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Environmental Indicators
Information Categories Deemed Irrelevant with regard to the Group’s businesses
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Measures to Prevent Environmental Risks
and Pollution
This information category was deemed irrelevant in relation to the group’s
activities, which do not present any risk in terms of pollution.
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Financial Provisions (and Guarantees)
for Environmental Risks
This information category was deemed irrelevant with regard to the
group’s activities: the major risks associated with the group’s activities
are not related to environmental issues.
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Prevention, Reduction or Remedying
of Emissions into the Air, Water and Soil
This information category was deemed irrelevant with regard to the
group’s activities, which do not present any risk of air, water or soil
pollution (aside from CO
2
emissions, which are discussed in Section 6.4).
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Account Taken of Noise Pollution
and any Other Form of Pollution Specific to an Activity
This information category was deemed irrelevant with regard to the
group’s activities, which do not present any risk of noise pollution or of
any other form of specific pollution.
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Land Use
This information category was deemed irrelevant as the group’s activities
do not present any risk in terms of soil pollution.
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Adaptation to Climate Change
This information category was deemed irrelevant with regard to the
group’s activities. The group’s activities are subject to few constraints
related to climate change. The principal measures taken to adapt the
technical centers and the data centers, which suffer the effects of heat,
focus on the theme of cooling by means of natural ventilation (“free
cooling”), discussed in the Annual Report 2014 (Chapter 2 Section 4.1.2
p.77).
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Measures Taken to Preserve or Develop Biodiversity
Given the group’s operations, biodiversity is not considered a major issue
for which Vivendi must make specific investments.
6.5. Information Categories Deemed Irrelevant with regard to the Group’s
businesses
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