Environmental Policy

Sel regards it as its duty to meet its environmental responsibilities towards society, its employees and its local and regional neighbours for a sustainable environment in all its product and service work; to protect biodiversity; to improve its processes in the fight against climate change; and to conserve natural resources. With customer satisfaction in mind, Sel meets the requirements of the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System standard.

Guided by its commitment to quality and its environmentally conscious approach, Sel aims for zero environmental incidents. With this in mind, we are committed to the following principles.

Legal compliance and continuous improvement

• Complying fully with all applicable environmental legislation and continually improving our environmental performance, allocating the resources, planning and implementation this requires.

Sustainable production and consumption

• Assessing the environmental impact of our products and services throughout their life cycle and adopting the principles of sustainable production and consumption.
• Reducing the impact of product use through environmentally friendly design.
• Making it a priority to manage end-of-life waste through recycling strategies.
• Carrying out activities that help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Resource efficiency

• Using natural resources efficiently to reduce consumption, prevent waste and encourage recycling.
• Prioritising solutions that reduce water consumption and enable water recovery.

Cleaner production

• Minimising environmental impact by using pollution-prevention technologies in our production processes.
• Preventing, as a priority, waste, wastewater, odour and noise pollution arising from production.

Climate change and air pollution

• Implementing innovative technologies and energy efficiency measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and minimise our carbon footprint.
• Developing strategic plans to mitigate the effects of climate change and adapt to them.
• Reducing emissions of non-greenhouse air pollutants such as SOx, NOx, VOCs and particulate matter, and working to minimise the atmospheric impact of our activities.

Environmental awareness and training

• Organising training to raise our employees' environmental awareness, promoting awareness of environmental issues, and minimising energy and water consumption, waste generation and emissions to water and air.
• Taking proactive steps to protect natural habitats, support local ecosystems and safeguard animal welfare.
• Managing hazardous materials effectively.

Environmental services and advocacy

• Supporting national and international environmental regulations and establishing effective oversight mechanisms.
• Supporting environmentally friendly technology and innovation projects and the green economy.
• Strengthening recycling systems to minimise waste and supporting sustainable consumption models.

Transparency and reporting

• Measuring our environmental performance regularly, reporting on it and sharing it with our stakeholders, and carrying out internal audits to keep this process sustainable.

Collaboration

• Working with our suppliers, customers and other stakeholders to raise environmental awareness and promote sustainability across our industry.

We have made environmental sustainability a strategic priority, and we accept and commit to minimising the environmental impact of all our activities as an integral part of our business.

This policy reflects our company's sustainability principles and its commitment to the environment. We expect all our stakeholders, including business partners and suppliers, to act in line with it.

SEL is determined to provide all the resources needed to fulfil these commitments and to monitor and continually improve its environmental performance.

If any breach is identified, SEL commits to launching effective and comprehensive response processes without delay and to continually reviewing and strengthening its improvement mechanisms to prevent a recurrence, and it works resolutely to uphold these principles in full.