Our values and commitment

We consider Sustainability as a fundamental part of our Corporate Social Values and a prerequisite in all our activities. The subject requires continuous improvement and involves everyone within AGC.

Therefore, we are committed to:

Ensure a healthy and safe workplace for our employees,
Develop products that significantly contribute to a better world,
Reduce our carbon footprint induced by our direct and indirect emissions (scope 1, 2 and 3)
Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.

We commit to continuously improve our systems/performance and to comply with the related legal obligations and voluntary agreements in all the countries where the group operates.

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Our principles

In carrying out its policy, we will comply with the following principles:

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Regarding our Health and Safety policy, we undertake to:

Eradicate severe accidents, improve accident management, and further audit & monitor standards,
Raise the level of safety awareness of our people by appropriate training, efficient communication, and close monitoring of any unsafe conditions in order to correct them,
Build a resilient safety culture and increase the participation of our workers by deploying the “Think Before Acting” (TBA) project.

“No production without the assurance of safety"
AGC Group motto

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Concerning our Environmental policy, we undertake to:

Develop products that contribute towards a sustainable development with a positive impact during their lifetime and designed to facilitate end-of-life reuse and recycling,
Reduce carbon emissions to contribute to the AGC Group objectives aiming to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and reduced GHG emissions by 30% in 2030,
Minimise air, water, and ground pollution during our activities,
Save natural resources by promoting circularity of our products and reduce our water consumption.

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With respect to our Social Responsibility policy, we undertake to:

Promote and monitor diversity and inclusion at every level of the company by defining objective KPI and elaborating a dedicated action plan,
Ensure that all our employees are managed with equity, whatever their ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.

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Together, driven by sustainability, we aim at being the leader in our industry, in the transformation of markets and technologies.

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Reducing our carbon emissions

AGC Glass Europe contributes to the AGC Group objectives aiming to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and reduced GHG emissions by 30% in 2030.

Our roadmap to carbon reduction

AGC's holistic approach to reduce carbon emissions of glass production, not only includes decarbonising the glass production processes but also eliminating all CO₂ emissions from the supply chain upstream of our processes and other indirect emissions.

Our positive impact on environment

For each tonne of CO₂ emitted by AGC Glass Europe activities, more than 9 tonnes of CO₂ are avoided thanks to the use of our products!