12 SDV ETHICS SU STAI NAB L E DEVEL OPM E NT Et h i c s Bus i n e ss SDV’s a cti v iti e s a re a li gn e d wi th t h e sustain ab ili ty stra tegy o f t h e Bo llore G ro u p . T h e co m p an y is in v o lv e d in a n eth ical an d r e s p o n s ib le a p p ro ach : In 2003, th e Bo llore G ro u p j o in e d th e Un i te d N ation s G l o b al C o m p ac t , a n in itia tiv e t h at e n cou ra ge s b u s in e s s e s t o a d o p t, m ain ta in a n d imp le m e n t f u n d ame n ta l v alu e s w ith in th e ir a r e a o f r e s p o n s ib ili ty , such a s h u m an r ight s , en v iron m e n ta l awaren e s s or th e f ight a gain s t co rru p tio n . An eth ical, re s p o n s ib l e a p p ro ach b ase d o n t h e v alu e s s e t o u t in t h e Co d e o f B u si n e ss an d s h ar e d b y ev e ry d iv i s ion o f t h e Bollore Grou p , p ar ticu larly r e s p e ct f o r th e in d iv id u al, social d ialo gu e , r e s p e ct f o r th e en v ir o n m e n t an d r e d u ctio n o f o u r e n v iron m e n ta l foo tp rin t, an d re s p e ct f o r law s a n d stan d ar d s SDV is co n trib u tin g t o saf e fr e ight forward in g o n a glo b al le v e l . T o d e m o n s tra te o u r com m itm e n t to t h e “ SAF E ” stan d ar d s s e t o u t b y t h e W o rld Cu s to m s O rgan iza tio n , a n d t h o s e a p p lie d in E u ro p e a n d Ame rica, SD V h as e q u ip p e d its e l f with a n ar m o ry o f r e s o u rc e s a im e d a t e f f i cie n tly s e cu rin g t h e in tern at ion al s u p p ly ch ain . SDV is a r e gis t e re d AE O – Au th o rized E con o m ic Op e ra to r – in E u ro p e a n d a me m b e r o f C - T PA T (C u s to m s - T ra d e P ar tn e rs h ip Ag ain s t T e rro r is m ) in t h e Un ited Sta tes . SDV Exp e r t i n Ec o - L ogist i cs SDV i s co m m itt e d to p r o te c ting th e e n v i r o n m e n t an d to r e d u c i n g i ts e n v i r o n m e n tal foo tp r i n t in all it s act i v iti e s . In t h is r e s p e ct, o u r G ro u p ’ s a c tio n p lan focu s e s o n 2 key a re as : - Re d u cing o u r e n v iron m e n ta l im p act b y o f f e rin g o u r cu s to m e r s en v iro n m e n ta lly re s p o n s ib le s o lu tio n s - I n v o l v in g e m p loy e e s in t h e p ro tection o f t h e en v iron m e n t T h e “ SAV E PR O GRA M ” : I NVEST I NG I N T HE FUT U R E By lau n ch in g t h e Sa v e P ro gra m , SDV d e m o n s tra te s it s e xp e rtis e in co n trib u tin g t o it s cu s t o m e r’ s e co - f rie n d ly lo gi s tics s o lu tio n a n d mak e ca rb o n r e d u ctio n t h e n e w d riv e r in lo gi s tics p e rf o rm an c e . SDV h as u n d e rta ken t o ca rry o u t its a ctiv itie s wh il e p ay in g s p e cial a tt e n tio n t o t h e p ro te ctio n o f th e n at u ra l env iron m e n t . As a g l o b a l p l a y e r i n t h e s u p p l y c h a i n , S DV p l a c e s i ts ex ten s i v e e n v i r o n men ta l ex p e r ti s e a t th e dis p o s a l o f i t s c u s to mer s ww w.sd v .co m / sav e p r o g r am m e SDV En vir o n m e n tal Cu st ome r Sol u t i on A th r e e st e p So l u t i on - A C O2 Cal c u l ato r to mon ito r th e ca rb o n f o o tp rin t o f ship m e n t s o n a r e gu lar b asi s - T h e d e s ign o f eco - solut i o n s to o p timi ze t h e s u p p ly ch ain a n d r e d u ce CO2 em i s s ion s - A c ar b o n o ff set p r o g r am ai m s a t a carb o n n e u tra l lo gis tic s sy s te m a n d co n trib u tes t o t h e w o rld w id e s u s ta in ab le d e v e lo p m e n t in itia tiv e s