On December 15th 2003 the Technical Committee of SINCERT and ICMQ, on the basis of the inspections carried out during the year, awarded the Environment and Safety Integrated System Certification to the Vernasca, Travesio and Robilante production units, including for the latter the mining activities concerned as well. The Environment and Safety Management System certification integrates that of the Environmental System, held since 1999 at Vernasca, the first cement plant in Italy to receive this important recognition.
This innovative managerial tool, based on operational methods elaborated according to the UNI EN ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series) standards, entails the development of a new culture involving all the company functions, characterized by the principle of shared responsibility and, above all, by the greater sensitization as well as attention of all the personnel to the implementation of the procedures, operational instructions and corrective measures essential in order to prevent and reduce every potential risk for the environment and for the health and safety of the workers.
This satisfying result, for our Group, certainly does not represent a final goal but only a milestone along the path taken, with consistency and perseverance, for the continuous improvement of performance. In addition to this, it demonstrates a broad and conscious perspective of the company policies on the subject of Ecology, Environment and Safety and also allows the other production units to implement the organizational methods and managerial tools (manuals, procedures, safe work regulations, etc...) with instruments elaborated internally but already validated by the procedure of the ICMQ verification.
Said objective, furthermore, reaffirms Buzzi Unicem's commitment to Sustainable Development, which is indispensable in order to combine the technical and productive needs with the regulatory requirements, and positions Robilante, Travesio and Vernasca in 1st place among the Italian and European cement plants in possession of the integrated certification.