2017 Sustainability Overview | Prysmian Group

ON THE ENVIRONMENT SIDE PRYSMIAN GROUP 2017 SUSTAINABILITY OVERVIEW In 2017, the Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) function has strengthened the purpose of its actions at various levels within the Group not only centralising activities but also coordinating the work of the local HSE functions. Cooperating with other business functions, the HSE team established the objectives for the period up to 2020, planning the actions required to make steady progress towards these goals. Adopting the Operating Procedures and the Group's Technical Standards, additional operating units were involved in the Application of the Health, Safety and Environment policy. With support from a Group-level audit team, HSE checked periodically the effectiveness and proper application at local level of the health, safety and environment rules. We worked hard during 2017 to enhance our performance on environmental matters by improving not only the intrinsic characteristics of our products, but also the way our production systems are managed. Being conscious that the prevention and reduction of our environmental impact goes froman efficient use of natural resources, the optimisation of logistics flows up to the responsible management of waste. STRONG COMMITMENT TO THE COMMON GOOD