The green spaces are the visible part of the Plaine de l'Ain Industrial Park's environmental management. They are fundamental to the quality of the residents' living environment and those working at the Park, and to the image of the companies established here.
A truly green setting, marrying natural and landscaped spaces, which enhances the homogeneity and harmony of the site.
370,000 trees and shrubs planted on 200 hectares, creating a screen which is beneficial both to the local villages and the companies, forming a pleasant backdrop with picnic tables provided for everyone's use.
WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING ISO 14001 CERTIFICATE ?
« What is the point of applying the environment approach in the Plaine de l'Ain Industrial Park? »
JD : The Environment Management system is a voluntary system, which commits us to improve continuously our environmental performance in long terms. It allows us to organise better all environmental actions following one methodology, it also allows to verify our environmental management by external experts and finally to recognise our environmental assets using an international label
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«What is the range of the first ISO 14001 certificate for the Plaine de l'Ain?»
JD : ISO 14001 covers the following areas: planning and management of the park, reception and support for the companies, common equipment and spaces servicing, ecological monitoring and environmental promotion.
ENVIRONMENT: motivation and help for all the companies in the park
- Important investment for creation of common services (purification station (1), draining network, ground water monitoring system…)
- Creation of specific tools (inter-company audits, environmental meetings, HSE management teams « Health-Safety-Environment »)
- Regular communication (environmental declarations, visits, publications, professional trade fairs)
- Ecological impact studies
- Space management control principle
- Efficient and adapted signalling concept (2)
- Pooled waste collection
ARCHITECTURE: The choice of the harmony
- Architecture quality bias
- Architecture advice and expertise
- Integration space respect requirement
- Plaine de l'Ain Industrial Park puts the advice and the expertise of a landscape architect and an architect-colourist at disposal of the companies that want to set-up on its site. Their only concern is to ensure the continuity in the harmony and they give to the companies some comments on the architecture and the landscape.
The will to fit in well the buildings with the existing natural frame and to respect the coherence between forms and colours on the site is the key point of the environmental approach used by the Industrial Park.
Forms, colours, lights and materials create a perfect harmony that makes attractive the entire landscape layout of the Park. It respects both environment and people.
The buildings of ND Logistics, Ainprelon, Husky and Feu Vert are some of the remarkable examples of this approach of landscape integration.
LANDSCAPE POLICY
- Landscape artist advice and expertise
- Aesthetically pleasing quality of plantation
- High quality life environment provided by large woodlands spaces
- Planted mound principle (3)
- The green spaces are the visible part of the environment management of the Plaine de l'Ain Industrial Park. They are the basis for the quality of the living environment for the residents and the employees living and working in the Park and at the same time they give a corporate image for the companies in the Park.
It is a real green frame that marries natural area and landscape. It guarantees homogeneity and harmony of the site.
The natural vegetation (oak woods, hedged farmland…) is preserved, looked after and restored if needed.
In the frames of a new constituent of the reconstitution programme for the hedged farmlands, which was launched in close collaboration with the Federation of the Hunters from the Department of Ain, a hedged farmland (height- 1.5m) will be planted so as to mark out the South borders of the Plaine de l'Ain Park.
Based on the studies on the local wildlife and flora and physicochemical analysis of the soil, 10,000 plants were chosen in order to form a new landscape element. It represents an important investment of 55,000 €.
The green public and private spaces that are part of the landscape (the protecting "green islands" for the residents, the road sides clearing, the planted mounds …) is subject of studies performed by a landscape artist who assists the Plaine de l'Ain staff.
The 450 000 trees, which have been planted on 200 hectares, create a protection screen both for the nearby villages and companies. They draw a friendly landscape that is brightened up with some tables and benches with free access for everybody.
Actually the 30 hectares of pine trees, which have been planted in 1979, are subject of some activities that will adapt them for some broad-leaved trees. They have been chosen for their better protection qualities.
The upkeep of the green spaces requires on the whole three full time landscape gardeners as well as many trainees.
The environment criteria are taken into account form the very first contacts with the companies-candidates
The possible impact on the environment that a company-candidate could represent is analysed during the kick-off commercial meeting.
Depending on the risk level the administration authorities, which provide technical assessment, work in close collaboration with the elected local representatives in order to take into account their opinion. This approach aims to create a climate of confidence between industrialist, administration and local population. This preventive action guarantees a long-term setting-up for the companies.
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