For over 70 years, Carrières Unies de Porphyre have been producing and marketing high quality aggregates. These aggregates are supplied to the roadworks market (asphalt), the railway market (railway ballast) and the concrete market.
The company currently operates 3 quarries: Lessines, Bierghes and Baileux. A wide product range from these quarries is marketed in France, in Belgium and in Germany.
Since 2006, the CUP company has been part of the EUROVIA group, a branch of the VINCI group. It is one of the world leaders in road infrastructure and urban planning. It is also one of the main European suppliers of road materials.
Our Safety, Health, Quality and Environmental Policy
Our Safety, Health, Quality and Environmental Policy is part of an approach focused on progress and continual improvement.
Being a company committed to operational excellence in our sector means providing our stakeholders with the assurance that every effort is made to:
Continually improve their satisfaction
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By taking their concerns into account.
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By anticipating their needs.
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By ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and applicable standards, and maintaining the conformity of our facilities.
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By ensuring the consistent quality of our materials.
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By responding effectively to unforeseen circumstances.
Continually improve the industrial performance of our facilities
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By regularly monitoring our Key Performance Indicators.
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By optimising our machinery.
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Through targeted investments.
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By working with our suppliers to improve the energy performance of our supplies.
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By adhering to a prevention strategy based on “zero accidents” and the VINCI Group’s “vigilant together” approach (“vigilant ensemble”).
These measures aim to control our production costs, reduce our energy consumption and minimise our environmental impacts.
Continually strengthen our societal and environmental role
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Through dialogue with local residents.
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By developing the local economy.
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By controlling the disturbances caused by our activities and preventing pollution (water – air – noise – vibrations – waste – etc.).
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By preserving and managing biodiversity.
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By recovering value from natural resources.
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By managing our energy consumption and energy performance.
Continually strengthen our social role
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Through staff training and awareness-raising.
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By involving staff and fostering accountability, particularly among management.
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By strengthening the communication of information and good practices.
As Director, I undertake to personally implement all the concrete actions that will enable us to achieve our objective. This objective is reflected in our policy through our commitments: compliance, consistency, trust, competence, responsiveness, adaptability, accountability, improvement… all values that help us progress towards operational excellence.
In this endeavour, I am supported by Mr Sébastien Plaitin, Quality, Prevention and Environment Coordinator, and by a management team whose exemplary conduct, exacting standards and discipline must be beyond reproach.
