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Our natural environment has to be taken into account in any activity. In the companies, the associations, even in homes, a new way to work and live goes up little by little. Everybody realizes that he has an environmental impact. And everybody realizes that he has too the power to change things.

The project Green Forum started in 2009 thanks to two members of the commitee and represents the awakening of our association face to the environmental issues. The hole team worked all the year to what would become a first in Switzerland : a platform neutral in carbon and certified ISO 14 001.

ISO 14'001, an environmental management standard

This certification is the main goal of our gait. A complete review of how we operate. This type of management provides tools in order to determine the impacts of our acitivities, to assess these impacts and find solutions to reduce them. The ideal solutions are obviously not always feasible, but we have here to find a middle ground and to be consistent about our primary mission : to facilitate the integration of young graduates in the business world.
Environmental management is part of a continuous improvement process. Obtaining this certification demonstrates our commitment to improving our environmental performance in practice over time. With the assistance of Paolo Baracchini, Professor of Environmental Management, associate director of REME and QS & P office consulting engineer active in the field, that these objectives have been reached and that certification could be obtained.

 

ISO 14'001


A carbon neutral forum

 

Bilan CarboneThe environmental management system put in place according to this strandard has allowed us to better understand the impact of our activities. It became clear that the biggest impact was the greenhouse gas emissions due to transport, logistical operation and communications.

With the company Swiss Climate (www.swissclimate.ch), we made our own Carbon Footprint (Bilan Carbone).  

Compensation Carbone

 

As this cannot be reduced we opted for compensation.

The scheme proposed consists of reducing CO2 emissions offsite to compensate for our own emissions so that the net impact is zero. This is made possible by sponsoring a sustainable development project in a developing country.

'0-émission' stand

It became fair that the Forum EPFL participants are asked. Based on our carbon assessment we propose the stand "0 emissions."  In practice,each company is asked to pay 30 CHF more, calculated on the basis of our carbon footprint  made by our partner Swiss Climate . This amount will be entirely donated for the compensation project . This additional cost will offset all emissions the company averages.

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