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Management Report
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GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS (GHGE)
CARBON FOOTPRINT
To the extent that the Company does not manufacture the video games it publishes and distributes,
the Group’s carbon footprint remains very low resulting solely from employee travel and events
organized by the Group. The Group nonetheless takes the issues of respect for and protection of the
environment very seriously and makes every effort to reduce its carbon footprint as much as possible.
At the studio in Montreal, the two major events (the internal meeting and the Christmas Party) are
carbon-neutral, being entirely offset by carbon credits purchased from the organization Planetair.
Following a survey on employees’ transport patterns at the end of 2011, Ubisoft Montreal has been
working in collaboration with the organization Voyagez Futé on a transport action plan, with immediate
projects including the addition of terminals and racks for Bixi bikes.
PROMOTING VIDEOCONFERENCING TOOLS AND BUSINESS TRAVEL POLICY
Due to the Group’s international scale, employees frequently have to travel to other sites. Group policy
seeks to limit the environmental impact of these business trips and minimize the consequences of
travel wherever possible. The following measures are favored:
- Efficient management of employees’ appointments so that their travel is limited to the absolute
minimum,
- Choosing the least expensive and most-environmentally friendly means of transport,
- Instituting Videoconferencing (Breeze), conference calls (Lync 2010) and other collaborative
means.
Most of the Group’s subsidiaries have dedicated videoconferencing rooms and those that do not (such
as Ukraine and Chengdu in China) expect to have them within two years. The majority of the
subsidiaries also have implemented a specific policy aiming to reduce business travel.
The Group also is aiming to make the use of web conferencing widespread by systematically
equipping new work stations with webcams and microphones.
1.4.3.2 ECOLOGICAL IMPACT AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES
USED (EXCLUDING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS)
In some countries, recycling complies with strict environmental regulations: In Germany, Ubisoft holds
a “Green License” in connection with the European directive on packaging. In order to obtain the
Green Dot label on its cardboard packaging, Ubisoft participates in the Eco-packaging contribution
program, and in similar programs at its French, Spanish and Italian subsidiaries.
CONSUMPTION OF PAPER
All subsidiaries are made aware of the ecological impact of paper consumption; they take advantage
of municipal or government programs to recycle their paper through waste sorting at their premises or
collection areas, such as those in Germany, Australia, Korea, Italy, Switzerland and the United
Kingdom. Many subsidiaries use outside specialists, including Canada, France and the United States.
As at March 31, more than 90% of subsidiaries had introduced a paper recycling process, while nearly
half used labeled recycled paper for some or all of their supplies.
In order to reduce their paper consumption, the French and Italian subsidiaries have opted for a
paperless pay slip management policy as of June 2010 (Novapost). The Italian subsidiary estimates
that this enables an annual saving of 20,000 sheets of paper and the French subsidiary more than
30,000 sheets. In 2011, the Chengdu studio (China) set the objective of reducing its paper
consumption by 5% and the Pune office (India) pledged a reduction of 10% in the financial year
2012/2013.