We are implementing our Management System for Sustainable Development, which aims to incorporate sustainability issues into our businesses, balancing economic growth, human development and social and environmental quality, and serves to align our ventures with the prevailing conditions in those places where we are operating. We believe that continuous improvement of our business contributes to increased stakeholder satisfaction.

 The System of Management for Sustainable Development (SGDS) consists of the pursuit of continuous improvement and is based on the PDCA concept (Plan – Do – Check – Act), a simple method that aims to monitor processes and achieve effective and reliable results.

To achieve this continuous improvement the Management System for Sustainable Development of the EBX Group is structured in accordance with the Policy for Sustainability and its 13 Guidelines, described below:
 

Guideline 1 - Leadership and Responsibility: Establishes the commitment and responsibilities of senior management and staff in meeting the requirements of our Sustainability Policy, which are applicable in all of the company’s activities, products and services.

Guideline  2 – Legal and other Requirements: Discusses the systematic management of applicable legal and other requirements related to activities, products and services of the EBX Group in all project phases and activities to be carried out by contractors.

Guideline 3 – Risk Management: Establishes the conditions for the management of risks that are applicable to all activities, products and services of the Group, as well as the activities to be carried out by contractors, in order to manage risk in all phases of a project.

Guideline 4 – Stakeholders: Provides guidance on the basis of an ethical and transparent relationship with stakeholders.

Guideline 5 – Strategic Social Investment: The Guideline lays down the conditions for viable strategic social investment.

Guideline 6 – Operational Controls: Sets the conditions for the implementation of activities and services in a safe way, while the senior management of the EBX Group has responsibility for ensuring the necessary resources, whether human, financial or of any other kind, and the establishment of measurable goals and targets by means of performance criteria.

Guideline 7 – Training, Awareness and Competencies: Stipulates that the assumptions for training, awareness and competence must begin with the selection of collaborators and employees of contractors, considering the risks to which they are exposed.

Guideline 8 – Issues Management: This Guideline aims at ensuring that the EBX Group companies are prepared to act immediately in response to emergency situations, thus mitigating the damage to people, the environment and the company’s equity itself and that of others, that this type of event is capable of causing.

Guideline 9 – Management of Contractors and Suppliers: This deals with the management of contractors and suppliers of goods and services, beginning at the selection stage. The accuracy and depth of the requirements of this Guideline must be aligned with the Risk Management Guidelines, with no leeway for variation between companies of the EBX Group.

Guideline 10 – IT Management: Establishes the system for information on environment, safety, health and social responsibility to be documented, stored, accurate, up-to-date, and accessible, facilitating traceability and use for analysis and decision-making

Guideline 11 – Monitoring and Measurement: Establishes systematic monitoring and measurement of the System of Management of Sustainable Development.

Guideline 12 – Accidents, Incidents and Deviations: Establishes conditions for conducting investigations and analyses of accidents, incidents and deviations.

Guideline 13 – Critical Analysis: The Guideline establishes a system for the critical analysis of SGDS, in line with the Policy for Sustainability.