2021 – Activity and sustainable development report

Attentive to new habits

ATTENTIVE TO NEW HABITS

The health crisis has had a profound impact on the relationship with the workplace. To expand the availability of third places, the Group has launched a call for architectural tenders to transform some of its industrial buildings. Fitted out for events and corporate coworking, they will be marketed under the Urban Station brand, like the 34,000 m2 of VAL Bienvenüe, a corporate coworking space designed by RATP Real Estate, with 2,200 workstations for RATP staff who were previously spread out over different sites.

Faced with the explosion of e‑commerce flows, the Group is redeveloping its bus depots, also located in the heart of the city.

Unoccupied during the day, they are used to facilitate the transfer of goods from heavy vehicles to lighter, cleaner vehicles, to cover the last mile to the end customer. Following a successful initial public tender in 2020, four new sites with a surface area of 4,800 m2 were offered to logistics operators in 2021.

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VALÈRE PELLETIER
MANAGING DIRECTOR OF RATP SOLUTIONS VILLE

A year after its creation, RATP Solutions Ville has already won two major contracts. Is this an illustration of its ability to support cities?

Yes, by offering solutions that meet their major challenges and by creating value and jobs. With the management contract for the Paris urban cooling network, for example, we will support an annual average of 850 jobs (direct, indirect and induced) in Paris and 2,200 in the Île-de-France region.

What does this project consist of and why were you selected?

With this 20-year concession, won in partnership with Engie and with forecast income of €2.4 billion, we are undertaking a very innovative project that is in line with the City of Paris approach to decarbonisation and climate change adaptation. The goal is to triple the size of this network, which is much more efficient than individual facilities, to serve new customers all over Paris. The expertise of our teams in the management of underground networks will allow the transformation of facilities into cold production and storage plants.

To what extent would you say that the contract for Grand Paris Numérique, also won in 2021, is evidence of this dynamic?

This €500 million contract over 25 years covers the operation, marketing and maintenance of the Grand Paris Numérique fibre optic network. The challenge here is to “boost” access to very high‑speed broadband in Île‑de‑France region areas served by the 200‑kilometre Grand Paris Express, using optical infrastructure serving 68 stations and their surrounding districts.