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4 AN EFFICIENT AND RESPONSIBLE GROUP
2. Operational excellence policies
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and on the environment are reduced as far as possible: visual
impact, dust, noise and vibration, consequences to road
traffic and repercussions on the local natural environments.
the operating and restoration period, the effects on residents
are operated and then restored with the aim of preserving
the environment in accordance with the local rules. During
Out of the 149 underground or open quarries operated by the
Group throughout the world, the vast majority belong to the
Gypsum Activity (127, i.e. 85.2%), which has drawn up a
charter for biodiversity in its quarries. The Group’s quarries
including a forest of 70,000 trees.
France, was awarded an Emerald for an exemplary project in
the biodiversity category. The actions taken since 1990 have
made it possible to restore 60 hectares, previously dedicated
to gypsum mining, in order to create various ecosystems
In 2016, the Saint-Gobain Placoplatre quarry in Cormeilles,
and nuisances
Environmental accidents 2.3.5
system.
accidental discharge into the atmosphere, into the water and
onto the soil and events connected with waste, nuisances
(smells, noise, etc.) and non-compliance with the regulations
and in relation to the Group’s environmental management
In 2012, Saint-Gobain launched the standard for managing
environmental events and feedback “EvE” (Événement
Environnemental). The environmental events mainly include
DEFINITION OF THE VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL EVENT LEVELS AND PARALLELS TO SAFETY ACCIDENTS
MAJOR ACCIDENT
SIGNIFICANT ACCIDENT
MODERATE ACCIDENT
NEAR-ACCIDENT
DANGEROUS ACTIONS,
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS
1
ENVIRONMENT
2
3
4
5
LOST-TIME ACCIDENT
NON-LOST-TIME
ACCIDENT
FIRST AID
MINOR ACCIDENTS
NEAR-ACCIDENT
DANGEROUS ACTIONS
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS
SAFETY
environmental events and to examine their main causes. The
second stage aims to reduce the number of these events.
of the three types of severity thus evaluated. The event is
declared “major” if it is a major environmental accident whose
severity is greater than or equal to 3, on a scale of 0 to 5. The
initial stage of application of the standard aims to list all
The standard also defines criteria for evaluating the severity
of an event from three aspects: environmental, regulatory and
reputational. The severity of the event is equal to the highest
Within the scope of the standard:
“environmental event” means an accidental event giving ‹
rise to or that may give rise to an environmental impact or
an environmental non-compliance, whatever the level of
severity;
establishment’s operating permit is excluded.
and/or observing the limits authorized by the
“Environmental impact” is defined as any negative change ‹
in the environment resulting from the establishment’s
activities, products or services. Environmental impact
resulting from the normal operation of the establishment
spills.
In 2016, 0 “major” events occurred, including 0 accidental
accidents objective. Saint-Gobain is thus developing for the
environment the same type of feedback tools as those used
for safety.
Thanks to this standard incorporated into the training
program, the Group has a common methodology for ensuring
that all its sites progress towards the zero environmental