2005 Sustainability Report - Lafarge

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PAGE 46 | 2005 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT | LAFARGE
Correspondence
with French NRE law
SOCIAL TOPICS
Total headcount, hirings (fixed-term/permanent),
recruitments, redundancies and reasons, overtime,
external manpower
Headcount reduction and job protection, job-seeking
assistance, rehires and supporting measures
Organization of working time, length of working hours
for full-time and part-time employees, absenteeism
and reasons
Remuneration and trends, payroll taxes, application
of Section IV of Book IV of the French labor regulations,
professional equality between men and women
Professional relations and appraisal of collective agreements
Health and safety conditions
Training
Employment and integration of disabled workers
Social initiatives
Importance of subcontracting
ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS
Consumption of water, raw materials and energy.
Measures taken to improve energy efficiency, use
of renewable energy, usage of soil, emissions into air,
water and soil, noise pollution, offensive odors, waste
Measures taken to limit harm to biological equilibrium,
natural environments and protected fauna and flora
Evaluation or certification measures taken
on environmental matters
Measures taken to ensure the company's activities
comply with the laws and regulations applicable
to this matter
Expenditure incurred to avert any impact
on the environment from the company's activities
Internal environmental management services,
environmental training and information for employees,
resources used to reduce environmental risks,
system put in place to deal with pollution accidents
having an impact beyond the confines of the company's
premises
Amount of provisions and guarantees for environmentrelated
risks, unless such information is liable to cause
serious harm to the company in an ongoing disput
Amount of compensation paid during the year
in execution of a court ruling on environmental matters
and measures taken to make good any damage caused
to the environmen
All elements of the objectives set by the company
for its foreign subsidiaries with regard to points 1 to 6 above
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COMMENTS
Absenteeism monitored at Group level
relates to workplace accidents.
See note 32 to our consolidated financial
statements for details of payroll charges paid
at Group level in 2005.
Collective agreements not consolidated
at Group level.
63% of companies within the scope defined
have set up at least one community program.
COMMENTS
Noise pollution relates mainly to cement plant
crushers, explosions at quarries and circulation
of trucks and extraction machinery.
At Group level we monitor only waste sent
to landfill.
1.2. Organization of working time: This varies according to the rules in force in the countries where the Group is present or according to the functions performed. As a result, the details
(variable hours, length of working day, etc) are relatively diversified and cannot be consolidated. In 2005, 10% of Business Units were found to be in breach of working time standards.
2.4. Measures taken to ensure the company's activities comply with the laws and regulations applicable to this matter: Environmental audits, which are conducted at least every four years, include
verification of compliance with regulations. 2.7 Amount of provisions and guarantees for environment-related risks: The main environment-related provisions relate to quarry rehabilitation
(which is not strictly speaking a risk). At Group level, provisions for site redevelopment and environmental risks amounted to €253 million in 2005. 2.8. Amount of compensation paid during
the year in execution of a court ruling on environmental matters and measures taken to make good any damage caused to the environment: The Group made no major payment of this kind in 2005.
No major payment at local level was notified to the Group.