Ubisoft 2006 Annual Report Download - page 55

THE GROUP'S ACTIVITY AND RESULTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006-2007
43
1
donating equipment to charitable organizations or selling
it to wholesalers or employees instead of discarding it.
Our Ubisoft Divertissements subsidiary gives some of its
used equipment to a social services company that works in
the IT field and helps troubled young adults enter the
workforce. This company recycles, refurbishes and resells
the equipment to social service organizations.
For the most part, cartridges and toner are returned to
suppliers.
Waste paper
In terms of paper recycling, the subsidiaries either:
take advantage of municipal or government programs to
recycle their paper via selective sorting or collection cen-
ters, as is the case in Germany, Korea, Italy, Switzerland
and the UK;
or rely on specialized outside firms, as is the case in
Canada, the US (cartons, boxes) and France.
Nearly one out of every two sites recycles its paper.
In France, a work group mindful of the issue of environ-
mental protection called RECYCLONS! (Let’s recycle) has
been in existence for several years.
Its goal is to promote recycling at Ubisoft’s French subsi-
diaries through the recycling of paper products, the pur-
chase of recycled paper for printers and copiers, the
distribution of non-disposable plastic cups, and the inclu-
sion of recycled office supplies in the standard catalogue
provided to group subsidiaries in France.
As in France, the Canadian studio set up an environment
committee this past year in an effort to implement practi-
cal, environmentally-friendly solutions.
Recycling in some countries complies with strict standards
set out by environmental regulations: in Germany, Ubisoft
holds a “Green License” in connection with the EU direc-
tive on packing supplies.
Destruction of
non-marketable
products
Each subsidiary is directly responsible for disposing of
inventories at distribution platforms.
During the fiscal year, Ubisoft destroyed approximately
165 tonnes of non-marketable products. The various pro-
ducts were destroyed (by crushing and compacting) under
the supervision of official bodies and sent to outside com-
panies to be:
burned (in Japan, for anything that cannot be recovered,
and in the Netherlands), or
buried (in Italy and the US), or
recycled (in the UK, Germany, Australia, Canada, France
and Japan).
In France, products are destroyed by a company speciali-
zing in the recycling of CDs, DVDs, computer disks and
plastic electronic media of all kinds. Products are crushed
and sorted before being transformed into fine particles
that are resold to the plastics processing sector.
Power consumption
The group consumed approximately 13.8 million KWh in
FY 2006/2007 for a total cost of roughly €930 thousand
versus 11.2 million KWh in FY 2005/2006 totaling about
€870 thousand.
CANADA FRANCE UNITED STATES CHINA ROMANIA
KWh (in thousands) 03/31/2007 6,743 2,767 1,318 904 937
KWh (in thousands) 03/31/2006 4,778 3,064 1,233 920 364
Water consumption
Ubisoft’s amount of water consumption is not significant.
Environmental risks
The group has no knowledge to date of any environmental risks.
Ubisoft has not set up any provisions or taken out any coverage on potential environmental risks. It did not pay any indem-
nities in this regard during the fiscal year.
1.6.2
1.6.3
1.6.4
1.6.5
The countries with the highest consumption levels were as follows: