Protecting the natural environment and safety are keystone concerns for Saint Louis Sucre. The policies implemented clearly illustrate its commitment in this field.
Managing quality
Managing quality follows the standards laid down by ISO 9001, and AFAQ (the French Association for Quality Assurance) has accredited all production sites. In order to meet customer expectations, Saint Louis Sucre constantly strives to optimize its quality organization, with a dedicated central quality departement and one industrial engineer for each site. The quality procedure implemented ensures traceability for each product sold. The system is tested on a regular basis via simulated product recall, which enables operational efficiency to be enhanced.
Protecting the environment
Protecting the environment has always been a key concern for Saint Louis Sucre and its resolute policy in this area has been matched by committed capital expenditure. In its way forward, Saint Louis Sucre draws upon the synergies created within the Südzucker Group. Saint Louis Sucre is particularly vigilant when it comes to protecting water resources and its dual aim is to avoid taking water from the natural environment and to minimize discharge through treatment processes. Saint Louis Sucre is also committed to preserving the quality of the air by reducing odors and greenhouse gas emissions.
Saint Louis Sucre’s Agricultural Protocol and its participation in the interprofessional agreement for reducing tare dirt from sugar beet enables it to develop a global environmental policy which covers the whole range of its activities.
Safety of employees
Ensuring the safety of its employees involves a high degree of awareness and a proactive prevention policy. Each plant is carrying out actions to achieve a zero accident target. As proof of its success in this field, the occupational accident frequency rate for Saint Louis Sucre is the lowest in the sugar profession. |