ISO14001 Certification Granted to Indena’s French Production Site

ISO14001 is a certification of compliance to standards for environmental management systems that applies to business aimed at reducing the environmental footprint by decreasing pollution and waste.

6 Jun 2012 --- Indena has been granted the ISO14001 certification for its French production site of Tours (France). The certification guarantees that the plant has an adequate management system to control the environmental impact and to continually improve the environmental performance of its activities in a systematic, effective and sustainable way.

ISO14001 is a certification of compliance to standards for environmental management systems that applies to business aimed at reducing the environmental footprint by decreasing pollution and waste.

Under the direction of an established Environmental Management Committee, Indena has adopted behaviours aimed at the improvement of its environmental impact in its production sites and offices. Some of these efforts for optimising processes and rationalising resources include safeguarding water supplies, reducing air pollution and waste, recycling and disposing of waste safely. This certification formalizes a process the company has been undertaking for a long period of time and follows ISO14001 certification obtained two years ago by Indena’s main production site at Settala (Milan).

“We are proud of having received the ISO14001 certification - said François Mairel, Indena Tours Plant Director - because it validates our ongoing commitment to progressively reduce the environmental impact of our production activities”.

Indena is the leading company dedicated to the identification, development and production of active principles derived from plants, for use in the pharmaceutical, health food and cosmetics industries. Backed up by 90 years of botanical experience, the key to Indena’s success is its intense research activity. The company has more than 150 primary patents and has published more than 700 scientific studies. Indena employs more than 800 staff, including 10% dedicated to full-time research activities carried out at Settala Research Center, near Milan. Indena also co-operates with the world's most prestigious universities and private research institutions. Headquartered in Milan, Indena has 5 production sites and 4 international branches throughout the world and manages sales in more than 70 countries. The Company's experts communicate and interact constantly with the major international regulatory authorities such as WHO, EMA, and ESCOP, and cooperate on the update of all the main pharmacopoeias.