SIGNATORY RECORD

bpifrance

Date of signature : 10/19/2023

  • Signatory of the Sustainable IT Charter

Large companies (250 to 5,000 employees)

Banking, insurance

3100 contributors

Maisons-Alfort, France

lionel.chaine@bpifrance.fr

https://bpifrance.fr

Presentation

Bpifrance finance et accompagne les entreprises – à chaque étape de leur développement – en crédit, en garantie, en aide à l’innovation et en fonds propres. Ce faisant, Bpifrance agit en appui des politiques publiques conduites par l’Etat et les Régions.
Bpifrance les accompagne dans leurs projets de développement, de transition écologique et énergétique, d’innovation et à l’international.
Bpifrance assure aussi, au nom et pour le compte de l’Etat, les financements à l’export.
Bpifrance propose, en lien avec des cabinets de conseils et des organismes de formation reconnus, des solutions d’accompagnement adaptées aux start-up, TPE, PME et aux ETI.
Grâce à Bpifrance et ses 50 implantations régionales, les entrepreneurs bénéficient d’un interlocuteur proche et efficace pour les soutenir dans la croissance durable de leur activité.

Planned commitments and actions

  • Raise awareness on Sustainable IT (e.g. information workshop, MOOC, dissemination of good practice guides)
  • Enter a Sustainable IT labelling initiative
  • Certify your employees
  • Training in Sustainable IT (e.g. attending a training course lasting several days)
  • Communicate to its stakeholders on the actions taken
  • Implementing data governance of your organisation and GDPR compliance or by following the principles of the GDPR in compliance with locally applicable data protection rules locally applicable data protection rules for other countries
  • Deployment of a security plan for its digital environments (antivirus, VPN, supplier audits, permanent monitoring)
  • Evaluate the robustness of its infrastructures (regular tests) and prioritise European infrastructures
  • Manage my fleet with an inventory by category
  • Measure the lifespan of my equipment by type
  • Engage with actors in the reuse sector and/or the social and solidarity economy in the management of the end-of-life of my equipment
  • Encourage diversity among my service providers, particularly in relation to disability issues
  • Measure the energy consumption and impact of my Information System (multi-criteria analysis)
  • Avoid unnecessary energy consumption e.g. by switching off at night, weekends and holidays
  • Favouring low-impact energy sources
  • Plan the archiving and cleaning of data with its teams to reduce their environmental footprint
  • Measure the impact of its digital services (e.g. frequency of use or energy consumption) using a multi-criteria and global approach to the entire service (equipment, servers, networks, etc.)
  • Ensure the development of useful and efficient digital services
  • Reduce the environmental impact of its services: weight of images, videos, plugins, by favouring simpler or less energy-consuming solutions
  • Make its digital services accessible to as many people as possible (even in the event of poor connection quality, disability, etc.)
  • Ensure diversity in the recruitment of IS teams (initial and continuing training, diversity of training, origins, disability status)
  • Encourage gender diversity in the digital field at all levels

Actions started

  • Raise awareness on Sustainable IT (e.g. information workshop, MOOC, dissemination of good practice guides)
  • Organise a Digital Cleanup Day
  • Training in Sustainable IT (e.g. attending a training course lasting several days)
  • Establish a Sustainable IT Working Group within the organisation
  • Communicate to its stakeholders on the actions taken
  • Implementing data governance of your organisation and GDPR compliance or by following the principles of the GDPR in compliance with locally applicable data protection rules locally applicable data protection rules for other countries
  • Deployment of a security plan for its digital environments (antivirus, VPN, supplier audits, permanent monitoring)
  • Evaluate the robustness of its infrastructures (regular tests) and prioritise European infrastructures
  • Manage my fleet with an inventory by category
  • Measure the lifespan of my equipment by type
  • Engage with actors in the reuse sector and/or the social and solidarity economy in the management of the end-of-life of my equipment
  • Integrate environmental requirements in my calls for tender and establish a dialogue and measurement elements over the duration of the service with my suppliers
  • Measure the energy consumption and impact of my Information System (multi-criteria analysis)
  • Avoid unnecessary energy consumption e.g. by switching off at night, weekends and holidays
  • Plan the archiving and cleaning of data with its teams to reduce their environmental footprint
  • Measure the impact of its digital services (e.g. frequency of use or energy consumption) using a multi-criteria and global approach to the entire service (equipment, servers, networks, etc.)
  • Ensure the development of useful and efficient digital services
  • Reduce the environmental impact of its services: weight of images, videos, plugins, by favouring simpler or less energy-consuming solutions
  • Promote work-life balance by, for example, respecting the right to disconnect and arranging for teleworking measures