OUR VISION Our vision is ‘To be our customer’s preferred choice for sustainable construction solutions’. Achieving this transformation means thinking about every aspect of our business, products and services; pushing the boundaries to develop innovative solutions that help our customers create more sustainable buildings and infrastructure. This policy confirms our approach to ensuring Lafarge Tarmac’s environmental performance continually improves and delivers the objectives and targets set out in our Sustainability Strategy. To support our vision we will ensure that: We implement a robust certified environmental management system, appropriate to our activities, to manage risks and support opportunities. Our senior management team demonstrate leadership of the management system, its implementation and use within the business. Line management have a responsibility to ensure implementation and compliance at a local level. We understand the issues that are material to our business, identify areas for protection or improvement and ensure we prevent pollution. We understand and meet our compliance obligations, including relevant industry codes of practice. We set ambitious environmental objectives and targets using information gathered through understanding our aspects and monitoring our environmental performance. We use biodiversity management plans, active environmental stewardship and site restoration to deliver our commitment to a net positive contribution to biodiversity. We meet society’s demands for our products, services and solutions in a responsible way, by helping to tackle climate change, reducing carbon emissions, using resources efficiently and designing out waste. We extend the life of our products through enhancing their durability, designing them for re-use and facilitating their recycling into new innovative solutions. We promote the adoption of responsible environmental principles amongst our customers, suppliers and contractors. We improve our environmental performance by leading via proactive involvement with local communities, regulators and trade associations We provide appropriate resources for the learning and development of our employees, ensuring that they understand their role / responsibilities and their contribution to protecting and enhancing the environment. This policy is communicated to all Lafarge Tarmac employees and those working on our behalf. It is also available for other interested parties on our website. Every employee is expected to work in accordance with the commitments set out in this policy. The policy will be reviewed as a minimum annually. Cyrille Ragoucy Chief Executive Officer Lafarge Tarmac March 2015 LAFARGE TARMAC ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY Lafarge Tarmac is the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business. Our innovative products and solutions not only deliver the infrastructure needed to grow the UK economy today but also help to create a more sustainable built environment for the country’s long term future.

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Page 1: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY - Tarmac...set out in this policy. The policy will be reviewed as a minimum annually. Cyrille Ragoucy Chief Executive Officer Lafarge Tarmac March 2015 LAFARGE

OUR VISION

Our vision is ‘To be our customer’s preferred choice for sustainable construction solutions’.

Achieving this transformation means thinking about every aspect of our business, products and services; pushing the boundaries to develop innovative solutions that help our customers create more sustainable buildings and infrastructure.

This policy confirms our approach to ensuring Lafarge Tarmac’s environmental performance continually improves and delivers the objectives and targets set out in our Sustainability Strategy.

To support our vision we will ensure that:

We implement a robust certified environmental management system, appropriate to our activities, to manage risks and support opportunities.

Our senior management team demonstrate leadership of the management system, its implementation and use within the business. Line management have a responsibility to ensure implementation and

compliance at a local level.

We understand the issues that are material to our business, identify areas for protection or improvement and ensure we prevent pollution.

We understand and meet our compliance obligations, including relevant industry codes of practice.

We set ambitious environmental objectives and targets using information gathered through understanding our aspects and

monitoring our environmental performance.

We use biodiversity management plans, active environmental stewardship and site restoration to deliver our commitment to a net positive contribution to biodiversity.

We meet society’s demands for our products, services and solutions in a responsible way, by helping to tackle climate change, reducing carbon

emissions, using resources efficiently and designing out waste.

We extend the life of our products through enhancing their durability, designing them for re-use and facilitating their recycling into new innovative solutions.

We promote the adoption of responsible environmental principles amongst our customers, suppliers and contractors.

We improve our environmental performance by leading via proactive involvement with local communities, regulators and trade associations

We provide appropriate resources for the learning and development of our employees, ensuring that they understand their role / responsibilities and their contribution to protecting and

enhancing the environment.

This policy is communicated to all Lafarge Tarmac employees and those working on our behalf. It is also available for other

interested parties on our website. Every employee is expected to work in accordance with the commitments set out in this policy.

The policy will be reviewed as a minimum annually.

Cyrille Ragoucy

Chief Executive OfficerLafarge Tarmac

March 2015

LAFARGE TARMACENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

Lafarge Tarmac is the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business. Our innovative products and solutions not only deliver the infrastructure needed to grow the UK economy today but also help to create a more sustainable built environment for the country’s long term future.