Sustainable development

Sigma Industries, concerned with the quality of life of its’ employees, members, customers and public, commits to continually improvement its’ manner of doing things, to decrease its’ environmental impacts of its’ activities, products and services and this for all of its’ companies.

To do so, it commits to the following :

1. LAW-ABIDING COMPANY :

Sigma Industries must respect the environmental laws and regulations and other requirements when applicable.

2. POLLUTION PREVENTION :

Sigma Industries commits to invest to prevent all pollution coming from its’ activities.

3. EMERGENCY PLAN :

Sigma Industries has established and updates its’ emergency plans to adequately react to environmental situations and gives its’ employees the necessary training to apply the specified plan.

4. ACQUISITIONS AND INVESTMENTS :

Sigma Industries has included in its’ investment and acquisition policy, an environmental evaluation of the businesses, activities and assets it intends to acquire or begin.

5. PERSONNEL TRAINING :

Sigma Industries broadcasts to its’ employees and administrators its’ environmental policies, goals and projects. Sigma Industries establishes employee and administrator environmental trainings programs and environmental risk prevention belonging to its’ enterprises and activities.

6. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY BROADCASTING :

Sigma Industries encourages its’ members, partners, associates and affiliated enterprises to adhere to its’ environmental policy.

7. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY APPLICATION :

It obliges the Sigma Industries management members to assure the application of the environmental policy and to produce a report of environmental activities to the board of directors as often as requested, but at least once a year.

The environmental activity report addressed to the Sigma Industries board of directors by its’ financial vice-president must at least deal with the following subjects :

• The derogation of environmental laws and regulations, the environmental incidents including the overflow and throwing out, violating the applicable environmental laws and regulations.
• The expected initiatives from Sigma Industries, the governments or other organizations which may strongly affect Sigma Industries and its’ activities.
• The follow-up results of the start up and continuous improvements of the environmental management system.
• The follow-up of the environmental performance concerning the established goals.
• The action plans and adopted corrective actions to avoid the repetition of environmental irregularities and incidents.

8. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY APPLICATION CONTROL :

The Sigma Industries board of directors mandates the verification committee of the board to periodically check the application of the environmental policy.