Our environmental policy is not simply limited to the implementation of necessary regulations and the occasional adoption of appropriate measures, but it is expressed by the Group's self-commitment to conduct systematic inspection of its activities, in the plants as well as the central facilities of its companies, having as a goal to mitigate the impact caused by its operations.
Natural resources management (power, water and fuel), greenhouse gas emission, residues utilization (for instance, bauxite), air quality control and restoration of natural landscape are the main environmental challenges that our Group is faced with, according to our sectors of activity.
Measures and Principles of the Group for the protection of the environment are among others:
- Assessment of the environmental impact of the Group's companies, identification of risks, evaluation of risks for serious accidents due to past, present and future activities and the sound use of these evaluations to long term programs and new plans.
- Raw material and energy consumption control and continuous decrease of solid, liquid and gas wastes.
- Prevention of all types of pollution risks, whether accidental or as a result of other greater accidents (preparation, testing and implementation of emergency response processes).
- Study, maintenance and development of appropriate prevention and suppression measures, especially in the case of facilities modification.
- Training, alerting and informing our workforce in a way that is appropriate and adapted to each ones needs.
- Implementation of regular internal and external inspections in order to evaluate the performance of the Environmental Management system, the attainment of targets and the implementation of regulations and principles.