, which requires “communication on progress”;
Séché Environnement has been at the “Advanced” level since
2014.
In 2018, the publicly-traded French Group, in a pioneering move,
made a commitment to sustainable finance, taking out one of the
first impact loans to incorporate a biodiversity goal, which it
achieved in the first two years.
At the same time, all of the Group’s French sites larger than 10
hectares have earned “Biodiversity Commitment” certification from
Ecocert.
In June 2019, Séché Environnement concomitantly signed two
scientific partnership and patronage agreements with the French
National Museum of Natural History (MNHN) and the Bird Protection
League (LPO) reflecting a shared commitment to preserve
biodiversity by three types of players – scientists, NGOs, and
business. Additionally, through its sponsorship of Des Terres et
des Ailes (LPO) and the educational tour at the Marinarium de
Concarneau (MNHN site), Séché Environnement is developing
scientific and technical assistance initiatives with its
partners.
In June 2020, in addition to its new commitments through
act4nature international, Séché Environnement has decided to
financially support the young researcher prize organized by the
French Biodiversity Research Foundation (to be awarded in
December).
Maxime Séché, Chief Executive Officer of Séché Environnement,
summed up the family-owned Group's primary motivation as
follows:
“Besides the absolute need to expand our knowledge in order to
carry out effective actions and counteract the erosion of
biodiversity, I feel it is very important to train our employees,
and more broadly, raise awareness among citizens about the impact
that our way of life has on ecosystems, in order to prevent the
emergence of new zoonoses1.
Since it was founded, Séché Environnement has sought to give a
positive impact to its waste management activities, combining a
comprehensive approach to sharing best practices with local actions
to preserve ecosystems.”
About Séché
Environnement
Séché Environnement is one of the leading players in the
recovery and treatment of all types of waste in Europe, from both
industry and local communities. Séché Environnement is the leading
independent operator in France. It is uniquely positioned as a
specialist in highly complex waste, operating within regulated
waste recovery and treatment markets with high barriers to entry,
and develops cutting edge hazardous and non-hazardous waste
recovery and treatment solutions. Its facilities and expertise
enable it to provide high value-added solutions to its industrial
and public authority clients, targeting the challenges of the
circular economy and sustainable development requirements, such
as:
- material or energy recovery from hazardous and non-hazardous
waste; a comprehensive range of treatment solutions for solid,
liquid and gaseous waste (thermal, physico-chemical and radiation
treatment, etc.);
- the storage of final hazardous and non-hazardous waste;
- eco-services such as decontamination, decommissioning, asbestos
removal and rehabilitation;
- the global management of environmental services under
outsourcing agreements.
Leveraging its extensive expertise, Séché Environnement operates
in more than 15 countries around the world and is developing
rapidly internationally through organic growth and acquisitions.
Already operating in Europe (Spain and Germany, and now Italy)
Séché Environnement has recently taken a leading position in Latin
America (Peru and Chile) and in South Africa. The Group currently
employs around 4,500 people worldwide (including about 2,000 in
France). Séché Environnement has been listed on Eurolist by
Euronext (Compartment B) since November 27, 1997. It is eligible
for equity savings funds dedicated to investing in SMEs and is
listed in the CAC Mid&Small and Enternext PEA-PME 150
indexes.
ISIN : FR 0000039139 – Bloomberg : SCHP.FP – Reuters :
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1 Zoonosis: These are diseases and infections whose pathogens
are naturally transmitted from vertebrates to humans (Haddad et.
al. 2019)
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