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Limpo Shopping Centre recognises that its activity has impacts on the environment, and that it has the responsibility of being pro active in dealing with the resulting challenges. Processes involved in the construction of a shopping centre were analysed and also the best ways of improving them. From this analysis, procedures were proposed to put into practice measures to minimize, mitigate and prevent negative impacts that had been identified. The architectural team, which followed up on the store construction works, was given responsibility for the environmental training and guidance of store tenants. The engineer responsible for the manufacture and purchase of materials carried out an environmental evaluation of suppliers and service providers. And all those involved had been informed of the Sonae Group environmental policy and of the need to ensure that the services they provided were optimized. The greatest challenge found in the course of the project was to get across to staff the importance of the environment. Despite low educational levels of employees in the construction sector, each employee was aware of his/her contribution to the system. Security employees at the entrance to the construction site are the first to explain the company’s environmental policy to visitors by giving them a brochure. Stonemasons know the measures that they should take to avoid wastage of material and water on site. Heavy equipment operators are responsible for preventing soil and water contamination caused by spillages of fuel and lubricating oils. Chemical product operators are careful when handling these products having studied information given in safety leaflets. Objectives, goals and achievements resulting from the Environmental Policy of the Campo Limpo Shopping Centre in Brazil Objective Goal Results · Optimise use of natural resources · Minimise use of water · Minimise use of wood by 5% (to November 2006) . 525,575 litres saved (through reuse of water in foundation activities, use of water table and rain water to control dust in the atmosphere) . The wood reutilisation rate was 48.5 % · Minimise environmental impacts (pollution prevention) through appropriate waste management . Recycle 20% of waste generated . The recycling rate achieved in the period was 39.2 % · Minimise noise levels . Minimise atmospheric emissions (dust) . Restrict working hours next to the most vulnerable neighbours to minimise the inconvenience. . Control atmospheric dust levels in relevant activities . Reduction of two hours in noisy activities next to a residential building, work stopping at 20.00 instead of 22.00 hours. Start and finishing times are monitored daily. . All dust generating activities are controlled by humidifying the places involved. Each week, photographs are taken to record the procedure. 42 Sonae SGPS, S.A. Sustainability Report 06
Composting Organic Waste GaiaShopping Initial investment in equipment: not available Fixed Cost of Organic Treatment (equipment and transportation): 370€/month 2006 Average Organic Waste production / month: 192 €/month Expected Cost Savings/ Year: 2,137 € Arrábida Shopping Initial investment in equipment: 500 € Fixed Cost of Organic Treatment (equipment and transportation): 370€/month 2006 Average Organic Waste production / month: 714 €/month Expected Cost Savings/ Year: 4,100 € COMPOSTING ORGANIC WASTE Following the success of NorteShopping’s segregation of waste organic matter, Sonae Sierra decided to extend this project to other centres in Portugal, namely Arrábida Shopping, MaiaShopping and CascaiShopping in the last quarter of 2005. In January 2006, the facilities were installed at GaiaShopping. Each project starts with an analysis of the types of waste being produced, which lend themselves to composting. Then, special containers are distributed to tenants, who segregate organic waste before delivering it to the composting station. With this initiative, Sonae Sierra has recovered about 620 tonnes of organic matter in Portugal, equal to 6% of total waste produced in 2005, at the four centres where this separation process is in place. In 2006 we recovered 1247 tonnes of organic matter, representing 11% of total waste produced in 2006 in 8 centres. MaiaShopping Initial investment in equipment: 784 € Fixed cost of Organic Treatment (equipment and transportation): 0€/month 2006 Average Organic Waste production/ month: 210 €/month Expected Cost Savings/ Year: 2,500 € NorteShopping Initial investment in equipment: 200 € Fixed cost of Organic Treatment (equipment and transportation): 366 €/month 2006 Average Organic Waste production/month: 1,466 €/month Expected Cost Savings/ Year: 13,200 € Sustainability Report 06 Sonae SGPS, S.A. 43
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