Urban development has suddenly become a whole lot more complex due to the revolution in use patterns and the ecological transition. Integrating new features, competencies and aspirations is key to the future of cities. New use patterns, the explosion in digital technology, the green transition and the health crisis are all unprecedented and uncertain factors […]
At a time when we are seeing a significant increase in the environmental impact of digital technology, businesses must take their share of responsibility by focusing on green IT practices and adopting a “digital sobriety” approach. Hugues Ferreboeuf, associate director of Virtus Management, who in 2018 led the “Lean ICT: towards digital sobriety” report produced […]
Isabelle Spiegel, Global Head of Environment at VINCI since August 2019, sets out the Group’s goals which include implementing a new environmental roadmap and creating an Environment Award. In January 2020, VINCI unveiled its environmental roadmap. Is this a continuation of efforts already under way or a marked acceleration in measures? Isabelle Spiegel. A commitment […]
In order to combat counterfeiting and parallel trade, there is a need to serialise drugs in a number of markets. Courbon Software, a VINCI Energies business unit at the leading edge of this field, is rolling out its solution worldwide. The European Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD), in effect since February 2019, requires laboratories and pharmacies […]
In 2015, the French national railway group launched an ambitious digital transformation programme branded “Digital SNCF”. Four years on, digital technology permeates all of the company’s business lines. We find out how. Since the launch in the early 2000s of Voyages-SNCF.com (now Oui.SNCF), SNCF’s digital transformation has continued apace. Indeed, a key digital milestone was […]
Making smart cities relevant to an ageing population is a key issue for future regional policies, and one which start-ups have already been addressing. France is currently home to 1.5 million people aged 85 or over, with this figure set to triple in 30 years. In 2016, around 7,500 nursing homes welcomed more than 600,000 […]
Actemium Cambrai and Actemium Arras teams worked together to help Durand Production convert a windscreen washer fluid production line into a hand sanitiser production unit. In March 2020, when the management team at the Durand Production (CIPELIA Group) plant in Harnes, in the Pas-de-Calais department, gets wind of a call for projects launched by the […]
