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  • Health, Safety and the Environment (HSE) lie at the very heart of the Bureau Veritas Group's culture and activities. Our global mission is to develop innovative, efficient and flexible solutions for our customers.


    The means and tools that we offer enable our customers to make continuous improvements in their sectors, while the HSE programs we provide have played a major role in spreading sustainable development worldwide.


    Beyond the immediate effects of our products and services, BV is striving to improve its approach in all aspects of HSE management, covering environmental impact and relationships with customers, employees and suppliers. We are committed to continue implementing internally the best practices that we preach externally.


    Charlotte Breuil, Group HSE Manager

     
    POLICY
    Our HSE Statement

    In 2007, our CEO made our commitment official through the HSE Group Statement.


    This document is the blueprint of our HSE management system: it is displayed in all sites and presented in all the induction training courses, and all the HSE actions that are launched within the Group derive from it.

    PROGRAMS
    Our commitment is reinforced by the specific HSE programs that we have developed. To find out more about these programs' objectives and benefits, and for case studies showing how they have been implemented, click on the relevant program title below:
    Preventive drivingIonizing Radiation audits




    Energy & WasteCarbon footprint


    INDICATORS
    Quantified goals have been set up to address three safety and three environmental performance indicators (KPIs) for Bureau Veritas operations and the implementation of its HSE Management System. Biannual reporting was started in 2007 to monitor the company’s performance.
    The safety performance indicators are tracked worldwide, covering all Bureau Veritas entities.


    KPIs 2007
    		2008
    		2009
    		 2010 YTD
    		Objectives
    LTR
    		 0,89 0,86
    		0,75
    		1,7
    		0,7
    TAR
    		  2,5 2,18 1,62
    		0,74
    		 1,85
    ASR
    		0,7  0,05 0,07
    		0,07
    		 Not set


    The environmental performance indicators cover 30% of Bureau Veritas employees, based on their participation in the above mentioned Energy & Waste program.


    KPIs Unit
    		 2007
    		 2008
    		 2009Objectives
    Energy Consumption
    		 MWh/year/person 4,1
    		 3,6
    		 3,0
    		3,3
    Water Consumption
    		 Metric tons/year/person 15,2 26,2 24,7
    		24
    Paper Consumption
    		 Kg/year/person 51  67
    		 53
    		57

    DEFINITIONS

    Safety performance indicators:


    LTR = Lost Time Rate

    This is equivalent to the number of work-related lost-time accidents

    per 100 employees

    LTR
    		 Number of Lost-Time accidents x 200 000
    Total number of hours worked
    TAR = Total Accident Rate

    This is equivalent to the total number of work-related accidents

    (with and without lost time) per 100 employees

    TAR
    		 Number of Total accidents x 200 000
    Total number of hours worked
    ASR = Accident Severity Rate
    		 This is equivalent to the number of lost work days per 1000 hours worked
    ASR
    		 Number of Lost days due to work-related lost-time accidents x 1000
    Total number of hours worked

    Environmental performance indicators

    Energy Consumption
    This is the average amount of energy (in MWh) consumed per Bureau Veritas employee per year.

    Water Consumption
    This is the average amount of water (in liters) consumed per Bureau Veritas employee per year.

    Paper Consumption
    This is the average amount of paper (in kg) used per Bureau Veritas employee per year.



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