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DIRECTORS’ REPORT
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| 2013 ANNUAL REPORT | PRYSMIAN GROUP
Commitment to environmental stewardship and to the
conservation of natural resources is essential 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 the Group’s 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, the Prysmian Group’s Health
Safety & Environment (HSE) function, working together with
other Corporate functions and with the backing of the Board of
Directors, has established the Group’s HSE objectives for 2013-
2014. These objectives have been communicated to all Country
and Organisational Unit managers and, where possible,
individual targets have been set.
During 2013, HSE further consolidated its action at various
levels of the Group’s organisation (Corporate, countries or
regions, business units and production units), by centralising
activities and coordinating the work of local HSE functions. The
Group’s Health, Safety and Environment policy, Management
Procedures and Technical Standards have been accepted 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 implementation of HSE rules
locally.
The aspects that HSE monitors, through the use of indicators,
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 production process),
and “indirect” ones (arising from bought-in energy). This
monitoring and reporting system has allowed the Group to
participate, for the first time in 2013, in the Carbon Disclosure
Project (CDP), an international initiative that aims to
contribute to the 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. To this end, several studies were
conducted using the LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) approach,
which allowed the methodology to be tested and responses to
PRYSMIAN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Prysmian is committed to protecting the environment and conserving natural resources,
through efficient use of resources, optimisation of logistics and responsible waste
management.
