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4 AN EFFICIENT AND RESPONSIBLE GROUP 2. Operational excellence policies

and nuisances Environmental accidents

2.3.5

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,

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

ENVIRONMENT

SAFETY

1

MAJOR ACCIDENT

LOST-TIME ACCIDENT

NON-LOST-TIME ACCIDENT

2

SIGNIFICANT ACCIDENT

FIRST AID MINOR ACCIDENTS

3

MODERATE ACCIDENT

4

NEAR-ACCIDENT

NEAR-ACCIDENT

DANGEROUS ACTIONS DANGEROUS CONDITIONS

DANGEROUS ACTIONS, DANGEROUS CONDITIONS

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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 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 accidents objective. Saint-Gobain is thus developing for the environment the same type of feedback tools as those used for 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;

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