safety

Environmental and safety policy.

The company policy of Costacurta S.p.A.– VICO, as regards the environment, is based on the preservation of the environment as an essential value for the quality of life and for sustainable development and, as regards safety, on the protection of its workers’ health and that of the population through the prevention and control of risks connected with manufacturing activities.

Environmental protection, safety and people’s health are primary and strategic objectives of the Company.

In particular, Costacurta S.p.A.-VICO adopts an environmental and safety policy that is coherent with the following principles:

1) it maintains an environmental and safety management system to guarantee the respect of legal and normative requirements for all its processes, products and services;

2) it trains and instructs its employees as well as key sub-suppliers, in environmental, health and safety problems through special training and refresher courses, specific to their roles, in order to ensure that they work in a conscious and responsible manner;

3) it carries out, at various levels, periodical reviews and updates of the objectives and procedures through controls (audits) and reports that allow for the evaluation of performance and the review, and potential correction, of policies, objectives and programmes;

4) it rationalises the use of natural resources (water, soil, ...) and energy supplies (electricity, fuel, ... );

5) it makes continuous improvements, reducing the environmental impact generated by the company’s working activities, involving both employees and customers in environmental protection issues and in the company’s ecomanagement system. The company is also committed to encouraging suppliers, as far as possible, to adopt environmental standards in line with its own environmental protection system;

6) it makes continuous improvements through the adoption of the best available and economically viable technologies for the reduction of health-connected risks generated by the company’s working activities. The company is also committed to encouraging suppliers, as far as possible, to adopt safety standards in line with its own safety system;

7) it promotes a culture of collaboration with public bodies to make it possible to establish constructive relations concerning all company issues relating to the environment and to the safety of its employees.