Saint Gobain - Registration document 2016

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND CROSS-REFERENCES TABLES

2. CSR information

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b) 2010-2025 and 2014-2016 objectives

The Group has set medium-term objectives, up to 2025,

objectives are established for a three-year period. The

based on the 2010 results. To achieve them, intermediate

to the period start. The current period 2014-2016 therefore

baseline year for the intermediate objectives is the year prior

uses 2013 as its base year.

(2011-2013/2014-2016/2017-2019/2020-2022/2023-2025).

Based on the results for the baseline year, every three years the

environmental results are tracked for the next three years

Group updates the scope of “concerned sites” for which

The published results for this scope therefore have a

year, but no acquisitions are taken into account. They are

closed or sold are removed from current year and baseline

included in the subsequent period.

comparable scope for the three years within the period: sites

to the baseline year. This means that 2014-2016 emissions and

objectives, results are published using comparable production

consumption are recalculated based on 2013 production.

In addition, for the indicators tracking environmental

Progress achieved over these five three-year periods

2010 results.

whether the 2025 objectives will be achieved based on the

(between 2010 and 2025) will be cumulated to assess

c) Data consolidation

The EHS reporting process (both monthly and annual)

The EHS reporting protocol is available in French and English.

involves three stages:

data input, performed by the EHS correspondent(s) at the

reporting unit concerned;

data verification, by the EHS Directors of each Sector;

data consolidation by the Group’s EHS Department

management.

d) Difficulties and limitations

business and countries, and difficulties in interpreting

errors such as differences in units of measurement between

technical terms.

the reports has continuously improved thanks to effective

Since the launch of the Group’s reporting tools, the quality of

teams. These factors allow the Group to prevent potential

feedback and better use of the systems by the specialized