Manuel Sánchez, Environmental Manager:
- The most important recent actions include:
- the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control licence (IPPC),
- the implementation of the project to cut emissions in the Bouclier (incineration of VOCs),
- installation of water meters by sector (GTC connection),
- development of "Waste Reduction" initiatives,
- development of "Energy Saving" initiatives (these efforts helped the plant to monitor, in particular, their energy consumptions during non-production times, putting them as the leading body assembly plants, out of the Renault plants, on this indicator over the last three years),
- installation of solar panels,
- improvement of the storage areas for chemicals,
- development of initiatives to prevent Legionnaire’s Disease,
- commitment by contractors to abide by the site’s environmental policy,
- implementation of the plan to prevent emergency situations,
- soil study to prevent pollution,
- inclusion of environmental factors in the Renault Production System and new projects,
- tracking and update of the management of chemicals used in the factory and by contractors, driven by the Chemicals Technician,
- covering of the panel forming lines in order to reduce noise levels,
- implementation of an environmental communications plan throughout the factory in order to increase the importance of the environment in every sector,
- update of the Environmental Declaration,
- creation of the "Self-Appraisal of Environmental Risks" of the factory,
- actions to cut pollutant discharges,
- 2,727 hours of training in the environment in 2009,
- significant increase in waste recycling, resulting in reduced quantity of waste to landfill.