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be provided to the requests of certain important customers.
In addition, the process continued of obtaining certification
for the Group’s HSE management systems: in line with the
target set for 2013, five new certifications were obtained (St.
Genevieve - France and Prysmian PowerLink - Milan, which
obtained ISO 14001 certification for their environmental
management systems; Velké Mezirici - Czech Republic,
Eindhoven - The Netherlands and Bishopstoke - United
Kingdom, which obtained OHSAS 18001 certification for their
safety management systems). At the end of 2013, 86% and
49% of the sites were certified in accordance with ISO 14001
and OHSAS 18001 respectively.
In close conjunction with the certification target, Prysmian
Group has increased the number of qualified auditors by
introducing a specific training programme, developed directly
by the Corporate HSE function: the certification of new
auditors in 2013 made it possible to fulfil the audit plan and
the work schedule, with a total of 120 inspections carried out,
of which a quarter conducted by Prysmian auditors.
In addition to numerous training initiatives, the Group
managed and carried out a series of activities, coordinated by
the Corporate HSE function, including:
• preparation of the “Safety Leadership” initiative, designed
to enhance and promote the culture of safety from
management level down;
• completion of the environmental and safety section of
the RobecoSAM corporate sustainability assessment
questionnaire for admission to the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index (DJSI), with a major improvement in
the score from the previous year. The Group 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 improvements and the resulting economic
impacts;
• active participation in various working groups and
committees 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).
With the activities performed during 2013 and prior years,
Prysmian has laid the foundations for a more conscious and
integrated groupwide management of its environmental,
health and safety issues.
In fact, the integration process represents an opportunity for
improvement, in which the parent company’s HSE function
will coordinate the development of additional policies
and operating procedures 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 actions.
