Our commitments

Planete Durable® wishes to present with absolute transparency alternative products and guaranty the seriousness of its engagement. Coherent with the ethics of Planete Durable®, tangible measures have been carefully developed.

An ethical committee

An Ethical Committee and a Chart (pdf / in French) have been constituted by the organizing team of Planete Durable®. The role of the Committee is to vouch for the social and/or environmental increase in value of exhibited product or service.

We have the honor to keep the same members of the Committee constituted for the 1st edition; it is composed of known experts from associations, referred organizations and NGOs representing the citizens, the consumers and the companies.

Members of the Ethical Committee as of July 1st, 2010:

ELISABETH LAVILLE
Co-founder of mescoursespourlaplanete.com, the first practical online guide on responsible consumption and Graines de Changement, information agency on sustainable development. Founder of the consultants firm Utopies Author of " l'entreprise verte" (The green business) and "achetons responsable !" (Buy responsible !). Professor at HEC for the masters on "management of sustainable development" (mescoursespourlaplanete.com)

ERIC MUGNIER
Director Associate at Ernst & Young Environment and Sustainability, he is part of a team of 400 specialists worldwide specialized in innovation, environmental footprint and the eco-conception of products (www.ey.com/fr/sustainability)

MARC SENANT
Coordinator of the Industry-Products-Services pole of France Nature Environnement. Created in 1968 and recognized as public utility in 1976, FNE is the French federation for associations for the protection of Nature and the Environment (www.fne.asso.fr)

MATTHIEU GAUVIN
In charge of "responsible economy" within Comité 21. The Comité 21 accompany companies who are members in their strategy of sustainable development (www.comite21.org)

WALTER BOUVAIS
Co-founder and editor of the TERRA ECO issue, the monthly magazine about sustainable development (www.terraeco.net)

An ethical Chart

An innovative Chart (pdf / in French) has also been established. Its objective is to list the environmental and social criteria allowing Planete Durable®’s team and the Ethical Committee members to evaluate the improvements brought to the exhibited products and services. In this regard, Planete Durable® reserves the right to refuse potential exhibitors whose products don’t have required specifications.

A sustainable approach

Planete Durable® will continue to adopt, in its conception and communication, an exemplary lead in terms of environmental impact.

For exemple the two first sessions allowed to implement innovative and environmental friendly solutions – examples: floor carpet rental agreement for entrance and animation areas, recyclable carpet for stands and partial cover for the walkways, wooden partitions, exhibitor guide on line only (no printed version), marketing documents printed on FSC labeled paper and fully carbon offset, waste management...

Targeted sustainable measures can be found in the document attached (pdf file - French only).

Carbon Footprint®

Planete Durable was the first exhibition in France in 2008 calculating the carbon footprint of the entire event (including visitors, exhibitors and organizational ecological impact - Analysis made by our partner Ernst & Young)
Download the carbon footprint 2009 (pdf).

Carbon Offset

After having Measured and Reduced the environmental impact of the exhibition, Planete Durable has signed partnership with NGOs to compensated the remaining carbon emission:

2008

2009

Partnership with Pur Projet: Tree plantations in Peru - download the localization on Google Earth (kmz file) and certificate below