Working groups have been set up for each continuous improvement objective on the following issues:

The principle stages in the certification process are as follows:

1 - Initial site analysis
This involves drawing up an inventory of the applicable regulations and the impacts of site activities. The company has to identify which of these impacts are major and manageable, and rank them by importance.

2 - Drawing up an environmental policy
This is a written undertaking by Management to comply with regulations and continuously improve the company’s environmental performance.

3 - Drawing up an environmental action plan
This plan specifies amongst other things the precise targets to be met, the means envisaged, an implementation timetable, the human and technical means and the budgets that have been allocated.

4 - Setting up the system
This involves drafting the procedures to define environmental responsibilities and planning the required training.

5 - Site certification
BALSAN will be audited to check that its system complies with the standard’s requirements and then subsequently obtain ISO 14001 certification.

A copy of the document with details of the Management’s commitment is available on request.