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The conservation, protection and re-
habilitation of biodiversity are core en-
vironmental goals of MYTILINEOS
Group. To this end, we have ensured
that the facilities of our subsidiaries, es-
pecially in raw materials mining,
aluminium production and construc-
tion, are not adjacent to areas pro-
tected by law and to areas of high bio-
diversity value. Thus, there are no sig-
nificant effects that may have an ad-
verse direct or indirect impact on the
integrity of the area where the facili-
ties of our companies are located.
In the Metallurgy sector (aluminium
production), in addition to the estab-
lishment of an initial inventory of the
local flora and fauna, checks are car-
ried out to monitor the quality of the
flora in the wider region, to the extent
that this is introduced into the food
chain. The Company operates a net-
work of 28 stations for static meas-
urements of fluoride levels, located
within a radius of 0 to 12 km around
the ALUMINIUM S.A. plant. In addi-
tion, samplings take place and chem-
ical analyses are carried out to deter-
mine the fluoride content of olive tree
leaves, vine leaves and pine needles
(twice per year), as well as that of
grapes (once per year).
Furthermore, the Group’s mining ac-
tivity for the production of aluminium
may impact on the biodiversity of fau-
na and flora. To mitigate this impact,
Environmental Impact assessments
and rehabilitation plans have been de-
veloped and are carried out for the ar-
eas affected. In more detail:
Prevention and environmental management costs. Total 3,263,014€
Third-party services for environmental management
Independent certification of Environmental Management Systems
Personnel for general Environmental Management activities
Research & Development
Additional expenditures for installation of “cleaner” technology
(e.g. extra costs in addition to standard technology)
Other environmental management costs
14.7%
5.9%
0.3%
1.6%
56.3%
21.1%
8.9 Biodiversity
Locations where rehabilitation
work has been completed or
active protection measures are
taken
Area
in km
2
Rehabilitation
percentage
of the area
on 31.12.2012
Rehabilitation approved /
under approval by
independent specialist
organisations or scientists
VARTOS B
0.4
100%
Amfissa Forest Department
PSILO KOTRONI
0.2
100%
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ACHLADES 1,12,14,15,16 – ANO
KATO SOROS
0.02
100%
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PERA LAKKOS
0.02
100%
PROSOREMA
0.18
90%
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LIMESTONE QUARRY AREA
Metohi (Kyriaki municipality )
0.018
Rehabilitation of 2,500 sq.m.
with 1000 saplings planted,
according to the usage
of the quarry.
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LANDFILL FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE
(Agios Athanasios)
Planting of 2500 plants
(~3,500 sq.m.).
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