HALCOR SA

Educating and raising employees’ awareness on environmental management and health and safety in workplace issues.

All employees and associates (contractors’ employees who work in the company’s premises).

One month per year. However, the company runs relevant training courses throughout the year.

The effective protection of the environment is an outcome of the employees’ collective effort and culture. Therefore, ELVAL cares for its employees’ education and awareness by organizing relevant training seminars. Major emphasis is put on the employees’ awareness. As a result, the company has implemented the Month of Health, Safety and Environment since 2010 (in 2009 the Month of Health and Safety begun and in 2010 environmental issues were incorporated). Every year the Company has run this scheme, confirming that environmental management is a top priority and unwavering principle for ELVAL.

During this month, there is an intensive, training programme with information aiming at changing the culture, raising the awareness of personnel on environmental management issues and on Occupational Health and Safety issues. During the month the Company runs a long training course to ensure awareness on the proper use of safety measures, preventive measures on occupational risk and accidents as well as environmental impact prevention. Additionally, presentations focusing on the personnel’s awareness on recycling, wise management of natural resources and safe work are implemented by the company’s executive members and experts on these sectors, as well. Printed material is also distributed to all company staff and associates about Occupational Health & Safety and Environment and away from the workplace. The subjects discussed in the training courses each year are selected depending on the requirements that need to be fulfilled. Furthermore, it is noteworthy that the company tries to continuously inform and make the employees aware of environmental issues by running regular trainings on environmental management in relation to its business throughout the year (e.g. safe environmental management of raw material and waste).

The company does not cooperate with other associations for this program’s implementation.

Employees from all the company’s departments participate in this program.

Oinofita, Viotia, ELVAL facilities

Since 2010, during the Month of Health, Safety and Environment, 1,310 training hours on environmental issues have been implemented and 534 people have been trained.

The company achieves continuous improvements in the environmental management area and health and safety area by effectively implementing Management Systems and also thanks to the contribution and involvement of all employees who act with responsibility in relation to these matters. Therefore, the company places major emphasis on employees and associates’ training and awareness by implementing the Month of Health, Safety and Environment.

The benefits resulting from this action are of major importance to ELVAL, since:

• It achieves to inform, educate and raise employees’ awareness.
• It improves the company’s effectiveness on the environmental management and occupational health and safety.
• The company shows its commitment to proper environmental management and ensuring occupational health and safety.