An ever stronger commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Since its creation in 1954, BG Ingénieurs Conseils SA has been involved in designing and implementing regional projects for the benefit of the society, the economy and its customers. At a time when the impact of global warming is becoming more and more crucial, BG can and must play a leading role in helping to curb the trends observed, and has made its development a matter of concern for the proper  balance between people and their environment.

In order to integrate these changes into the decisionmaking principles that guide our actions, Corporate Social Responsibility has logically become one of the four values of the company, alongside team spirit, trust and creativity. These values guide our culture, our operating methods and our decision-making principles.

Corporate Social Responsibility, which is now anchored in the Group’s fundamental values, in the “who we are”, has become an internal compass that guides us in our day-to-day activities.

Four areas of commitment made by the Group in terms of CSR

Applying Corporate Social Responsibility in a company means ensuring that integrity, ethics and fairness prevail in our society, committing ourselves to the well-being of all, and becoming aware of the impact of our actions and their consequences on the environment, which we have a duty to preserve. It also means actively contributing to setting goals and keeping our commitments.

In a context where society is expressing increasingly high expectations of companies in terms of social, ethical and environmental issues, we have defined four areas in 2020 to give concrete expression to our commitments in terms of our Social and Environmental Responsibility.

Our CSR Report formalises and shares these four areas of commitment made by the Group:

  • Combining economic performance and business ethics
  • Committing to the growth and development of our employees
  • Becoming involved in local life and contributing to its development
  • Respecting our environment

and describes the contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on which the Group has a major impact.

In addition, BG Group has signed the two charters of Syntec-Ingénierie, the French professional association of engineers:

1. COMBINING ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND BUSINESS ETHICS

Commitments

  • Integrate CSR criteria in the evaluation of our projects
  • Ensure irreproachable ethics in our business relationships

Quantitative goals 2024

  • Integrate a CSR evaluation tool into the review of offers and projects
  • Define compliance rules (gifts, sponsoring, associations), and train 100% of our employees in these compliance rules

2. COMMITTING TO THE GROWTH AND EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT

Commitments

  • Promoting quality of life at work
  • Promote inclusion, i.e., the integration of diversity

Quantitative goals 2024

  • Stability of work-life balance results according to the HappyIndex®AtWork label
  • 70% of employees trained and aware of inclusion

3. BECOMING INVOLVED IN LOCAL LIFE AND CONTRIBUTING TO ITS DEVELOPMENT

Commitments

  • Contribute to the societal, economic and environmental development of the locations in which we are present
  • Contribute to the training of young people, and develop cooperation with schools, research institutes, think tanks, etc.
  • Encourage everyone to become involved in local development initiatives

Quantitative goals 2024

  • Define a policy of institutional sponsorship and invest up to 1‰ annually in associations, or local projects
  • Continue our contribution to training, particularly postgraduate training within the company (5)
  • Involve at least 12 employees in skills sponsorship

4. RESPECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT

Commitments

  • Contribute to the fight against global warming by aiming for carbon neutrality
  • Promote environmental performance actions in the context of our projects

Quantitative goals 2024

  • Reduce the Group’s carbon emissions by 20 to 30% (baseline: 2019)
  • Train 100% of Project Managers in CSR and eco-design

More than 60 years of passion