Environmental policy
The ROY company operates in an environment that it
shares with:
- local residents,
- the flora and fauna which inhabit the land, air, and
rivers near the site.
Our obligation - in so far as it is economically possible
- is to find ways to preserve this environment:
With this in mind, we are setting up a range of measures
and procedures that we will improve on from year to
year. This represents our environmental management system.
- It is specific to the ROY company and involves our
four sites at La Noubleau (blasting, quarry, factory,
workshop, asphalt station, shipping, laboratory and
offices), La Gouraudière (blasting, quarry, factory,
workshop, stabilisation plant, shipping), Niort and
Tours. It will be described in the company’s "Environmental
Quality" handbook, which will be available to all
staff. The Environmental Manager will be responsible
for making sure that the policy corresponds to the company’s
production, shipping and maintenance operations.
- We are committed to sustaining and improving the
policy by means of annual Management Reviews.
- We must operate in complete compliance with environmental
regulations, with particular regard to exploitation
regulations and the laws relating to water, air and
waste.
- We shall identify and assess all of the impacts that
the production and transportation of aggregates have
on our environment. This will enable us to identify
our priorities for action.
Our main objectives are firstly, to improve our control
over the risks of major accidental pollution and secondly,
to reduce noise pollution, the vibrations caused by
explosions, dust emissions, the discharge of pollutants
into the river Thouaret and the Pressoir stream and
the risks relating to heavy trucks. Other objectives
may be added to this list.
(Declaration made in the
ROY Quality Handbook)
