Personnel protection
To raise customers 'awareness of ESCOTA employees' safety on
motorway sites, the company regularly airs risk prevention messages on Radio VINCI Autoroutes Sud (107.7) and displays them on Variable Message Signs. These messages
inform motorists of employees' presence on motorways, encouraging them to limit
their speed and to respect safety rules.
Road Safety Campaigns
Safety campaigns are organised by ESCOTA's six districts in
PACA region schools or upon the request of local authorities for
educational themed days. These campaigns are aimed at raising
public awareness, especially among children and teenagers, of the importance of
road safety.
ESCOTA's Traffic Engineering and Operation department organises
yearly training sessions for driving school instructors. Agreements are also
signed with those driving schools enabling them to have free access to motorways
to train drivers.
Operation "Children Without Christmas"
Operation "Children Without Christmas" began in 1994 and is
organised around three sites: Pont-de-l'Etoile Toll (A52), Antibes Toll (A8),
and Meyrargues Toll (A51). Each year, ESCOTA sponsors a ten-day toy, game and
book drive. These toys are later handed over by ESCOTA districts to associations
at their request. Thanks to the generosity of our customers, some 30,000 toys
are distributed each year to associations working, to the delight of the
children.
Household Waste Collection
ESCOTA, together with the local authorities, has made a commitment to
collecting household waste in rest areas. This partnership is
aimed at streamlining recycling procedures, thereby cutting costs. Such
partnerships strengthen ESCOTA's sustainable development policy on recycling.
Since 2004, the programme, which was put in place in 2003 for recycling paper
and cardboard, was expanded to the entire company, which now recycles industrial
waste (tyres, scrap iron and other reusable waste).
"PACA for tomorrow"
ESCOTA is member of the "PACA for tomorrow"
association which, on the occasion of the forum organised by member companies,
called on its interns to take advantage of PACA's major infrastructure projects.
This regional association for sustainable development aims to strike a certain
balance between socio-economic needs and ecological concerns. ESCOTA shares its
objectives and expertise in sustainable development with interns through its
various activities.
