Environmental Excellence

Saint-Gobain Abrasives prides itself on having an environment friendly approach to all its business activities. This approach is actively pursued as caring for the environment is a fundamental part of the corporate culture of Saint-Gobain. Environmental responsibility is both our responsibility as employers and also important for successful business operations.

SGA actively looks to promote its environmental principles through its widely distributed EHS (Environment, Health and Safety) policy.
The Environment Policy Statement is distributed to all employees in Europe, to ensure a clear consistent message is delivered. This is supported by the responsible attitude shown by all our employees towards the use of natural resources, and constant monitoring to ensure that environmentally focused business objectives are met. This is ensured through regular procedural reviews and employee training sessions.

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION
• Waste management is undertaken to optimise recycling activities of materials including paper, carton, wood, production dust, steel, and batteries, Zero pollution of air, water and land is defined as a major objective

Reduction of natural resources consumption
• New production processes and procedures are regularly implemented to help minimize the amount of waste created at all manufacturing processes
• Improving process technology and systems is a strong focus to help enhance energy conservation

All Saint-Gobain Abrasives manufacturing facilities implement an Environmental Management System, with most having been certified to the international ISO 14001 standard. The company’s objective is to have all the sites certificated with this standard before the end of 2007.

We, at Saint-Gobain Abrasives, seek to achieve environmental excellence in all our business operations.