Responsible performance
Environment, Health and Safety (EH S) ensures the wellbeing of people and the environment, wherever Alstom operates. Our EH S Management Policy provides clear objectives for responsibility and performance—plus the rigorous training needed to ensure a safe working environment. We’ve already reached world-class safety levels, and our aim is to have zero accidents.
Innovating for a better environment
Alstom is also committed to take care of the environment. Alstom is a leader in emission-reducing technology for power plants, but we’re equally committed to environmental protection in our own working environment and the communities in which we operate.
This means developing innovative technologies to reduce emissions and ensuring
that we’re an environmentally responsible company. Our environmental responsibilities are closely tied to our overall Corporate Responsibility, which includes Environment,
Health and Safety (EHS), ethics and fair competition practices, community outreach projects, care for employees and sustainable sourcing.
Alstom Foundation
Created in November 2007, the Alstom Foundation is a five-year initiative which
funds and supports projects to protect the environment. The Foundation is focused on three areas:
- Providing funding for local projects proposed by Alstom employees
- Supporting global actions at the Sector and Group levels
- Providing assistance in case of disaster
The Foundation finances research, education and depollution projects. Its primary goal is to maximize environmental and social benefits by responding to local needs. It focuses
mainly on local activities, which are proposed and followed up by Alstom employees worldwide.
Focusing on Sustainable Development
As part of its Corporate Responsibility policy, Alstom is committed to implementing a sustainable sourcing policy in line with internationally recognized principles of human rights, safety and the environment. We seek to embed this principle into our sourcing processes across the business in order to ensure that our entire supply chain actively supports our commitment to all aspects of Sustainable Development.
Alstom’s sourcing community issued a Charter for Sustainable Development in 2007. This community has been inviting our leading suppliers to ‘sign-up’ to the Charter and conducting surveys to ensure that they live up to the minimum standard that we have established.