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For several months now, Safran companies have been working with French nonprofit The Climate Fresk to run collaborative educational workshops designed to raise employee awareness about the impact of climate change, based on the latest IPCC reports.

The three-hour workshops can be attended in person or remotely. As they move through the three stages, small groups learn about the causes and consequences of climate change and how they can reduce their carbon footprints.

Interested? You can become a workshop facilitator — just like Bénédicte Tilly, Deputy Communications Director at Safran Nacelles: “I attended a workshop in April. We were one of the first departments to do this awareness exercise at Safran Nacelles. I really want to make a difference, so I asked to become a facilitator. I’ve learned a lot about climate change, which helps me inform colleagues about this issue — which concerns us all. We host workshops of up to eight people, who deepen their knowledge about climate causes and consequences. They’re also invited to think about what actions they can take so we all become agents of change. I had the chance to lead an awareness-raising session as part of a one-day Low Carbon event at our Pont-Audemer facility in October. And I hope to lead more workshops soon!”

Several Safran sites now home to sheep!

Safran Seats in Saint-Crépin, for example, has a flock of 11 sheep. A keen interest in ecology and environmental issues naturally led the site’s Low Carbon working group to start exploring conservation grazing. A shepherd makes regular visits to ensure ideal conditions for our woolly friends and check their health and veterinary care.

The sheep are a friendly presence. They also reduce the need for petrol-powered machinery to maintain the site’s green spaces.

As part of Improvement Day on October 14, Safran Nacelles unveiled a collective art installation at its Colomiers facility (near Paris) to raise awareness about careless overuse of consumables.

The work was created by colleagues from pieces of production scrap, offcuts of gaskets/seals, plastic caps, pens and other items — all representing unnecessary waste. These were affixed to an old engine nozzle in the shape of an olive tree.

After a two-month tour of eight sites, it arrived at Safran Nacelles in Le Havre in early December.

An original way to highlight the issue of unconscious routine overconsumption!