CGGVeritas is implementing an Integrated Management System (IMS) based on the concept of Sustainable Development.

The new IMS, once fully implemented, will provide CGGVeritas with a differentiated methodology to gauge and continuously improve the effects of our activities in three pivotal areas:

• - Environmental Protection
  - Social Progress
• - Economic Development

This differentiated approach will assist us in more fully aligning the elements of Quality, Health, Safety, Environment (QHSE) and Security, amongst others, under a consistent, consolidated and uniform management system.

What is Sustainable Development?

Sustainable development is a development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It encompasses a balance between three major components:

• Environmental Protection
• Social Progress
• Economic Development

Global Challenges

Some of the most important Sustainable Development related challenges facing the world today include:

• Promoting responsible consumption and production patterns to reduce waste
• Reducing environment-related health problems that cause major diseases
• Measuring the true causes of global warming trends and the long-term results of climate change
• Ensuring that all people have access to the energy sources needed to improve their lives
• Improving access to clean water, to reach those who today rely on unsafe and unsanitary sources
• Alleviating poverty, especially in rural communities
• Improving the ability of developing countries to meet the challenges of globalization

[Extracted From: World Summit on Sustainable Development brochure, 2002]

Community Involvement

Sustainable Development also means that communities plan to use all of their resources in the best possible ways, such as:

• Re-use buildings that already exist before building new ones
• Recycle and use more renewable energy sources
• Provide affordable housing choices
• Encourage businesses that provide good jobs and don't hurt the environment
• Protect and restore wetlands, animal habitats and recreation land
• Offer safe transportation options, like buses, bike lanes and walking trails

In short, they make decisions by thinking about how those decisions will affect the community for future generations.