Our commitment to sustainable development  



 Processes and tools serving a goal that has become a way of living and acting 
 An inclusive, consistent approach nurtured by experience and receptiveness.



When AREVA was established in September 2001 through the combination of several different entities, the Executive Board - led by its Chief Executive Officer, Anne Lauvergeon - made sustainable development the keystone of its industrial strategy.

Aware of the responsibilities that its leadership position carries, and of the role of nuclear power and electricity networks in the planet's energy challenges, the group draws on proven safety and quality practices and on its tradition of precision and risk management to unite entities' cultures around sustainable development.

To translate this choice into reality, AREVA integrates sustainable development into its business strategy and its management practices via a continuous improvement initiative. 

Sustainable development at the core of strategy and management

Integrated into the general business and budgetary management process, sustainable development objectives are entirely part of management and facilitate dialogue between the units and top management. 

Continous improvement

The group's sustainable development policy is served by a commitment to ongoing improvement. It is implemented through a continuous improvement process that revolves around 10 commitments and is underpinned by specific management criteria that enable each entity to assess its own performance and define performance improvement plans that are consistent with the overall objectives. This process has led to the establishment of social and environmental performance indicators. 

Dialogue: listening and accountability

AREVA assumes its responsibilities as a corporate member of society. Because its operations may prompt questions, the group dedicated to getting to know its stakeholders, to informing them, to understanding what they want, to building open and constructive dialogue. The group also reports publicly on developments in its programs and commitments through objective, controlled data.  

Sustainable development is everyone's business

All of the company's businesses and departments are concerned with sustainable development. To live it on a day-to-day basis, everyone in the organization is put in a position to understand the challenges and to propose areas for improvement.