World Environment Day
Renault's eco-responsible staff worldwide
To mark World Environment Day on June 5, Renault has organised a long list of special operations involving all its sites across the planet and aimed at highlighting the company's active commitment to protecting the environment. For more than ten years already, the men and women who work for Renault have been acting on a daily basis to reduce the ecological impact of their activity at all levels of the firm and across the full lifespan of its vehicles.
Every year since 1972, the United Nations has organised its annual the World Environment Day on June 5. This international body sees this occasion as key to developing awareness of environmental issues and promoting political interest and action in this domain.
Renault has chosen to mark the day this year by organising a variety of environmentbased in-house and public operations at its production, sales and tertiary sites across the world. Examples include a tree-planting drive by staff from its Somaca factory in Morocco, the staging of a quiz relating to environmental matters at its Novo Mesto factory in Slovenia and an exhibition of vehicles depicting the progress made regarding the cutting of CO2 emissions at its Cléon factory in France.
These initiatives are intended to show and explain the extensive work already being done on a daily basis to lessen the impact of their activities on the environment by Renault employees to members of their families, customers and those who live in the vicinity of the firm's different sites. All such work complies with the approach to environmental management to which Renault has long been committed. Indeed, as long ago as 1995, Renault's awareness of ecological issues such as climate change, the depletion of natural resources, waste treatment and its own role in these fields led to its introducing an ambitious, international environment policy that takes into account the full lifecycle of its vehicles, from their production all the way through to their end-oflife management. Renault's efforts on this front were recognised in 2006 when it was awarded the 'Environmental Management for Sustainable Development Prize' by the French Ministry for Ecology and Sustainable Development.
The launch of the Renault eco² appellation in May 2007 is a further illustration of the company's concern regarding the lifecycle of its vehicles. To qualify for the Renault eco² appellation, vehicles must be produced in a factory that has been ISO 14001- certified, either emit less than 140g of CO2/km or be biofuel-compatible and also be 95% end-of-life reusable, with at least 5% of the plastics they contain coming from recycling.
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