The Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Manager responds to key questions
The environmental protection has always been at the center of Snam Rete Gas’ attention. Why?
The stakeholders are paying growing attention to our activities. Permit procedures require a greater involvement of the public in the decision-making processes on the subject of the environment, considering that the rules for environmental protection are becoming ever more stringent. Just think of the beginning of 2013, when greater emission reductions will be required to reach the objectives of the third implementation period of the Kyoto Protocol. Snam Rete Gas also pursues energy management activity aimed at optimising and rationalising the consumption of energy. These are all issues that will continue to engage us more and more.
How will Company’s changes affect environmental issues?
The HSE [Health, Safety, and Environment] function has always had the objective of creating a close connexion between internal and external requirements: legislation and stakeholder requirements on one hand and the company’s business needs of on the other. This will be more and more complex and varied with the creation of the new group, but it will also be a way to create greater synergy knowledge exchange between the various entities. Unlike Snam Rete Gas, Stogit has always been subject to the regulations for mining permits, which require complex management of environmental aspects. With a greater Group there is also the increasing in the number of sites subject to the Emissions Trading Directive and to the IPPC Directive. This will allow us greater synergy in managing similar issues and improve the coordination of activities.
