Environmental Report 2000 - EnBW

EnBW: Corporate Profile
Eco-Audits for our Power
Stations
We are successively submitting all
our power generating stations to an
ecological audit. This is a process
initiated in October 1999 with the
Rheinhafen steam power station in
Karlsruhe. A certified environmental
statement was granted on 24th May
2000. Badenwerk Gas GmbH received
its certification in 1999. Ecoaudits
were carried out on the Badenwerk
regional services companies
between 1996-1998. In 1999 we took
the first steps in implementing an
environmental management system
in conformity with the rigorous international
environmental protection
standard ISO 14001 for the nuclear
power plant at Philippsburg (KKP) and
the other nuclear power plants in
Baden Württemberg in which we
have a holding.
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Site Validation Remarks
EnBW Kraftwerke AG
Nuclear power plant, 2001 On-going start-up phase of ISO 14001
Philippsburg environmental protection system
Rheinhafen May 2000 Eco-audit began October 1999.
steam power plant Certification awarded 24. May 2000.
Heilbronn 2002 Environmental management system in
thermal power plant place since 1996; eco-audit began in 2000.
Hydroelectric 2002 Eco-audits planned for the various sites
power plants
Badenwerk Gas GmbH
Central services Dec. 1998 Registered at the IHK* Karlsruhe,
Recertification Jan. 2002
**GSP Eppingen Dec. 1998 Registered at the IHK Heilbronn,
Recertification Jan. 2002
GSP Ettlingen Dec. 1998 Registered at the IHK Karlsruhe,
Recertification Jan. 2002
GSP Forst Dec. 1998 Registered at the IHK Karlsruhe,
Recertification Jan. 2002
GSP Söllingen Dec. 1998 Registered at the IHK Karlsruhe,
Recertification Jan. 2002
EnBW Regional AG
***RS Hochrhein April 1998 Registered at the IHK Hochrhein-Bodensee
RS Bodensee April 1998 Registered at the IHK Hochrhein-Bodensee
RS Kraichgau July 1998 Registered at the IHK Rhein-Neckar
RS Murgtal June 1998 Registered at the IHK Karlsruhe
Telecommunications
Tesion July 1999 Certified by DCS according to DIN ISO 14001
* IHK = Chamber of Commerce and Industry **GSP = gas centre; ***RS = regional services company
Information for Company
Employees
A helping hand through the maze
of environmental directives and
regulations
One of the key functions of our Central
Office for the Environment is to help
to clear a way for employees in all our
companies through the complex mass
of approx. 8,000 environmental directives
relating to areas such as waste
disposal, water protection, immission
control, soil conservation, dangerous
goods and harmful substances.
The experts in our Central Office for
the Environment see to it not only that
we get the documents we need for
our daily business but that we get
them “translated” into a form we can
understand! They also ensure that all
government laws and directives can
be downloaded via computer.
Overview of directives at the click
of a mouse
Our environmental experts also load all
relevant data and information onto the
EnBW intranet, enabling each employee
to access them at his or her workplace.
All environmental information is
regularly updated.
Teaching environmental know-how
Our comprehensive need-oriented
training and qualification programme
gives our employees the chance to
acquire the skills they need. We established
the EnBW Academy in 2000 for
this purpose. In collaboration with our
Central Officer for the Environment
and with independent experts it also
offers training seminars on a number
of environment-related topics such as
waste disposal, dangerous goods,
water protection, electromagnetic
fields and general ecological issues.
Last year over 2,000 of our employees
took part in environmental training
courses whilst our staff of more than
50 environmental protection representatives
and environmental officers
attended three seminars to get them
up to speed on the latest regulations
and directives.
For both our own and non-company
staff in our Philippsburg nuclear power
plant we organised over 6000 periods
of instruction in radiation protection.
Furthermore, we organised individual
advisory sessions for each of our employees
involved in local plant inspection.
And finally the Info Centres in our
power stations welcomed more than
70,000 visitors, informing them of plant
operations and the related measures
we have taken for environmental protection.
Environmental ideas in the
suggestion system
We are currently involved in introducing
“Idea Management in EnBW” into
our energy utilities. This is designed as
an improvement on the previous employee
suggestion system and we expect
that it will stimulate ideas in the
environmental protection sector as
well. Last year, for instance, we awarded
prizes to three proposals that led to
lower energy consumption.
Our employees are also kept abreast
of environmental issues through regular
articles in the company magazine
“EnBW Intern” and over the in-company
intranet. Trainees undergo an
obligatory period of several days work
in the Central Office for the Environment
in order that they learn more
about environmental concerns and the
central role they play in the life of the
company.
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