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Direct environmental impact

BCV is committed to preserving the environment and continuing to reduce the environmental footprint of our operations.

Measuring and reducing our carbon footprint

Every year since 2008, we have assessed our overall carbon footprint.

We have set a target of cutting our direct CO2 emissions by 35% from 2019 levels by 2030, in line with federal and cantonal government targets.

By end-2023, we had already reduced our emissions by 27%.

Concrete measures

Transportation

Promoting green commuting, such as walking, cycling and using public transport
Paying commuter benefits to staff who commute by foot, bike or kick scooter (including electric ones), electric motorcycle, electric scooter, or public transport (including staff who use park-and-rides but take public transport for the majority of the distance)

Buildings

Improving the energy efficiency of our buildings: CHF 1.7 2 million invested in 20222023
Cutting energy consumption by 29% since 2019 in 2023

Consumables

Reducing paper consumption by digitizing our processes
Making employees aware of how much paper they use
Using recycled paper

Responsible, local sourcing

At BCV, we source locally as a matter of policy:

Over 90% of our procurement spend goes to suppliers based in Vaud or elsewhere in Switzerland.
We work with a large pool of facilities management contractors and regularly switch between suppliers.
Each year, we work with over 600 businesses based in our Canton.

In this way, we both contribute to the local economy and limit our impact on the environment.

Partnership

Since 2019, we’ve been working with Swiss Climate, a sustainability consultancy, to support climate-change mitigation projects. We are certified CO₂ Neutral by Swiss Climate.

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