by making people our central focus, we cultivate a positive climate within the company and with our stakeholders.

• Building an enviable working environment and conditions
  On 5 September 2018, the French Law on the Freedom to Choose One’s Future Career introduced a new scheme, which has been in place since March 2020 and requires French companies with more than 50 employees to publish a gender pay equality index every year. 

  In 2020, the Emerige Group employed 211 people; 47% women / 53% men. Two of its entities employing more than 50 people are covered by the obligation to publish this index. Exoliance Capital was rated 79/100, reflecting a 19-point increase over 2019 and highlighting its rapid implementation of a voluntary initiative to make progress on the gender equality issue. The rating for Emerige was 47/100. This figure reflects the low proportion of categories included in the index calculation and is not therefore an accurate representation. Nevertheless, a special effort was made in 2020 to improve workplace gender equality – an issue central to our CSR commitments – resulting in a number of women joining the Group in positions of responsibility. All the initiatives already in place to promote and workplace gender equality are ongoing.

  Our employees work in surroundings designed to promote better professional development and more seamless relationships. Throughout the year, we host social events that give us the opportunity to meet, develop our cohesive team spirit, converge our ambitions, (re)assert the values of our Group and look to the future.

• Building and maintaining close relationships
  Our mirror committee was formed to build closer links with our external partners and intersect our ideas with external perceptions. Representing stakeholders, its members meet annually to question us and help us progress. We also promote local development with the help of our principals and operate a responsible purchasing policy. For example, between 2016 and 2024, more than 270,000 hours will be worked by people returning to employment on our Major Projects after a period of unemployment.

to meet environmental challenges alongside our stakeholders and the future residents and users of the buildings we create

• Reducing the environmental impacts of our business activities
  In 2020, we conducted a carbon assessment of all our business activities to measure our environmental impact and engage with a programme of planned reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Our commitment to shaping sustainable cities is already reflected in many of our ongoing projects, including the Le Berlier (Paris 13) project to build France’s tallest timber-framed residential building, the Docks de Saint Ouen eco-community, 80% of which is heated using renewable energy, and Morland Mixité Capitale with its own centralised energy generation system.
  

• Promoting biodiversity
  The majority of our schemes incorporate the development of shared natural spaces and/or participative projects to promote urban biodiversity. Examples include more than 2,500 m² of gardens and green roofs in Pantin (Quai de l’Aisne) and a shared greenhouse for UNIC residents in the new eco-community of Clichy Batignolles. The terraces of Morland Mixité Capitale will offer 2,800 m² of space for urban agriculture, 300 m² of green roofs and 1,000 m² of landscaped spaces at street level.