Ubisoft 2014 Annual Report Download - page 33

Management Report
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 Products that cannot be sold: sites are directly responsible for scrapping at distribution platforms.
This is organized by suppliers or sites’ warehouse managers. The various destruction tasks
(grinding or compacting) are carried out under the supervision of official bodies and are outsourced
to external companies to be burnt, buried or recycled.
 Other consumables: most sites (23 sites
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counted in 2013) have collection points for recycling and
sorting waste. These collection points are generally situated in offices, communal areas (kitchens,
cafeterias, etc.) or at the entrance to each floor.
More specifically:
- Ten sites
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recycle or reuse ink cartridges. These are sent to suppliers, which then recycle
them, are collected by specialist and authorized companies, or are refilled and reused.
- Five sites
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state that they collect and recycle their batteries at collection points located at
strategic points on the premises (reception, the entrance to each floor, etc.).
Lastly, the Group’s sites have declared that they do not produce any waste that is classed as
hazardous and that they comply with waste processing standards according to applicable local
legislation.
1.4.3.2.3 Noise and other forms of pollution
Since the Group does not manufacture the video games (and associated ancillary products) it
publishes and distributes, its direct impact on the environment in terms of noise pollution, olfactory
pollution and other forms of pollution is low.
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Representing 77% of Group staff
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Representing 24.8% of Group staff
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Representing 20.6% of Group staff