sustainable development 2012
TRANSCRIPT
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
2012
Index 2AMessagefromthePresident 3
A Strong Business PositionTheSNFGroup 4AnIndustrialWorldwidePresence 5AnOrganicGrowthStrategy 6
Social PolicyHealthandTraining 7Training/GlobalCompact 9
Risk ManagementBestPractice 11RiskManagementSystem 12
Environmental ProtectionISO14001/CarbonFootprint 13Results 15APro-activeAttitude 16
Index
2
A growth which respects both people and the environment
TheSNFgroupseesitselfasagloballeadingcompanyinwatertreatmentandinallrelatedapplications.Thenumerousactionswehavesetupformanyyearsinregardtosustainabledevelopment,particularlyintheenviron-mental,socialandeconomicalcontexts(energyreport,carbonfootprint,sustainabledevelopmentreport,socialreport)arecloselylinkedtoouractivity.
Ourstrategyregardingsustainabledevelopmentisbasedonthepursuitofthefollowingcommitments:•Actinginconformitywiththelawandtheapplicableenvironmentregulationsaswellasothersocialandeconomicalrequirements.•Pursuingourinvestmentsintheworld,allowingalastinggrowth.•Reducingourimpactontheenvironmenttoaminimumbyoptimizingourenergyconsumption(gas,electricityandwater)•Encouragingactionswhichcanavoiddamagestotheenvironment,limitourcarbonfootprintandourneedsofnaturalresources.•Followinguponourenvironmental,socialandeconomicalperformanceindicators.•Infusingeachmemberofthecompanyandourpartnerswithasenseofresponsibilitytowardsenvironmentprotection.•Makesurethattrainingsarecarriedoutaccordingtojobrequirements.•Communicateandinformwithinandoutsidethegroupontheimpactofouractivities.•Optimizetheuseofourfeedbacksforthebenefitofallcompaniesofthegroup.•Trackandevaluateourindicatorsregardingpsycho-socialrisks.
Settingupthesecommitmentsrequestsaperiodicalevaluationofourperformance,whichisregularlyreleasedthroughcommunicationandinformationmessagestoallourstaffandpartners.
Withaviewtoconstantimprovementandprevention,ourobjectivesareregularlyreviewedandupgraded,takingintoconsideration resultsobtained,most recentscientificknowledge,newtechnologiesathandandsocialandeconomiccontextchanges.
Inordertoreachtheseobjectives,wehavedefinedandsetupenvironmental,socialandeconomicstandardsManage-mentSystems.
RenéHUNDPresidentSNFSAS
3
The SNF Group
SNF Group, worldwide leader of polyacrylamide production
A continuous growthSinceitscreationin1978,SNFhasne-ver stopped growing to become theworldleadingpolymermanufacturer.
The company is still growing, sup-ported by the increasing scarcity ofnatural resources like water, oil andminerals.SNF supplies over 42% of the worldmarketforpolymers,whicharemainlyusedinwatertreatment,enhancedoilrecovery,mines,butalsoinpaper,tex-tile,cosmeticsandagriculture.
Croissance Durable
Thisstrongpolicyofsutained
growthhasenabledSNFtodoubleits
productioncapacityinlessthanthree
years. All the group’s forecasts have
similartrends.
A Strong Business Position
Sturdy Industrial Base
SNFemploys 3 750peopleon four continents.Ourplants are recent andbuiltongreenfield sites. In 2012 thegroupstrengtheneditspresencewithnewproductionslinesinRiceboro-USA,Andrézieux-FranceandTaixing-China.OurnewsiteinPlaquemine,Louisianahasseenthecreationofanadministrativebuildingandfreightbuildings.ThesenewlineswillconfortourpositionintheoilandgasbusinessintheUSAandwillcoverthemarketgrowthsontheeuropeanandasianmarkets.
A worldwide presenceIn2012theconsolidatedsalesforthegroupreached1.8billioneuros.
Thoughthewatertreatmentsegmentstillrepresentsalargepartofourbu-siness,theoilandgasbusinesseshavesignificantlyincreased.
4
Our sales cover the globe with rou-ghlyhalf in theAmericas andafifthinEurope.Asiahasbecomeanessen-tialmarket,atthemomentourmainstrongholdbeingChina,butIndiawillbecome a major player in the nearfuture.
Sustained Growth
«
+15%
»
Riceboro
Plaquemine
LongviewDolton
Taylor
Trois Rivières
Wayne
Los AngelesBaytown
Pearlington
St Avold
Salalah
Vizag
Cikande
Lara
Qingdao
Andrézieux
Ulsan
Taixing
A large choice in products and equipments
Sinceitwasfounded,theSNFgrouphasalwayslargelyinvestedinproductionfacilitiesandinthedevelopmentofnewproducts.Thisstrategyenablesustoofferourcustomersawiderangeofproductswithdifferentchemicalcharacteristicsinseveralfields.
Ateamof 150engineersandR&Dtechniciansdesignaround100newproductseveryyear inordertomeetcustomerneeds,inallactivitiesrelatedtoourproducts.
TheSNFgroupisalsosupportedbyanengineeringdivisionemployingabout100people,whodesignourproductionsites,improveourexistingplantsanddevelopspecificequipmentstosetupourproductsforourcustomers’projects.Thankstoitsstaff,SNFmanagementhasre-invested,sincethebeginning,almostallofitsprofitstocreateanindependentandreactivegroup,drivenbystrongdynamics.
Sales by Geographical Zone
A Worldwide Presence
Americas50%Sales39%Personnel11Factories
•Riceboro,GA,USA•Plaquemine,LA,USA•Pearlington,MS,USA•Baytown,TX,USA•LosAngeles,CA,USA
•Longview,WA,USA•Taylor,PA,USA•Wayne,MI,USA•Dolton,IL,USA•TroisRivières,Canada
Europe & ROW28%Sales33%Personnel3Factories
•Andrézieux,France•StAvold,France•Salalah,Oman
Asia22%Sales28%Personnel6Factories
•Ulsan,Korea•Taixing,China•Qingdao,China
•Vizag,India•Cikande,Indonesia•Lara,Australia
Sales by Application
5
Americas50%
Europe24%
Asia22%
Rest of the World 4%
Municipal Water30%
Industrial Water17%
Paper9%
Mining10%
Oil & Gas23%
Monomers5%
Others6%
An Organic Growth Strategy
Continuous growth
TheSNFgroupsuccess isbasedonacontinuousgrowththrough investment.OverabillionEuroshavebeeninvestedinthelast10years.Newsitesaredesig-nedtohavesustainabilitybuiltintothemrightfromthestart:•Largegroundsforfurtherexpansion.•Facilitiesdesigncomplyingwithlocalsafetyandenvironmentalregulations.•Usinglocallabourandsub-contractors.
Allshort,midandlongtermprojectshaveacommonobjective:toinsurethecontinuationofbothemploymentandthecompany.
Throughthisstronganddurablegrowth,SNFhasmorethandoubleditsproduc-tioninthelast3years.AllforecastsmadefortheGroupforthenextyearsareleadinginthisdirection.
A well established sales network
Worldwide,over200peopleworktosellSNFproductsinnumerouscommer-cialsubsidiarieswhichsometimesincludestoringfacilities.Theirjobistosatisfyourcustomerrequirementswiththerightproduct,adaptedtotheirneeds.SNFgroupalsoworkswithadistributornetworkand servicecompanies,ourpartners, in order to be present in all geographical and activity fields, evenwhereaspecificservicelevelisrequired.
Inorder to react speedily to rawmaterialpricefluctuations,adynamicpricepolicyhasbeensetuponvariousmarkettypes.
Mostofourrawmaterialsarederivedfrompropylene.Thereforepolymerpriceisdirectlylinkedtoitsprogression.
6
Andrézieux, Rhône-Alpes, France
Powders Investments
Emulsions Investments
Ulsan, Kyongsan Namdo, Korea
Plaquemine, LA, USA
Vizag, Andhra Pradesh, India
Riceboro, GA, USA
Taixing, Jiangsu, China
0
200
400
600
800 RussiaIndiaKoreaChinaUSAFrance
20162015201420132012201120102009
0
100
200
300
400 UKIndiaKoreaChinaUSAFrance
20162015201420132012201120102009
SNF’smainobjectiveistosecureem-ployment of its staff in good socialandeconomicconditions.
SNF has therefore set up measureswhich guarantee its employees sui-table trainings to maintain and im-prove their qualifications and skills;the group also wants to be a socialpartnerforbothitsemployeesanditsneighbourhood.
Social policyCompany societal responsibility isveryimportantintoday’ssociety.SNFiswellawareof itandwantstobeasocially responsible company. Wemust feel responsible for our socialenvironmentandinsurethelongevityofourcompanyandthefutureofouremployees,ourpartnersandourcom-munity.
SNF therefore shares these effortsthrough essential financial aids to-warddevelopment.
In2012wecanmention:•Neighbouring town councils:2,000,000€•Apprenticeship:307,000€•Buildings:145,000€
We also participate to our localcouncilassociativelifebysponsoringsportclubs,associations,warveteranscommittees,orbydonatingtovarioushumanitarianactions.
Wecanmention:• “Miroir des anciens combatants”committee(warveterans),•Andrézieuxbasketballclub,• Saint-Bonnet-Les-Oules local pot-terymarket,•Helptoskilltransferinwaterrelatedactivities in Antsinava region (Mada-gascar),• Overseas development in SineSaloum region (Sénégal) with CEDOassociationofGramond.•Buildingof12waterwellsinAfrica.•DonationtoanassociationfightingagainstLeukaemia.
Talking about young people profes-sional training, SNF group welcomedin2012:•41 trainees inalldepartments,withvalidatedtrainingtopicswhichhelpeddeveloptraineeskillsandwereofrealinterestforSNFCompany.• 17apprenticeshipcontractsorpro-fessionalcontracts.•3primaryschoolteachersandtheirpupilstoreinforcelinksbetweenpro-fessionalandeducationcircles.•Agroupofhighschoolsstudentstointroducethemtothedifferentpro-fessionswithinthecompany.
The SNF group has always favouredcooperation with universities on nu-merous topics. We recently handeda25.000€donationtoSaintEtienneUniversity on the theme of “nonconventionalgasdevelopment”.
Concerning the employment of re-duced mobility people and otherdisabilities, SNF employs about 30disabledpeopleindifferentjobs.Ouraim istotake intoaccountanydisa-bility in the company and to set upsignificantandlonglastingactionsforallactorsinthecompany.Thisdeter-mination was awarded the “HandiLoire”labelin2010.
Moreover, the company uses servicecompanies which are specialized intheemploymentofdisabledpeople,especially incleaningandprotectionequipmentcleaning(suchasgloves).
At the same time, SNF organizes inall departments the collection of ITdisposable products for associationswho help people in great financialconditions.
Onamedicallevel,SNFoffersame-dical care service with 3 nurses anda companyworksdoctor.Thus, each
Social Policy
7
employee is personally followed ac-cordingtohisjob’srisksandhismedi-calrecords.
TogetherwiththeRedCross,wehavecommittedourselvestoorganizinginourpremisesblooddonationsamongourwholepersonneltocontributetolocalhospitalsbloodneeds.Wehavealsotrainedourstafftoproblemslin-kedtotheuseofpsychoactivedrugs.Ontopofworklawandhygieneregu-lations compulsory obligations, SNFdonates to its workers committeeanadditionalsumof200,000€.Thissumisdedicatedtothewelfareofthestaff through holiday vouchers, forexample.
ManyothermeasureshavebeentakenbySNF,forexample:•Health insurance:SNFprovidesandsubscribes to a mutual health insu-rancegroupatfavourableprices• Saving fund: SNFoffers a companysavingfundtoallemployees.• Pension fund: SNF funds a supple-mentaryprivatepensionscheme.And finally, SNF being concerned bythe well-being of its employees, hassetupapsycho-socialrisksevaluationscale.
AsanactivememberoftheUIC,SNFenthusiasticallytookpartintheinter-national year of Chemistry both inLyonandParis.Moreover,tosupportChemistryinallitspositivesides,SNFdonatedover20.000EurostotheAICassociation,affiliatedtoUNESCOandUN.
SNFisalsoamemberofvariousorga-nizationswhichpromoteandrespectthesamevalues,suchas:• A UN project called Global Com-pact, about human rights, workingstandards and environment protec-tionwhichalsofightsagainstcorrup-tion.•CIRRID«InternationalCentreforin-novationandresourcesinsustainabledevelopment », on any issue relatedtosustainableDevelopment.•Handi-Loire,fortheemploymentofdisabledpeople.
We hope thus to contribute on ourownscaletosettingupfair,socialandresponsible development patternsfullycompatiblewithecological andsocialequilibriumsinthelongrun.
SNF personnelSNF staff is mainly in production.Workshopsworkin3shifts5/7days.Saturdays are usually dedicated tomaintenance and to emergency pro-ductionorders.
Since 1983, SNF SAS has witnessed aconstantgrowthofitsworkforceinallsocio-professionalcategories.
SNF employs around 3700 people in60subsidiariesworldwide.Thereare1200employeesatSNFSASEurope, mainly in France with 899employees, (25%ofourglobalwork-force).
The age average of our employeesis 39 years. The largest age group is41/45years.Itcanbementionedthat60 % of SNF SAS employees haveworked in the company for 10 yearsormore.
Resignation rate is extremely low:atSNFSASitwentfrom3%in2007to 2.33 % in 2012, which proves thatemployees feel comfortable in ourcompany.Ofcourse ithasapositiveimpact on work quality and custo-
8
mer’ssatisfaction.
SNF SAS workforce is traditionallymen,sincemostpeopleareemployedinproductionwheretheymusthandleloads.(bigbagsandpails).
Management16%
Technicians23%
Staff4%
Workers57%
HR webpage
This Human resources intranet web-pagewascreatedbySNFin2007.
It is composed of 3 manuals whichcan be consulted by all employees;theDIFguidebook(IndividualrighttoTraining), the GPEC guidebook (skillsandemploymentprovisionalmanage-ment)andtheRHguidebook(Humanresources).These3toolspresentanytraining scheme and skills manage-ment tool available within SNF aswell as general HR information (di-sabledworkers,pension schemes ....).Theyweresetup toencourageeachemployeetobecometheactorofhisownprofessionallife,histrainingandtheoptimizationofhisworkabilityinSNFcompany.
Besidetheseguidebooks2 interfacesare also accessible according to jobpositions: a Training interface and aDistributioninterface.
Thefirstoneenablesmanagerstofol-lowinrealtimewhichtrainingstheirteam members are doing, with fore-seen retraining but also to validatethepresenceofworkers inatrainingwhich they are organizing (presencesheetandtraininggrid).
Theobjectiveofthesecondistofol-low the distribution of documents,proceduresandqualitydocuments:
Upon each distribution, we get thelistoftheemployeeswhohaditandwecanbesuretheyhavereadit.ThisinterfacealsoenablesustofollowtheSafetyMomentsinproductionworks-hops: these are short meetings inwhichsafetyquestionsarediscussed(whichsafetythemeswerediscussedandwhoattended)
The HR webpage is a convivial tool,accessibletoeveryoneandconstantlyupdated.
Global CompactSNFgrouphasbeenstronglyinvolvedinasustainabledevelopmentstrategyformanyyears.
Wehavetakenpartinmanyimprove-mentprojectsrelatedtothe3sustai-nabledevelopmentthemes:• Economical: to maintain local em-ploymentandeconomicalactivity.•Social:toguaranteeouremployeesoptimizedworkingconditions.• Environmental: reducing to a mini-mumourfootprintonenvironment.
This commitment is also actedthrough SNF membership to the UNGlobalCompactagreement.The values supported by the Glo-bal Compact agreement are totallyconsistentwithSNFvisionandcom-mitment.Afuturecanonlyexistifalongtermbalanceisfoundatasocial
andenvironmentallevel.
SNF signed this Global Compactagreement two years ago. In these 2years,SNFhasreinforceditscommit-ment towards the promotion of the10principlesoftheagreement,based
9
Training
onhumanrights,workingconditions,environment protection and fightagainstcorruption.
Ourfirstcommunicationonthepro-gressmadeisaboutsustainabledeve-lopment and this report is availablefordownloadingonourwebsitewww.snf-group.com.
Through its actions and initiatives,SNF contributes to the promotionof the Global Compact agreementvalues.
Integrating disabled workersSNF has subscribed to Club HandiLoire since 2004 to improve integra-tion, professional advancement andcontinuous employment of disabledpeople.
Inthisfield,SNFmonitorsvariouspro-jectstogivedisabledpeopleaprofes-sionalstatus.
Early 2010, SNF decided to recruit ahearingdeficientworkerandtotrainhimasaproductionlineoperator.InJunewemetasecondpersonwithasimilar deficiency and took him onintotheproject.
ThetrainingwassetupwiththeAFPI(continuous training organization) toadaptthetrainingtothedisabilityofbothemployees.A hearing deficiency awareness trai-ning was set up among productionteamsbytheURAPEDA(specifictrai-
ningorganisation).
Thefirstobjectiveofthese2contractswas tomakeSNFemployees theac-tors of this integration and trainingscheme, and allow all staff to moveforward on the subject of disabilityatwork;thesecondobjectivewastogive these2disabledworkers aqua-lification, anexperienceand theabi-litytojointhecompanypermanently(oneofthemhasnowsignedaCDI–permanentcontract)
Theintegrationofthesehearingdefi-cientworkerscreatedarealdynamicwithintheteamsbutalsointhewholecompany (Many employees asked tobetrainedinsigning….)
Early in December 2012, the expe-rience was renewed with the takingon of a new hearing deficient wor-kerwhowillbetrainedasachemicalindustryproductionoperatorona17month professional contract, toge-ther with other chemical industrycompanies.
10
United Nations Global Compact
PracticesThe safety of people and capitalgoodsisapriorityforSNF.Theindus-trial risks which SNF can be facedwitharelinkedtochemicalproductshandling, industrial operations andtransport.
2009-2012A more than positive result2losttimeaccidentslesseachyearinthelast10years!
Thanks to the safety improvementprogram, lost time accidents weredividedby3in10years.
2012An encouraging Second se-mesterEvenifthenumberoflosttimeacci-dents slightly increased in 2012, it isimportant to mention that the se-cond semester was more than satis-fyingwithonly3 lost timeaccidentsrecorded.
Our objectives for 2013Ourobjectivein2012wastostabilizethefrequencyrateunder10.Ouraimstill being « Zero accident », it wastherefore not reached. SNF commitsitself in 2013 to pursue its efforts toreach:
•Alosttimeaccidentsfrequencybe-low6.•Adecreaseby30%ofreportedope-rational accidents, which means lessthan 20 reported operational acci-dents with or without lost time in awholeyear.
A human commitmentTraining and information of the staffare carried out by a supervisors’network.
A culture for safetyThesafetyculturewillprogressthankstothedailycommitmentofeveryone,managers as well as employees. Theobjectiveistoseebehavioursimpro-vingandbetterpracticessetup.The-reforeourtrainingsandourmeetingsmustincludetwomajortopics:healthandsafety.
FeedbacksTraining is an essential tool for pre-vention. Feedbacks on incident ormalfunctioning make it possible toavoid these happening again, this isthereasonwhytheyaresoimportant.Aftereachincidentormalfunctioningthecircumstancesandconsequencesmust be reported. A cause analysiswill be done and recommendationsmade. Thus all feedbacks are forma-lized.
Risk Management
11
2008
40
30
20
10
0
niveau national 24,3
2009 2010 2011 2012
TF1 (taux de fréquence avec arrêt)TF1 = Accidents involving time off work per million hours worked
Over 25,000 hours of training per year were given to employees including
9,000 hours just on safety.
Technological risk control and safety managementSNFhas2plants inFrancethatpres-ent risks according to the criteria oftheEuropeanSevesodirective.ItsRiskManagementSystem(RMS)issubjecttointernalaudits,andisalsoauditedbytheDREAL*.
Overthe last25years,SNFhasbeenconstantly improving its procedures,includingthosewhichareconcernedwithriskmanagement.
Rightfromtheoutset,SNFhasequip-ped itself with the resources, bothmaterialandspatial,requiredforcom-pliancewithquality, safetyandenvi-ronmentalnorms.
SNF’sRiskManagementSystemcom-plies with Annex III of the Seveso IIplanforthepreventionofmajoracci-dents.
The RMS deals with individual res-ponsibilities, reinforces staff training,anddevelopsin-housesystematicriskanalysis, and also reinforces inspec-tionandmonitoringprograms.
Priority objectives• A systematic analysis of the risksandconsequencesassociatedwithitsvarious installations, both those thatareinthecourseofdevelopmentandthoseinneedofimportantmodifica-tions.• Feedback fromexperience,withananalysisof situations thathavegivenrise to accidents, quasi-accidents orother significant incidents, so thatcorrective and/or preventive mea-surescanbetaken.• Minimizing risks at their source,throughtheuseofsafetechnologies,limited storage tanks volume, selec-tion of raw materials according totheirriskfactors,etc.• A constant dialog with the neigh-bourhoodthroughCSS*• Geographical distribution of risksacrossaninstallation.•Ongoingmonitoringoftheoperatio-nalfunctioningandsafetyoffacilities.• InternalauditsoftheRiskManage-mentSystem.• Regular exercises to assess emer-gencyplans.•PeriodicalcontrolofIPS*andMMR*•RedundantMMR*•EfficiencyevaluationofMMR*,res-ponse time, indenpendance, mainte-nance,•AutomaticcontrolofMMR*
* CSS: Industrial Surveillance Commu-nity Committee
* DREAL : Direction Régionale de l’En-vironnement et de l’Aménagement et du Logement
* IPS: Important for Safety
* MMR: Risk Management Implemen-tation
SNF’sRiskManagementSystemisau-ditedtwiceayearbytheDREAL*.
12
The Risk Management System (RMS)
cing free monomers, replacing CMRchemicals (i.e carcinogens, mutagensand reproductive toxins) by otherswhichdonotfallintothiscategory,• Proposals for an automatic measu-ringsystemthatwilloptimisethepro-duct’sconsumption,•Replacementofmineralbyorganiccoagulantswhicharemorebiodegra-dableandproducelesssludge.
Careful of our Environment, SNF isISO14001 certified to formalize itsactionsintotheinternationalenviron-mentprotectionmanagementsystem.
We are also involved with the UIC(Responsible Care® partner) to act infavourofenvironmentprotectionandthereforehave:
•initiatedaworkingcommittee,afteran external audit by an independentcompany, to reduce our energyconsumptionbyactingonhumanbe-havioursaswellasonourproductiontoolsandequipments.•carriedoutacarbonfootprint®withADEMEmethod,todefinegreenhousegasemissionslinkedtoouractivityinorder to reduce them and thereforelowerourimpactonenvironment.
Thebestproofofourconcernaboutenvironmentprotectionwasourdeci-siontobuildournewplantona40ha
green-fieldsitededicatedtoindustry,outside of town: thus the infrastruc-turesneededtodealwithdischargeswerebuiltintothedesignoftheplantatthedrawing-boardstage.
13
SNF’s policy consists in using green-field sites, thus, the infrastructuresneeded to deal with discharges canbebuilt intothedesignofaplantatthedrawing-boardstage.
ISO 14001As far as environment is concerned,SNFhasalwayshadaveryclearstra-tegy,basedoncommitmentsandpre-cise objectives. This is reflected byconcreteobjectivesin:
•Energyconsumption,•Emissions,•Waterconsumption•Wastemanagement,•Researchandenvironment.
These objectives are monitoredthroughindicatorswhichareanalysedtodefineimprovementactions(Qua-lity Safety Environment Action) suchas:
• using fewer non re-usable packingmaterials,• using fewer toxic chemicals : redu-
Environmental Protection
Ecological
Durable
EquitableSocial Economical
Livable Viable
Carbon Footprint®To preserve the environment is thefirst objective of SNF group. Our po-licy regarding environment has there-fore always been at the heart of ourstrategyandisbasedoncommitmentsandobjectives.Doingcarbonfootprintmeasurementsbelongstothem.
SNFusedtheADEMEmethodtoeva-luate greenhouse gas emissions. ThisauditwascarriedoutwithanexternalcompanySOCOTEC.
SNFdiditsfirstcarbonfootprintstudyin2007andthefirstresultswere:353kgCeq/t of manufactured product, onAndrezieuxsiteinFrance.
Thesefirstfigureswereobtainedwithcalculationhypothesis,which impliedsomeuncertainties.
In the following years, we tried hard,ontopofemissionsreduction,toshar-pen our information collection andthereforegetmorepreciseresults.
Tobementioned isthattheemissionfactor corresponding to the energyconsumed to manufacture 1 tonne ofproductis54,1kgCeqin2011.
14
Carbon Footprint
Year Emissions per tonne of manufactured product*
2007 353kgCeq/t
2008 366kgCeq/t
2009 375kgCeq/t
2010 358kgCeq/t
2011 364kgCeq/t*these results apply to SNF whole activity(energy, transport, raw materials, packing, sub-
contractors…)
Those yearly figures enable us to setup improvement measures, especiallyconcerningenergysaving. A dedica-tedtaskforcewascreatedtoworkonthistopicandreduceourcosts.
In2009,78745tCeqemissions,whichcorrespondsto375kgCeq/tofmanu-factured products. This rise by 2.5%compared to 2008 can be partiallyexplainedbyaproductiondecrease.
However, the opposite trend wasobserved in 2010 with a productionincreaseanda significantdropofouremissions -4,5% with 358kgCeq/tformanufacturedproducts.
In2011,wecanobserveaslightincreasebutouremissionsseemtohavestabi-lised.
Results
Actions set upAnactionplanisstillinusetooptimizeour energy consumption and improvethe efficiency of our plants. There areseveral projects to recycle end energy(hot air coming from the dryers) andusingourutilitiesinabetterway.
Results obtainedThe trend of our electricity consump-tionoverthelast9years,asshowninthehereundertable,showsadecreasecom-paredtothetotalquantityofproductsmanufactured.
15
Thetrendofourgasconsumptionoverthelast9years,asshowninthehereun-dertableshowsthatit isslightlygoingdown(exceptin2009)comparedtothetotal quantity of products manufactu-red.
Tomanufacture1tonneoffinishedpro-duct, our water requirements are now20% below those 10 years ago. Tankswashinghasparticularlybeenoptimizedby recycling more water and develo-pingnewwashingtechniques(differentwashing nozzles now enable us to re-duceourwaterneedby75%).
Electricity 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Consumption(MWhPCS)
67244 67749 73455 77357 81810 82027 77565 84355 89232
ConsumptionMWhPCS/ktoffinishedgoods
460 424,2 406,3 400 385 371 370 347 328
Natural Gas 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Consumption(MWhPCS)
162837 168359 180776 181653 196965 193820 187949 219929 216073
ConsumptionMWhPCS/ktoffinishedgoods
1114,5 1054,4 999,6 939,3 926,1 876,6 895,7 894 795
Water 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Consumptionparanenm3 238809 272126 298563 329037 354989 316293 339529
408054
429382
Tonnageoffinishedgoods 121525 159677 178459 193422 212677 221071 209842 246447 271819
Waterconsumption/ton-nageoffinishedgood(m3/t)
1.96 1.70 1.67 1.70 1.67 1.43 1.62 1.66 1.58
byourproductionworkshopsbeforebeinghandledbyourwasteteam.•Powderwasteisputinbig-bagsandburiedinspecificlandfillsites,•Emptyplasticdrumsandpalesfrom25 to 100 l are sorted according totheir dangerous nature and incinera-ted in a specialized centre, or givenbacktosuppliers.• Other empty packaging items arealso sorted according to the dan-gerous nature of the product theycontained:• Safe empty packaging items : col-lectedintransparentbags. It isoftenm•adeoflabelsupportpapers,shrinkwrapping film, innocuous raw mate-rialbags….Andotherindustrialwastesuchascanteenbins.Thesebagsareput in the DIB trash compactor andaretakentoawastedisposalunittobe recycled or used as substitutionfuel.• Reactive products bags (oxidizingmaterial and organic peroxides) arecollectedinyellowbagsintheworks-hopsandthenincineratedinaspecia-lisedcentre.•Bagscontainingpotentiallyexplosiveproducts(ADRclass4.1)arecollectedingreenbags,orintheiroriginalcard-board boxes; they are incinerated insmallquantityinaspecializedcentreinSwitzerland,• Other dangerous products bags(irritant, corrosive, inflammable…) arecollectedinredbagsintheworkshopand are pressed and incinerated in aspecializedcentre.
Each waste shipment is prepared bythe Environment department toge-therwiththewastecollectingteam.
For manufacturing rejects, powderbig-bags and other packing, infor-mation mentioned on the labels iscollected to track the rejects originwithinSNFandtosetupwaste indi-cators.
Forsomedangerouswasteandotherinoffensivewaste,wastetrackingslipsare filled in. These tracking slips willaccompany waste during transportuntil their final destruction. Thesedocumentsarefilledinbyeachtreat-
ment actor(carrier, storing centre...)and is sent back to us when wastehas been destroyed. This feedbackenablesustoinformtheDREALofthedestructionmodeused.
There is a specific software dedica-ted to issuing BSD, putting in detailsrelated to waste disposal (recyclingor incineration, service companies…)various costs in relation with wastedisposal(transport,processing,taxonpollutingactivities–TGAP-,containerrenting…).Thisinformationhelpsustosetupmonthlyinternalindicatorsandfill in the reportdocument transmit-tedeachyeartotheDREAL.
17
Waste Management
WasteSNF environment impacts are partlylimitedthankstoourwastemanage-ment :sourceseparation, researchingsolutions adapted to the differentkind of waste and encouraging reco-very channels, tracking waste untilfinal recycling, measuring costs andweightswithindicators.
Waste is sorted in each workshop,then handled by a specialized teamwhotakesittoastoringareadedica-tedtoeachkindofwaste:•Stainlesssteeltrim,ironandcopperscrapsaswellasenginesandelectriccablesareput in a special container,thensortedandrecycled.• Used empty big-bags are pressedintobalesthenrecycledtofurtheruseofrawmaterial.•Cardboardisalsopressedintobalesandsoldtocardboardmanufacturingplants,•Officepaperis storedinaspecificareaandrecycledbyacompanyem-ployingdisabledworkers,•Woodpalletsaretakenbackbyoursuppliers. Broken pallets are repai-red,nonstandardpalletsareusedforwaste transport, and wood bits arethrown into a container for energyrecovery.• Computers, refrigerators and otherDEEEaredismantledbyaspecializeddepartmentandallelementsaresor-tedtoberecycledtotheirbest.• Neon lights are collected and re-cycled,•1000Lplasticcontainersand200Lplasticdrumsaretakenbackbyaspe-cialized company, they are cleaned,anddependingontheirstate,canbere-used, recycled or destroyed. Thisalso is thecase for200Lmetalbar-rels,•Activecarbonsareregeneratedbyaspecializedcompanyandre-used.• Liquid distillation waste which wasused as fuel in incineration plants isnow re-distilledby anexternal com-panytobere-usedassolvent inma-nufacturingprocess.• Manufacturing and laboratory re-jects, filtration bags and other pac-kagedproductsareusuallyburntinaspecializedcentre.Theyareidentified
Thedatainthisdocumentareprovidedforinformationonly.Itiscorrecttothebestofourknowledge,informationandbeliefatthedateofitspublication.Itdoesnotconstituteaspecificationandnoliabilityisassumed,norfreedomfromanyexistingproductorapplicationpatents.SNFexpresslydisclaimsanyimpliedwarrantyorfitnessforaparticularuse,undernocircumstancesshallSellerbeliableforincidental,consequentialorindirectdamagesforallegednegligence,breachofwarranty,strictliability,tortorcontractarisinginconnectionwiththeproduct(s).
SNF sasrueAdrienneBolland
ZACdeMilieux42163AndrézieuxCedex
FRANCETel:+33(0)477368600Fax:+33(0)477368696