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Commitment to environmental stewardship and to the
conservation of natural resources is critical for the Group to
create sustainable value, benefiting both the organisation
and its stakeholders. This approach is expressed not only
in the product's intrinsic characteristics, but also in the
management of production systems, where the focus is on
prevention and reduction of environmental impact through,
for example, efficient use of natural resources, optimisation
of logistics and responsible waste management.
On the basis of the environmental performance indicators
viewed as relevant at Group level, Prysmian's Health Safety
& Environment (HSE) function, working together with other
functions and with the backing of the Board of Directors,
established the Group's HSE objectives for 2013-2014. These
objectives were communicated to all Country and Organisa-
tional Unit managers and, where possible, individual targets
were set.
In 2014, HSE further consolidated its action at various levels
of the Group's organisation (Corporate, countries or regions,
business units and production units), by centralising ac-
tivities and coordinating the work of local HSE functions.
The Health, Safety and Environment policy, Management
Procedures and corporate Technical Standards have been
introduced and applied in the operating units. With the
support of the Group's team of auditors, the HSE function
has periodically checked the effectiveness and correct im-
plementation of HSE rules locally.
The aspects that HSE monitors, through the use of indica-
tors, include compliance with health and safety standards,
energy consumption, waste management, the use of water
resources and atmospheric emissions of greenhouse gases.
These indicators are presented in the Sustainability Report.
In particular, with regard to greenhouse gas emissions, the
Group has started to collect energy consumption data to
keep a track of "direct" emissions (arising from the produc-
tion process), and "indirect" ones (arising from bought-in
energy). This monitoring and reporting system has allowed
Prysmian to participate, once again in 2014, in the Carbon
Disclosure Project (CDP), an international initiative that
aims to contribute to achievement of the Kyoto Protocol’s
targets for worldwide reduction in greenhouse gases.
During the year, the Prysmian Group also defined and applied
the methodology for assessing the environmental impact of
certain types of products. In addition, the process continued
of obtaining certification for the Group’s HSE management
systems. At the end of 2014, 93% and 59% of the sites were
certified in accordance with ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001
respectively.
During the year a total of 125 inspections were carried out at
the various plants, of which a quarter by Prysmian auditors
aimed at verifying compliance with the required standard,
while the rest of the inspections were conducted by the
Group's main certification body. In addition to these, there
were other internal audits on specific matters and inspec-
tions by other bodies.
In addition to numerous training initiatives, Prysmian
managed and carried out a series of activities, coordinated
by the HSE function, including:
• completion of the environmental and safety section of
the RobecoSAM corporate sustainability assessment
questionnaire for admission to the Dow Jones Sustain-
ability Index (DJSI), with a major improvement on the
prior year score. The HSE function has already planned
and launched several other initiatives in this regard to
ensure more complete reporting and to highlight in more
detail the connection between environmental improve-
ments and the resulting economic impacts;
• active participation in various working groups and com-
mittees of industry associations (the Europacable ECOE
Committee, the Orgalime "Substances Task Force", the
ANIE Environment Committee, the AICE environment
working group, and the IEC Maintenance Team which
is developing the standard for the environmental
statement specific to energy cables).
The integration process represents an opportunity for
improvement, in which the HSE function will coordinate
the development of additional policies and operating proce-
dures to manage health, safety and the environment at all
the Group’s operating units. In this context, Prysmian Group
monitors its environmental, health and workplace safety
performance using qualitative and quantitative measures,
some of which are published in the Sustainability Report.
This document, to which reference should be made for
further details, describes not only the Group's performance,
but also the existing management models and lines of
development for future action.
PRYSMIAN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
At the end of 2014, 93% and 59% of the sites were certified in accordance with ISO 14001
and OHSAS 18001 respectively.