Novara Environmental Statement 2007 English MEMC-NO ...

06TheEnvironmental Management SystemWithin the scope of the aboveorganisational structure, a managementcommittee - the EHSSteering Committee - has beenset up to deal with the annualplanning of environmental protectionand health and safetyactivities for both of the sites.To manage and coordinate suchactivities at factory level, the EHSSteering Committee avails itself ofan operating committee known asthe EHS Committee, composedof the managers of departmentsthat have the highest impact onthe environment.Health, Safetyand EnvironmentalProtection StructureESH Steering CommitteePresident MEMC SpANovara and Merano plantDirectorsInnovation group DirectorHuman Resourcesand Training DirectorPurchase Office DirectorManagementRepresentative forEnvironmentalProtectionThe management model adoptedby MEMC for protection of the environmentis that commonly knownas PDCA, otherwise known as the“Deming Cycle”, which consists ofthe repetition over time of the followingfour management stages:Planplan the improvementDoimplement that plannedCheckcheck that which is beingimplementedActassess that implemented in orderto strengthen or review the linesof direction undertaken.PlanWhat to do?How to do?DoTo do asplannedESH CommitteePlant DirectorTechnical Offi ce ManagerPlant Facilities ManagerWaste Water Facility ManagerQuality ManagerStorage ManagerMaintenance ManagerOperational TechnologyManagersESH EngineerProduction area ManagerActCan we do itbetter?Deming CycleCheckDone?11