OPERATING RISK MANAGEMENT

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Improving fire protection is a key component of the Group's industrial risk management policy. Sprinkler system pumps at the Plaisir site.

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In Niort, production was safely transferred to a new building.

The industrial risk management policy contributes to the sustainability of the Group, which is stepping up its prevention and protection measures.

Preventing and protecting sites against fire and natural disasters

In 2008 Zodiac Aerospace created a risk matrix for each site based on data from engineer site visits and reports from its insurance company and industrial risk management specialists. This matrix has led to stronger measures for preventing and protecting against fire and natural disasters, and to site-specific prioritized action. At the end of August 2014, none of the Group's 84 industrial sites visited by its insurer was rated high risk and 80 sites were divided into categories A (highly protected against risk), B and C (low risk). Efforts are under way to strengthen the protection of the four sites classified as medium risk (category D).
The ultimate goal is for all sites to be classified between A and C.

Business continuity plans

Although its industrial operations are divided among 84 sites, Zodiac Aerospace nevertheless deploys business continuity plans to minimize the risk posed by accidental business disruption at one of its sites. These plans have identified ways to restart internal or outsourced production. New plans will be rolled out in 2015 at a number of sites in North America and Mexico.

Monitoring the REACH directive

As part of the European REACH regulation, aimed at ensuring a high level of protection against the risks associated with chemicals, Group sites in Europe are identifying the chemicals they use and listing the substances they contain so as to prioritize substitutions.
As the European sites import very few chemicals, the Group's “downstream user” status is preserved. The Group has advised its suppliers of the terms under which it will use their products at its sites, enabling suppliers to include those terms in their registration dossiers. Uses covered by these registrations are monitored and, in the case of non-covered uses, action is taken to ensure the product is used in accordance with supplier recommendations. This might involve changing the process or stepping up protective measures, for example.

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