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Recently Bureau Veritas joined the “CAC 40 ESG”. Is this connected with “BV Green Line” of services and solutions, and what will be the positive impact on the planet for BV in the future?

Paillette Palaiologou:It is an honour to see Bureau Veritas joining the CAC 40 ESG and being formally recognised as a leader on environmental, social and good governance practices. It is also an important recognition of our continued commitment and efforts towards sustainability, which is manifest in our strategy, our organization, and all our activities, both internally and externally.

As a leader in laboratory testing, inspection and certification services, we play a key role in the fight against climate change. With our expertise in quality, health, safety and environment protection, we provide insights and clarity that help stakeholders in a variety of sectors, including shipping, achieve their decarbonisation ambitions. Through our BV Green Line of services and solutions, we help companies around the world become more efficient and meet their ESG objectives. We support them at every point in the supply chain, from the selection of resources to the production process. Today, all companies have a responsibility to act to protect the planet and its inhabitants, and our mission at BV is to support their sustainability journey. As an independent trusted third party, we stand by those who want to demonstrate their commitments through transparent, verifiable and credible actions.

We also recognise that any efforts must start with oneself, and we work tirelessly to lead the way. This means maintaining the highest standards to ensure we have a positive environmental and societal impact in all 140 countries where BV is present, while also shaping a safe and inclusive workplace for our 78,000 employees. By doing so, we put the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into action, with a particular focus on good health and well-being, gender equality and decent work and economic growth. We are dedicated to doing the right thing and playing our part in shaping a better future for generations to come.

How important is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for Bureau Veritas?

Eleni Letoni: Bureau Veritas is a Business to Business to Society company focused on helping companies, governments and  public authorities reduce their risks in terms of health, quality, safety, environmental protection and social responsibility.

It is only natural that we recognize our duty to be exemplary in terms of sustainability internally and at the same time to be a role model for the industry in this area. 

Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) commitment is a living extension of our brand mission. In Bureau Veritas we focus on having a positive impact on society, we defend the need for transparency, we advocated responsible progress, we set higher quality standards and we remain focused on our clients – driven by society.

Our CSR engagement is to act responsibly in order to Shape a Better World. This means contributing every day to Shape a Better Workplace, a Better Environment and Better Business Practices.

Directly linked with each category of our CSR Commitment are the following United Nations Sustainability Development Goals (UNSDGs):

• UNSDG #3 : Good Health and Well-Being
• UNSDG #5 : Gender Equality
• UNSDG #8 : Decent Work and Economic Growth
• UNSDG #13 : Climate Action
• UNSDG #14 : Life under Water
• UNSDG #16 : Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

On this direction, Bureau Veritas undertakes numerous initiatives focused on Leaving our Mark in Shaping a Better World. Leading by example, our internal business practices are in direct alignment with our CSR Commitment. We provide adequate training to our people and of course we adapt our internal business procedures to be in line with our CSR Policy.

In Bureau Veritas, being a role model for the Industry in terms of positive impact on people and our planet is our unnegotiable commitment and priority.