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36
UBISOFT > 2005 FINANCIAL REPORT
Recycling
The group is sensitive to the need for recycling.
In order to recycle its computer hardware in France,
Ubisoft contracted with a company that specializes in the
handling of electrical and electronic waste and the
recovery of computer monitors to recover, disassemble
and recycle used equipment. To ensure compliance with
current laws regarding waste reduction and materials
recovery, the company demanufactures equipment in
order to sort, separate and isolate its components and
extract their value. This process can be used to isolate
toxic materials so they can be packaged and routed to
appropriate treatment facilities.
Ubisoft’s French subsidiaries have recycled 8.6 tons of
equipment in just six months.
At the same time, subsidiaries in Germany, the US, Japan
and Australia have undertaken efforts to recycle their
computer hardware.
In general, the Ubisoft group is working to combat waste
by donating computer equipment to charitable
organizations or selling it to wholesalers or employees in
lieu of discarding it.
With regard to the recycling of paper products, subsidiaries
in Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Britain,
Scandinavia and elsewhere work with municipal or
government programs to recycle their paper through
selective sorting or collection areas, while those in
Canada, Australia and the US rely on outside firms to
recycle cartons, boxes and other paper products.
In Germany, Ubisoft holds a Green Licence in connection
with the European directive on packing supplies.
Aprogram will be launched in France in May 2005 to
recycle paper products. In addition, a workgroup was
established in 2004 with the goal of promoting recycling
efforts at Ubisoft’s French subsidiaries, such as paper
recycling, the purchase of recycled paper for printers and
copiers, the distribution of non-disposable plastic cups and
the inclusion of recycled office supplies in the standard
catalog provided to group subsidiaries in France.
Destruction of non-marketable products
Each subsidiary is directly responsible for disposing of
distribution platform inventories.
During the fiscal year, Ubisoft destroyed 170 tons of non-
marketable products. CD-ROMs are destroyed by means of
crushing or compacting, in a process subject to monitoring by
official bodies, and then delivered to outside firms to be
burned (in Switzerland and Japan), buried (in Italy) or recycled
(in the US, Britain, Germany and France).
Electrical consumption
The group consumed approximately 9,650 million Kwh of electricity during fiscal year 2004/2005.
The countries with the greatest consumption levels were as follows:
Water consumption
Ubisoft’s water consumption is insignificant.
Environmental risks
The group has no knowledge to date of any environmental risks.
Ubisofthas not set up any reserveor taken out any specific coverage to cover potential environmental risks. Moreover, the
group did not pay any indemnity in this regard during the fiscal period.
Canada France United States China
Kwh (in thousands) 4,093 2,660 1,100 508
Workforce as of March 31, 2005 1,110 656 321 329