Under the leadership of the company’s CEO, Michel Mateu, HEXIS has integrated a large number of the values of sustainable development into the running of the company, particularly in the social field.
In parallel, HEXIS has made major investments in the last few years and has implemented actions to limit the impact of its activities on the environment.
Enhancing sustainable development has become a major issue for all economic players. Hexis is committed to good practices that balance the economic, social and environmental dimensions under each corporate goal.
In the context of the SEVESO 3 directive, HEXIS S.A has fulfilled its compliance requirements by integrating sections 4.
The aim of this directive is to prevent major industrial risks, and thus control them upstream through the implementation of preventive measures.
To achieve this, HEXIS has invested more than € 650,000 in equipment to improve off-gas processing from production by installing an incinerator for volatile organic compounds. This installation almost wholly eliminates the solvents used in the production processes and rejects only water and small quantities of volatile organic compounds.
In parallel, HEXIS periodically controls its atmospheric emissions in conformity with the regulations in force.
For example, the liners used in our products respect the environment in accordance with the standards EN13430 (recycling through material transformation), EN13431 (recycling through energy production), EN13428 (non presence of toxic substances), and EN13695 (non presence of heavy metals).
HEXIS pays particular attention to the follow-up of the dangerous waste produced daily by the various production processes. The follow-up, statistical analysis and reduction of this waste is a daily priority.
All the data collected make it possible to fill in the annual declaration for emissions and the transfer of pollutants and waste, the “GEREP”
This certification is an integral part of our approach to controlling our energy performances in the long term. Controlling energy also coincides with our objectives to reduce atmospheric emissions.
Analysing consumption has made it possible to identify the posts with significant consumption, to target the direct costs associated with the production process, as well as to identify the indirect costs associated with air-conditioning, heating, computers and fuel.
The ISO 50001: 2011 standard is part of this approach to control our use of energy. The standard adopts the continuous improvement model, which has already been applied for several years on the HEXIS France sites in application of the ISO 9001 standard.