The main objective of the “Approval of auxiliary and direct materials, storage management” procedure is to define how materials, such as auxiliary and direct chemicals (articles, substances and preparation/mixtures), are acquired and used by employees. This ensures that all health and safety and environmental risks associated with these materials are evaluated and prevented before their entrance within the perimeter of our production sites. The procedure applies to our production sites and to all employees and non-employees. This procedure aims at preventing impacts and risks, as well as managing opportunities, such as our potential contribution to pollution due to substances of concern and substances of very high concern. Moreover, the procedure aims to avoid incidents and emergency situations, and, if they do occur, to control and limit their impact on people and the environment.

We are aware of our potential impacts generated by the unlawful usage of substances of concern and substances of very high concern. For this reason and in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations (CE/1907/2006 – REACH regulation), we have defined strict procedures on the management of these substances. The Environmental Practice sets out key principles to manage IROs such as compliance with applicable regulatory and legal requirements, a periodic and systematic establishment of improvement objectives and their monitoring and measurement through KPIs, the development of products that meet customers’ needs while ensuring respect for the environment, and the adoption of the best available technologies for the efficiency of production processes and the reduction of environmental impacts. These principles include pollution prevention.