2007 Reference document (PDF) - Valeo

Valeo addresses these challenges through specific undertakings of
internal and external scope.
In 2003, the Valeo Group joined the UN Global Compact, under
which it committed to:
■ design and make innovative products enabling it to reduce
the environmental impact of vehicles throughout their entire life
cycle and improve passenger safety;
■ protect the environment during production at Valeo Group
sites.
Internal undertakings are expressed in an Environment Charter
and through an integrated risk management system
covering the environment, health and safety at work, safety for
personnel and property, and security of information, buildings and
equipment.
All Group directives in these fields are set out in the Valeo Risk
Management Manual, which applies the same demanding
requirements to all Group sites, irrespective of local constraints.
This approach, first introduced almost 20 years ago, rooted in a
constant quest to enhance the Group’s processes, backed by regular
assessments by external consultants to track performance.
1.2. Health Safety Security Environment
organization
The Group’s Risk Insurance Environment Department has set up
a dedicated organization involving all Group departments, and is
assisted by Coordinators assigned within each Product Family.
Management Report
Environmental management and performance
The coordinators provide technical support to Health Safety Security
Environment (HSSE) managers at each site and report their findings
to the Risk Management Committee, the central oversight body
within the Risk Insurance Environment Department.
The HSSE managers at each site ensure that procedures are correctly
applied, lend their expertise and perform internal audits to verify
compliance with applicable regulations and Valeo standards.
The Risk Insurance Environment Department liaises closely with the
Research & Development Department, whose mission is to design
and develop products and processes that combine technological
innovation with environmental responsibility.
Quarterly performance monitoring
In 2006, the Group decided to report environmental indicators on
a quarterly basis rather than annually as was previously the case,
in order to use them as a tool for managing the environmental
performance of the Group’s sites.
Results by site and by Product Family are submitted on a yearly basis
to General Management and Product Family management to identify
best practices and determine improvement plans. Consolidated
performance data is detailed in section 2. “Environmental
Performance”.
1.3. Life cycle environmental management
Valeo’s environmental approach covers the whole product lifecycle,
up to and including disposal.
Product innovation: priority on CO 2
reduction and lightweight design
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To minimize the generation of pollutants throughout the product
lifecycle, environmental considerations must be factored in from the
initial design phase. For many years now, Valeo has been factoring
in criteria on energy consumption, weight, choice of materials
(recycled, recyclable) and substances to be discontinued, when
assessing projects.
In 2007, Valeo took another step forward by having a cross-functional
eco-design committee draw up a formal directive on eco-design
standards. Upon final validation, these standards will apply to all
R&D projects throughout their development process, requiring
the designer to allow for all environmental impacts at all lifecycle
phases (type, numbers and quantities of raw materials, production,
packaging, transport, distribution, usage, servicing, dismantling,
recycling, reuse, utilization, disposal).
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