Environmental management is effective because it involves a vast network of employees. At each Renault site, be it engineering, distribution, industrial, purchasing or legal, men and women work together with the Environmental Plan Department to ensure that environmental objectives are taken into account and fully applied in their own business lines. They do this by using simple tools such as the Function Recycling Indicator, which Renault's Purchasing Division also shares with its suppliers, that measures the recycling potential of parts. Elsewhere, the Eco Index for packaging provides visibility on the ecological quality of parts packaging. Part of the "packaging" plan applied to manufacturing sites, this index has enabled a reduction of packaging waste per vehicle from 35 kg in 1995 to 15 kg today.

- Training its employees and informing stakeholders. Since 1995, Renault has trained more than 50,000 employees in environment-related issues. The CAPECO 1 training module has, for example, been used to train 40,000 employees on ISO 14001 deployment at their sites. Further, around 2,500 staff members have followed the CAPECO 2 module on the subject of eco-design and how to integrate recycling factors right from the vehicle design phase.

For the sake of transparency, Renault makes public the environmental action it takes and the results achieved. Its customers and shareholders, along with residents living close to Renault sites, can access all this information in the company's annual report, on www.renault.com, or via environmental declarations from each plant.

Renault is also making considerable efforts to share its experience in environmental management. In June 2006, it founded with several partners a regional club on the UN's Global Pact with the objective of furthering exchanges between small- and medium-sized companies and major economic players on principles relating to human rights, labor standards, the environment and the fight against corruption.

- Making regular assessments with internal indicators and external inspections. Along with environmental analyses, Renault also uses indicators to measure the environmental impacts of its activities throughout the life cycle of its vehicles, including waste quantities, noise pollution, global warming potential, the depletion of natural resources and the creation of photochemical ozone.

External inspections conducted by independent bodies are also a good indicator of Renault's efforts. Today, more than 90% of Renault's industrial sites have received ISO 14001 environmental certification and have obtained the label Risque Hautement Protege label.

The Group's most recent acquisitions are gradually integrating this approach, with Dacia's main production site at Pitesti obtaining ISO 14001 certification in 2005.

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