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Environment
La Chênaie - a responsible brand
Packaging made from natural ingredients of vegetable origin
The cosmetics brand La Chênaie is committed to reducing its environmental footprint with a particular focus on short supply circuits. Since the first line La Chênaie was launched in 2016, cardboard used for cosmetic packaging is from sustainably managed forests and FSC-certified. Carboard sheaths supplier is based in Couches, in Saône-et-Loire (region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté), not […]
May 11, 2020 > Read more
Corporate responsibility
Employee portrait
Anthéa Bruno, enologist of Charlois group, by Stéphane Ebel
Between wines and oaks Her Mediterranean accent escapes no one, melodious and welcoming, like her. Anthéa Bruno, 31 years old, is from Berre l’Étang, near Marseille. An agricultural territory. Anthéa arrived in the region four years ago out of love and stayed there out of passion for her profession: enologist. This morning in […]
April 3, 2020 > Read more
Environment
Corporate responsibility
ICT for sustainable development
According to ADEME, even if it is “directly and indirectly energy-using and emitter of polluting gases, the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector constitutes an important motor for progress in terms of a reduction of polluting emissions and in terms of an energy consumption control”. A study carried out in 2016 within the French administration […]
February 3, 2020 > Read more
Attachment to the territory
Environment
Wild Birds of the Bertranges
With the desire to improve their understanding of the potential consequences of renewable energy projects on the wild bird populations of the Bertranges, the Association for the Defence of the Bertranges sought the support of the Charlois Group in undertaking a study of the different species that inhabit this region that is particularly rich in […]
December 6, 2019 > Read more
Environment
Reforestation
Forest of Doué, October 2019
Stage 1 of the reforestation programme is continuing in the forest of Doué at Saint-Aubin-les-Forges. After having prepared and planted the 46,000 trees scheduled for this parcel in March 2019, the forest workers are now working on giving light and air to the young seedlings. Bracken* is cut by hand with a sickle, as at […]
November 15, 2019 > Read more
Corporate responsibility
Employee portrait
Muriel Bregou, Managing Director of La Chênaie, by Stéphane Ebel
OAK IS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION! Monday, 10.30 am, 3rd floor of a Parisian office block. Muriel Bregou, Managing Director of the cosmetics company La Chênaie is checking some last-minute details in her extremely busy diary. In a vast, light-filled office of minimalist design, the company’s products sit in pride of place, along with […]
October 30, 2019 > Read more
Dependability
Certifications
HACCP – The management of food safety related risks in our products
Since our oak barrels are in contact with a food product (wines or spirits) during ageing, they are subject to food standards controls in the same way as their contents. This is also true for our staves and alternative oak products. We therefore put in place an HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) based […]
October 22, 2019 > Read morereforestation program
