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In 2002 Accor formalized its commitment to sustainable development by appointing John Du Monceau, a member of the Management Board, to take charge of overseeing the policy and the Groups commitments to it.
A Grup-wide Sustainable Development Comittee has been set up. It comprises the various Group functions concerned: General Secretariat, Human Resources, Environment, Procurement, Development, Corporate Communications, Financial Communication and Operating Departments. The Comittee meets once every two months to validate Accor decisions in terms of its Suxtainable Development principles (the development of equitable trade, setting up a Group-wide reporting appplication, communication, etc;)
The position of Sustainable Development Manager was created in 2002.
Since then, the Environment Department has become part of the Sustainable Development Department, out of a concern for efficiency and policy consistency. The Sustainable Development Department is directly helped with a worlwide liaison agents network of 70 people.
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