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CHAPTER 4 Responsible management
One of the cornerstones of our Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Policy is environmental protection which at Cepsa is based on managing climate change, reducing the impact of our activities on the environment, a more circular eco- nomy and raising awareness. To this end, we analyse, measure and reduce the footprint of our activities; we put more sustainable products and services on the market; we encourage the use of re- sources of renewable origin; we maximise energy effi ciency, optimising water ma- nagement and minimising the waste we generate, all thanks to the environmental management systems we have in place.
Our Environmental Management Sys- tem (EMS), certifi ed under the ISO 14001 standard1, is based on both compliance with legal requirements and the collec- tion of environmental information, and allows us to ensure compliance with our internal environmental policies and applicable legislation. Also, thanks to our EMS, we show our stakeholders in a transparent way the effort we make to reduce the impact of our activities.
Our chemical and refi ning facilities in Spain are certifi ed under the EU Eco-Ma- nagement and Audit Scheme (EMAS), and we have achieved Environmental Pro- duct Declaration (EPD) certifi cation for 12 of our paraffi n wax products and for the LAB and LABSA products (raw material for manufacturing detergents) produced
at the Puente Mayorga (Spain) and Bé- cancour (Canada) chemical plants, which is a global programme that provides in- formation on the environmental impact of products throughout their life cycle. In addition, we have an environmental risk map thanks to which we are able to con- trol the risks detected at each of our fa- cilities, in order to be able to mitigate and monitor them continuously.
The main environmental impacts gene- rated by our activities affect the atmosphere, the aquatic environment, soil, groundwater, noise levels and biodiversity.
To mitigate them, we have a techni- cal team in each of our businesses that continuously manages these impacts and ensures not only compliance with legal requirements, but also the conti- nuous improvement of our environmental performance, implementing preventive measures, constantly minimising and controlling these impacts, and applying the Precautionary Principle. Also, at cor- porate level there is another team that specialises in each of the impacts, pro- viding support to the various business units. These impacts are identifi ed and monitored from the design phase of our projects and cover their entire life cycle until the end of their useful life, applying at this point the established procedures for closure and restoration of the areas in which we carry out our activities.
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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
1 Scope of 14001:2015 certifi cate: Consolidated certifi cate (adding in 2019 the facilities of Cepsa Bioenergy San Roque); Cepsa Chimie Becancour, INC., Cepsa Colombia, S.A. and DETEN Química, S.A.
HSSEQ Policy
Cepsa's position on the environment
