2007 Interactive Registration Document - Renault

03 ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
PERFORMANCE
Each site’s industrial management plan includes a policy aimed at cutting water
consumption and reducing the pollutant load of discharges. The plan works by
increasing the effi ciency of processes and improving the resources in place to
treat wastewater. A full 80% of Renault facilities are equipped with their own
treatment plants. Operated on a quality assurance basis, many of these employ
the latest technologies, including membrane bioreactors.
Looking beyond efforts to improve the performance of existing treatment
installations, Renault’s main aim is to reduce the impact of discharges to water
at source. It will do this by promoting clean solutions that reduce the impact
of discharges in all areas rather than simply transferring pollution from the
aqueous phase to the waste phase:
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minimize consumption and residual waste through optimized processes and
operating conditions: for example, reducing or recycling active products at
powertrain sites by centralizing equipment for machining and washing parts,
by improving water quality, and by rationally managing baths;
promote pollution treatment and recycling at source, as close to the process
as possible; The “zero liquid waste” policy implemented on an experimental
basis in 1997 at the STA site in Ruitz (France), followed by the engine plant
in Curitiba (Brazil), is being rolled out to all the powertrain sites; this process
was started in 2007 at the Dacia site (Romania) as part of the program to
start-up and manufacture the MT1 gearbox.
Accidental pollution is prevented by containment tanks, for example at Saint-
André de l’Eure (France), in the buildings where chemicals are stored.
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3.2.2.7 RENAULT ECO 2 , AN
ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR
AIMED AT THE GENERAL PUBLIC ✦
In May 2007, Renault launched the eco-label Renault eco 2 . Its role is to provide
the basis for a dialogue between Renault and the general public on the three
main stages in the life cycle of a car: production, use and recycling. A number
of quantifi able and auditable criteria have been defi ned and will gradually be
tightened up.
Production Use End of life
ISO 14001 plant