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A word from the CEO
We strongly believe that a company must leave a positive imprint as part of a sustainable and responsible future. The principles of Corporate Social Responsibility are at the heart of our development projects. Indeed, through positive actions with meaning, Indexia Group intends to actively participate in the transformation of society by putting people and the environment at the centre of its concerns.
Our Group is committed to promoting the values of the circular economy and a culture of digital environmental responsibility to reduce the impact of electronic waste on the planet by respecting the principles of the “5 Rs”:
Through the concrete actions taken by its brands, our Group participates in the positive changes at its level that are building the society of tomorrow.
Since 2010, our Group has been buying, repairing and refurbishing multimedia devices, actively contributing to the circular economy.
With its own repair centre, the Group is committed to protecting the residual value of materials and products and to preventing the production of electronic waste.
We are convinced that it is possible to combine environmentalism, social commitments and the economy. This is why we have engaged with Hubside.Store in favour of the circular economy and digital inclusion by launching “Hubside.Store change together”. This environmentally and socially responsible pan-European campaign has been launched in our stores, in partnership with Ateliers du Bocage, a member of the Emmaus movement, and the environmental organization Ecologic, with the objective to give old mobile phones and tablets a second life.
All the appliances collected in the shops will be returned to Ateliers du Bocage, who sort, test, delete the owners’ data in strict confidentiality and repair the devices (if they are reusable). After having been restored to good working conditions, the telephones are offered at an affordable price in the BOOTIQUES of Ateliers du Bocage. Irreparable or totally obsolete appliances will be manged by Ecologic, a state-approved environmental organisation that guarantees the clean-up and recycling of this waste in full compliance with environmental laws, thus allowing their raw materials to be used to manufacture new products.
Moreover, Hubside.Store is committed to donating 10 euros to Emmaus Connect (Emmaus movement), for every phone donated into one of our stores participating in the project, in order to support social inclusion projects and reduce the digital divide in France.
The fourth edition of #GreenWeek20 led by the ECOLEC Foundation took place on 28 September 2020 in Sevilla, Spain. Under the slogan “This autumn, renew and recycle”, Celside Insurance was sponsor of the event in the Andalusian capital. The aim was to raise awareness of the importance of recycling waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) to reduce the impact of digital waste on the environment, and to inform people about the urgency of more responsible consumption for a sustainable future.
We have helped raise awareness of digital camera recycling. For each kilogram of waste collected, one tree has been planted in the heart of a protected natural area to contribute to the fight against deforestation.
Our Group is committed to reducing the digital divide, promoting social inclusion and the integration of the most vulnerable populations through technology. Educating people to use multimedia more responsibly on a daily basis is also a priority for our company, which supports associations working for positive digital citizenship.
The SMART HUMAN project
In 2020, Celside Insurance ran a campaign in Spain to raise awareness among young people about using mobile phones sensibly. An initiative in collaboration with Pantallas Amigas, an association committed to preventing digital risks in younger generations.
Awareness-raising workshops have been conducted in schools in Madrid and Barcelona to raise awareness among students and their families about a more responsible use of smartphones in order to improve behaviour (prevent cyber-bullying, apply online social codes) to become a “smart human”.
The protection of essential goods against life’s contingencies should not only be exclusive to those who can afford it. This is why, since 2018, the Group has been offering an affordable mobile insurance policy at €1 per month, intended for people on minimum social welfare benefits.
Our Group is highly committed to the theme of employment and, in 2017, launched an integration and work-linked training programme designed to recruit its future talent to meet its transformation and development challenges. We train our future employees in telephone advising and marketing, in partnership with renowned local training centres.
This training programme helps to create jobs and facilitate the integration of young people into the labour market in a high-growth sector. This program for students on BTS and work-study Bachelor’s programs is available in both Romans-sur-Isère and Roanne (France). It is our ambition to further develop this programin the future.
