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WATER AND NATURAL HABITATS: RESULTS

With its Renault eco² range of ecological and economical vehicles, the Group has reasserted its aim to protect the environment around its production sites. Renault vehicles are produced at plants with ISO 14001 certification. This standard notably concerns the reduction of liquid discharge and water consumption. The impact of Renault production on water resources has thus considerably decreased. At the same time, major efforts have been made to sustainably integrate the sites in their natural environment.

Across-the-board progress on habitat protection 

Today, more than 70% of Renault sites are working to improve their soil pollution prevention levels. 80% of sites have their own onsite treatment station. They often use the most recent techniques, such as membrane bioreactors.

 

At a more local level, the sites have taken significant actions to clean up pollution at sites and rehabilitate them.

 

  • When Renault acquired the Dacia site in Romania, it made a detailed diagnostic of past pollution. The risk areas were treated using adapted technologies.
  • The historic Boulogne-Billancourt site has been comprehensively rehabilitated.

Protecting water resources: an ambitious objective 

  • Total water consumption for the Group was divided by three between 1998 and 2009, to a total 10.7 million m3 in 2009. During the same period, the number of vehicles produced rose 4%. In parallel, water consumption per vehicle produced in manufacturing was reduced 56% to 4.55 m3.
  • Concerning waste, in 2009, six out of 14 powertrain plants were “zero industrial waste”, four were zero partial waste or currently in the equipment phase, and all new powertrain projects respect the zero-waste commitment.
  • Renault’s new plant in Tangiers, Morocco will release no industrial water in the natural habitat and water used for industrial processes will be cut by 70%. These results will be achieved through innovations in manufacturing processes and optimized water cycle management.