CSR: CNES in action
CNES has crafted a CSR strategy to step up its sustainable development efforts.
This strategy is aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out in the United Nations’ Agenda 2030, marking the agency’s strong commitment to reconciling the environment, society and governance.
Our five CSR commitments are closely monitored by our quality management, environment and development system, the first two elements of which are ISO 9001 and ISO 14001-certified.
CSR strategy
CNES is acutely aware of the responsibilities that being a government agency confers, which is why we are committed to affirming our corporate social responsibility (CSR) and making sure that everything we do has meaningful impacts for the planet, society, citizens and our people..
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CNES has built its CSR strategy with stakeholders inside and outside the agency. This strategy revolves around five key commitments:
Being a socially responsible employer
CNES has structured its human resources policy around dialogue and continuous progress..
Making space protective and sustainable
We are committed, through our safety policy, to ensuring that space remains accessible, useable and protective.
Creating shared value from space
CNES seeks to help cultivate a growth model commensurate with what our planet can support, based on respect for individual rights and engagement with stakeholders.
To this end, we are undertaking efforts in the fields of education, workplace insertion, job creation and use of innovative technologies.
Reducing our environmental footprint
CNES is making the ecological transition and intends to play a prime role in achieving the major goals France has set itself to develop renewable energies, curb greenhouse gas emissions, move towards a circular economy and preserve biodiversity.
Supporting regional resilience
In the course of our missions, we are mobilizing our expertise and close ties with research bodies to help regions and their populations cope with the challenges of a changing climate, for example in resource management, land planning, healthcare and mobility.
Environment policy
CNES is making the ecological transition and intends to play a prime role in achieving the major goals France has set itself to develop renewable energies, curb greenhouse gas emissions, move towards a circular economy and preserve biodiversity.
Pillar 1
Helping to protect the environment and curb climate change through space missions.
PILLAR 2
Working throughout the value chain when managing projects and activities to reduce their environmental footprint.
Quality policy
- Satisfy our government customer.
- Build stakeholder trust.
- Foster innovation and maintain our projects’ performance, on budget and on time.
- Make sustainable development central to everything we do.
- Guarantee our employees’ commitment, our organization’s performance and exemplary governance.