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Tarmac SHE Report 2002 R safetyhealthenvironment social report2002 Chief Executive Officer's Report his is the third Safety, Health and Environment An improved safety performance has also been (SHE) report following the acquisition of Tarmac by reflected in an improved financial performance confirming TAnglo American plc in 2000 and the first to the adage that "good safety is good business". incorporate social information. This is our next step Our health targets are, by the nature of occupational ill towards reporting our sustainable development health and disease, long term. The baseline of performance whilst acknowledging we still have some way occupational health will be complete in 2003. Our strategy to go before we can truly claim to be producing a continues to be to eliminate exposure to occupational "Sustainability Report" or "Report to Society" in terms of health hazards or where this cannot be achieved to control our economic, social and environmental activity. exposure to a level where ill health will not occur. We are Sustainable development is a concept that means embarking on studies to understand the long-term effects different things to different people with over 700 of Whole Body Vibration, as there is no clear cause-effect definitions at the last count. The Brundtland definition was relationship for exposure to WBV. probably the first widely known and is still the easiest to Protecting the environment is a central theme of understand: sustainable development. Our main thrust to date has "Development that meets the needs of the present been to have robust Environmental Management Systems generation without compromising the ability of future to the ISO 14001 standard in place at all operations before generations to meet their own needs". 2004. This is progressing well in the UK, Middle East and In simple terms, we see sustainable development as China with over 200 sites now certificated. Tarmac being a good employer, a good supplier, a good We are now in a position to set quantifiable targets for customer, and above all, a good neighbour. reductions in energy consumption (and thereby CO2 Our activities can have a profound effect on the emissions), potable water usage and waste. Tarmac has environment, the community and the economies of the signed up to the UK government's 'Make A Corporate countries in which we operate. We strive for world-class Commitment - 2', (MACC2) initiative for business. standards and satisfy the needs of all our stakeholders. We have made an investment of more than £100 2002 has seen some significant milestones on our million in a new cement plant at Buxton (see pages 17 & journey towards sustainable development: 18), this will be on stream in 2003 and replaces the ■ Significant improvements in our safety performance. existing plant which is over 37 years old. The plant will ■ Quantifiable environmental targets for energy, water dramatically improve the energy efficiency of the cement usage and waste. making process and reduce the emissions of other gases. ■ Introduction of "Good Citizenship: Our Business Anglo American's 'Good Citizenship: Our Business Principles". Principles' was published in 2002. This builds upon the ■ Community Engagement Plans rolling out. Tarmac 'Integrity Policy' and sets out how we expect all We understand the concept of sustainable development operations to conduct business. A key element is and are integrating this into the day-to-day management community engagement, a two way dialogue with of our business. Transparency is a key to gaining trust and stakeholders. In future years, we will report in more detail respect and Tarmac is committed to reporting our SHE and on our social performance. social performance in an open and transparent manner. 2003 is Tarmac's Centenary year, a significant Our safety performance has improved significantly in achievement for any business. I sincerely hope we can 2002 with a 49% improvement in the frequency rate celebrate that event by it also being the safest year in the compared with 2001 following a 24% improvement the company’s long and proud history. OTTO, Zero Tolerance prior year. Regrettably there was a fatality in 2002 and a Target Zero has been fundamental to our improvements in further one in January 2003. Both were preventable. This is safety we must now extend this approach to embrace the third fatality since the acquisition of Tarmac in 2000. health and the environment as well. My personal message to everyone who works on a Tarmac I hope that this report demonstrates to you that we are controlled site is that: committed to improving our safety, health, environment and social performance. "No job is so important that it cannot be done safely". This tragic loss of life has served to redouble my resolve and all our efforts to achieve Target Zero for lost time injuries by 2005. I believe that after three years, a true safety culture is starting to emerge. One in which people Robbie Robertson understand that the 'safe way is the only way' for Tarmac. Chief Executive Officer In 2002, we revised our safety strategy to focus upon Tarmac Group behaviour, introduced Safety Task Auditing and Golden Rules (see pages 6 & 8). These will be key to achieving our objective. The challenge of Target Zero has prompted effort and innovation on a scale previously unprecedented. ARMAC REPORT 2002 ARMAC REPORT T Content and Scope safetyhealthenvironment social report2002 THIS IS THE EIGHTH REPORT ON TARMAC'S ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE AND THE FIRST TO COVER SOCIAL ISSUES. IT REPRESENTS THE PROGRESS, ACHIEVEMENTS AND SETBACKS THROUGH 2002. THIS REPORT COVERS ALL OF THE WHOLLY OWNED TARMAC OPERATIONS WORLDWIDE. Tarmac overview 1 Safety and Health Policy Statement 3 Introduction and Performance 4 safetyhealthenvironment social Initiatives 6 Successes, Setbacks and Targets 10 safetyhealthenvironment social Initiatives 11 Environmental Policy Statement 13 Energy and Emissions 14 Cement Plant at Tunstead 17 Environmental Management Systems 19 Waste, Recycling and Resource Use 21 safetyhealthenvironment social Water 23 Biodiversity 25 Sustainability 26 Archaeology 27 Successes, Setbacks and Targets 29 Stakeholders and the Community 31 safetyhealthenvironment social Community Engagement 33 Business Principles 34 Tarmac Group Contacts 35 Glossary and Definitions 36 Front cover image: Restored area of Nosterfield Quarry, Tarmac Northern 1 TARMAC IS A LEADER IN THE PRODUCTION OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN THE UK, CONTINENTAL EUROPE, THE MIDDLE EAST AND FAR EAST. THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS OPERATIONS PRINCIPALLY INVOLVE THE PRODUCTION OF CRUSHED ROCK, SAND Tarmac Group Europe, AND GRAVEL, ASPHALT, READY-MIXED CONCRETE AND MORTAR, Tarmac France (France and Belgium) CONCRETE PRODUCTS, LIME AND CEMENT. Tarmac France consists of two main businesses, Tarmac Matériaux de Construction (TMC) which manufactures concrete products, and Tarmac Granulats, a producer of aggregates. The product portfolio of TMC includes blocks, block paving, kerbs, pipes, and specialised pre-cast concrete products such as fencing and chambers, serving both the construction industry and the public works sectors. Principle clients are the national and regional chains of builder’s merchants who go on to sell to contractors, individuals and public works companies. Businesses are situated in the north of France, the Paris basin, Lyons, Rhône-Alps, Bordeaux and south Belgium. Tarmac Granulats is a quarrying business based in the Beaujolais and Centre regions of France, producing a variety of crushed aggregates. Sand and gravel as well as limestone-derived aggregates feed into the Tarmac Group / Tarmac UK local public works and road building markets as well as the construction industry for use in Tarmac Group Tarmac UK the manufacture of concrete and concrete products. The main application of hardstones The Tarmac Group's materials can be With a national coverage of over 500 is in road surfacing. found in almost every part of our daily life. production units Tarmac Ltd operates on a Tarmac products are used in developing road geographical structure with four regional Tarmac Central Europe (Germany, Poland and rail infrastructure, hospitals, houses and businesses focussed on serving local markets. and Czech Republic) schools and products as diverse as our ■ Tarmac Northern ■ Tarmac Central In Germany, Tarmac has four aggregate toothpastes and bread. Tarmac aims to ■ Tarmac Western ■ Tarmac Southern businesses serving construction companies conduct its activities in a sensitive manner, and concrete and asphalt producers primarily Together these four businesses combine with helping to ensure a sustainable resource base in Berlin, Stuttgart, north east Germany and Tarmac Concrete Products and Tarmac for our future generations. Leipzig. Recycling to form the largest aggregates With operations throughout the UK, Tarmac's Polish operations cover business in the United Kingdom. Central Europe, the Middle and Far East, aggregates, concrete paving, asphalt and Tarmac National Contracting operates as a Tarmac serves the varied need of its ready-mixed concrete. The aggregates self-standing national business. customers with an emphasis on quality of businesses serve customers primarily in service and product. Tarmac Concrete Products Wroclaw, Lodz, Warsaw and Poznan as well Key customer groups for Tarmac include Tarmac Concrete Products is a leading as construction sites throughout southern civil and building industry contractors, concrete product company consisting of four Poland. Tarmac is the market leader in the
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