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PRYSMIAN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
At the end of 2015, 91% and 63% of the sites were certified in accordance with ISO 14001 and OHSAS
18001 respectively.
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, set the Group's HSE objectives for 2014-2015. These objectives were communicated
to all Country and Business Unit managers and, where possible, individual targets were set.
During the year, HSE continued its coordination at various levels of the Group's organisation (Corporate,
countries or regions, business units and production units), including through:
the extension of OHSAS 18001 certification for the Safety Management System at 4 more sites;
the transition of plants previously certified by other organisations to the official certifying body: during
2015, 16 plants passed to the official body for ISO 14001 (relating to the Environmental Management
System) and 4 plants to that for OHSAS 18001.This will help improve coordination of the
management systems thanks to the periodic audit of the Group's HSE procedures by the
independent certifying body and the HSE function's involvement in deciding and agreeing corrective
actions applicable to the Group's various production facilities;
the audit of the effectiveness and correct application of the HSE rules locally, according to a random
audit program organised by HSE and conducted by the Group's team of qualified auditors;
the planning and conduct of energy audits at a number of European production sites, considered as
representative, in order to identify energy efficiency initiatives and reduce greenhouse gas
emissions;
the organisation of an update seminar for HSE managers from each geographical area or Business
Unit, during which the head office HSE function presented the initiatives and activities that it will
implement in coming months and years and that will involve these companies through the
assignment of specific HSE targets.
Once again during 2015, variables and significant indicators continued to be tracked in order to assess the
effectiveness of environmental performance in areas such as compliance with health and safety standards at
work, energy consumption, waste management, atmospheric emissions of greenhouse gases and the use of
water resources. As regards the latter, a method was devised in 2015 to provide an overview as to how