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LOOP : Phosphea's global energy efficiency strategy

The LOOP (Let’s Optimize our Operations Performance) project introduced by Phosphea in 2018 has significantly reduced the company's consumption of electricity and natural gas at its 5 feed phosphates production plants. The initiatives implemented cover a diverse spectrum, from the installation of variable speed drives and operated screening to optimising drying processes by installing additional insulation and reducing the amount of water introduced into the process. In addition to these initiatives, the company monitors its energy consumption on a daily basis to continue improving its performance and identifying any potential energy losses. This reduced energy consumption per tonne produced by 19% between 2018 and 2020, which equates to 21 GWh per year, or the annual energy consumption of around 2,700 French households.

Successful online training at TIMAC AGRO

The pandemic and the succession of lockdowns in most countries have significantly limited international travel, and therefore physical contact between the Group holding company and its subsidiaries. But to maintain those relationships and maintain continuity of training for our talented people, our training programmes continued via video conferencing technology. Organised by TIMAC AGRO International, our Expert Training Sessions specialising in Plant and Animal Nutrition therefore continued, but with up to 4 times more participants than was previously the case, bringing together employees from as many as 30 different countries. At the same time, more than 50 webinars on technical subjects and products were hosted by country specialists to ensure that TIMAC AGRO knowledge and expertise continues to flow into the agricultural industry at field level. Online training has been much more widely adopted by our subsidiary companies to support the skills development of their people.

The UFS: a new facility for employee wellbeing

Construction of the new building close to the Group head office in Saint-Malo began in 2019, with a planned opening date of mid-2021. The UFS (User Friendly Space) is a new 3,000 m² meeting and wellness centre for the exclusive use of our employees and all members of our AS TIMAC sports and cultural activities club. Three sports facilities (including a fully-equipped gym), a restaurant, two rooms for arts and other leisure activities, and many other relaxation spaces are available to all employees over a very wide range of opening hours during the week and at weekends. Our intention in creating and equipping this building is to make it easier for our people to engage in physical activity and leisure pursuits in optimal surroundings close to their workplace. In this way, we are making an active contribution to their wellbeing and personal development by providing a broad range of activities and support resources and giving people the opportunity to build relationships and share experiences in a single setting.

« The UFS is designed to be a focus for activity, as well as sociability. It’s an open and shared space provided purely for the benefit of our employees. Its aim is to facilitate physical and cultural activities, at the same time as promoting friendship and helping employees build mutually supportive networks. »
Olivier Julienne, Deputy Managing Director 

Our Responsible Purchasing Policy

With impetus provided by the Group CSR and Ethics & Compliance policies, our Purchasing Department has also taken the decision to integrate sustainability principles into its long-term strategy. Following on from the initial 2019 Responsible Purchasing awareness and training package rolled out to the entire French Purchasing community (Group and subsidiary companies), 2020 took this initiative into a new phase: formalisation of a Responsible Purchasing Policy. Following a successful appeal for volunteers from the Purchasing community, the Department put together a dedicated working group of 6 buyers representing all Group business lines. They were set three goals: to work together on co-constructing a Responsible Purchasing policy, define and implement indicators to measure the impact of our policy, and share good practices. The policy is based on, and structured around, the Sustainable Development Goals so that suppliers can also focus on our shared interests and goals. As a cornerstone of commitment for all our buyers, the policy is designed to unite the entire purchasing community around shared core values and be disseminated internally and externally, first in France before being rolled out internationally. Once fully in place, every buyer will have the opportunity to contribute their best practices to the community as part of helping to build the skills of all their peers throughout the Group.

« Responsible purchasing is an opportunity to create sustainable value for the company. »
Julie Agaësse, Purchasing Director - Goods & Services

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