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Caring for our planet through concrete actions.<\/h1>\n

The rapid increase of carbon emissions to sustain economic growth and development worldwide is leading humanity at a turnpoint in its history. Climate change is directly impacting the lives of millions of people around the world and disrupting natural environments.<\/p>\n

In line with the environmental ambitions of Vinci Group<\/a> and Soletanche Freyssinet<\/a>, Geoquest is actively working towards implementing concrete actions to reduce carbon emissions, optimize the use of resource and preserve natural environments.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Our three priorities<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Taking action for climate<\/h2><\/div><\/div>

Taking action for climate<\/h3>\n

Geoquest is acting to limit the future consequences of climate change. Through ambitious targets, we are aiming to dramatically reduce our gross emissions and to work towards it throughout the whole value chain.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Optimizing resources through circular economy<\/h2><\/div><\/div>

Optimizing resources through circular economy<\/h3>\n

The use of natural resources to sustain economic development, including through construction has caused some of them to become scarce. Geoquest works towards limiting the use of such resources. One of the key elements is the introduction of recycled materials through circular economy processes. This goes from challenging how we design and produce, to the reducing the use of extracted virgin raw materials.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Preserving natural environments<\/h2><\/div><\/div>

Preserving natural environments<\/h3>\n

Protecting natural environements is now becoming a central element of our engineered solutions and design philosophy. The projects that we develop may have a direct impact on natural environments, when this dimension is not assessed properly and intergrated into the reflexion. Protecting these environments plays a major role in our offer. Throughout the project life cycle, Geoquest and subsidiaries will strive to have as little impact as possible on natural environments, and to develop solutions to preserve natural resources and restore ecological balance.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Our commitments<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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> Low carbon concrete<\/span><\/h2>\n

Our innovation team has worked towards integrating low carbon concrete to manufacture our precast elements, therefore allowing for a direct reduction of carbon emissions and significant reduction of the carbon footprint of our solutions.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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> Recycled materials<\/span><\/h2>\n

Geoquest offers a wide range of steel and geosynthetic reinforcements accommodating for various types of backfills, including site-won or recycled material. More generally, our long experience has allowed us to develop a deep understanding of our structures\u2019 long term behavior and to accommodate for many design options.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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> Caring for the fauna, the flora and natural resources<\/span><\/h2>\n

For many years, our solutions have been used as part of applications aiming to protect animals, preserve and foster natural environments, and help protect and manage natural resources like water. Our wildlife crossings, green solutions, and water management solutions are perfect examples.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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> Infrastructure durability and sustainability<\/span><\/h2>\n

Our engineers pay special attention to durability, making our structures last for decades and allowing for long-term carbon footprint compensation. The inherent characteristics of our solutions make them resilient and resist to the effect of time.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Some initiatives and projects<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

You will find below some great examples showing how our teams around the world are actively working towards our environmental targets.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

> Supplying drinking water to households with <\/span>the world’s tallest Reinforced Earth\u00ae structure in India.<\/u><\/a><\/h2>\n

Geoquest India developed a solution for the rehabilitation and stabilization of a slope located in the town of Tindharia, West Bengal, India. Watch the video and discover how, in addition to protecting the population from natural risks and providing them with safer infrastructure, Geoquest managed to supply 30 households with drinkable water from the newly built structure. A great example of positive social impact on local communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>

> Protecting wildlife with safe crossing structures<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>

The Geoquest Company<\/a> (USA) has contributed to the design and supply of materials for the construction of wildlife crossing structures. Below are two videos showing how the Geoquest Company<\/a> puts its world class engineering expertise to the service of <\/span>wildlife preservation and protection.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Wildlife Crossing in Wyoming – 47 Pronghorn Cross<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>