2017 Yearly Overview | Prysmian Group

51 This system of monitoring and reporting enabled the Group to participate in 2017, once again, in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), an international initiative that seeks to contribute to the pursuit of the objectives agreed in the Kyoto Protocol on the global reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. In 2017, new energy diagnoses were carried out in some European and non-European operating units in accordance with local legislative requirements and the criteria defined at Group level, so that we have an even more complete, reliable and updated database on energy consumption and its distribution. The aim is to extend energy efficiency initiatives to an ever-larger number of units. To this end, the HSE function has prepared a plan for the conduct of energy audits in the Group's operating units for the period 2017-2020. In 2017, 4 new energy diagnoses were conducted, which complement those already implemented in the period 2015-2016, creating a total of 26 in around 10 countries. Additionally, in Germany, where the Energy Management System has been in place in accordance with the ISO 50001 standard, periodic energy audits have been conducted in the country’s 5 production units. In 2017 the Group further strengthened its process of collecting energy consumption data in order to track both ‘direct’ emissions deriving from production processes, and ‘indirect’ ones deriving from the purchase of energy. CLOSELY TRACKING ALL TYPES OF EMISSIONS Partnering with the industry for the environment In 2017 Prysmian continued to actively participate in various working parties and on association committees, including: The Environmental Committee of Europacable (ECOE); Orgalime's Substances Task Force; ANIE's Environment Committee; AICE's Environment Working Party, and the IECMaintenanceTeam that is drafting the standard Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for power cables. The adopted approach to integration represents an opportunity to improve operational policies and practices for the management of the environment, health and safety by all operating units.