Vetoquinol - Universal Registration Document - 2021

2 38 Vetoquinol Universal Registration Document 2020 Financial report STATEMENT OF NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE Vetoquinol’s people 2.4.2.3 Specific actions carried out in 2020 At the Magny-Vernois plant (the Group’s head office and largest establishment in terms of size and activities), preserving the mental health of employees is one of the preventive health topics, and a Psychosocial Risks (PSR) Committee has been in place for several years. It is composed of employee representatives, management and the medical department, and it meets quarterly or on demand if a risk arises. An assessment of its actions is given at each Workplace Health and Safety Committee meeting. Furthermore, all managers have received PSR training. In 2018, the remit of the PSR Committee was redefined in order to place greater emphasis on prevention, by seeking to reduce contributory risk factors in advance and mitigating the impact on individual health. Meanwhile, a preliminary PSR survey was conducted in order to identify priority risk areas and factors. This was followed up in 2020 by a detailed diagnostic process covering risk areas identified in France. The road hazard prevention program launched in 2017 in France was continued in 2020. This program includes a collective awareness-raising module, by means of monthly videos sent to all employees, a drivers’ charter for staff members that use company vehicles, an on-road driving training module/audit and finally an on-line acci- dent reporting tool. Initially rolled out in France, this program will be extended to the other Group entities in 2021. Numerous prevention initiatives were carried out in 2020 at the Group’s various sites. A selection of these are as follows: • in Bertinoro, Italy, the implementation of an infor- mation campaign about traffic risks on the site, the renewal of training in the use of electric pallet trucks, • in Gorzow, Poland, the revision of occupational risk assessments with a particular focus on ATEX risks (risk of explosion linked to an explosive atmosphere) and the updating of evacuation plans, • in Magny-Vernois, France, the complete revision of the chemical risk assessment, the securing of high- rise storage racks with the installation of gratings, the updating of the crisis management plan, and the study of the implementation of oxygen detectors in premises at risk of anoxia, • in Princeville, Canada, the securing of work areas at a height on the roof of the building, securing of the stowage system for trucks on the loading dock, • in Tarare, France, the addition of eyewash in production, the revision of the welcome booklet, the installation of ventilation in the maintenance workshop, • in Goiania and Mairipora, Brazil, the implementation of a crisis management plan in accordance with Group guidelines, • within the sales subsidiaries, the implementation of a documented HSE crisis management plan and the performance of occupational risk assessments in accordance with the Group’s methodology. HSE expenditure at manufacturing facilities totaled €678,000 in 2020 versus €407,000 in 2019. 2.4.2.4 Health and safety agreements The incentive agreement in France was renewed for the 2020-2022 period. This includes a safety indicator related to the number of dangerous situations reported and processed by employees. This indicator is monitored regularly and is shared with the Executive Committee and the Group Board of Directors. Companies where over half of the employees are exposed to arduous work factors as defined by law have been required under French law to establish an action plan or company agreement aimed at mitigating or eli- minating such factors. Vetoquinol is not bound by this requirement, as less than 50% of its French employees are exposed to arduous work as defined under the legislation. Nevertheless, in accordance with its Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) policy, Vetoquinol takes steps to mitigate risk of staff illness and injury. Three types of arduous work have been pinpointed and are being worked on: • manual work; • repetitive work; • night work. A 5-year company agreement on night work was signed by management and staff representatives on December 18, 2015, applicable from 2016 to 2020 inclusive.