Merano 2009 Environmental Statement English MemcES_2009

ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT 2009
INDIRECT ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
Communications
Communication is another important tool for relating to the
outside world, which MEMC employs to underline its commitment
to the environment and increase the interest of its numerous internal
and external partners in this issue, to demonstrate its serious
and constant commitment to environmental protection and - last
but not least - remind people of the rootedness of the factory and
the important social role it has always played in the local area.
In this respect, during 2009:
• A project was launched in the schools in the province for
studying alternative sources of energy, to provide an active contribution
to promulgating a culture of sustainable energy and a
sustainable environment - a field in which Alto Adige is undoubtedly
on the cutting edge in Italy.
• MEMC contributed to the creation of a book entitled “Sinigo.
Con i piedi nell’acqua. Storia di un insediamento italiano
nell’Alto Adige degli anni Venti” (“Sinigo. With feet in the water.
The story of an Italian settlement in Alto Adige in the 1920s”)
by Paolo Valente, published by Alphabeta Verlag, as part of an
historical research project of the City of Merano. The book was
sponsored by the City itself.
governments, the SASA transit company in Merano), as well as
opportunities that can be implemented directly by the company.
The work that was done and the proposals that were made are
summed up in a “Plan for Home-Job Commuting” that has been
provided over the company’s Intranet to all personnel.
• training and environmental awareness-raising continued to be
given to employees, according to plans set forth in Environmental
Training and Internal Communication programs;
• a digital copy of the validated 2008 Environmental Statement
was made available to all those involved - in printed form
and on CD-ROM - and was also published on MEMC's website
(www.memc.com).
It should be noted that in response to these projects, the Province
of Bolzano - in a letter dated February 3, 2010 from Christian
Tomasini, the Vice-President of the Province - praised MEMC for
“...its enormous commitment to the ongoing development of new
technologies and processes that pay increasing attention to the
environment, and to the company’s relations with the local area”.
• In 2009, in cooperation with the Mobility Manager of the
City of Merano, a project was begun that is intended to optimize
commuting from home to job by MEMC personnel. The goal is to
provide an active contribution to an effort to reduce traffic, which
was launched by the City and by the Province.
The project has been developed in multiple phases:
• raising the awareness of personnel regarding the theme of
mobility
• a preliminary evaluation whose purpose is to “get to know”
the company’s personnel from the standpoint of mobility, with particular
emphasis on current habits and behaviour, limitations (such
as place of origin, work schedules), needs (such as family responsibilities)
and opportunities (for example, grouping together
personnel in the local area who have similar work schedules and
take the same routes from and to the factory)
• an analysis of the means available for travelling from and
to the factory, with special importance given to public transit
• identification of opportunities for improvement that will be
proposed to local public agencies (the municipal and provincial
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