EPI & MANAGEMENT

Luigi Pinchetti

Laterlite

LCA LECA INTERNATIONAL

COPENHAGEN

21-22 MAY 2001

Our way

• The use of oil emulsions as combustible for to reduce the production costs, to increase the quantity (2000-2500 cm/day) and to produce the grading required by the market has been a “must” since 1996.

• The increased use of the wastes started an hard challenge in the control of the complaining by the people living near the factory,with the involvement of the local autority (1998).

Our way

• The italian government,according to the EU, issued a decree for a very severe restriction of the emissions by the smoke stacks (june 2000).

• An imposing plant for cleaning the smoke gases (dry treatment with lime,electrofilter,washing with soda,postcombustion chambers) has been installed (2001).

• The local autority required the EMAS (to be implemented before the end of 2002)

What the management wants

• To use more and different wastes for to pay the plant (amortization and operating costs) changing an obstacle into an opportunity .

• To increase (or build) a good image from an environmental point of wiew, to be evaluated as “cleaner” and not as “polluter”.

• To satisfy the stakeholders needs.

• To build up a new and modern company culture.

• To prepare a good future for the products, when the market will be ready for the LCA concepts.

What the management needs• To keep under control and to evaluate the

effectiveness of the investments in the environmental field.

• To connect them to the budget for production,marketing,sales and administration.

• To communicate to the “exterior” the amount of the company engagement.

• To give value to the results reached in the reduction of the environmental impact.

• To avoid controversy with the stakeholders.

EPIas an opportunity

• A new approach to the reality.

• A new way for to solve the problems.

• A new point of wiew for to manage the company.

• A new sintetic way for the global analysis of the business

The EPI model

Identify significant, scientific aspects

Stakeholder interest assessments

Significant aspects

Indicators for external

communication

Indicators for internal management and communication

EPI : a global wiew

• Process indicators: to evaluate the efficiency of the company in the use of the environmental resources.

• Eco-fin indicators: to connect the expenses for the environment protection with the operating costs and the required investments.

• Management indicators: to evaluate the ability of the company to reach the environmental goals.

• Agreement indicators: to control the stakeholders satisfaction.

SummarizingIndicator Limitations Goals Indicators

Process Values bylaws foremissions andwastes

Fulfil the requirements ( plants & control)

CO2/ton LWA (glob.warming) SO2+HCl+NO2/ton LWA

(acidification) Virgin energy/ton LWA

Eco-fin Budget &balance

Maximize the ratio betweenthe money received and theamount of the waste used

Money received by waste/plantcost

Waste priceManagement Budget

control

Peopleknowledge

Implement a system tocontol the effectivness ofthe environmental expenses

Training the workers forthe new culture.

Connection with ERPInformation System

N of hours used forenvironment/total hours

N of trained employees/ totalemployees

N of audit per yearAgreement Workers

Neighbours

Autority

The factory will be a betterplace where to work

The local environment isnot affected by the factoryactivity.

The law is respected andthe people are satysfied

N of suggestions (from inside)per year

N of complaints (from outside)per year

N of legal non conformities peryear

How to manage

In our program, we have to be certified according to ISO 14001 and EMAS before the end of 2002.

The relationship with the management system and the company management will be therefore

regulated by the EMAS procedures.

The strategies for the external communications are under way: easier to the local autority than to the

people living around the factory.

ANPA• ANPA is a special unit to technically support the

italian committee for the EMAS registration.

• At the moment they started, in connection with Sweden, according to ISO 14040, a project named EPD, for to certify the products.

• We shall be the first italian company for the production of building materials to be officially certified as EPD.

• To reach this goal, we use the work made with STO, transfering experience, results and knowledge into the italian reality.