Some examples of how we put our SHEQ charter in action are:

Housekeeping award
Since 1996 SigmaKalon honours its most well kept plant with a Housekeeping award. All plants can opt for the reward and are audited by an audit committee consisting of 3 members, 1 operational manager, a SHE expert and a third person. All members are independent and therefore not working in, or related to, the audited plant.

Objectives for the contest are: to promote cleanliness and tidiness at the premises of the plants and distribution centres, which is conducive to improving the working conditions and occupational safety.

Safety trainings new and existing employees
New and existing employees receive regular safety trainings. SigmaKalon also organises crisis management trainings in different parts of its organisation.

Coup de balai
The Deco France trade network “Le comptoir Seigneurie Gauthier�? undertook a project, entitled coup de balai  or “clean sweep�?, which demonstrated the network's awareness of its environmental responsibility. Between mid-June and mid-July 2005, the French network collected old tins from its customers for recycling by specialist companies.

For each returned tin Deco France donated — 1 to ONF (The French Office of Forestry)  to replant trees. During the project — 40.000 was collected, thanks to the commercial dynamism and professionalism of the Deco France commercial teams. This project will make it possible to plant more than 8,000 trees in a forest in the South of France, which was destroyed by a fire in 2004

Open days
SigmaKalon regularly opens its facilities to employees and their families and neighbours. The response to these open days are always very positive.

Community Advisory Panels
Community Advisory Panels are organised when it makes sense and where there is a need for those in the vicinity of our plants to have a more systematic discussion

Reports
SigmaKalon publishes quarterly environmental reports and monthly accident and incident reports for the internal control and monitoring of the HSE performance in all parts of the company.

Company representatives in CEPE
Several SigmaKalon senior managers play an active role in CEPE, the European industry association.