Saint Gobain - Registration document 2016

4 AN EFFICIENT AND RESPONSIBLE GROUP 2. Operational excellence policies

scope concerned are ISO 50001 certified, compared to 77 a year earlier. and is introducing an energy management system based on ISO 50001 certification. At the end of 2016, 85 sites of the Saint-Gobain favors the conduct of energy audits on its sites The application on all the Group’s industrial sites of a management system designed to improve business performance by eliminating losses, known as World Class Manufacturing (WCM) (see chapter 4, section 2.3), is another progress lever. CO 2 footprint”, was created to coordinate and increase research and development efforts dedicated to improving the manufacturing processes, with a view to reducing In 2016, a cross-functional R&D program, “Improvement in our At the beginning of 2016, an internal carbon price was introduced to speed up the Group’s transition to low-carbon technologies. This makes it possible to evaluate the real or greenhouse gas emissions. prioritize actions to reduce CO 2 emissions. potential impact of a regulatory carbon price on the Group’s activities, to identify opportunities for growth in low-carbon sectors, to redirect industrial and R&D investments and to The results of the Lifecycle Analyses also make it possible to demonstrate that the benefits provided by the Group’s solutions, particularly in terms of energy consumption, often far exceed the impact associated with their production (see chapter 2, section 2.2.2). emissions in 2010-2025 period is set at 20%. Between 2010 and 2016, the Group recorded a The goal for reducing CO 2 scope 3 Evaluate the value chain emissions including b) categories forming scope 3 of the Group’s industrial activities: In 2016, Saint-Gobain have continued to evaluate the CO 2 emissions of the entire value chain of its Activities. This initial stage made it possible, in particular, to identify the main purchases of raw materials; ‹ transport; ‹ energy excluding scopes 1 and 2; ‹ use of products sold. ‹ 7.4% reduction in CO 2 achieving the objective. emissions, i.e. progress of 37% toward

lower than that of the categories identified above, i.e. less than 5% of the total emissions (scopes 1, 2 and 3). The impact of business travel and home-to-work travel is the Group’s purchases. The first evaluations of the scope 3 have estimated Soda ash and cement are the 2 main sources of scope 3 emissions of With regard to the use of products sold, the approach adopted by Saint-Gobain involves two points of view: emissions; products sold were evaluated, for example, for automobile windows in 2016 and Saint-Gobain Sekurit is constantly progressing in its measures to lighten windows in order to impact: the scope 3 emissions resulting from the use of ‹ benefits: the innovating solutions developed by the Group ‹ to improve the energy efficiency of the buildings make it possible both to reduce the negative impact of reduce vehicle CO 2 with EY, that made it possible to estimate the greenhouse gas emissions avoided thanks to the insulation sold by the Group (see chapter 2, section 2.2.3). construction on the climate and to reduce the users’ energy bill. In order to highlight this contribution, in 2015 Saint-Gobain developed a methodology, in partnership evaluation while estimating the reliability of the methodology and the data for each category. In the next stage, the Group will extend the scope 3 Manage the risks connected with climate c) change The Group has identified its main risks connected with climate change in order to be able to manage them. footprint and to reduce their impact. production risks and penalize local populations, are incorporated into the Water policy. Saint-Gobain forms part of the Alliance of Businesses for Water and Climate Change. This Alliance encourages signatories to measure their water The modification to the water systems and, in particular, the development of water stress areas, which give rise to The Group deals with increased risks of loss due to climate change (flooding, rainfall or storm) within the scope of its industrial and distribution risks prevention policy. This takes supplies. The degree of exposure and vulnerability of the sites to natural events is updated regularly together with the action plan with a view to improving their level of prevention and protection. into account the increase in extreme climate events, which specifically lead both to damage that may be caused to the facilities or stock and to interruptions in production or Energy and Climate Managers coordinate this measure within their Activities. Saint-Gobain has undertaken an active measure to control its atmospheric emissions other than greenhouse gases. The When the primary measures are not sufficiently effective, dust emissions are controlled by investments in electrostatic precipitators or bag filters, depending on the type of industrial facility. This equipment also makes it possible to filter the heavy metals resulting from impurities contained in certain raw materials. Limit other atmospheric emissions d)

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