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An efficient and responsible Group A Group that is committed to the professional growth of its employees

Local residents’ health is the third aspect of this policy. The sites take measures to reduce environmental impact that could have consequences on the residential areas nearby: noise and emissions and discharge into the air, water, soil and sub-soil. Within the scope of the Health policy, Saint-Gobain is strengthening its system of monitoring for occupational illnesses by listing the number and causes of illnesses to adapt its prevention measures to the local contexts.

Each General Delegation draws up and applies action plans for the implementation of the Health policy following consultation with the Sectors and Activities. In recent years, Saint-Gobain has also undertaken various actions in France with its social partners to act on preventing psychosocial risks and improving quality of work life. The Group’s framework agreement relating to the prevention of stress is the cornerstone of the action taken by the different companies: the Management Committees and the members of the CHSCT are trained in the prevention of these risks and a diagnosis has been undertaken by the different activities.

Standards and guides, a guarantee of the correct application of the Health policy on all the Group’s b) sites To guarantee the same level of protection to all Saint-Gobain employees throughout the world, the Group has also drawn up compulsory standards and recommendations on health and industrial hygiene. Health Standards Noise risks (NOS =ɸNOise Standard) „ Chemical risks (TAS =ɸToxic Agent Standard) „ Mobile phones and smartphones „ ɸ Health Recommendations Ergonomic risks: „ Posture Lifting Movement guideline (PLM) „

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Crystalline silica „ Construction, renovation and maintenance of smelting furnaces „ Handling of nanomaterials in the Research and Development Centers „ Use of fibrous materials „

Chemical risks: „ 4ɸguides on application

Health Tools Ergonomic risks: „ Chemical risks: „

PLM „

SAFHEAR (2ɸmodules: Inventory of Products/Substances and Evaluation of the Chemical Risks) „ SBASE Substances database „

These standards and recommendations aim to describe the methodologies of industrial hygiene and assessment of health risks; they also indicate the paths for the prevention and control of risks; the recommendations also indicate areas for risk prevention and control. The Sectors and General Delegations define them according to their specific characteristics and local requirements. They are supplemented by specific standards for certain activities and operating kits. In 2017, the noise risk standard (NOS) was revised. Training to strengthen the assessment of noise risks and the introduction of improvement actions will be rolled out in 2018. Similarly, recommendations concerning the organization of first aid and equipping entities with external automatic defibrillators have been communicated. A structured, cross-functional approach c) for the management of chemical risks For many years, Saint-Gobain has been committed to reducing and controlling the risks associated with chemicals (hazardous substances and products, and dust). Three complementary tools have been developed to support the sites in managing chemical risks: the internal toxic agents standard (TAS) and the analysis „ of risks, compel the sites to follow an authorization procedure for the use of any new chemical;

the SBASE database provides a list of chemical substances „ and their classifications. This database is updated on an ongoing basis in response to changes in the classification of the different regulatory frameworks such as REACH in Europe or TSCA in the United States. SBASE is managed by the EHS department; the SAFHEAR management tool allows each site to „ perform its own inventory of the chemical substances and products used but also potentially generated during industrial production processes. The sites can also perform the evaluation of their chemical risks following the TAS standard using a second module in the tool. In 2017, the inventory of the products and substances used by Group entities continued. Following training, more than 840 sites (94% of the sites concerned) continued to update their inventory of chemical products. At the same time, the toxic risk analysis module was rolled out: 3% of the sites affected started to perform risk analyses and to input the results into the dedicated module. In connection with the internal TAS, Saint-Gobain is actively involved in the implementation of the REACH regulation in order to ensure the regulatory compliance of the Group’s practices. All the Group’s businesses are concerned, whether as manufacturer, importer, user or distributor.

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