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During 2012, the parent company’s HSE function continued
its efforts to support the implementation of environmental
management, health and safety systems in all the Group’s
operating units, in which it conducted a number of pre-
assessment audits to verify the correct application of existing
procedures. Training was also provided at the same time to
HSE site and subsidiary managers.
During 2012, with the addition of the plant in Auckland, New
Zealand, the number of the Group’s sites certified under ISO
14001 (for environmental management systems) and OHSAS
18001 (for safety management) reached 82% and 42% of the
total respectively.
The parent company’s HSE function undertook
communication and training initiatives during the year and
promoted the use of tools at every level of the organisation,
such as: publication of the “Golden Safety Rules”, a document
endorsed by the CEO and the CFO of Prysmian which contains
a brief summary of the main operational rules and reaffirms
one of the Group’s guiding principles, namely protection
of health and safety at work and of the environment;
specific training courses for plant, country or regional HSE
managers using the “Webex” medium, which combines a
teleconferencing facility with electronic file sharing. In total, 24
Webex sessions were organised for 328 participants, involving
nearly 565 hours of training time.
With the activities conducted during 2012 and prior years,
Prysmian has laid the foundations for a more conscious and
integrated groupwide management of its environmental,
health and safety issues.
In fact, the integration process represents an opportunity
for improvement; the parent company’s HSE function will
coordinate the development of additional policies and
operating procedures to manage health, safety and the
environment at all the Group’s operating units.
In this context, Prysmian Group monitors its environmental,
health and workplace safety performance using qualitative
and quantitative measures, some of which are published
in the Sustainability Report. This document, to which
reference should be made for further details, describes
not only the Group’s performance, but also the existing
management models and lines of development for future
action.
