2012 Sustainability Report
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| prysmian group | 2012 Sustainability Report
included the definition, updating, dissemination and
checking of the Group's Health, Safety & Environment
(HSE) guidelines, designed to establish common rules
at Group level for managing the related matters. By year
end, 82% of the Group's 91 operating units have ISO 14001
certification and 42% have been awarded OHSAS 18001.
To manage this, the IT system has been updated to gather
and report on HSE data and information at individual
factory level. The environmental performance of Prysmian
during the year resulted in the following key statistics:
about 6 million GJ of energy consumed by production
systems, 87,000 tonnes of waste produced and almost
9 million m
3
of water consumed. These numbers, typical
of a major industrial group, reflect numerous initiatives
designed to lower the environmental impact of production
processes.
The statistics reflect a generalised improvement in
performance per unit of production with respect to 2011. In
addition, at the start of 2012, HSE improvement objectives
were established for 2012-2014 and communicated
internally, involving the HSE functions in each country and
at each business unit. These objectives relate to action
on energy efficiency and the use of resources, such as
participation in the Carbon Disclosure Project, and work
on the environmental declarations of products, Life Cycle
Assessments and progressive expansion of the number of
factories with ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification.
A final thought: the survival of the Sustainability Report
depends partly on contributions made by the stakeholders.
They are inextricably bound to the Group, communicating
their expectations to Prysmian on such concepts as
sustainability and social responsibility. Transparency of
information is a value guaranteed to all stakeholders,
along with their right to be heard and to grow together
with the Group.
Valerio Battista, Chief Executive Officer
