Our sustainable development policy and commitment

Four pillars of our sustainable development policy

Icade's sustainable development policy commits both our businesses and our management. It focuses on four priority areas, each of which is flanked by concrete undertakings:

• Pillar 1: Carry out “demonstration” construction, renovation and operational projects and take part in large-scale urban projects to prepare for sustainable cities.
• Pillar 2: Permanently improve the sustainable offer of our property by showing exemplarity in our own offices (energy performance, Carbon Audit  activity and products, water, waste, environment, etc.).
• Pillar 3: Translate our commitment into daily management.
• Pillar 4: Initiate sustainable financial innovations that make it possible to reconcile investment, economic performance and accessibility.

Ad hoc organisation

A dedicated organisation has been set up to supervise this action plan:

• an Audit, Risk Management and Sustainable Development Department with two full-time persons, reporting to Icade's Chief Executive Officer, entrusted with a sustainable development mission and backed by external consultants to pilot the plan and support operational departments;
• a Sustainable Development Committee comprised of representatives of the company's business sectors with correspondents in each business unit;
• an Audit, Risk Management and Sustainable Development Committee, appointed from the Board of Directors for the governance.

Concrete undertakings and ongoing results

Pillar 1

• Implementation of two demonstration projects (Îlot E  and Immeuble le Beauvaisis ).
• New project management methods involving marketers, operators and managers,
• Assessment studies of transport flows to define locations.

Pillar 2

• HQE^® NF Commercial Building certification of Icade's headquarters.
• 10% reduction of our carbon footprint between 2007 and 2010.
• HQE^® certification and ISO 14001 approach for the management of commercial property.
• BBC minimum performance of all our new private commercial and housing development operations.
• Certivea and Cerqual general management system certification of Icade Developments with a view to obtaining the "NF Démarche HQE^® " label (underway).
• Annual energy-carbon footprint map of all our property asset renovation activities (from 2011).

Pillar 3

• Environmental impact of business travel by our employees: development of public transport, headquarters-RER stations shuttle buses, electric river shuttle, car-sharing stations, car-sharing website.
• On-site services in our offices: company concierge, fitness facilities, small shop, library, organic catering services, etc.
• Implement green initiatives in Icade offices.

Pillar 4

• Implement financial engineering innovation groups (energy saving certificates, Green Value, etc.)

Among our HQE® Property assets

• Millenaire 1, Paris (75019) 
• Ilôt E, Saint-Denis (93) 
• Pont de Flandre, Paris (75019)
• Beauvaisis-028, Paris (75019)