Page 34 - Rapport-Environnement-CHIMIREC-2020-EN

Respect for the environment
as a fundamental value

From fishpond to participatory garden:
unifying projects carried out by the CHIMIREC Est
teams

Question to
Émilie Grandmougin,
Director, CHIMIREC East

How and why did you develop the natural environment
of the Domjevin site?
” We have had a fishpond on our site for several years.
Last year, we decided to embellish it by calling on the
skills of our maintenance department to furnish the
space with slates and waterfalls. This project won
everyone's support.
So much so that we have appointed a pond manager.
This project proved to be extremely unifying
and was further diversified with the creation of a
participatory vegetable garden and an orchard.

Creating links, reconnecting with the earth,
developing biodiversity

These projects required collaboration with
volunteer staff. The employees participate at the
level they wish in the maintenance of the garden,
sowing and watering, with a budget allocated by
the management. The participatory garden has
become a place for convivial exchanges, for sharing
experiences, in a framework other than that of our
professional activities. Real moments of shared
relaxation that dispenses with hierarchies, during
which we take advantage of our local production.
These initiatives are fully in line with the CHIMIREC
Group's vocation to preserve the environment and
we are proud to highlight them when we receive
visitors to our site. ”

32 CHIMIREC GROUP l ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT 2020