Analysis of ESG issues

Contributing to the construction industry’s circular economy 

• ECT transforms excavated earth from the construction industry into a resource : a noble material for environmentally and socially responsible landscaping.
• We have also developed a direct business manufacturing fertile substrate, a local and 100% recycled solution, an alternative to imported topsoil.

Designing facilities to promote biodiversity

• Since 2019, ECT has signed a charter of commitment to biodiversity with the environmentalist and naturalist association Humanité et Biodiversité.
• In the design of its facilities, ECT is able to recreate environments and habitats conducive to biodiversity. In this way, we can reinforce green networks and consolidate the richness of species and environments.
• A specific approach to combating the proliferation of invasive plants is being developed for 2022.

Controlling Invasive Alien Species (IAS)

• Raising awareness and training teams in best practices.
• Identify and mark out areas to avoid on foot or with construction machinery.
• Contain and remove EVEE on our sites

Protecting ecosystems during construction and development phases

• Our enhanced soil traceability processes, from the excavation site through to checks at ECT sites, mean that we can systematically refuse to accept soil with pollution risks.
• ECT does not use phytosanitary products during the construction and maintenance of its green spaces, and promotes differentiated management techniques such as late mowing.
• Since March 2023, ECT has been awarded the national label Entreprise Engagée pour la Nature awarded by the OFB

Reducing GHG emissions

• Our network of soil reception and development sites, located close to the main building construction areas, tends to limit the distance travelled by our construction customers to evacuate their excavated soil, thereby reducing truck GHG emissions.
• ECT contributes to the development of photovoltaic farms, in partnership with Akuo, as in Annet-sur-Marne (77), with the construction of a 17 MWp solar power plant.

Combating the effects of climate change 

• The creation of urban parks and nature areas (re)creates islands of coolness and helps to sequester CO2. ECT plants between 10,000 and 30,000 trees a year.
• This renaturation implies that the soils of ECT’s developments are permeable and that the company restores their main ecosystem functions. Our facilities contribute to the ZAN objective.
• At a time when torrential rains are on the increase, the design of our sites aims to improve the hydrological performance of soils, by enhancing their capacity to infiltrate and retain rainwater. 

Raising awareness of key sustainable development issues

• In partnership with the Humanité & Biodiversité association, ECT has set up a biodiversity awareness program for its employees.
• ECT offers primary schools in communities close to its sites an educational module that can be integrated into Education for Sustainable Development (ESD ), as well as planting operations ” un enfant, un arbre “. Every year, nearly 300 children take part in these activities.
• ECT is developing academic exchanges with schools and universities around the themes of sustainable cities and urban engineering(EIVP) and urban agriculture (Ecole du Breuil).